[Ord. No. 668 §2, 8-12-2004]
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the
meanings set out herein:
Any unattended motor vehicle, trailer, all-terrain vehicle,
outboard motor or vessel removed or subject to removal from public
or private property as provided in this Article, whether or not operational.
For any vehicle towed from the scene of an accident at the request
of law enforcement and not retrieved by the vehicle's owner within
five (5) days of the accident, the agency requesting the tow shall
be required to write an abandoned property report or a criminal inquiry
and inspection report.
Any business enterprise licensed by the City whose principal
purpose is to conduct repairs to motor vehicles.
Any natural person, corporation or other legal entity.
The entire width of land between the boundary lines of a
public road or State highway, including any roadway.
That portion of a public road or State highway ordinarily
used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder.
[Ord. No. 668 §3, 8-12-2004]
It shall be unlawful for any person, except a person licensed
by the City to sell new or used motor vehicles, trailers or boats
or a person displaying no more than one (1) operable and/or registered
motor vehicle, trailer or boat on any paved or graveled area of property
owned or occupied by that person as the person's principal residence,
to display or to permit the display of any motor vehicle, trailer
or boat within the corporate limits of the City of Cottleville for
purposes of sale of the motor vehicle, trailer or boat. For purposes
of this Section, the display on any motor vehicle, trailer or boat
of any sign or message written directly on the motor vehicle, trailer
or boat indicating the motor vehicle, trailer or boat is for sale
shall be deemed to be conclusive evidence of a violation of this Section.
[Ord. No. 668 §4, 8-12-2004]
Except persons licensed by the City to sell new or used motor vehicles, trailers or boats, no person permitted to display a motor vehicle pursuant to Section 215.030 of this Article may allow a motor vehicle, trailer or boat to be displayed at any location in the City for a period in excess of ten (10) hours during any twenty-four (24) hour period with a sign indicating the vehicle is for sale.
[Ord. No. 668 §5, 8-12-2004]
No person shall abandon any motor vehicle, boat or trailer on
the right-of-way of any public road or State highway or on any private
real property owned by another without his/her consent.
[Ord. No. 668 §6, 8-12-2004]
A.
The
open storage of inoperable and/or unregistered vehicles, or other
vehicles deemed by the City to constitute a public safety hazard,
is a public nuisance and is prohibited. Nothing in this Section shall
apply to a vehicle which is completely enclosed within a locked building
or locked fenced area and not visible from adjacent public or private
property, nor to any vehicle upon the property of a business licensed
as salvage, swap, junk dealer or towing facility so long as the business
is operated in compliance with its business license and the property
is in compliance with applicable zoning ordinances. Nothing in this
Section shall apply to construction and agricultural equipment which
is not required to be licensed for travel on public roads and which
is placed and/or stored in compliance with all other ordinances of
the City.
B.
No
automobile repair business or automobile dealer or storage facility
may have vehicles that are in a state of being dismantled in plain
view. Such vehicles are subject to the prescriptions of this Section.
For the purposes of this Section, carports located on residentially
zoned areas shall be considered closed storage.
C.
Automobile
repair businesses and storage facilities shall not store unregistered
vehicles in the public view. To the extent that automobile dealerships,
except new motor vehicle franchise dealerships, perform repair services
for the public at large or repair vehicles owned by the owner or operator
of such dealership, unregistered vehicles in need of or awaiting repair
shall not be stored in public view by such dealership. All such vehicles
must either be stored inside a building or within a fenced and screened
area behind the front building line of the business. In the case of
a storage facility, the fenced area must be screened from view from
adjacent public or private property.
[Ord. No. 668 §7, 8-12-2004]
Where any provision of Federal, State, County or City Statutes,
codes or laws conflicts with any provision of this Code, the most
restrictive shall govern unless otherwise required by law.
[Ord. No. 30 §6, 4-3-1986]
It shall be unlawful to block or impede traffic on any street
or alleyway in the City of Cottleville by maintaining a nuisance or
permitting accumulation of solid waste, vegetation or other material
thereon.
