(a) Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) "Completely enclosed building" means any building with a solid roof and at least three solid walls. For purposes of this chapter, a carport is not a "completely enclosed building".
(2) "Junked motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle meeting all of the following requirements:
A. Extensively damaged, such damage including but not limited to any of the following: a broken window or windshield, missing wheels, tires, motor or transmission.
B. Apparently inoperable.
C. Unable to meet all requirements necessary in order to be driven on the streets of the City.
(b) Junked Motor Vehicle Complaint. Upon complaint of a junked motor vehicle within the City boundaries the Community Services Officer shall send a copy of this section by certified mail to the owner of the vehicle and the owner of the land on which the vehicle is located. The Community Services Officer shall advise at the same time by letter that the junked motor vehicle in question must be moved as provided for in subsection (d) hereof within thirty days.
(c) Nuisance Declared. Unsheltered storage of junked motor vehicles for a period of more than thirty days within the corporate limits, is hereby declared to be a nuisance and dangerous to the public safety.
(d) Abatement of Nuisance by Owners. The owner, owners, tenants, lessees and/or occupants of any lot within the corporate limits upon which a junked motor vehicle is located, and also the owner, owners and/or lessees of the junked motor vehicle, shall jointly or severally abate the nuisance by the prompt removal of the junked motor vehicle into a completely enclosed building, or otherwise remove it to a location outside the corporate limits.
(e) Abatement by the City. Whenever the owners fail to abate the nuisance, the City shall remove the junked motor vehicle to a location of its selection, the expenses therefor to be billed to the owners, jointly and severally, the bill to be recoverable in a suit of law.
When the junked vehicle has been removed and placed in storage by the City, as provided for herein, the vehicle shall be sold by the City after the lapse of sixty days. If the proceeds of such sale are insufficient to pay the costs of abatement the owners shall be liable to the City for the balance of the costs, jointly and severally, to be receivable in a suit of law. If the proceeds are in excess of costs, the balance shall be paid to the owners, or deposited in the City Treasury for their use.
(Ord. 11-22 AC CMS. Passed 4-18-11.)
(Ord. 11-22 AC CMS. Passed 4-18-11.)