San Marcos |
Code of Ordinances |
SubPart A. GENERAL ORDINANCES |
Chapter 34. ENVIRONMENT |
Article 4. JUNKED, ABANDONED PROPERTY |
Division 3. JUNKED VEHICLES |
§ 34.194. Junked vehicles declared public nuisance.
A junked vehicle that is located in a place where it is visible from a public place or public right-of-way is detrimental to the safety and welfare of the general public, tends to reduce the value of private property, invites vandalism, creates fire hazards and constitutes an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors and is detrimental to the economic welfare of the city by producing urban blight adverse to the maintenance and continuing development of the City and is a public nuisance.
(Code 1970, § 16-41; Ord. No. 1995-15, § 1 (16-34), 2-13-95)
State law reference
Similar provisions, Vernon's Ann. Civ. St. art. 4477-9a, § 5.08.