"Inoperable vehicle"
means any motor vehicle which cannot be operated lawfully on a public street or highway within the state for any reason other than the lack of current vehicle registration, or which cannot be moved under its own power.
"Screened from ordinary public view"
means in a manner which does not constitute a health hazard, attract children, rodents or pests, and is located away from public view, or screened from ordinary public view, by means of a suitable fence, trees shrubbery, opaque covering or other appropriate means.
(Prior code § 13-9.5)
A person shall not keep, store, park, maintain or otherwise permit an inoperable or unlicensed vehicle, in an area zoned Residential 1 (R-1), Residential 2 (R-2), Residential 2A (R-2A), Residential 3 (R-3), Residential 4 (R-4), or Residential PUD, unless screened from ordinary view. Inoperative vehicles in noncompliance with the provision hereof shall be removed within five days of notice to any owner, tenant or lessee of the premises.
(Prior code § 13-9.5; Ord. 18-010 § 1, 2018)
A. 
The chief of police or building inspector, upon determining that a violation of this section exists, shall notify the owner, tenant or lessee of the property upon which the violation exists of the violation, by sending written notice to the last known address of the owner as shown on the records of the county assessor or by personal delivery of the notice to the owner, tenant or lessee of the property.
B. 
The notice shall contain the request for removal within five days for a vehicle, and the notice shall advise that upon failure to comply with the notice to remove, the city or its designee shall undertake such removal with the cost of removal to be levied against the owner or occupant of the property.
C. 
If within five days after notice has been given, the violation continues, the chief of police or the building inspector will cause the offending vehicle to be removed at the property owner's, tenant's or lessee's expense.
D. 
Notice of Removal. For vehicles removed pursuant to this section, within 48 hours of the removal of such vehicle, the chief of police or building inspector shall give notice by certified mailing to the registered owner and lien holder of a vehicle, if known, and also to the owner or occupant of the private property from which the vehicle was removed that such vehicle, or vehicles, has been impounded and stored for violation of this section. The notice shall give the location of where the vehicle, or vehicles, is stored, and the costs incurred by the city for removal.
E. 
Disposition of Vehicles. Any vehicle removed by the city may, if not redeemed within 30 days after notice of removal has been given, be sold by the sheriff, in accordance with the provisions of the Wyoming Statutes on abandoned vehicles.
F. 
Redemption of Impounded Vehicles. The owner of any vehicle seized under the provisions of this section may redeem such motor vehicle at any time after its removal but prior to the sale or destruction thereof upon proof of ownership and payment to the city treasurer of such sum as he or she may determine and fix for the actual and reasonable expense of removal, and any preliminary sale advertising expenses, plus $2 per day for storage for each motor vehicle redeemed.
G. 
Liability of Owner or Occupant. Upon the failure of the owner or occupant of property on which abandoned vehicles have been removed by the city to pay the unrecovered expenses incurred by the city in such removal, a lien shall be placed upon the real property for the amount of such expenses.
(Prior code § 13-9.5)