§ 10.12.010. Purpose.

The City Commission hereby finds and declares that the accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles, machinery, trailers, or parts thereof, on public property is hereby found to:

A.

Create a condition tending to reduce the value of private property;

B.

Promote blight and deterioration;

C.

Invite criminal activity;

D.

Create fire hazards;

E.

Constitute an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors; and

F.

Create a harbor for rodents and insects potentially injurious to the health, safety, and general welfare.

G.

Therefore, the presence of an abandoned, wrecked, or dismantled or inoperative vehicle, or part thereof on public property, except as expressly hereinafter permitted, is hereby declared to constitute a Nuisance, which may be abated in accordance with the provisions of OCCGF Title 8, Chapter 49.

(Ord. 3188, 2018)