§ 15.80.010. Vehicles deemed public nuisance when—Statutory authority.
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In addition to and in accordance with the determination made and the authority granted
by the state of California under Section 22660 of the Vehicle Code to remove abandoned,
wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof as public nuisances,
the board of supervisors hereby makes the following findings and declarations:
The accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles
or parts thereof on private or public property, not including highways, is found to
create 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 health, safety and
general welfare. Therefore, the presence of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative
vehicle, or parts thereof, on private or public property not including highways, except
as expressly hereinafter permitted in this chapter, is declared to constitute a public
nuisance which may be abated as such in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
