(A) In addition to and in accordance with the determination made and the authority granted by the state pursuant to the provisions of Cal. Veh. Code § 22660 to remove abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles, or parts thereof, as public nuisances, the Council hereby makes the following findings and declarations:
(1) The accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles, or parts thereof, on private or public property, not including highways, is hereby found to create a condition tending to reduce the value of private property, to promote blight and deterioration, to invite plundering, to create fire hazards, to constitute an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors, to create a harborage for rodents and insects, and to be injurious to the health, safety, and general welfare.
(2) Therefore, the presence of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle, or parts thereof, on private or public property, not including highways, except as expressly permitted by the provisions of this chapter, is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance which may be abated as such in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(B) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
HIGHWAY. A way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. HIGHWAY shall include street.
OWNER OF THE LAND. The owner of the land on which the vehicle, or parts thereof, is located, as shown on the last equalized assessment roll.
OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. The last registered owner and legal owner of record.
PUBLIC PROPERTY. This term shall not include highway.
VEHICLE. A device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, except a device moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
('66 Code, § 4-10.01) (Ord. 147-C-S, passed 9-22-71)