(A) (1) Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-63-101, the Codes Enforcement Officer is authorized to issue an ordinance summons for violations of this subchapter on private property. The Codes Enforcement Officer shall upon the complaint of any citizen, or acting on his or her own information, investigate complaints of junked vehicles on private property.
(2) If, after such investigation, the Codes Enforcement Officer finds a junked vehicle on private property, he or she shall issue an ordinance summons. The ordinance summons shall be served upon the owner or owners of the property, and shall give notice to the same to appear and answer the charges against him, her or them.
(B) If the offender refuses to sign the agreement to appear, the Codes Enforcement Officer may:
(1) Request the city judge to issue a summons; or
(2) Request a police office to witness the violation.
(C) The police officer who witnesses the violation may issue the offender a citation in lieu of arrest as authorized by Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 7-63-101 et seq. or if the offender refuses to sign the citation, may arrest the offender for failure to sign the citation in lieu of arrest.
(1994 Code, § 13-404) (Ord. 584, passed 12-13-1999)