CHAPTER 6-07
INOPERABLE VEHICLES

SECTIONS:

6-07-001-0001    DEFINITIONS:

6-07-001-0002    PERMITTED STORAGE OF INOPERABLE VEHICLES:

6-07-001-0003    ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE:

6-07-001-0004    PENALTY:

6-07-001-0001 DEFINITIONS:

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

A.    "INOPERABLE VEHICLE" means a vehicle that is not functioning, not drivable, or is unregistered.

B.    "PRIVATE PROPERTY" means land within the corporate limits of Flagstaff owned by any person, firm, partnership, or corporation.

C.    "SHELTERED STORAGE" means within a garage, carport, rear fenced yard, or under a vehicle cover if parked in a driveway or rear yard.

D.    "UNSHELTERED STORAGE" means outside a carport, garage, or other building within view from a public right-of-way.

E.    "VEHICLE" means any vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer of a type subject to registration under A.R.S. Title 28.

(Ord. 1802, Amended, 05/04/93; Ord. 2023-31, Amended, 12/19/2023)

6-07-001-0002 PERMITTED STORAGE OF INOPERABLE VEHICLES:

Inoperable motor vehicles shall be stored within a garage, carport, or under a vehicle cover if parked in a driveway. The unsheltered storage, parking, or placement of an inoperable vehicle on any private property is hereby declared to be a nuisance. (Ord. 1802, Amended, 05/04/93; Ord. 2023-31, Amended, 12/19/2023)

6-07-001-0003 ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE:

The owner, owners, tenants, lessees, and occupants of any private property upon which such storage of an inoperable vehicle is made and also the owner or owners of inoperable vehicles shall jointly and severally abate said nuisance by removal of the vehicle from the premises, by providing sheltered storage within the meaning of this chapter, or by making such repairs as are necessary to operate the vehicle. The last registered owner of record shall be presumed to be the owner of the vehicle unless an affidavit has been filed that the vehicle was stolen, a stolen report has been accepted by a local law enforcement agency, or title has been transferred. (Ord. 1802, 05/04/93; Ord. 2023-31, Amended, 12/19/2023. Formerly 6-07-001-0004)

6-07-001-0004 PENALTY:

It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly fail, neglect, or refuse to comply with the requirements of this chapter. A person who knowingly fails, neglects, or refuses to comply with the requirements of this chapter will be subject to a civil violation and if found responsible for the civil violation shall be imposed a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and not more than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00). The imposition of any fine shall not exempt the offender from compliance with the requirements of this chapter. (Ord. 1802, Enacted, 05/04/93; Ord. 2023-31, Amended, 12/19/2023. Formerly 6-07-001-0007)