(A) No person shall park, store, leave, or permit the parking, storing, or leaving of any motor vehicle of any kind which is in an abandoned, wrecked, unlicensed, inoperative, rusted, junked, dismantled, or partially dismantled condition whether attended or not, upon any street, roadway, or public or private property within the city for a period of time in excess of seven days. The presence of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, inoperative, rusted, junked, or partially dismantled vehicle or parts thereof, upon any street, roadway, or private or public property is hereby declared a public nuisance which may be abated as such in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. This section shall not apply to any vehicle enclosed within a building on private property.
(B) The abandonment of a motor vehicle or other vehicle or any part thereof on any highway in this municipality is unlawful and subject to penalties as set forth herein. The abandonment of a motor vehicle or other vehicle or any part thereof on private or public property, in view of the general public, anywhere in this municipality is unlawful. A motor vehicle or other vehicle or any part thereof abandoned on private property may be authorized for removal by or upon order of the Chief of Police, or his or her designee, after a waiting period of seven days or more has expired.
(C) When a motor vehicle or other vehicle is abandoned on a highway in this municipality ten hours or more, its removal by a towing service may be authorized by order of the Chief of Police of this municipality, or his or her designee.
(D) When an abandoned, unattended, wrecked, burned or partially dismantled motor vehicle or other vehicle is creating a traffic hazard because of its position in relation to the roadway or highway or its physical appearance is causing the impeding of traffic, its immediate removal from the roadway or highway by a towing service may be authorized by the Chief of Police of this municipality, or his or her designee.
(E) When a vehicle removed from either private or public property is authorized by order of the Chief of Police, or his or her designee, the property owner and/or owner of the vehicle and/or occupant of private property and/or lien holder will be responsible for all towing and storage costs.
(Prior Code, § 90.03) (Ord. 85-4, passed 2-4-1985; Ord. 00-15, passed 9-5-2000; Ord. 18-18, passed 8-6-2018; Ord. 19-02, passed 2-19-2019) Penalty, see § 90.99