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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Ordinance No. 556 <br />Page 12 <br /> <br />a. Abandoned and junk vehicles are declared to be a <br />public nuisance creating a hazard to the health and <br />safety of the public because they invite <br />plundering, create fire hazards, attract vermin, <br />and present physical dangers to the safety and well <br />being of children and other citizens. The <br />accumulation and outside storage of such vehicles <br />is in the nature of rubbish, litter, and unsightly <br />debris and is a blight on the landscape and a <br />detriment to the environment. It shall be unlawful <br />for a person to pile, store or keep wrecked, junked <br />or abandoned motor vehicles on private or public <br />property. <br /> <br />b. Any vehicle, whether occupied or not, that is found <br />stopped, standing or parked in violation of any <br />ordinance or state statute; or that is reported <br />stolen; or that is found impeding firefighting, <br />snow removal or plowing or the orderly flow of <br />traffic, is declared to be a public nuisance. <br /> <br />c. <br /> <br />Any vehicle which is impeding public road or <br />utility repair, construction or maintenance <br />activities after reasonable notice of the improper <br />activities has been given to the vehicle owner or <br />user at least twelve hours in advance, is declared <br />to be a public nuisance. <br /> <br />d. Vehicles without license plates: Any vehicle shall <br />be deemed to be a junked or abandoned vehicle if <br />said vehicle does not have attached thereto a valid <br />and current license plate issued by the proper <br />state agency. <br /> <br />Subd. 7. ABATEMENT OF VEHICLES <br /> <br />a. Impounding. Any police officer or other duly <br />authorized person may order any vehicle <br />constituting a public nuisance to be immediately <br />removed and/or impounded. The impounded vehicle <br />shall be surrendered to the duly identified owner <br />by the towing contractor only upon payment of the <br />required impound, towing and storage fees. <br /> <br />b. <br /> <br />Sale. Notice and sale of any vehicle impounded <br />under this ordinance shall be conducted in <br />accordance with Minnesota statute Chapter 168B, <br />governing the sale of abandoned motor vehicles. <br />