As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the
meanings set out herein:
ABANDONED PROPERTY
Any unattended or unlicensed motor vehicle, trailer, all-terrain
vehicle, outboard motor or vessel removed or subject to removal from
public or private property as provided in this Article, whether or
not operational. For any vehicle towed from the scene of an accident
at the request of law enforcement and not retrieved by the vehicle's
owner within five (5) days of the accident, the agency requesting
the tow shall be required to write an abandoned property report or
a criminal inquiry and inspection report.
PERSON
Any natural person, corporation or other legal entity.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
The entire width of land between the boundary lines of a
public road or State highway, including any roadway.
ROADWAY
That portion of a public road or State highway ordinarily
used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder.
TOWING COMPANY
Any person or entity which tows, removes or stores abandoned
property.
The open storage of inoperable or unlicensed vehicles or other
vehicles deemed by the City to constitute a public safety hazard is
prohibited. Nothing in this Section shall apply to a vehicle which
is completely enclosed within a locked building or locked fenced area
and not visible from adjacent public or private property, nor to any
vehicle upon the property of a business licensed as salvage, swap,
junk dealer, towing or storage facility so long as the business is
operated in compliance with its business license and the property
is in compliance with applicable zoning ordinances.
[Ord. No. 730 § I, 10-12-2006]
All vehicles or parts of vehicles self-powered or non-self-powered
found upon any lot or part of a lot or on any street, easement, right-of-way,
backyard or driveway within the City limits of Velda Village Hills
and which are inoperable, disassembled, wrecked, dilapidated, abandoned,
unlicensed parked on a non-hard surface shall be considered derelict
vehicles, thereby making them a public nuisance, detrimental to the
health, safety, and welfare of the public.
[Ord. No. 730 § II, 10-12-2006]
Any act done or suffered to be permitted by any person upon
his/her property or any substance or thing kept or maintained, placed
or thrown on or upon any public or private place which is injurious
to the public health, and any pursuit following or act done by any
person to the injury or danger of the public is defined and declared
to be a "public nuisance."
[Ord. No. 730 § III, 10-12-2006]
Whenever any nuisance is reported to exist, City Hall may notify
the City Police Department to put a forty-eight-hour warning sticker
on the vehicle to be towed. If the owner fails to forthwith remove
the vehicle within forty-eight (48) hours' time of said notice, then
the City Police Department may summon the owner to appear in court
before the judge to receive a judgment to tow the vehicle promptly
with no other warning.