[Adopted 11-4-1991 by Ord. No. 20-1991]
[Amended 11-3-1997 by Ord. No. 50-1997]
It is the purpose of this article to control off-street parking on residential properties, to prevent destruction of landscaped and grassed areas, to minimize noise and other environmental impacts of excessive numbers of inoperable vehicles parked on private parcels of land and to minimize any and all other hazards of excessive numbers of inoperable vehicles on private property.[1]
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Editor's Note: See also Ch. 171, Noise.
No inoperable or unregistered vehicles using any off-street parking space on private property shall extend into the public sidewalk.
[Amended 11-3-1997 by Ord. No. 50-1997]
No inoperable or unregistered vehicle or vehicles shall be permitted on residential properties.
This article shall not apply to inoperable or unregistered vehicles parked within a legal, totally enclosed garage structure.
Any person who violates the terms of this article by parking an inoperable or unregistered vehicle in violation of these provisions or who permits or allows the owner of such a vehicle to be parked on private property in violation of the provisions of this article shall be subject to a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days and/or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).