In addition to and in accordance with the determination made and the authority granted under Vehicle Code Section 22660 to abate and remove abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof as public nuisances, the City Council finds that the accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts on private or public property, not including highways, creates a condition tending to reduce the value of private property, promote blight and deterioration, invite plundering, create fire hazards and harbors for rodents and insects, constitute attractive nuisances creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors and to be injurious to the public’s health, safety and general welfare. Thus, the presence of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle or part on private or public property, except as expressly provided, is declared to constitute a public nuisance which may be abated and removed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 1672, § 2(A), 1995; Ord. 756, (part), 1976; Ord. 413, § 1, 1968)