§ 28-52. Junked vehicles as public nuisance.

(a)

A junked vehicle that is located in a place where it is visible from a public place or public right-of-way is detrimental to the safety and welfare of the general public, tends to reduce the value of private property, invites vandalism, creates fire hazards, constitutes an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors, and is detrimental to the economic welfare of the state by producing urban blight adverse to the maintenance and continuing development of the city, and is a public nuisance. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:

(1)

A vehicle or vehicle part that is completely enclosed in a building in a lawful manner and is not visible from the street or other public or private property.

(2)

A vehicle or vehicle part that is stored or parked in a lawful manner on private property in connection with the business of a licensed vehicle dealer or junkyard, or that is an antique or special interest vehicle stored by a motor vehicle collector on the collector's property, if the vehicle or part and the outdoor storage area, if any, are maintained in an orderly manner, not a health hazard, and screened from ordinary public view by appropriate means, including a fence, rapidly growing trees, or shrubbery.

(3)

An unlicensed, operable, or inoperable antique or special interest vehicle stored by a collector on the collector's property, if the vehicle and the outdoor storage area are maintained in a manner so that they do not constitute a health hazard and are screened from ordinary public view by means of a fence, trees, shrubbery, or other appropriate means.

(b)

A person commits an offense if that person maintains a public nuisance as determined under this section.

(Code 1994, § 7.506; Ord. No. 536, § 1, 3-12-2012)