ORD1971203ORDINANCE # 203
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AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE STORAGE AND SALE
OF JUNKED AND ABANDONED AUTOMOBILES ON PRIVATE
PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF MUSKEGO.
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THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MUSKEGO, WISCONSIN,
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Section 7.16 of the Municipal Code is hereby
repealed and recreated to read as fol lows:
7.16(B) STORAGE & SALE OF JUNKED AUTOS: PRIVATE PROPERTY.
( I) No d i sassesmb I ed or unoperab I e and un I icensed and no
junked, wrecked or abandoned motor vehicles shal I be stored or al lowed
to remain in the open, upon private property within the City, for a
period in excess of three days unless it is in connection with an
automotive sales or repair business enterprise located in a properly
zoned area.
r (2) Whenever the Bui Iding Inspector shal I find any such
vehicles placed or stored in the open upon private property within
the Corporate I i m its of the City, he sha I I not i fy the owner of the
property upon which such vehicles are placed or stored of the inten-
tion of said City to remove such vehicles immediately. If such
vehicles are not removed within three days, the Bui Iding Inspector
shal I cause vehicles to be removed, the cost of such removal to be
charged to the property from which they are removed, which charges
sha I I be entered as a spec i a I charge on the tax ro I I.
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(3) Procedure for Dispositionand Sale. The following
procedure shal I apply for the disposition of vehicles found on
private property:
(a) The vehicle picked up shal I be impounded and
may be stored at a local junk or storage yard not to
exceed thirty days.
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(b) Immediately upon impounding said vehicle, the
Bui Iding Inspector shal I notify the Division of Motor
Vehicles of the recovery of the vehicle and its make,
motor number, serial number and registration number,
if ascertainable, and shall obtain from the Division
of Motor Vehicles the name and address of the last
registered owner and I ien holder, if any.
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(c) If such information is obtained, the last registered
owner or lienholder shal I be notified of the impounding
of the vehicle by the City and advised that upon payment
of towing and storage charges within thirty days of the
date of its impounding, that the vehicle wi I I be re-
leased to the owner or I ien claimant or that at the
end of th i rty days, it wi I I be j un ked or destroyed.
If the vehicle is of such condition that the destruction
thereof would be unreasonable, then the auction procedure
provided for by Section 66.28 Wis. Stats. shal I be
fo I lowed.
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