Ordinances-1981-97

Section VIII, the mayor or other peace officers designated by the Council of Tiffin, Iowa, shall within ten (10) days notify in writing the owner of said motor vehicle (who is the owner or person in control of the property upon which it is stored) that: (1) the motor vehicle constitutes a nuisance under the provisions of this ordinance; (2) that the owner must remove or repair the motor vehicle or machinery in accordance with the terms of Section XI of this ordinance, or remove the motor vehicle or machinery from public view; and (3) that failure to remove or repair the motor vehicle or machinery will be sufficient cause for its removal by the city at the owner's cost. SECTION XI. Duty of Owner to Remove or Repair. The owner of a junk motor vehicle or junk machinery (who is the owner or person in control of the property upon which it is stored) which violated the provisions of Section VIII must, within ten (10) days after receipt of written notice from the mayor or other peace officer designated by the Council of Tiffin, Iowa, remove the motor vehicle or machinery to an auto salvage yard or junk yard duly licensed by this city, or to a lawful place of storage without the city limits, or to a location which is outside public view, or repair the defects which cause such motor vehicle or machinery to violate the provisions of this ordinance, including licensing of a motor vehicle not currently licensed. SECTION XII. Hearing. A person notified to remove or repair a junk motor vehicle or junk machinery may have a hearing before the council on the matter of the determination that the vehicle or machinery is a nuisance for which an order should issue, provided a request for such a hearing is filed with the city clerk and the officer serving the original order and notice at least three (3) days before the date set in the order for compliance. After the hearing the council may either determine not to require the order to be carried out, to modify the order, or reinstate the order, in which latter case the order of council shall be complied with not later than ten (10) days after the council reinstates the order. SECTION XIII. Abatement. If such owner of a junk motor vehicle or machinery shall fail to remove or repair the motor vehicle in accordance with the terms in Section XI or XII, the mayor or any other peace officer designated by the Council of Tiffin, Iowa, shall abate such nuisance by causing the motor vehicle to be removed and impounded and sold or disposed of as specified in Sections V, VI, or VII and the cost of abatement shall be charged to the owner of the motor vehicle (and owner or person in control of the property upon which it is stored.)