§ 10.16.010. Findings and declarations.

In addition to and in accordance with the determination made and the authority granted by the state under Section 22660 of the Vehicle Code to remove abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof as unlawful public nuisances, the town council makes the following findings and declarations:

The accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof, on private or public property not including highways is found to create conditions tending to reduce the value of private property, to promote blight and deterioration, to invite theft, 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, insects and vectors, 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 not including highways, except as expressly permitted in this chapter, is declared to constitute an unlawful public nuisance which may be abated and/or prosecuted by penalty as such in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 16 §§1(K)(part), 2(A)(part), 1980: county code §14-51; Ord. No. 401, § 12, 8-26-2003)