[Ord. No. 11-35, 1-10-2012]
A.
As used in this division, the term "inoperable motor vehicle" shall
mean any motor vehicle which:
B.
The provisions of this division shall not apply to a licensed business
which, on November 10, 1970, was regularly engaged in business as
an automobile dealer, salvage dealer or scrap processor and which
has continued to operate such business without interruption from November
10, 1970, to the present.
[Ord. No. 11-35, 1-10-2012]
Any person convicted of violating this division shall be guilty
of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
[Ord. No. 11-35, 1-10-2012]
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, except within a
fully enclosed building or structure or otherwise shielded or screened
from view, on property zoned for residential, commercial, or mixed
use purposes, any inoperable motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer,
as such are defined in Code of Virginia, § 46.2-100.
[Ord. No. 11-35, 1-10-2012]
The City Manager shall have the authority to remove any inoperable
motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, as defined in this division,
kept on property zoned for residential, commercial, or mixed use purposes,
unless such vehicle is kept within a fully enclosed building or structure
or is otherwise shielded or screened from view, whenever the owner
of the premises, after having been sent written notice by certified
mail, return receipt requested, to remove the inoperable motor vehicle,
has failed to do so. The City Manager may dispose of such motor vehicle,
trailer or semitrailer, after having given additional written notice
to the owner of the vehicle. The cost of any such removal and disposal
shall be chargeable to the owner of the vehicle or premises and may
be collected by the City Treasurer as taxes and levies are collected.
Every cost authorized by this division with which the owner of the
premises has been assessed shall constitute a lien against the property
from which the vehicle was removed, the lien to continue until actual
payment of such costs has been made to the City.
