§ 11-37. Declaration of nuisance.

A junked vehicle which is located in any place where it is visible from a public place or public right-of-way is detrimental to the safety and welfare of the general public, tends to reduce the value of private property, invites vandalism, creates a fire hazard, constitutes an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors, and is detrimental to the economic welfare of the city by producing urban blight which is adverse to the maintenance and continuing development of the city, and is a public nuisance.

(Ord. No. 605, § 3, 11-21-72; Ord. No. 711, § 1, 11-1-83)

State law reference

Similar provisions, V.T.C.A., Transportation Code § 683.072.