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City of Mounds View (4) MOTOR VEHICLE OR VEHICLE: Shall have the meaning contained in Minnesota Statutes. (5) VITAL COMPONENT PARTS: Those parts of the motor vehicle that are essential to the mechanical functioning of the vehicle, including but not limited to the motor, drive train, and wheels. Subd. 6. Vehicles constituting a Public Nuisance: a. Abandoned And Junk Vehicles: Abandoned and junk 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. It shall be unlawful for a person to pile, store or keep wrecked, junked or abandoned motor vehicles on private or public property. b. 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. c. 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. d. Vehicles Without License Plates: Any vehicle shall be deemed to be a junked or abandoned vehicle if said vehicle does not have attached thereto a valid and current license plate issued by the proper State agency. 607.07 Vehicles Constituting a Public Nuisance Subd. 7. 1. Abatement Of Vehicles: Findings and Purpose: 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