HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 667ORDINANCE NO. 66~
BEING AN ORDINANCE PRC~IBITING THE STORAGE, ACCUMULATION, OR DEPOSITING OF
LUMBER, GARBAGE, RUBBISH, PARTS OF MoTOR VI2iICLES, OR UNUSED ~13RNITURE,
APPLIANCES, OR ~UT~i0BILRS ON ANY PRI~ISES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAUREL:
Section l: That there is hereby added to the Laurel Municipal
Code Section 8,04.100, which is to read as follows:
"8.04.100 Lumber? $arba~e? rubbish? motor vehicle
parts? and unused furniture~ appliances? or automobiles
on premises. A. It is a public nuisance for any person
owning, leasing, occupying, or otherwise in charge or
control of any premises to keep or deposit on the pre-
mises, or to allow to accumulate or remain scattered
over the premises, any of the following:
l) lumber, garbage, rubbish, parts of
motor vehicles; or,
2) abandoned, discarded or unused objects
or equipment such as automobiles, automobile
parts, furniture, appliances, cans or con-
tainers,
UNLESS, such items are in an enclosed building or are so
located on the premises so as not to be readily visible
from any public place or from any surrounding private
property,
"B. It is a public nuisance for any person owning,
leasing, occupying, or otherwise in charge or control
of any premises to allow any partisully dismantled,
wrecked, discarded, abandoned, unlicensed, or otherwise
nonoperating motor vehicle to be deposited, kept, or
stored on the premises, unless the vehicle is in an
enclosed building or is so located on the premises so
as not to be readily visible from any public place or
from any surrounding private property.
"C. This ordinance shall not apply with regard to
any lumber, motor vehicle parts, or motor vehicle on
the premises of a business enterprise operated in a
lawful p lace, other than a residential district, and
in a lawful manner, when the keeping or maintenance
of such lumber, motor vehicle parts, or vehicle is
necessary to the operation of the business enterprise,
or with regard to any vehicle in an appropriate storage
place or depository maintained in a lawful place and
manner by the City or any public agency or entity.
Section 2:
"D. Any person who allows a public nuisance as set
forth in this ordinance to exist shall be notified that
the nuisance must be removed within ten (10) days after
receipt of the notice, If the nuisance continues to
exist after that time, the person shall be guilty of a
violation of this ordinance and shall be punishable as
set forth in Section 8.04.070. L.M.C. 1977. Such per-
son shall be guilty of a separate offense for each day
after the ten day period that the nuisance continues to
exist. Furthermore, the Chief of Police may abate the
nuisance without prosecution, and the City may assess
the expense of the abatement to the premises pursuant
to Section 8.04.080, L.M.C. 1977."
That any provision or ordinance in conflict with this
ordinance is herewith repealed.
Section 3: That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect
thirty (30) days after its first reading.
PASSED and APPROVED this ?th day of .~, 1979.