Chapter 8.22 PARKING AND STORAGE OF AUTOMOBILES AND AUTOMOBILE PARTS

Chapter 8.22
PARKING AND STORAGE OF AUTOMOBILES AND AUTOMOBILE PARTS

Sections:

8.22.040 Enforcement – Right of entry of enforcement officer.

8.22.050 Right of entry of those franchised to abate nuisance.

8.22.010 Findings and purpose.

The city council finds and declares that the parking and storage of automobiles or parts thereof within the front and exterior of side yards of premises in residential zones within the city creates a condition which detracts from the appearance of neighborhoods and reduces the value of private property, promotes blight and deterioration, creates fire hazards, constitutes an attractive nuisance which creates a hazard to the health and safety of minors, and is injurious to the health, safety and general welfare. (Ord. 659 § 1, 1984)

8.22.020 Prohibited parking or storage.

No automobile or parts thereof shall be parked or stored in a residential area on the improved or unimproved portion of a front setback or yard, including the lawn area, or in an exterior side yard open to view from public streets or other adjacent properties, except on an improved driveway or in an approved garage or carport. (Ord. 659 § 1, 1984)

8.22.030 Abatement of public nuisance.

The violation of the provisions of this chapter is declared to be a public nuisance, and, in addition to any other remedy, may be abated as such in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 8.20 SMC relating to abandoned vehicles. (Ord. 659 § 1, 1984)

8.22.040 Enforcement – Right of entry of enforcement officer.

The provisions of this chapter shall be administered and enforced by the chief of police. In the enforcement of this chapter, such officer and his deputies may enter upon private or public property to examine an automobile or parts thereof, or to obtain information as to the identify of an automobile and to remove or cause the removal of an automobile or part thereof declared to be a nuisance pursuant to this chapter. (Ord. 659 § 1, 1984)

8.22.050 Right of entry of those franchised to abate nuisance.

When the city council has contracted with or granted a franchise to any person or persons, such person or persons shall be authorized to enter upon private property or public property to remove or cause the removal of an automobile, or parts thereof, declared to be a nuisance pursuant to this chapter. (Ord. 659 § 1, 1984)