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State law references–Regulation of abandoned and junked motor vehicles, V.T.C.A., Transportation Code, sec. 683.001 et seq.; junked vehicles, V.T.C.A., Transportation Code, sec. 683.071 et seq.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them:
Antique vehicle.
A passenger car or truck that is at least 25 years old.
Code enforcement division.
The City of Cedar Park Code Enforcement Division, including its employed individual officers.
Demolisher.
Any person whose business is to convert a motor vehicle into processed scrap or scrap metal or otherwise to wreck or dismantle motor vehicles.
Inoperable.
Any motor vehicle not capable of self-propelled movement, operation, and function.
Junked vehicle.
A vehicle that is self-propelled and:
(1) 
Displays an expired license plate or invalid motor vehicle inspection certificate or does not display a license plate or motor vehicle inspection certificate; and
(2) 
Is:
(A) 
Wrecked, dismantled, partially dismantled, or discarded; or
(B) 
Inoperable and has remained inoperable for more than:
(i) 
Seventy-two (72) consecutive hours, if the vehicle is on public property; or
(ii) 
Thirty (30) consecutive days, if the vehicle is on private property.
Motor vehicle.
Any motor vehicle subject to registration pursuant to the Texas Certificate of Title Act.
Motor vehicle collector.
A person who owns one or more antique or special interest vehicles and acquires, collects, or disposes of an antique or special interest vehicle or part thereof for personal use to restore and preserve an antique or special interest vehicle for historic interest.
Police department.
The City of Cedar Park Police Department, including its employed individual peace officers.
Special interest vehicle.
A motor vehicle of any age that has not been changed from original manufacturer’s specifications and, because of its historic interest, is being preserved by a hobbyist.
(Ordinance CO64-12-09-27-C1 adopted 9/27/12)
The City Manager or their designee shall direct administration of this article by regularly salaried employees of the city, except that any authorized person may be directed to remove junked vehicles or parts thereof.
(Ordinance CO64-12-09-27-C1 adopted 9/27/12)
The police department, code enforcement division, or other duly authorized agent responsible for enforcing this article may enter upon private property for the purposes specified in this article and to examine vehicles or parts thereof, obtain information as to the identity of vehicles, and to remove or cause the removal of a vehicle or parts thereof declared to be a nuisance, in accordance with this article, and to serve such necessary orders and to execute such necessary instruments in order to obtain possession of and/or convey title to such vehicle or parts thereof.
(Ordinance CO64-12-09-27-C1 adopted 9/27/12)
Pursuant to Texas Transportation Code, section 683.072, as amended, junked vehicles, including parts thereof, which are visible from a public place or public right-of-way are detrimental to the safety and welfare of the general public, tending to reduce the value of private property, to invite vandalism, to create fire hazards, to constitute an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors, and are detrimental to the economic welfare of the state, by producing urban blight which is adverse to the maintenance and continuing development of the municipalities in the state, and such vehicles are therefore declared to be a public nuisance.
(Ordinance CO64-12-09-27-C1 adopted 9/27/12)
(a) 
Upon complaint or observation that a nuisance, as defined herein, exists in the city, the police department, code enforcement division, or other duly authorized agent responsible for enforcing this article shall give or cause to be given to the person maintaining or suspected of maintaining such nuisance, a written notice stating the nature of the public nuisance, its location, and that it must be removed and abated by the tenth (10th) day after the date on which the notice was personally delivered or mailed; and further, that a request for hearing to contest the alleged violation must be made in writing before the expiration of said ten-day period. Such notice shall be personally delivered or sent by certified mail with a five-day return requested, or delivered by the United States Postal Service with signature confirmation service to:
(1) 
The last known registered owner of the alleged junked vehicle;
(2) 
Each lienholder of record; and
(3) 
The owner or occupant of the private property on which the alleged junked vehicle is located, or if the alleged junked vehicle is located on a public right-of-way, of the property adjacent to the public right-of-way.
(b) 
If any notice is returned undelivered by the United States Postal Service, official action to abate said nuisance shall be continued to a date not earlier than the eleventh (11th) day after the date of the return.
(Ordinance CO64-12-09-27-C1 adopted 9/27/12)
(a) 
If requested in writing within ten (10) days by any person receiving notice, as provided in section 8.05.006, a public hearing shall be held before the judge of the municipal court of the city. At the hearing, the alleged junked vehicle is presumed, unless demonstrated otherwise by the owner, to be inoperable. The relocation of an alleged junked vehicle to another location in the city has no effect if the junked vehicle constitutes a public nuisance at the new location.
(b) 
If the judge finds that a public nuisance exists, the judge shall order the owner of the vehicle or the owner or occupant of the premises upon which the vehicle is located to abate and remove such junked vehicle within ten (10) days after the order is given. Such order shall include the vehicle’s description, vehicle identification number, and license plate number, if available.
(Ordinance CO64-12-09-27-C1 adopted 9/27/12)
In the event any person receiving notice fails to request a public hearing as provided in section 8.05.006, it shall be the duty of such person to remove and abate such nuisance within the ten-day period. After a vehicle has been removed in accordance with or under the terms and provisions of this section, it shall not be reconstructed or made operable.
(Ordinance CO64-12-09-27-C1 adopted 9/27/12)
(a) 
If, after the expiration of the ten (10) days provided in the notice under section 8.05.006 with no request for a hearing, or after the expiration of ten (10) days from the date of the municipal court judge’s order under section 8.05.007 for the removal and abatement of the public nuisance, such nuisance has not been removed or abated, the police department, code enforcement division, or other duly authorized agent responsible for enforcing this article may remove or cause to be removed the junked vehicle which was the subject of such notice or order.
(b) 
Notice identifying the junked vehicle or part thereof shall be given to the state department of motor vehicles not later than the fifth (5th) day after the date of removal.
(c) 
A junked vehicle, including a part of a junked vehicle, may be removed to a scrap yard, a motor vehicle demolisher, or a suitable site operated by the city.
(d) 
Any proceeds from the city’s removal of a junked vehicle or part thereof pursuant to this section shall be applied to reimburse the city for all costs incurred in the investigation, notification, hearing, and removal procedures under this article.
(Ordinance CO64-12-09-27-C1 adopted 9/27/12)
This article shall not apply to:
(1) 
A vehicle or part thereof which is completely enclosed within a building in a lawful manner and is not visible from the street or other public or private property;
(2) 
A vehicle or part thereof which is stored or parked in a lawful manner on private property in connection with the business of a licensed vehicle dealer or junkyard if the vehicle or part and the outdoor storage area are maintained in an orderly manner, not a health hazard, and screened from ordinary public view by appropriate means, including a fence, rapidly growing trees, or shrubbery; or
(3) 
A licensed antique or special interest vehicle or part thereof stored by a motor vehicle collector on the collector’s property, if the vehicle or part and the outdoor storage area are maintained in an orderly manner, not a health hazard, and screened from ordinary public view by appropriate means, including a fence, rapidly growing trees, shrubbery, or a fitted car cover manufactured for such purpose, concealing the entire body of the motor vehicle, and being secured to the motor vehicle by elastic, velcro, ties, or other similar means.
(Ordinance CO64-12-09-27-C1 adopted 9/27/12)