Section
18.401 Abandonment unlawful
18.402 Abandonment determined
18.403 Definitions
18.404 Parking and storage of certain vehicles
18.405 Health hazards defined
18.406 Salvaged vehicles
18.407 Exceptions
18.408 Properly licensed business
Editor’s note:
This article derives generally accepted municipal practices.
It shall be unlawful for any person to abandon or permit to be abandoned any motorized vehicle for self propulsion, including, but not limited to, any automobile, boat, golf cart, any dismantled or partially dismantled vehicle or motor vehicle, vehicle or motor vehicle parts or accessories, on any public street, right-of-way, public grounds or upon any privately-owned property; and it shall be unlawful for any person owning or controlling any privately-owned property to abandon a vehicle or to permit the abandonment of a vehicle as described in this article.
(Prior Code, § 18.401)
For the purpose of this article, a vehicle shall be determined to have been
ABANDONED under one or more of the following circumstances:
a. Any vehicle left upon a street or highway in violation of a law or ordinance;
b. Any vehicle failing to display a current license plate;
c. Any vehicle that is dismantled or partially dismantled, damaged or left exposed, uncovered, unscreened or unenclosed;
d. Any vehicle incapable of self propulsion or incapable of being driven or operated in the manner for which it was originally intended;
e. Any vehicle left, stored or abandoned on property owned, operated or controlled by the town without written consent;
f. Any vehicle left on private property without the consent of the owner, occupant or lessee thereof for a period in excess of 24 hours; or
g. Any vehicle left, stored or abandoned on any public street or right-of-way of the town for a period in excess of seven days.
(Prior Code, § 18.402)
For the purpose of this article, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PERSON. Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
PRIVATE PROPERTY. Any real estate property within the town which is privately owned and which is not public property as defined in this article.
PUBLIC PROPERTY. Any street or highway which shall include the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained for the purposes of vehicular travel, and shall also mean any other publicly owned property, right-of-way or facility.
(Prior Code, § 18.403)
a. Any person in charge or control of any property within the town, whether as an owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise, must park or store all abandoned vehicles in a completely enclosed building, conceal the vehicle with a cover specifically designed for the purpose of protecting the particular vehicle or construct a privacy fence as defined in division b.3. below, that prevents sight or view from a public location or adjoining properties.
b. Any owner notified of a violation of this article shall comply therewith within 30 days by one of the following means:
1. Remove the vehicle completely from view by storing the vehicle inside a completely enclosed building;
2. Conceal the vehicle with a cover specifically designed for the purpose of protecting the particular vehicle; or
3. Construct a privacy fence as defined in this division b.3. for the area containing the vehicle that prohibits sight or view of the vehicle from a public location or adjoining properties. Any constructed
PRIVACY FENCE shall be made of chain link design with aluminum or plastic panel weave or may be designed of solid wood privacy fencing. Fencing must be of a sufficient height, design and construction as to totally prohibit sight or view of the vehicle from a public location or adjoining properties. All fencing must be maintained as to continue to prevent sight or view of the vehicle as well as to ensure that the fencing itself is not unsightly.
(Prior Code, § 18.404)
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