Legal Documents of Sweetwater

Code of Sweetwater

Sweetwater
Title 13 : Property Maintenance Regulations
Chapter 3 : Regulation Of Junked Vehicles On Public And Private Property

13-303 : Exceptions.

  1. It shall be permissible for a person to park, store, keep and maintain a junked vehicle on private property under the following conditions:
    1. The junk vehicle is completely enclosed within a building where neither the vehicle nor any part of it is visible from the street or from any other abutting property. However, this exception shall not exempt the owner or person in possession of the property from any zoning, building, housing, property maintenance and other regulations governing the building in which such vehicle is enclosed.
    2. The junk vehicle is parked or stored on property lawfully zoned for the parking or storage of such vehicles. However, this exception shall not exempt the owner or occupant of the property from any other zoning, building, property maintenance and other regulations governing the manner in which such vehicles can be kept on such property.
  2. No person shall park, store, keep and maintain on private property a junk vehicle for any period of time if it poses an immediate threat to the health and safety of citizens of the city.
Date Last Updated: 08/05/2024
Codification Date: 03/01/2004

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Doyle F. Lowe
Vice Mayor - Sam Moser
Commissioner - Lamar Hughes
Commissioner - Johanna Jinks
Commissioner - Alan Richeson
Commissioner - James A. Stutts
Recorder - Sonya Crush
City Attorney - John Cleveland