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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)
The owner of any abandoned motor vehicle which has been removed, transported and stored under this subchapter may, prior to the sale thereof, present sufficient proof of ownership to the Chief of Police and the Chief of Police shall order the release of the vehicle to the owner upon the payment of all charges of advertisement, removal and storage. This section shall also apply to any person who owns a security interest in any abandoned motor vehicle.
(Ord. 2020.03, passed 8-21-20)
Any motor vehicle or machinery junkyard, located within the corporate limits of the city, and along any right-of-way or street therein shall be screened from the view of persons traveling along the right-of-way or street by means of a fence, shrubs, trees or other natural foliage. The person acting as operator of such motor vehicle or machinery junkyard shall be responsible for the erection and maintenance of the screen directed by this section.
(Ord. 2020.03, passed 8-21-20)
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