[CC 2012 § 23.040]
Unsheltered storage of old, unused, stripped, junk, and other automobiles not in good and safe condition, and of any other vehicles, machinery, implements, and/or equipment and personal property of any kind which are no longer safely usable for the purpose for which they were manufactured, which hereinafter are collectively described as "said personality" (except in licensed junk yards) within the corporate limits of this City, is hereby declared to be a danger to the public health, safety, or welfare and a nuisance.
[CC 2012 § 23.060]
A. 
Notice To Remove. The Mayor or, in his/her absence, the Mayor Pro Tem, is hereby authorized and empowered to notify the owner of any private property within the City, or the agent of such owner, to remove said personality located on such owner's property which are dangerous to public health, safety or welfare. Such notice shall be by personal service or by registered mail, addressed to the owner at his/her last known address. The notice shall describe the property upon which, in front of which or along which said personality is to be removed by lot and block numbers or plat designation. Official notification that said notice has been served shall be ten (10) days from the date of postmark or if personally served ten (10) days after receipt.
[Ord. No. 551, 11-12-2013]
B. 
Action Upon Noncompliance. Upon the failure, neglect, or refusal of any owner or agent so notified to properly remove said personality within ten (10) days after date of mailing or written notice provided for in Subsection (A), provided the same was properly addressed to the last known address of such owner or agent, the Mayor or, in his/her absence, the Mayor Pro Tem, is hereby authorized and empowered to declare the nuisance a danger to the public health, safety and welfare, and in the event said personality is not removed within five (5) days thereafter, to pay for the removal of said personality or to order the removal by the City.
C. 
Penalty. Following the declaration that a nuisance is a danger to the public health, safety and welfare, as provided in Section 215.030 above, the Chief of Police shall issue a summons to the owner or agent citing a violation of this Chapter and, upon conviction in the municipal court, the owner or agent shall be assessed a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00).
D. 
Charge Included In Tax Bill. When the City has effected the removal of said personality or has paid for removal thereof, the actual cost thereof, plus accrued interest at the rate of nine percent (9%) per annum from the date of the completion of the work, if not paid by such owner prior thereto, shall be charged to the owner of such property on the next regular tax bill forwarded to such owner by the City, and the charge shall be due and payable by the owner at the time of payment of such bill.
E. 
Recorded Statement Constitutes Lien. Where the full amount due the City is not paid by such owner within sixty (60) days after the removal of said personality as provided for in Subsections (A) and (B), then, and in that case, the Mayor or, in his/her absence, the Mayor Pro Tem, shall cause to be recorded in the County Recorder's office a sworn statement showing the cost and expense incurred for the work, the date the work was done and the location of the property on which the work was done. The recordation of such sworn statement shall constitute a lien and privilege on the property, and shall remain in full force and effect for the amount due in principal and interest, plus costs of court, if any, for collection, until final payment has been made. Such costs and expenses shall be collected in the manner fixed by law for the collection of taxes and further, shall be subject to a delinquent penalty of one percent (1%) per month or fractional part thereof, not to exceed ten percent (10%) of each year's delinquency in the event same is not paid in full on or before the date the tax bill upon which the charge appears becomes delinquent. Sworn statements recorded in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be prima facie evidence that all legal formalities have been complied with and that the work has been done properly and satisfactorily, and shall be full notice to every person concerned that the amount of the statement, plus interest, constitutes a charge against the property designated or described in the statement and that the same is due and collectible as provided by law.