HomeMy WebLinkAbout119_Junked Vehicles DefinedORDINANCE NUMBER 119
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ABANDONED OR JUNKED VEHICLES OR PARTS THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE
CLASSIFICATION OF AN ABANDONED OR JUNKED VEHICLE ON PRIVATE OR PUBLIC PROPERTY LONGER THAN
FORTY-EIGHT (48) HOURS AS A NUISANCE; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE TO THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE OR THE
PERSON OR OWNER IN CONTROL OF THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VEHICLE IS LOCATED; PROVIDING FOR THE
REMOVAL OF A VEHICLE BY POLICE OR MARSHAL; PROVIDING FOR RECOVERY OF VEHICLE BY OWNER UPON PAYMENT
OF REASONABLE TOWING AND STORAGE FEES; PROVIDING FOR SALE OF UNCLAIMED VEHICLES; PROVIDING
FOR DISPOSITION OF FUNDS FROM SALE TO THE TOWN GENERAL FUND; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS OF WORDS USED
IN THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING PENALTIES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Section 1. VEMOLES. No person stall deposit, starep keep or permit to be deposited, stored
or kept M the opem upon public or private property a dismantled, umservileabla, inoperable3
junked or abandoned, vehicle or paxts thereof Or an-Y. vehicle legally or ybysical2y inc gala of
being operated, for a period exceeding forty-eig& (48) hours unless such vehlc>2 or parts
thereof, is ocmpletely enclosed within a building, Or stored in aonnectian with a business law-
fully established pursuant to the zoning ordinances of The Town of Cuesso, Oklahoma, or stored
On prcperty 1 awfu137 designated under the zoning ordinances of Me Town of Owasso as a place
where such vehicles may be stored.
Section 22 NUISAME. The accumulation and/or storage of one or more vahicM or parts thereof
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as described in Section 1 shall constitute a nuisance detrimental to the health, safety and wel-
fare of the inhabitants of The Town of Owasso. It shall be the duty of the owner of such vehicle,
or parts tharect, and/or the owner of the private property, lasese or other person in possesshom
Or cOntr0l of the property upon which such vehicle is located to remove the vehicle from such
prcperty cc have the vehicle housed in a building where it will not be visible from the street or
other private c9erty, the removal or enclosure to be wi oTty-eight (48) hours after notice
has been given to the owner of the vehicle and/or the owner, lessee or person in control of the
property upon which ouch vehicle is located. The 48-hour time may 1)e extended ty the health
officer in the case of obvious hardship.
Sectiga 3. NOTIM The director or official in charge of the Board of Health of Its Ton
of NOR, Oklahcna, cc any officer of that Board he may assign upon complaint of any citizen ar
on the officer's own vo1ition, shall cause notice to be posted on suss abandoned2 junked, un-
servicable, inoperable, or dismantled vehicle that the vehicle and vehicle parts is and are a
nuisance anni slit/ a,11a, be rano7ed within forty-eight hours as required in Section "24,
Section 4. REMOVAL, Upon failure of the owner of the vehicle cw parts thereof, or the Oavarl its rp
lessee person in control of thZ Property upan w1hich the vehicle or 7whicle its is or are
located to Temove the vehicle or is or place it or he in an enclosed building within forty-
eight hcurs (48 Ms.) after notice has been placed on the vehicle, the Board of Health or ag
officer of that department . shall notify the Police Department or Marshal of The Town of Owasso
Tho shall promptly cause the vehicle S vor its parts to be removal, and stored in a proper place.
Section 5. KNER N�Lh R MN. The Mer of any vehicle so removed.or parts thereof, may
regain AeseBsion thereof by making application to -the Chief of Police or Marshal for The Town
of Owasso, within two months after its removalp upon pa77ont to the Town all reazonable costs of
removal and storage which shall helve accrued to such vshicleo
Section 6. SALE Q TIMM& Mf no claim for said vehicle or parts is made within two months
after re0val by tha gown, the vehicle nay be sold for the best price obtainable as junk or
otharTisa and the proceeds stall be used to p any removal or storage fees against said vehicle
and any excess after Said fees are paid sball be deposited in the general fund of said Town.
Section 7. DEFINITIONS. The following definitions shall,apply in the interpretation and
anforcel; of this ordinancez
1. "Person" shall mean any person, firm2 partmsrsh#2 association, corporation,
coolany or organization of any kind.
2. "Vehicle" shall mean any nachine Tirop ell ed by owner other than muscle and shall,
includa without limitation any automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle, tractor,
buggy; wagon, or self-propelled farm or construction equipment.
"Public property" shall mean any prope7ty owned or controlled In the town limits
by The Town of Owasso, Tulsa County, the Kate of Oklahoma, or the United States
Government, and shall include all streets and highwayz.
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'Private JacpertY8 shall mean azy real property in We Town of Owasso, which is
not pub2ic, property.
5. "Dismantwady junkedp abandan&j or inoperable vehicleso shall be deemed and shall
mean to include the for parts thereof including bodies, engIne, transmissions,
frames, rear eals and old tires, wheels and upholstering.
sleation-81 PENALTY- Any Person required by the prcmtsions hereof to remove said
dismantled, junked, abandoned or inDperable vehicle Or Parts who shall fail to do so A
campliance with notice as provided herein shall be p shed b, a fine, uPon conviction of
such offense, not to exceed the sum of TwentyDollars (020.00). and each day such person
fails to remove said dismantled, junked, Mandoned Or inoperable vehicle or parts in cam-
Pliance with the notice as provided herein, shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
Section 9. ZMERIENDY. That an emergency Is hereby declared to evict for the preservation
CF—th—ep—Mic peace, health3 ani safety, by reason whereof this ordinance shall take affect
immediately upon its aMption and approvai.
POWSM W the Board of Trustees of The Town of Cwasso
19693 2 Cklahcaa this 2nd day of September.,
and We emergency clauze ruled Wam SelaTatell and passed'Pby unanimous vote of the
BOOK Of Trustees of The Town of Ovasso, this 2nd day of September2 1969.
Attest
ApprC 7171
Boaxd Member.
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PROOF OF PUBL11- ", TION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA, TULSA COUNTY, ss-,
Bill P, Retherford, of lawful age, being duly sworn, upon
oath deposes and says that he is the publisher of the
............. a newspaper
printed in the English language, in the City of
............. Tulsa County, Oklahoma,
having 'a" bona fide paid general circulation therein, and
with entrance into the United States mail as second class
mail matter in Tulsa County and published in said county
where delivered to the United States mail, and that the notice
by publication, a copy of which is hereto attached, was
published in said newspaper for .. . I ...........
consecutive weeks, the first publication being on the
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and the last day of publication being on the
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and uninterruptedly published in said county during the
period of more than One Hundred and Four (104) weeks
consecutively, prior to the first publication of said notice,
or advertisement, as required by Section one, Chapter
four, Title 25 Oklahoma Session Laws, 1943, as amended
by House Bill No. 495, 22nd Legislature, and thereafter,
and complies with all of the prescriptions and require-
ments of the laws, of Oklahoma. (The advertisement above
referred to is a true and pried pqpy. Said notice was
published in all editions of j ,Apape
and not in a ry
Supplement there I Ir
Subscribed and sworn to before me by Bill R.lAetherford,
publisher of the ......
this day of
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