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Subd. +.1. Abatement Of Vehicles: Findings and Purpose: . a, Impounding: f..ny police officer or other duly authorized person may order any vehicle constituting a public nuisance to be immediately removed and/or impounded. The impounded vehicle shall be surrendered to the duly identified owner by the towing contractor only upon payment of the required impound, tov.ring and storage fees. b, Sale: Notice and sale of any vehicle impounded under this Chapter shall be conducted in accordance \vith Minnesota Statutes, chapter 1 @B, go'.'eming the sale of abandoned motor vehicles. COrd, 556, 3 20 95) . a. Abandoned, Junk, and Unsafe vehicles constitute a hazard to the health and welfare of the citizens of the City of Mounds View in that such vehicles can harbor noxious diseases, furnish shelter and breeding places for vermin, present physical dangers to the safety and well-being of children and other citizens, invite plundering, and create fire hazards. Motor vehicles contain fluids that if released into the environment can and do cause significant health risks to the citizens of Mounds View. The condition of vehicles that are abandoned, junk, or unsafe significantly increase the likelihood that these dangerous fluids might be so released, Abandoned, junk, or unsafe vehicles and other scrap metals also constitute a blight on the landscape of the City and therefore a detriment to the environment. The abandonment and retirement of vehicles and other scrap metals constitutes a waste of a valuable source of useful metal. It is therefore in the public interest that the present accumulation of abandoned and junk vehicles and other scrap metals be eliminated, that future abandonment of vehicles and other scrap metals be prevented, that the expansion of existing scrap recycling facilities be developed and that other acceptable and economically useful methods for the disposal of abandoned and junk vehicles and other forms of scrap metal be developed. Subd. 2. Abandoned, Junk, and Unsafe Vehicles: a. Abandoned, junk, and unsafe vehicles are declared to be a public nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of the public because they invite plundering, create fire hazards, attract vermin, and present physical dangers to the safety and well-being of children and other citizens. The accumulation and outside storage of such vehicles is in the nature of rubbish, litter, and unsightly debris and is a blight on the landscape and a detriment to the environment. No person in charge or control of any property within the City, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee, or otherwise shall store or keep abandoned, junk, and unsafe motor vehicles on private or public property. c. Vehicles Stopped Or Standing: Any vehicle, whether occupied or not, that is found stopped, standing or parked in violation of any ordinance or State statute; or that is reported stolen; or that is found impeding firefighting, snow removal or plowing or the orderly flow of traffic, is declared to be a public nuisance. . d. Vehicles Blocking Access: Any vehicle which is impeding public road or utility repair, construction or maintenance activities after reasonable notice of the improper activities has been given to the vehicle owner or user at least twelve (12) hours in advance, is declared to be a public nuisance. 7