§ 632.01 PURPOSE.

   In enacting this chapter, Council finds and declares that the accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, junked, partially dismantled or inoperative motor vehicles, on private property, which motor vehicles are in the nature of rubbish and unsightly debris, violates, in many instances, the zoning regulations of the city and constitutes a nuisance detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the community in that such conditions tend to interfere with the enjoyment of and reduce the value of private property, invite plundering, create fire hazards and other safety and health hazards to minors as well as adults, interfere with the comfort and well being of the public and create, extend and aggravate urban blight, and that the public health, safety and general welfare require that such conditions be regulated, abated and prohibited.

(Ord. 96-1966, passed 5-16-1966)

§ 632.02 STORAGE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

   (A)   No person shall park, store or leave, or permit the parking or storing of any unlicensed motor vehicle or any vehicle in a rusted, wrecked, junk, partially dismantled, inoperative or abandoned condition, whether attended or not, for a period in excess of 24 hours, upon any private property within the city, unless the same is completely enclosed within a building, or unless it is in connection with a business enterprise operated in a lawful place and manner and licensed as such, when necessary to the operation of such business enterprise.

   (B)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(Ord. 4-1973, passed 1-2-1973; Ord. 96-1966, passed 5-16-1966)

§ 632.03 REMOVAL REQUIRED.

   The accumulation and storage of one or more such motor vehicles in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute rubbish and unsightly debris, and shall constitute a nuisance, detrimental to the health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitants of the city. It shall be the duty of the registered owner of such motor vehicle, and it shall be the duty of the person in charge or control of the private property upon which such motor vehicle is located, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise, to remove the same to a place of lawful storage, or to have the motor vehicle housed within a building where it will not be visible from the street.

(Ord. 96-1966, passed 5-16-1966)

§ 632.04 NOTICE TO REMOVE.

   Whenever there are reasonable grounds to believe that a violation of the provisions of this chapter exists, the Building Commissioner and/or the Chief of Police shall give, or cause to be given, written notice to the registered owner of any motor vehicle which is in violation of this chapter, or to the owner or person in lawful possession or control of the private property upon which such motor vehicle is located, or to both the registered owner and the owner or person in lawful possession or control of such private property, that such motor vehicle violates the provisions of this chapter and that within 72 hours the motor vehicle is to be removed to a place of lawful storage or to be housed in a building where it will not be visible from the street.

(Ord. 96-1966, passed 5-16-1966)