(a) For the purpose of this section, the term "abandoned motor vehicle", means any motor vehicle, not stored in a garage, which shall be standing on or parked on premises within the Municipality, apparently inoperable for a period of seven days or more.
(b) No owner, lessee, agent or tenant of premises within the City shall have standing or parked upon such premises an "abandoned motor vehicle" as defined under subsection (a) hereof.
(c) The presence of an "abandoned motor vehicle" within the City is a menace to the health, safety and welfare of the City and its inhabitants and that notwithstanding the penalty contained in Section 303.99(a)(13) and in addition thereto, when the Director of Public Safety ascertains that an "abandoned motor vehicle", is within the City, he shall cause written notice and demand to be served upon the owner, lessee, agent, or tenant as described in subsection (b) hereof, that such vehicle shall be removed from the premises within seventy-two hours after the service of the notice. If the owner, or other person having charge of the lands is a non-resident whose address is known, the notice shall be sent to his address by registered mail; if the address of the owner is unknown, it shall be sufficient to publish the notice once in a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Cuyahoga. Any police officer may make service and return of the notice provided for in this section.
(Ord. 1985-11. Passed 4-22-85.)
(Ord. 1985-11. Passed 4-22-85.)