§ 15-43. Public nuisance; storing, parking prohibited; exceptions.

The location or presence of any junk or inoperable vehicle on any lot, tract, parcel of land, or portion thereof, occupied or unoccupied, improved or unimproved, within the city shall be deemed a public nuisance, and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to cause or maintain such junk or inoperable vehicles on the property of another or to suffer, permit or allow the same to be placed, located, or maintained or to exist upon his or their own real property because such vehicles constitute a health hazard by attracting insects, rodents, and other animals, and pose a safety threat to children and vagrants; provided, that this section shall not apply to:

(1)

A vehicle or part thereof which is completely enclosed within a building in a lawful manner where it is not visible from the street or other public or private property;

(2)

A vehicle or part thereof which is stored or parked in a lawful manner on private property in connection with the business of a licensed vehicle dealer or a junkyard or in connection with one's hobby of collecting antique cars; or

(3)

Vehicles stored on private property which are screened from ordinary public view by means of a fence, rapidly growing trees, shrubbery, or other appropriate means.

(Ord. No. 03-14, 9-11-03)

State law reference

Manner of abatement; jurisdiction of municipal court, O.C.G.A. § 41-2-5.