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Fairfax, CA Municipal Code of Ordinances
FAIRFAX, CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL CODE OF ORDINANCES
ADOPTING ORDINANCE
TITLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE 2: ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
TITLE 3: REVENUE AND FINANCE
TITLE 4: RESERVED
TITLE 5: BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
TITLE 6: ANIMALS
TITLE 7: RESERVED
TITLE 8: HEALTH AND SAFETY
TITLE 9: PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
TITLE 10: VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
TITLE 11: RESERVED
TITLE 12: STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
TITLE 13: PUBLIC SERVICES
TITLE 14: RESERVED
TITLE 15: BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
TITLE 16: SUBDIVISIONS
TITLE 17: ZONING
TITLE 18: DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
TITLE 19: TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
PARALLEL REFERENCES
CHAPTER 10.16: ABANDONED VEHICLES
Section
   10.16.010   Definitions
   10.16.020   Applicability; construction
   10.16.030   Provisions not exclusive
   10.16.040   Findings; nuisance declared
   10.16.050   Administration and enforcement authority
   10.16.060   Vehicle removal franchise
   10.16.070   Abatement; procedure generally
   10.16.080   Notice of intention to abate
   10.16.090   Request for hearing
   10.16.100   Hearing procedure
   10.16.110   Appeal
   10.16.120   Vehicle removal and disposal
   10.16.130   Notice given to the Department of Motor Vehicles and to the Department of Justice identifying the vehicle
   10.16.140   Administrative costs
   10.16.150   Assessment of costs against land
   10.16.160   Abandonment prohibited
   10.16.170   Abandonment; presumption
   10.16.180   Violation; misdemeanor
Editor’s Note:
The Uniform Traffic Ordinance as adopted in § 10.04.010 of this title was amended by adoption of Article XVIII (§§ 18.1 through 18.15), which is codified in this chapter. The legislative history note following each section of this chapter identifies, in brackets, the number of the U.T.O. section from which it is derived.
§ 10.16.010 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   HIGHWAY.
      (1)   A way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
      (2)   HIGHWAY includes STREET.
   INOPERATIVE VEHICLE. A vehicle that cannot be moved under its own power or vehicles not currently registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles excluding those vehicles that have been filed as a non-operational status.
   OWNER OF THE LAND. The owner of the land on which the vehicle, or parts thereof, is located, as shown on the last equalized assessment roll.
   OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. The last registered owner and legal owner of record.
   PUBLIC PROPERTY. Includes “highway.”
   VEHICLE. A device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved or drawn upon a highway, except a device moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
(Prior Code, § 10.16.010) (Ord. 621, passed - -1993)
§ 10.16.020 APPLICABILITY; CONSTRUCTION.
   (A)   This chapter does not apply to:
      (1)   A vehicle, or parts thereof, which is completely enclosed within a building in a lawful manner where it is not visible from the street or other public or private property; or
      (2)   A vehicle, or parts thereof, which is stored or parked in a lawful manner on private property in connection with the business of a licensed dismantler, licensed vehicle dealer, a junk dealer or when the storage or parking is necessary to the operation of a lawfully conducted business or commercial enterprise.
   (B)   Nothing in this section shall authorize the maintenance of a public or private nuisance, as defined under provisions of law other than Cal. Vehicle Code Division 11, Chapter 10, commencing with § 22650, and this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 10.16.020)
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