HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-70 - Amendments to Section 14.4 of the Municipal Code
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AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTION 14.4 OF THE RIVERSIDE CITY
CODE AND ENACTING A NEW SECTION 19.9 DECLARING APANDONED,
WRECKED OR INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLES TO BE NUISANCES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD CF ALDERPIEN OF THE CITY OF
RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Section 19,9 of the Code of Ordinances for the
City of Riverside, Missouri is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2: A new Section 19.4 of the Code of Crdinances
for the City of Riverside, Missouri is hereby enacted and reads
as follows:
14.4 Abandoned, Wrecked or Inoperable C"otor Vehicles:
Section 1. All abandoned, wrecked or inoperable motor
vehicles as defined by this ordinance are hereby declared to be
nuisances.
Section 2. Abandoned vehicles shall mean any vehicle which
is left at any place for such time and under such circumstances
as to cause such vehicle reasonably to appear to have been
abandoned. Inoperable motor vehicles shall mean any vehicle
from which the engine, wheels or other parts have been altered,
damaged or otherwise segregated, so that the vehicle is
incapable of being driven under its own motor power, and which
remains in that condition for a period of thirty (30) days or
longer.
Inoperable motor vehicle shall not include a motor vehicle
which is kept within a building when not in use, or to any
vehicle which is continuously kept inside a building.
A wrecked vehicle shall mean a vehicle that is so damaged
that is incapable of being operated.
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Vehicles, as used in this chapter, shall mean any vehicle
designed to travel along or over the ground by use of wheels,
treads, runners or slides and is used to transport persons or
property and shall include without limitation, automobiles,
trucks, motor vehicles, tractors, wagons, buggies, bicycles or
any part or portion thereof.
PASSED THIS JrL~ DAY OF ~/~PiC4 , 1988
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APPROVED THIS ~ DAY OF ~,p~rp~l,~ , 1988.
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