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(A)
After a vehicle has been removed under authority of this chapter, it shall not be reconstructed or made operable.
(B) When a hearing is requested by the owner or the occupant of the public or private premises, or by the owner or occupant of the premises adjacent to the public right-of-way on which a junked vehicle is located, in accordance with the terms of this chapter, a public hearing shall be held prior to the removal of the vehicle or part thereof as a public nuisance before the City Council.
(C) Upon determination by the City Council that said vehicle is a public nuisance and that it should be removed, a resolution of the Council requiring the removal of the vehicle or part thereof shall be prepared and passed and shall include a description of the vehicle, and the correct identification number and license number of the vehicle, if available at the site.
(D) Notice shall be given to the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation within five days after the date of removal identifying the vehicle or part thereof.
(2005 Code, § 8-3-6) (Ord. 200728A, passed 7-28-2020)
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:
(A) A vehicle or part thereof that is completely enclosed within a building in a lawful manner where it is not visible from the street or other public or private property;
(B) A vehicle or part thereof which is stored or parked in a lawful manner on private property in connection with the business of a licensed vehicle dealer or a junk yard; or
(C) Unlicensed, operable or inoperable antique and special-interest vehicles stored by a collector on his or her property, provided that the vehicles and the outdoor storage areas are maintained in such a manner that they do not constitute a health hazard and are screened from ordinary public view by means of a fence, rapidly growing trees, shrubbery or other appropriate means.
(2005 Code, § 8-3-7) (Ord. 200728A, passed 7-28-2020)
The provisions of this chapter shall be carried out and administered by regularly salaried, full-time employees of the city, except that the removal of the vehicles or parts thereof from property may be by any other duly authorized person.
(2005 Code, § 8-3-8) (Ord. 200728A, passed 7-28-2020)
(A) The City Manager, Director of Public Safety or their duly authorized representative is hereby directed and authorized to enter upon private property for the examination of vehicles or parts thereof, to obtain information as to the identity of vehicles and to remove or cause the removal of a vehicle or parts thereof declared to be a nuisance pursuant to this chapter.
(B) The Municipal Court shall have authority to issue any order necessary to enforce this procedure.
(2005 Code, § 8-3-9) (Ord. 200728A, passed 7-28-2020)
(A) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to park any bobtail, truck-tractor, road-trailer, trailer, semitrailer, bus and any other commercial motor vehicle over one ton capacity upon any public street, alley, parkway, boulevard, public place or railroad right-of-way in the city.
(2) This provision shall not apply to street construction equipment, maintenance and repair equipment or trucks, rollers and implements, equipment trailers, vehicles used by public service utility companies engaged in repairing or extending public service utilities, motor buses when taking on or discharging passengers at the customary bus stops, vehicles parked in a designated loading zone while they are in the act of accepting from the immediate shipper or delivering to a consignee or addressee any transportable thing, or vehicles with mechanical defects during the time it takes to make emergency repairs.
(B) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to park any bobtail, truck-tractor, road-tractor, road-trailer, semitrailer, bus and any other commercial motor vehicle over one ton capacity within any developed platted subdivision in the city.
(2) This provision shall not prevent the parking or standing of the above described vehicles in such zoned areas for the purpose of expeditiously loading and unloading passengers, freight or merchandise.
(2005 Code, § 8-3-10) (Ord. 920406A, passed 6-4-1992; Ord. 200728A, passed 7-28-2020)
Penalty, see § 10.99
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