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Title 13 : Property Maintenance Regulations
Chapter 1 : Miscellaneous

13-108 : Presence of junked motor vehicles as a public nuisance.

  1. Definition of junked motor vehicles. Any motor vehicle the condition of which is any one (1) or more of the following:
    1. Wrecked;
    2. Dismantled;
    3. Inoperative;
    4. Abandoned; or

    5. Discarded.

      A "motor vehicle," for all purposes here under, is defined as any vehicle which is self propelled and any device in, upon, or by which any persons or property is or may be transported or drawn from one (1) location to another, except devices moved only by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

  2. Presence of junked motor vehicles a public nuisance. The location or presence of any junked motor vehicle on a lot, tract, or parcel of land, or portion thereof, occupied, improved, or unimproved, within the Town of Mountain City, Tennessee, shall be deemed a public nuisance, and it shall be unlawful for any persons, or other legal entity to cause, maintain, or permit such public nuisance by wrecking, dismantling, rendering inoperable, abandoning, or discarding a motor vehicle or vehicles on property of another, or to suffer, permit or allow the same to be placed, located, maintained, or to exist upon real property belonging to such party. However, this section shall not apply to the following:
    1. Any junked motor vehicle in a completely enclosed building.
    2. Any junked motor vehicle in an appropriate storage place or depository maintained in an officially designated place and manner by the Town of Mountain City.
  3. Notice to remove. Whenever it shall appear that a violation of the provisions of this chapter exists, the recorder shall give, or cause to be given, notice to the registered owner of any motor vehicle which is in violation of this chapter, and he shall give such notice to the owner or person in lawful possession or control of the property upon which such motor vehicle is located, advising that said motor vehicle violates the provisions of this chapter and directing that said motor vehicle be moved to a place of lawful storage within ten (10) days. Such notice shall be served upon the owner of the vehicle by leaving a copy of said notice on or with the vehicle. Notice to the owner or person in lawful possession or control of the property upon which such motor vehicle is located may be served by conspicuously posting said notice upon the premises. In case of publicly owned property, notice to the owner of the property where the vehicles is found is hereby dispensed with. (1994 Code, § 13-108)