In addition to and in accordance with the determination made and the authority granted
by the state pursuant to the provisions of Cal. Veh. Code § 22660 to remove abandoned,
wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles, or parts thereof, as public nuisances,
the Council hereby makes the following findings and declarations: the accumulation
and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles, or parts thereof,
on private or public property, including highways, is hereby found to create a condition
tending to reduce the value of private property, to promote deterioration, to invite
plundering, to create fire hazards, blight and an attractive nuisance creating a hazard
to the health and safety of minors, to create a harborage for rodents and insects,
and to be injurious to the health, safety, and general welfare. Therefore, the presence
of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle, or parts thereof, on
private or public property, not including highways, except as expressly permitted
by the provisions of this chapter, is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance
which may be abated as such in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
