(a) For the purpose of this Ordinance, an abandoned automotive service station, gasoline station or fuel filling station shall be defined as one in which the owner or lessee has failed to operate for at least three consecutive months in any eighteen month period.
(b) All motor vehicle service stations, gasoline station, or fuel filling stations which use is discontinued after the enactment of this Ordinance shall be presumed to be a nuisance affecting or endangering surrounding property and to be detrimental to the public health, safety, and general welfare of the community and shall be abated by the owner of the property.
(Ord. 30-2007. Passed 12-20-07.)