CHAPTER 6: ABANDONED, WRECKED VEHICLES
Section
11-6-1 Nuisance declared
11-6-2 Definitions
11-6-3 Exceptions
11-6-4 Supplementary regulations
11-6-5 Administration and enforcement
11-6-6 Abatement and removal, procedure
11-6-7 Hearings, determination
11-6-8 Disposal of nuisance; notify Department Of Motor Vehicles
11-6-9 Failure to pay costs
11-6-10 Leaving vehicle on private property
11-6-11 Penalty
In addition to and in accordance with the determination made and the authority granted by the state under the Cal. Vehicle Code § 22660 to remove abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof as public nuisances, the City Council hereby makes the following findings and declarations.
(A) The accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof on private or public property not including highways is hereby found to create a condition tending to reduce the value of private property, to promote blight and deterioration, to invite plundering, creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors, to create a harborage for rodents and insects and to be injurious to the health, safety and general welfare.
(B) Therefore, the presence of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle or parts thereof, on private or public property not including highways except as expressly hereinafter permitted, is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance which may be abated as such in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 167, passed 4-30-1973)
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
HIGHWAY. A way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. HIGHWAY includes street.
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. This term does not include “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.
(Ord. 167, passed 4-30-1973)
(A) This chapter shall not apply to:
1. A vehicle or parts thereof which are located behind a solid fence six feet in height or which are not plainly visible from the public right-of-way; or
2. A vehicle or parts thereof which are 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 in commercially zoned districts other than the downtown commercial district, as defined in § 5-3-6 of this code, or when such storage or parking is necessary to the operation of a lawfully conducted business or commercial enterprise. Businesses of this nature operating in the downtown commercial district shall be required to store inoperable vehicles and parts thereof in such a manner that said items are not visible within line of sight of the public right-of-way.
(B) Nothing in this section shall authorize the maintenance of a public or private nuisance as defined under provisions of law other than the Cal. Vehicle Code Chapter 10 (commencing with § 22650) of Division 11 and this chapter.
(Ord. 167, passed 4-30-1973; Ord. 470, passed 9-16-1997)
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