§ 20-6. Abandoned vehicles.

(a)

Any vehicle left parked in the same place continuously upon any public property for a period of at least 48 hours shall be considered for the purpose of this chapter as abandoned.

(b)

It shall be prima facie evidence that a motor vehicle is nonoperating if one or more of the following conditions exist:

(1)

The absence of a currently registered license plate on a vehicle unless such vehicle is not required to have a license plate.

(2)

A vehicle with one or more flat tires or other visible signs that a vehicle is not capable of propelling itself down a roadway.

(c)

Any nonoperating vehicle shall be considered, for the purposes of this chapter, as abandoned.

(d)

Any vehicle left parked in the same place continuously upon any private property for a period of time such that grass is grown up around it obscuring any part of it from view and/or such that there is dead grass under the vehicle from the vehicle having shielded the grass from the nutrients required for growth, without being moved, shall be considered, for the purposes of this chapter, abandoned. In general, this period of time will be interpreted to be in excess of ten continuous days.

(e)

Any vehicle that is placed upon blocks and remains in this inoperable condition for more than ten continuous days shall also be, for the purposes of this chapter, abandoned.

(Ord. No. 2018-07, § 1, 11-13-2018)