In addition to and in accordance with the determination made and the authority granted by the State of California, under Cal. Vehicle Code § 22660, to remove abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof as public nuisances, the City Council makes the following declarations: The accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof on private or public property including highways is hereby found to create a condition tending to reduce the value of private property, to promote blight and deterioration, to invite plundering, to create fire hazards, to constitute an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors, to create a harborage for rodents and insects and to be injurious to the health, safety, and general welfare. Therefore, the presence of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle or part thereof, on private or public property including highways, except as expressly herein permitted, is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance which may be abated as such in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 2024-01, passed 3-19-2024)