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It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or permit any motor vehicle nuisance within the city.
(a) (1) A MOTOR VEHICLE NUISANCE is any motor vehicle that is not currently registered or tagged pursuant to K.S.A. 8-126 to 8-149 inclusive, as amended; or parked in violation of city ordinance; or incapable of moving under its own power; or in a junked, wrecked or inoperable condition.
(2) Any one of the following conditions shall raise the presumption that a vehicle is junked, wrecked or inoperable:
(A) Absence of a current registration plate upon the vehicle;
(B) Placement of the vehicle or parts thereof upon jacks, blocks or other supports; or
(C) Absence of one or more parts of the vehicle necessary for the lawful operation of the vehicle upon street or highway.
(b) The provisions of this article shall not apply to:
(1) Any motor vehicle that is enclosed in a garage or other building;
(2) To the parking or storage of a vehicle inoperable for a period of 30 consecutive days or less; or
(3) To any person conducting a business enterprise in compliance with existing zoning regulations or who places such vehicles behind screening of sufficient size, strength and density to screen such vehicles from the view of the public and to prohibit ready access to stored vehicles by children, however, nothing in this division (b)(3) shall be construed to authorize the maintenance of a public nuisance.
The public officer shall make inquiry and inspection of premises upon receiving a complaint or complaints in writing signed by two or more persons stating that a nuisance exists and describing the same and where located or is informed that a nuisance may exist by the Board of Health, Chief of Police or the Fire Chief. The public officer may make such inquiry and inspection when he or she observes conditions that appear to constitute a nuisance. Upon making any inquiry and inspection, the public officer shall make a written report of findings.
(a) The governing body shall serve upon the owner, any agent of the owner of the property, or any other person, corporation, partnership or association found by the public officer to be in violation of § 8-303 an order stating the violation. The order shall be served on the owner or agent of such property by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service. If the property is unoccupied and the owner is a nonresident, then by mailing the order by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of the owner.
(b) If the owner or the agent of the owner of the property has failed to accept delivery or otherwise failed to effectuate receipt of a notice or order sent pursuant to this section during the preceding 24- month period, the governing body of the city may provide notice of the issuance of any further orders to abate or remove a nuisance from such property or provide notice of the order by such methods including, but not limited to, door hangers, conspicuously posting notice of such order on the property, personal notification, telephone communication or first-class mail. If the property is unoccupied and the owner is a nonresident, notice provided by this section shall be given by telephone communication or first-class mail.
(K.S.A. 12-1617e)
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