[Ord. No. 25-15, 10-18-2025]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
DERELICT, DAMAGED OR DISABLED VEHICLE
Any vehicle which does not bear license plates pursuant to Section 301.160, RSMo., and a vehicle safety inspection sticker pursuant to Section 307.350, RSMo., which are current and issued to the vehicle, or has been inoperable for more than forty-eight (48) hours or is in such a state that it is inoperable.
INOPERABLE
Shall mean that the vehicle cannot be started or that it cannot legally be operated upon the streets and highways of the State.
PROPERTY
Any land owned by the Village or located within the Village limits, not including streets and highways.
STREET or HIGHWAY
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 the purpose of vehicular travel.
TRASH, JUNK, and/or DEBRIS
Any rubbish, lumber, building materials in piece or whole, used or unused, pieces or whole rocks, pieces or whole bricks, metal products, in piece or whole, tin, steel, parts of derelict motor vehicles or landscape equipment, unused household items, brush, tree limbs, uprooted bushes or any other yard waste, any flammable material that may endanger public safety, or any material that may be unhealthy or may be unsafe and declared to be a public nuisance.
VEHICLE
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.
[Ord. No. 25-15, 10-18-2025]
A. 
Any derelict, damaged or disabled vehicle, or part thereof, or junk located on any property; or any vehicle, part thereof, or junk, allowed to remain unmoved on any street or highway for forty-eight (48) hours, is a public nuisance.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to create or maintain a nuisance as defined in this Section.
[Ord. No. 25-15, 10-18-2025]
A. 
Whenever the Chief of Police determines that any vehicle or junk is a nuisance as defined in this Article, 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 this Article, 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.
B. 
When the owner or custodian of the nuisance 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.
C. 
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.
[Ord. No. 25-15, 10-18-2025]
A. 
If not removed within the times specified in the notice given pursuant to this Article, the vehicle or junk shall be transported to a storage area by or at the direction of the Chief of Police at the expense of the owner or person in custody thereof. It shall then be stored for a period of at least ninety (90) days, and the person entitled to possession thereof may redeem the property by payment to the Village of the actual cost of its removal and a reasonable storage fee. If the vehicle or junk is unredeemed after the expiration of the ninety-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 applied to the expenses charged to the owner or person in charge thereof.
B. 
Prior to the sale of any such property, the Chief of Police shall cause to be posted in Village Hall, the place of storage and at least one (1) other public place in the Village, a notice of sale stating:
1. 
That the Village is selling abandoned property;
2. 
The color, make, year, motor number, and serial number, if available, and any other information necessary for an accurate identification of the property;
3. 
The terms of the sale;
4. 
The date, time, and place of the sale.
No sale shall take place in advance of the date or time, as announced.
This notice shall be published not less than ten (10) nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the sale.