[CC 1986 § 51.500]
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any vehicle which is not registered or is improperly registered
with the State of Missouri, has been inoperable for more than seventy-two
(72) hours or is in such a state of repair as to be inoperable, except
those on the premises of a duly licensed automobile repair or sales
business, or in a duly licensed automobile junkyard.
Any metal, glass, paper, rags, wood, machinery parts, cloth
or other waste or discarded material of any nature or substance whatsoever,
or scrap or salvage materials.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation or
other organization of any kind.
Any land owned by the City or located within the City limits,
not including streets and highways.
The entire area between the boundary lines of every publicly
maintained way when any part thereof is open to the use of the public
for purposes of vehicular travel.
Any machine propelled by power other than human power designed
to travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners, or slides,
including but not limited to automobiles, trucks, trailers, motorcycles,
tractors, buggies, and wagons, or any part thereof.
A.
Any
damaged or disabled vehicle or part thereof, or junk located on any
property, or any vehicle or part thereof, allowed to remain unmoved
on any street or highway for forty-eight (48) hours, is a public nuisance.
[CC 1986 § 51.510; Ord. No. 343, 8-10-1987]
B.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to create or maintain a nuisance
as defined in this Section.
[CC 1986 § 51.520]
A.
The
placement of any damaged, disabled or uninhabitable mobile home or
trailer or any part thereof, which present a hazard to children or
creates a fire hazard or affords a breeding place or nesting place
for rodents, rats or other vermin, or affords refuge for vagrants
or criminal activity is a public nuisance, unless any such damage
may be repaired, or said mobile home or trailer be rendered habitable,
within seventy-two (72) hours of its placement within the City of
Edgerton.
[Ord. No. 484, 12-1-2004]
B.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to create or maintain a nuisance
as defined in this Section.
[Ord. No. 485, 12-1-2004]
[CC 1986 § 51.530]
Whenever the Chief of Police or his/her duly authorized representative determines that any vehicle or junk is a nuisance as defined herein, he/she shall cause written notice to be served upon the owner of the vehicle or junk if he/she can be located, or the person in custody of such vehicle or junk, by registered mail or by personal service. The notice shall state that the vehicle or junk is deemed to be a nuisance within the provisions of Section 215.040 hereof, and shall briefly state facts deemed to constitute such vehicle or junk a nuisance within the terms of this Article, and state that the nuisance shall be abated within seven (7) days from receipt of such notice.
[CC 1986 § 51.540]
When the owner or custodian of any nuisance as defined in Section 215.040 cannot be located by reasonable search, the notice shall be attached to the property, briefly stating facts deemed to constitute the property a nuisance and stating that the nuisance shall be abated within seven (7) days of the date notice was posted, or if the vehicle is on public property, within two (2) days of the date notice was posted.
[CC 1986 § 51.550]
Any person receiving the notice provided for above shall comply
with the provisions of the notice requiring abatement. Failure to
comply with this provision is unlawful.
[CC 1986 § 51.560; Ord. No. 343, 8-10-1987]
If not removed within the times specified in the notice, the
vehicle or junk shall be transported to a storage area by or at the
direction of the Chief of Police or his/her duly authorized representative
at the expense of the owner or person in custody thereof. It shall
then be stored for a period of at least sixty (60) days, and the person
entitled to possession thereof may redeem the property by payment
to the City of the actual cost of its removal and a reasonable storage
fee. If the vehicle or junk is unredeemed after the expiration of
the sixty-day period, the Chief of Police may sell it to the highest
bidder or, if it has no sale value, may otherwise dispose of it. Any
money received from disposal of any vehicle or junk shall be first
applied to the expenses charged for towing and storage of said vehicles
or junk, then to the costs of notification and sale, and any proceeds
remaining after payment of such charges and costs shall be forfeited
to the City of Edgerton, Missouri, and added to the general fund.
[CC 1986 § 51.570]
A.
Prior to the sale of any such property, the Chief of Police shall
cause to be posted in the City Hall, place of storage and at least
one (1) other public place in the City, a notice of sale stating:
B.
This notice shall be published not less than ten (10) nor more than
thirty (30) days prior to the date of the sale.
[CC 1986 § 51.580]
The Chief of Police or his/her duly authorized representative
may enter upon private property for inspection or for the purpose
of removing any vehicle or junk in accordance with this Article. If
any person refuses to allow entry onto his/her private property, the
Chief of Police may obtain a warrant from the proper official and
proceed in accordance therewith.
[CC 1986 § 51.590]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Article shall
be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation and shall be fined no less
than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
Each day of violation shall be deemed a separate offense.
