This chapter is not the sole and exclusive enactment applicable to this City to abate abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles. It supplements, and is in addition to other regulatory codes, statutes and ordinances enacted by the City, the State of California, or any other entity or agency lawfully vested with jurisdiction over this subject matter.
Any abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle which is kept, stored or accumulated or maintained on private property or on public property (except highways) owned by the City of Los Angeles and which contributes to neighborhood blight and deterioration, or which creates a fire hazard or a hazard to the health and safety of minors, or which creates a harborage for rodents, insects and other pests, or which is otherwise injurious to the public health, safety and welfare, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance which may be abated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall not be applied to effect the removal of the following:
(a) Any vehicle or part thereof which is completely enclosed within a building or structure in a lawful manner where such vehicle is not visible from the street or from any other public or private property;
(b) Any vehicle or part thereof which is lawfully stored or parked on private property in connection with the business of a licensed vehicle dealer, licensed vehicle dismantler, or a junk yard;
(c) Any vehicle which is temporarily stored or parked on private property lawfully used as a garage or other place devoted to the maintenance, care and repair of motor vehicles.
Provided, however, that these exceptions shall not be deemed to authorize the maintenance of a public or private nuisance in violation of any law.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 138,349.
Added by Ord. No. 138,821, Eff. 8-10-69.
Amended by: Ord. No. 153,579, Eff. 5-10-80; Ord. No. 174,046, Eff. 8-5-01.