(a)   The city manager shall be authorized in his discretion to cause the removal and disposal of any discarded, dismantled, wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or junked motor vehicles or parts thereof without further authorization when such motor vehicles are located on any property owned or leased by the city and when such motor vehicles or parts thereof are in such condition that they constitute a health hazard or unsightly nuisance.

(b)   A motor vehicle may be deemed to be discarded within the meaning of subsection (a) of this section whenever the city has sent notice to the owner of record at his last-known address via certified or registered mail indicating that the city is in possession of such motor vehicle and the owner fails to claim it within a reasonable time thereafter, whether or not such notice was actually received by the owner.

(c)   In order to carry out and effectuate the purposes of subsection (a) of this section, the city manager shall be authorized to sell such motor vehicles or parts thereof and to enter into such contracts as he may deem necessary with private individuals and firms for the removal and disposal of the vehicles or parts.

(d)   It shall be unlawful for any person owning or having custody of any dismantled, wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or junked motor vehicle to leave or store such vehicle upon any street or other city property.

(f)   It shall be unlawful for any person, after notification to remove any dismantled, wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or junked motor vehicle or parts thereof has been given, to move such vehicle or parts to any other private property within the city upon which storage is not permitted.

(g)   The open storage of dismantled, wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or junked motor vehicles or parts thereof on private property as prohibited in this section is hereby declared to be a public nuisance which may be abated pursuant to chapter 12, article IV of this Code.

(Ord. No. 910, § 1, 2-3-1993)