(A) It is hereby declared to be a nuisance and prohibited to permit an unlicensed, uninsured, inoperative, junked, wrecked, partially dismantled or abandoned motor vehicle to be parked, kept, or stored on any premises or allowed to remain on the right-of-way of any public street or highway within the city, or upon any other public or private property within the city for a period longer than five days.
(B) No person in control of premises, whether as owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or otherwise, shall allow such unlicensed, uninsured, inoperative, junked, wrecked, partially dismantled or abandoned motor vehicle to remain on such property for longer than five days; and no person shall leave any such vehicle on any such property within the city for a period longer than five days, except that this section shall not apply with regard to any vehicle in an enclosed building. Further, this section shall not apply with regard to any vehicle on the premises of a business enterprise operated in a lawful place and manner when the keeping and maintenance of such vehicle is necessary to the operation of such business enterprise, or with regard to a vehicle in an appropriate storage place or depository maintained in a lawful place and manner by the city or any public agency or entity.
(C) This section shall be enforced by members of the police department, code enforcement department, and any other city official or employee designated by the mayor.
(D) Should it be discovered that any junked, wrecked, partially dismantled, illegal or abandoned motor vehicle has remained on private property in violation of the other provisions of this section, the members of the police department, and/or any other city official or employee designated by the mayor, shall tag vehicle or notify by written notice the owner, occupant, or person having control of the property involved to remedy such situation. If, within five days after written notice or tagging of vehicle, the violation has not been remedied, appropriate action shall be taken by the city official to cite the alleged violator under the provisions of § 1727.99.
(Prior Code, § 1727.02) (Ord. passed 12-1-2015; Ord. passed 10-3-2023) Penalty, see § 1727.99
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