The City Council has determined that abandoned, wrecked, junked, partially dismantled or inoperative vehicles within the city create a public nuisance tending to reduce the value of private property, invite plundering, create fire hazards, attract vermin and constitute a threat to the health and safety of the public. The accumulation and outside storage of the vehicles, in the nature of rubbish, litter and unsightly debris, is a detriment to the environment and is declared to constitute a public nuisance which may be abated as provided herein or as provided under any other ordinance of the city or law of the State of Minnesota.
(1987 Code, § 503.03)