No person shall leave on any street or highway within the City
any partially dismantled, non-operating, wrecked or junked motor vehicle
or any motor vehicle not displaying a permanent license plate or set
of plates indicating current registration by one of the States or
territories.
Any person in charge or control of any property within the City,
whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee, agent or otherwise, who
finds an abandoned vehicle or any partially dismantled, non-operating,
wrecked or junked motor vehicle left on such property without his/her
knowledge, acquiescence or consent, where the owner of the vehicle
has failed or refused to remove the same or the owner of the vehicle
is unknown, shall promptly notify the Police of the year, model and
make of such vehicle and, if known or ascertainable, the registration,
license, serial number and ownership thereof with such further and
additional information as the Police may request.
Any person in charge or control, whether as owner, tenant, occupant,
lessee, agent or otherwise, of property on which an abandoned vehicle
or a partially dismantled, non-operating, wrecked or junked motor
vehicle shall be situated who fails to remove such motor vehicle in
accordance with the request made by the Police shall not deny access
to such property by any duly authorized agent of the City for the
purpose of examining or removing such vehicle.
Where the existence of a motor vehicle on public property, private
property or on a street or highway shall be an immediate hazard and
thereby constitute a nuisance requiring prompt abatement, the Police
may without notice, if notice is infeasible, cause the same to be
removed and the Police shall thereupon notify the owner or owners
of such motor vehicle if known, by certified mail, of the location
thereof and of the right of such owner to secure return of possession
of the motor vehicle upon payment of the cost of removal and storage.
Nothing herein shall be construed to provide the owner with a defense
against any Sections of this Chapter.