§ 13-23. Prohibited.

(a)

No person shall park, store, or leave, or permit the parking, storing or leaving of any abandoned vehicle upon any property, including private property, within the city unless:

(1)

Such vehicle is completely enclosed within a building;

(2)

Such vehicle is stored or parked on private property in connection with a duly licensed or authorized commercial enterprise operated and conducted pursuant to law when such parking or storing of vehicles is necessary to the operation of the commercial enterprise; or

(3)

Such vehicle is stored or parked on private property of the owner thereof, or a member of his family, for the purpose of making repairs thereto, provided that at all times while said vehicle is so stored at least one-half of the total number of wheels of said vehicle are in contact with the ground and only one such vehicle be so stored or parked at any one time, such vehicle may be so stored or parked for a period not to exceed 14 days, after which time the vehicle shall be deemed abandoned.

(b)

Any person who abandons a motor vehicle, without the consent of the person in control of such property, or any person who fails, neglects or refuses to remove the abandoned vehicle or to house such vehicle and abate such nuisance in accordance with the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. No. 48, §§ 3.01, 4.01, 11, 5-15-72)