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Upon the failure of the owner of property to comply with § 151.11
, the code enforcement officer or other responsible officer designated by the Mayor or by the code enforcement officer is authorized to send City employees upon the property to remedy the situation or to contract with a person, firm, or corporation to remedy any violations that exist, and the owner of the property shall be responsible for all charges plus twenty-five percent (25%) incurred by the city for remedying the situation that exists.
(Ord. 2020.03, passed 8-21-20)
JUNK VEHICLES AND JUNKYARDS
The following words and phrases, when used in this subchapter, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:
“ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE.” Any motor-driven vehicle which the owner or owners thereof, including any person having a security interest therein, has deserted and left unclaimed on any lot or parcel of ground within the corporate limits of the city.
“AUTOMOBILE” and “MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS.” shall mean and include any portion or parts of any motor-driven vehicle as detached from the vehicle as a whole.
“MOTOR VEHICLE IN AN INOPERATIVE CONDITION.” Any style or type of motor-driven vehicle used or useful for the conveyance of persons or property which is unable to move under its own power due to defective or missing parts and which has remained in such condition for a period in excess of 30 consecutive days.
“MOTOR VEHICLE” or “MACHINERY JUNKYARD.” Any place where five or more junked, wrecked or nonoperative vehicles, machines, and other similar scrap or salvage materials are deposited, parked, placed or otherwise located.
“MOTOR VEHICLE UNTIL FOR FURTHER USE.” Any style or type of motor-driven vehicle used for the conveyance of persons of property which is in a dangerous condition, has defective or missing parts or is in such condition generally as to be unfit for further use as a conveyance.
(Ord. 2020.03, passed 8-21-20)
The practice of persons in repairing, stripping and painting motor vehicles, of which the person is not the owner, whether for remuneration or otherwise, within the residential districts of the city, is hereby prohibited and declared to be a public nuisance.
(Ord. 2020.03, passed 8-21-20)
No person shall keep, store, place or allow to remain in open view, motor vehicles in inoperative condition, unlicensed motor vehicles, motor vehicles unfit for further use, unsightly automobile or motor vehicle parts, abandoned motor vehicles, and related refuse or rubbish from such vehicles on any lot or parcel of ground within the corporate limits of the city.
(Ord. 2020.03, passed 8-21-20)
(Ord. 2020.03, passed 8-21-20)
(A) The code enforcement officer, or his or her subordinates and/or designee, is hereby granted the authority to cite any person for allowing any abandoned motor vehicle to remain located on any lot or parcel of ground within the corporate limits of the city.
(B) The property owner or owner of the abandoned or junk motor vehicle, shall have 30 days from the date of this notice to remove the abandoned and/or junk vehicle or to make arrangements acceptable to the code enforcement officer for the removal of such vehicle.
(C) After such notice, the code enforcement officer or his or her designee is hereby granted the authority to remove, transport and store any abandoned or junk vehicle which is located on any lot or parcel of ground within the corporate limits of the city. The removal, transportation and storage of said abandoned vehicle shall be at the sole expense of the owner of the vehicle or landowner who allows the violation to occur on his or her lot or parcel of ground.
(D) The city shall not be responsible for any damage to the abandoned or junk motor vehicle, or property associated with the motor vehicle, as a result of the removal of the abandoned or junk vehicle after proper notice to the violator or owner of the property. After the vehicle has been towed to a storage facility, the city, and any private person or entity who has taken possession of the vehicle for storage, shall have a lien on the vehicle, which shall be enforced pursuant to KRS 376.275. The owner of the property may redeem the abandoned or junk motor vehicle within 30 days after its removal, said redemption to be at the sole expense of the owner of the said property. At the expiration of the 30-day storage, the storage lot owner or the city shall dispose of the said property in any manner deemed appropriate by that person or entity.
(Ord. 2020.03, passed 8-21-20)
Any person designated by code enforcement officer, or his or her subordinates or designee, to remove, transport or store any abandoned motor vehicle shall have a superior lien on the motor vehicle for the reasonable charges for such towing or storage of the vehicle, and such person may sell such abandoned motor vehicle for charges upon compliance with the provisions of KRS 376.275 and KRS 376.280 relating to the notice and sale of motor vehicles for such charges.
(Ord. 2020.03, passed 8-21-20)
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