A. Generally: No owner, person, or person in control of premises shall do any act, omission, or create a condition or occurrence which causes a nuisance by storing personalty. Any act of any such owner, person, person in control of premises whereby the surrounding area may be adversely affected, either directly or indirectly, or a potentially hazardous situation is created by the storing of personalty is hereby declared to be a nuisance and unlawful and may be abated and enjoined as hereinafter provided. The following are hereby declared to be nuisances by storing personalty: (Ord. 97-132)
1. Unsheltered storage of old, unused, stripped, junked, and other automobiles not in good and safe operating condition for a period of thirty (30) days or more within the jurisdiction of the city unless storage is allowed and is in compliance with the zoning ordinances (title 15, chapter 2 of this code) of the city; (Ord. 2013-21)
2. Unsheltered storage of any other vehicles, machinery, implements, and/or equipment and personal property of any kind which is no longer usable for the purposes for which it was manufactured, for a period of thirty (30) days or more within the jurisdiction of the city unless such storage is allowed and is in compliance with the zoning ordinances of the city.
B. Abatement Of Storage Of Personalty As Nuisance:
1. The owner(s), tenants, lessees, and/or occupants of any lot within the corporate limits of the city upon which such storage is made, and also the owner(s), and/or lessees of said personalty involved in such storage (all of whom are hereinafter referred to collectively as "owners"), shall jointly and severally abate said nuisance by the prompt removal of said personalty into completely enclosed buildings authorized to be used for such storage purposes.
2. Whenever said persons fail to abate said nuisance, then the city shall remove the said personalty to a location of its selection, the expenses therefor to be billed to said owners, jointly and severally and subject to collection pursuant to state and local laws.
3. When said personalty has been removed and placed in storage by the city, as provided for herein, said personalty shall be sold by the city after the lapse of such time as is provided by law. If the proceeds of such sale are insufficient to pay the costs of abatement, said owners shall be liable to the city for the balance of the costs, jointly and severally, to be recoverable in a suit at law. If the proceeds are in excess of costs, the balance shall be paid to said owners, or deposited in the city treasury for their use. (Ord. 97-132)