<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 26-44. - Junked motor vehicles.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               <span class="ital">Junk motor vehicles regulated.</span>
               
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               (1)
               
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               With the permission of the owner, lessee, or occupant of the real property, a single
               junked motor vehicle may be located, placed, or stored on a property but only upon
               strict compliance with the following requirements:
               
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               a.
               
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               The vehicle cannot be dismantled or in parts.
               
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               b.
               
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               The vehicle must be entirely concealed from the public view from a public street and
               from adjacent premises by an acceptable covering. A canvas or vinyl covering shall
               be deemed acceptable. Tattered, torn coverings or coverings in a state of disrepair
               shall not be an acceptable covering.
               
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               c.
               
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               The vehicle may not be located on the premises for longer than six months, except
               that, upon showing a hardship, the official may allow the vehicle to remain for a
               period up to an additional six months. Under no circumstances shall the vehicle remain
               on the premises for a period of time longer than one year.
               
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               (2)
               
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               All other junked vehicles shall be kept in a garage or building structure that provides
               a complete enclosure so that the junked motor vehicles cannot be seen from a public
               street or from adjacent property. For the purposes of this article, a garage or building
               structure means either a lawful, nonconforming use, or a garage or building structure
               erected pursuant to the lawful issuance of a zoning permit and building permit and
               which has been constructed in accordance with all zoning and building code regulations.
               A carport shall not be treated as an acceptable garage or enclosure under this section.
               
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               (3)
               
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               It shall be unlawful for the registered person or person entitled to the possession
               of a junked motor vehicle to place, store, leave, or allow it to remain on any property
               in violation of this article or to allow it to remain on any property after the vehicle
               has been ordered removed from that property.
               
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               (4)
               
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               It shall be unlawful for the owner, lessee, or occupant of the real property upon
               which a junked motor vehicle is located to permit, leave, allow, or suffer it to remain
               on the property in violation of the article after the vehicle has been ordered removed.
               
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               (b)
               
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               <span class="ital">Removal of junked motor vehicles authorized.</span> Upon investigation, the official may order the removal of a junked motor vehicle
               after finding in writing that the aesthetic benefits of removing the vehicle outweigh
               the burdens imposed upon the private property owner. Such findings shall be based
               upon a balancing of the monetary loss of the apparent owner against the corresponding
               gain to the public by promoting or enhancing community, neighborhood or area appearance.
               
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               (Ord. of 2-17-2009, Â§ 803)
               
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