7.56.080 Hearing request. 7.56.120 Notice to Department of Motor Vehicles. 7.56.010 Declaration of purpose. Therefore, the presence of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle or parts thereof on private or public property including highways, except as expressly hereinafter permitted, constitutes a public nuisance which may be abated as such in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Highway includes streets.
This chapter is not the exclusive regulation of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles within the unincorporated area of the county. It shall supplement and be in addition to the other regulatory codes, statutes and ordinances heretofore or hereafter enacted by the county, the state, or any other legal entity or agency having jurisdiction. A ten-day notice of intention to abate and remove the vehicle or parts thereof as a public nuisance shall be mailed by registered or certified mail to the owner of the land and to the owner of the vehicle, unless the vehicle is in such condition that identification numbers are not available to determine the ownership or unless the property owner and the owner of the vehicle have signed releases authorizing removal and waiving further interest in the vehicle or part thereof. 7.56.080 Hearing request. Within ten days from the mailing date of the notice of intention to abate and remove, the owner of the vehicle or the owner of the land receiving such notice may request a public hearing to be held by the deputy zoning administrator on the question of abatement and removal of the vehicle or parts thereof as an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle.