Sections
8.04.010 Declaration of public nuisances.
8.04.020 Definitions.
8.04.030 Exceptions.
8.04.040 Nonexclusivity of regulation.
8.04.050 Administration - Officer designated.
8.04.060 Administration - Costs.
8.04.070 Abatement - Authority of private contractor.
8.04.080 Abatement - Authority of vehicle abatement officer.
8.04.090 Abatement - Notice of intention.
8.04.100 Public hearing - Request.
8.04.110 Public hearing - Procedure, action.
8.04.120 Abatement - Procedure.
8.04.130 Abatement - Notice to Department of Motor Vehicles.
8.04.140 Abatement - Costs.
8.04.150 Act of abandonment - Misdemeanor.
8.04.160 Refusal to abate - Misdemeanor.
8.04.170 Grievance with final order – Appeal to City Council.
8.04.180 Violation - Penalty.
Statutory reference:
For statutory provisions on removal of parked and abandoned vehicles, see Vehicle Code §§ 22650 et seq.;
For provisions authorizing local abatement of abandoned and wrecked vehicles, see Vehicle Code § 22660
In addition to and in accordance with the determination made and the authority granted by the state under Vehicle Code § 22660 to remove abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof as public nuisances, the Council makes the following findings and declarations. The accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof on private or public property, not including highways, is 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. Therefore, the presence of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle or part thereof on private or public property, not including highways, except as expressly permitted in this chapter, constitutes a public nuisance which may be abated as such in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(`78 Code, § 8.04.010.)
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases have the meanings set forth in this section, unless it is apparent from the context that a different meaning is intended.
(A) "Highway" means a way or place of whatever nature publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. Highway includes "street."
(B) "Owner of the land" means the owner of the land on which the vehicle, or parts thereof, is located, as shown on the last equalized assessment roll.
(C) “Owner of the vehicle" means the last registered owner and legal owner of record.
(D) "Public property" does not include "highway."
(E) "Vehicle” means a device by which any persons 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.
(`78 Code, § 8.04.020.)
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