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§ 92.02 PROHIBITED MATERIAL.
   The unsheltered storage, parking, standing or placement of an abandoned motor vehicle for a period of 15 days or more on any private property within the corporate limits of the city, except where permitted hereby relating to zoning, is hereby declared to be a nuisance and dangerous to the public safety.
(Prior Code, § 6-5.02) Penalty, see § 92.99
§ 92.03 ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE.
   The owner, owners, tenants, lessees, occupant and/or other occupants of any private property within the corporate limits of the city, upon which such storage is made and also the owner or owners of such abandoned motor vehicles involved in such storage, shall jointly and severally abate said nuisance.
(Prior Code, § 6-5.03) Penalty, see § 92.99
§ 92.04 NOTIFICATION.
   (A)   Any owner, tenant, lessee, occupant or other person who fails, neglects or refuses to abate such nuisance shall be notified in writing either by personal service from the Police Department, or by certified mail, return receipt requested, by the City Manager or his or her representative to abate such nuisance within ten days from the date appearing on such written notice.
   (B)   (1)   When any such owner, tenant, lessee, occupant or other person to whom notice is given, fails, neglects or refuses for more than ten days from the date appearing on said notice to abate said nuisance, the City Manager or his or her representative is hereby authorized and directed to remove said abandoned motor vehicle from said premises, and dispose of same according to the provisions of A.R.S. § 28-4801 et seq., relating to abandoned vehicles including a report of the Superintendent of the Motor Vehicle Division of the state’s Highway Department.
      (2)   The City Manager may, upon request from any such owner, tenant, lessee, occupant or other person to whom notice has been given grant an extension of the time required to repair or remove any vehicle.
      (3)   The City Manager shall issue written notification of the granting and length of the extension.
(Prior Code, § 6-5.04)
§ 92.99 PENALTY.
   (A)   Every owner, tenant, lessee, occupant or other person who shall fail, neglect or refuse to abate the aforementioned nuisance as provided above, shall also be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Each day that the violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. The imposition of any sentence shall not exempt the offender from compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 6-5.05)
   (B)   The powers described herein relating to removal of abandoned vehicles from private property are in addition to those powers granted in A.R.S. Title 28, Art. 5, relating to removal of abandoned vehicles from public property; A.R.S. § 28-872, relating to removal of illegally stopped vehicles on a public way; and to any other police powers vested in the city by statute.
(Prior Code, § 6-5.06)