(A) No vehicle shall be parked on any street in a manner as to clearly be a traffic hazard.
(B) All night parking - abandoned and junked vehicles.
(1) It is unlawful for anyone to park any vehicle on any of the public ways of the City for a period of 24 hours or longer.
(2) A vehicle parked in 1 place upon a public way for 3 consecutive days, after being marked with a warning, shall be deemed abandoned and shall be subject to all existing regulations of the City pertaining to motor vehicles.
(3) (a) For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
JUNKED VEHICLE. Any vehicle which is inoperative or reasonably appears to be inoperative; wrecked; dismantled; partially dismantled; or discarded. Conditions which may indicate that a motor vehicle is junked include, but not limited to extensively rusted, or without all properly inflated tires, windshields, window glass, major chassis components, brake lights or without any other vehicle component required by law or with an expired license plate or registration tag or without a license plate or registration tag.
(b) A junked vehicle located on a public way shall be deemed a public nuisance.
(c) It is unlawful for any person or persons to cause or allow a junked vehicle to be placed, located, maintained or to exist upon the public way.
(d) Any junked vehicle located on the public way is subject to being impounded.
(4) (a) It is unlawful to park or store upon a public way any device, whether or not attached to a tow vehicle, which is not capable of being driven under its own power (self-propelled) or which cannot legally be operated on public ways.
(b) Such devices include, but are not limited to boats, boat trailers, flatbed trailers, dumpsters, other tote devices and portable storage containers.
(c) Any such device parked on the public way is subject to being impounded.
(d) Excepted are dumpsters and portable storage containers for which written permission has been obtained from the Police Department. Also excepted are devices attached to a tow vehicle when parked for a period of no longer than 24 hours. However, should any such device cause damage to any public way, the owner or permittee shall be responsible for any damage which may be caused thereto and shall, upon invoice for the costs of such repair, reimburse the city for the same.
(1995 Code, § 10.28.180) (Ord. O-96-6, passed - -; Am. Ord. O-2015-013, passed 12-14-2015)