§ 19-359. Authority to abate nuisance.

A junked vehicle or part of a junked vehicle as a public nuisance may be abated and removed from a private or public property or a public right-of-way if the following procedures are followed:

(1)

A person authorized to administer the procedures to abate and remove the nuisance may enter private property to:

a.

Examine a public nuisance;

b.

Obtain information to identify the nuisance; and

c.

Remove or direct the removal of the nuisance.

(2)

A public hearing shall be provided before removal of the public nuisance if requested in writing by a person to whom notice is required under subsection 19-361(a)(3).

(3)

The municipal court may issue necessary orders to enforce the procedures of this article.

(4)

Procedures for abatement and removal of a public nuisance must be administered by regularly salaried, full-time employees of the municipality or county, except that any authorized person may remove the nuisance.

(Ord. No. 100203, § 3, 12-16-04)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 100203, § 3, adopted December 16, 2004, enacted provisions intended for use as subsections (a)—(d). To preserve the style of this Code, and at the discretion of the editor, said provisions have been redesignated as subsections (1)—(4).