§ 91.37 DISPOSAL OF NUISANCE VEHICLE.

   (A)   The city may remove a nuisance vehicle at any time following a public hearing and order of the judge or following the waiver of a hearing.

   (B)   A nuisance vehicle or vehicle part will be disposed of by the city by removal to a scrap yard, demolisher or any suitable site operable by the city for processing as scrap or salvage.

   (C)   If the City Council determines that commercial channels of disposition are not available or are inadequate, the city may operate its own disposal site and make final disposition of nuisance vehicles or vehicle parts at the disposal site, or the city may transfer the vehicles or vehicle parts to another disposal site if the disposal is only as scrap or salvage.

(Ord. 2011-01-01, passed 2-1-2011)

§ 91.38 NOTICE TO STATE.

   The city will give notice to the State Department of Transportation of the removal of a nuisance vehicle not later than 15 days after its removal.

(Ord. 2011-01-01, passed 2-1-2011)

§ 91.39 CIVIL ENFORCEMENT.

   The city may direct the City Attorney to bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this subchapter. Additionally, the city shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorney's fees and expenses if the city is the prevailing party in a civil action involving any violation of this subchapter.

(Ord. 2011-01-01, passed 2-1-2011)

SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES

§ 91.50 UNSAFE BUILDINGS.

   All buildings or structures which are unsafe, unsanitary, unfit for human habitation, not provided with adequate egress, or which constitute a fire hazard, otherwise dangerous to human life or which constitute a hazard to the safety, health or welfare of the public, by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence, or abandonment, are considered unsafe buildings. All buildings in violation of the International Property Maintenance Code, as amended, shall constitute prima facia evidence that the building or structure is unsafe. All such unsafe buildings in the city limit and extra territorial jurisdiction are hereby declared a public nuisance and illegal and shall be abated by repair, rehabilitation or by demolition.

(Ord. 2017-07-02, passed 2-7-2017)

§ 91.51 UNOCCUPIED BUILDINGS.

   Any or all buildings regardless of structural condition, which are unoccupied by the owners, lessees, or other invitee(s) and are unsecured or inadequately secured from unauthorized entry to the extent that they could be entered or used by vagrants or other uninvited persons as a place of harborage or could be entered or used by children or otherwise constitute a danger to the public are considered unsafe. All such unsafe buildings in the city limit and extra territorial jurisdiction are hereby declared a public nuisance and illegal and shall be abated by repair, rehabilitation or by demolition.

(Ord. 2017-07-02, passed 2-7-2017)

§ 91.52 [RESERVED].