[Ord. No. 482-88 §1, 3-21-1988]
For the purposes of the Article, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings specifically ascribed to them by this Section:
Any area which is inaccessible to the public view.
Any metal, glass, paper, rags, wood, machinery parts, cloth
or other waste or discarded material of any nature or substance whatsoever,
or any scrap or salvage materials.
Any real property within the City or any City property within
or without the corporate limits which is not a street or highway.
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for purposes of vehicular travel.
A machine propelled by power other than human power designed
to travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners or slides,
and transport persons or property or pull machinery, and shall include,
without limitation, automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle, tractor,
buggy and wagon, or any part or portion thereof.
[Ord. No. 482-88 §2, 3-21-1988; Ord. No. 892-02 §1, 1-21-2002]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any reason to cause, allow or permit any of
the following objects or conditions to exist upon property owned,
leased, rented, controlled or occupied by such person, (unless such
objects are within an enclosed area) or on or along any public street,
all of which are hereby declared to be public nuisances:
[Ord. No. 1524-2023, 4-3-2023]
1.
Junk as defined in this Article;
2.
Any vehicle which has been wrecked and is not immediately operable;
3.
Any partially dismantled vehicle whether or not operable;
4.
Any parts or components of vehicles including, but not limited to,
tires, wheels, vehicle bodies, frames or parts, or vehicle motors
and engines;
5.
Any vehicle which is not immediately operable under its own power
or which does not have displayed on it a current State registration
or license plate and which is allowed to remain for more than seventy-two
(72) hours, except when located within a garage, building or carport.
B.
Every
person convicted of violating this Section shall be punished by imprisonment
for not more than ninety (90) days or by a fine of not more than five
hundred dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
[Ord. No. 482-88 §3, 3-21-1988; Ord.
No. 1524-2023, 4-3-2023]
Whenever the Director of Police Services, Director of Community
Development or a duly authorized representative shall determine that
any vehicle or junk is a nuisance as defined herein, such official
shall thereupon cause written notice to be served on the owner of
the vehicle or junk if he/she can be located or the person in custody
of such vehicle or junk by mail or by personal service. Such notice
shall state that such vehicle or junk is deemed to be a nuisance within
the provisions of Section 215. 190 and shall briefly state the facts
which are deemed to make such vehicle or junk a nuisance within the
terms of this Article and further state that such nuisance shall be
abated within ten (10) days from receipt of such notice.
[Ord. No. 482-88 §4, 3-21-1988; Ord.
No. 1524-2023, 4-3-2023]
It shall be the duty of any person receiving the notice provided
for in this Article to comply with the provisions of the notice and
to abate such nuisance within ten (10) days after the date of the
receipt of such notice. If such persons shall fail or refuse to abate
such nuisance within ten (10) days from receipt of such notice, such
failure is hereby declared to be unlawful and such vehicle or junk
shall be removed and disposed of at the direction of the Director
of Police Services, Director of Community Development or a duly authorized
representative at the expense of the owner or person in custody thereof.
Any money received by the City from disposing of such vehicle or junk
shall be applied to the expenses to be charged to the owner or person
in charge thereof.
