[Ord. 14-1967 § 2, passed 4-26-1967]
No person shall park, store or leave any motor vehicle of any
kind in a wrecked, junked, stripped or abandoned condition, in a place
where its presence constitutes a hazard on private property, and no
owner of such motor vehicle, or the owner or occupant of any property,
shall allow, permit or suffer the same to be left upon any privately
owned property, unless the same be authorized in conjunction with
a business property operated, pursuant to the zoning laws and other
laws of the City.
[Ord. 14-1967 § 2, passed 4-26-1967]
If the Director of the Department of Public Safety or any of
his authorized agents find that a violation of this article exists,
the Director shall notify the owner of the property on which the motor
vehicle is stored or parked, or the owner of the motor vehicle, or
both, of the violation, and order the owner of such motor vehicle
within five days thereof, and the owner of the property on which the
motor vehicle is stored or parked, within 45 days thereof, to remove
the motor vehicle.
[Ord. 14-1967 § 2, passed 4-26-1967]
Notice shall be given by personal service or by registered mail
to the last known address of the violator. In the event that, on diligent
search, the address of either the property owner or motor vehicle
owner cannot be ascertained, the posting of such notice or copies
thereof on the real property, motor vehicle, structure or area immediately
adjacent thereto shall constitute sufficient notice.
[Ord. 14-1967 § 2, passed 4-26-1967]
Within 10 days after receipt of the notice, the party or parties
affected may request a hearing with the Director of the Department
of Public Safety by filing a written request with the Director. The
owner of the motor vehicle shall, with the request, file a fee of
$15 to cover the costs involved in the hearing. After such hearing,
the Director shall affirm, withdraw or modify the notice.
[Ord. 14-1967 § 2, passed 4-26-1967]
If a hearing is not requested, then the parties affected shall
proceed to remove or have removed such motor vehicle from such property
in accordance with the notice and order.
[Ord. 14-1967 § 2, passed 4-26-1967]
On proper request, a hearing on the matter shall be given forthwith
and where more than one party is involved it shall be the duty of
the party requesting the hearing to notify all other parties affected
or interested of the time and place of the hearing.
[Ord. 14-1967 § 2, passed 4-26-1967]
If the violation complained of shall not have been remedied
within the period as required by the order, the City shall, through
its own agents, contractors and/or employees, remedy the violations
by removing such vehicle and charge the costs thereof to the real
property owner on whose property the vehicle is located. Such cost
shall, after a proper demand and refusal or a failure to pay after
30 days, constitute a lien in such realty which shall be filed by
the City Solicitor.
[Ord. 14-1967 § 2, passed 4-26-1967]
Nothing in this article shall prevent the Director of the Department
of Public Safety or duly authorized officials, from removing from
private property without notice, any attended or unattended motor
vehicle, the presence of which constitutes a hazard or threat to the
life, health, safety, welfare and morals of the citizens of the City
which is imminently dangerous and in the opinion of the Director or
authorized officials, constitutes a nuisance which gives rise to the
existence of emergency conditions.
Whoever violates Section 529.01 is guilty of a summary offense and shall be fined $50 plus costs of disposing of the vehicle.
