In addition to and in accordance with the determination made and the authority granted
by the State pursuant to the provisions of Section 22660 of the Vehicle Code of the
State to remove abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles, or parts
thereof, as public nuisances, the Council hereby makes the following findings and
declarations: the accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative
vehicles, or parts thereof, on private or public property, not including highways,
is hereby found to create a condition tending to reduce the value of private property,
to promote blight and deterioration, to invite plundering, to create fire hazards,
to constitute an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of
minors, to create a harborage for rodents and insects, and to be injurious to the
health, safety, and general welfare. Therefore, the presence of an abandoned, wrecked,
dismantled, or inoperative vehicle, or parts thereof, on private or public property,
not including highways, except as expressly permitted by the provisions of this chapter,
is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance which may be abated as such in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
