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It shall be unlawful and a civil offense for any person:
(A) To park and/or in any other manner place and leave unattended on the traveled portion of any public street or highway a junk vehicle for any period of time, even if the owner or operator of the vehicle did not intend to permanently desert or forsake the vehicle;
(B) To park or in any other manner place and leave unattended on the untraveled portion of any street or highway, or upon any other public property, a junk vehicle for more than 48 continuous hours, even if the owner or operator of the vehicle did not intend to permanently desert or forsake the vehicle; and/or
(C) To park, store, keep, maintain on private property a junk vehicle for more than 60 days.
(1994 Code, § 13-402) (Ord. 584, passed 12-13-1999) Penalty, see § 92.99
(A) It shall be permissible for a person to park, store, keep and maintain a junked vehicle on private property under the following conditions:
(1) The junk vehicle is completely enclosed within a building where neither the vehicle, nor any part of it, is visible from the street or from any other abutting property. However, this exception shall not exempt the owner or person in possession of the property from any zoning, building, housing, property maintenance and other regulations governing the building in which such vehicle is enclosed; and/or
(2) The junk vehicle is parked or stored on property lawfully zoned for the parking or storage of such vehicles. However, this exception shall not exempt the owner or occupant of the property from any other zoning, building, property maintenance and other regulations governing the manner in which such vehicles can be kept on such property.
(B) No person shall park, store, keep and maintain on private property a junk vehicle for any period of time if it poses an immediate threat to the health and safety of citizens of the city.
(1994 Code, § 13-403) (Ord. 584, passed 12-13-1999) Penalty, see § 92.99
(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)
Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.
(1994 Code, § 13-405) (Ord. 584, passed 12-13-1999)