(A) No unlicensed vehicle or vehicle with an expired license plate shall be parked on any street in the city.
(B) No unlicensed vehicle or vehicle with an expired license plate shall be parked on any private property in such a way as to be visible from public property. An enforcement officer shall, in a prominent place, tag vehicles in violation of this section. This tag shall include the date and time of the tagging, the address and phone number of the City Police Department, and the tagging officer’s badge number. The tag shall further state that the vehicle must be removed to a location not in public view within 23 days. One notice tag shall be deemed sufficient for persistent violators who engage in activities intended to frustrate or obstruct the city code enforcement and/or law enforcement officer’s identification method. Any vehicle not removed within this time period shall be towed, with the owner thereof responsible for the cost of towing and impounding the vehicle. One notice tag placed by the city code enforcement and/or law enforcement officer on any given vehicle pursuant to this section shall be deemed sufficient and the city code enforcement and/or law enforcement officer shall have no further obligation to place additional tags on the same vehicle. Legally existing car lots shall be exempt from this division (B).
(Prior Code, § 74.27) (Ord. 116-1997, passed - -; Ord. 80-2002, passed - -; Ord. 34-2017, passed 1-2-2018; Ord. 12-2018, passed 5-21-2018) Penalty, see § 75.999