HomeMy WebLinkAbout235_Relating to Abandoned_Dismantled_Junked VehiclesORDINANCE NO. 235
As Ordinance relating to nuisances, amending Chapter 13, Article
9, Owasso City Code 1973 as amended, Sections 13-53, 13-54
and 13-55 to provide for notice and opportunity for hearing
before an abondoned, dismantled, or junked vehicle is towed as a
nuisance and sold and declaring as emergency.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Owasso, Oklahoma:
Section 1. That Chapter 13, Article 9, Sections 13-53, 13-54,
and 13-55, Owasso Revised Ordinances be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 13-53 NOTICE
"The Director of the Owasso City Health Department, or and officer
of that Department he may assign, shall notify the owner,
as evidence by the records of the Oklahoma Department of Public
Safety, of such abondoned, junked, unserviceable, inoperable or
dismantled vehicle either by certified mail with return receipt
requested or by personal service, or , if such notice to the owner
is not practical, the owner of the private property, lesses, or
other person in prossession or control of the property, or any
member of this household fifteen (15) years of age or older, upon
which such vehicle is located shall be notified in a like manner
that a hearing will be held by the Board of commissioners of the
City of Owasso within ten (10) days to determine if such nuisance
shall be abated.
Section 15-54 REMOVAL
"Upon failure of the owner of the vehicle or the owner, lessee,
or person in control of the property upon which the vehicle is
located to appear at a hearing under Section 33 or to remove
the vehicle or to place it in an enclosed nuilding within ten
(10) days after notice has been given as set forth above, the
Director of the Owasso City Health Department, or any officer
of that Department he may assign, shall notify the Police Department
of the City of Owasso, who shall promply cause the
vehicle and/or its parts to be removed and stored ina proper place.
Section 15-55 OWNER MAY REGAIN
"The owner of any vehicle so removed may regain possession thereof
by making application to the Director of the Owasso City Health
Department, within thirty (30) days after its removal and upon
payment to the City of Owasso all reasonable costs of removal and
storage which shall have accrued to such vehicle. if the vehicle
is not so reclained within thirty (30) days, it may be sold
without further notice in a reasonable commercial manner; and,
after payment of towing and storage costs, all funds remaining
shall become the property of the City of Owasso.
PASSED AND APPROVED and Emergency Clause considered separately
and PASSED AND APPROVED this 6th day of June, 1978.
MAYOR
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED:
Harold Charney, City Attorney