§ 430-2.004. Authority, findings, nuisance, regulation.

(a)

Authority. This division is enacted pursuant to California Vehicle Code Sections 22660, 22661, 22662, 22663 and 22671, and Government Code Section 25845.

(b)

Findings. The board finds and declares that the accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof on private and public property, including streets, highways and private roads, creates a condition tending to reduce the value of private property, to promote blight and deterioration, to invite plundering, to create fire hazards, to constitute an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors, to create a harborage for rodents and insects, and to be injurious to the public health, safety and general welfare.

(c)

Nuisance. The presence of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle or parts thereof, on private or public property, including streets, highways and private roads, except as expressly hereinafter permitted, constitutes a public nuisance which may be abated as such in accordance with the provisions of this division and code.

(d)

This division is not the exclusive regulation of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles within the unincorporated area of the county. It supplements and is in addition to the other regulatory codes, statutes and ordinances enacted by the county, the state, or any other legal entity or agency having jurisdiction.

(Ords. 2002-49 § 2, 86-58 § 2, 84-64 § 1, 77-112).