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Title 13 : Property Maintenance Regulations
Chapter 2 : Junked Vehicles

13-204 : Removal by the city.

  1. Private property. If the owner of the declared public nuisance, junk, inoperable or abandoned vehicle or owner of the property upon which such vehicle is located shall fail to abate the nuisance as prescribed in this chapter, the city manager shall abate such public nuisance by having said vehicle towed/impounded by whatever means necessary to abate the violation.
  2. Public property. If any declared public nuisance, junked or inoperable vehicle is located on a roadway or public right-of-way and has not been removed within seventy-two (72) hours of the notice, the city manager shall abate such public nuisance by towing/impounding the vehicle. If any junked or inoperable vehicle is located on a roadway or public right-of-way causing a safety hazard, the city manager may immediately remove said vehicle for safety purposes, the general welfare requiring it. Such impoundment and disposition shall not relieve any person from liability for penalty upon conviction for violating other provisions of this chapter but is in addition to any other penalty.
  3. Disposal of abandoned motor vehicles" as defined by statute. "Abandoned motor vehicles," as defined by Tennessee Code Annotated § 55-16-103, shall be impounded and disposed of by the police department in accordance with the provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated § 55-16-101, et seq. (Ord. #538, Feb. 2020)