HomeMy WebLinkAbout166 - 12/02/2014 - AMENDING SECTION 20-92 OF CITY CODE PERTAINING TO INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLES ORDINANCE NO. 166, 2014
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 20-92 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS PERTAINING TO INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLES
WHEREAS, on November 18, 1986, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 183, 2006,
regulating the storage of certain inoperable vehicles; and
WHEREAS, City staff has periodically received complaints from neighbors and other
citizens regarding the unsightliness and hazards of residential properties where inoperable
vehicles are viewable from the public right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, the penalty for a violation of the inoperable vehicle provision is a civil
infraction; and
WHEREAS, the definition of inoperable vehicle includes vehicles that are (1)junked or
abandoned, and (2) not properly licensed and registered; and
WHEREAS, sometimes owners of inoperable vehicles place a cover over the inoperable
vehicle or otherwise obstruct the license plate, which can frustrate the enforcement efforts of
City employees and make it difficult or impossible to enforce the Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in furtherance of the health, safety,
and welfare of the residents of the City that Article VI of Chapter 20 of the Code of the City of
Fort Collins be amended to address the concerns above.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Section 20-91 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended by the addition of a new definition "Sufficient screening" which reads in its entirety as
follows:
Sufficient screening shall mean screening of sufficient size, strength and density, such as
a solid fence, trees or shrubbery, to screen an inoperable vehicle from ordinary public
view and to prohibit ready access to children. A vehicle cover shall not be considered
sufficient screening.
Section 2. That Section 20-92 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 20-92. Unsheltered storage prohibited.
(a) The unsheltered storage of an inoperable motor vehicle for thirty (30) days or
more on any private property within the City is hereby declared to be a nuisance and
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dangerous to the public health, safety and welfare, unless such inoperable vehicle is
located behind sufficient screening.
(b) There is hereby established a rebuttable presumption that any unsheltered vehicle
that meets the following criteria is an inoperable vehicle:
(1) The vehicle does not display a visible license plate or validation sticker, or
the license plate or validation sticker is obstructed from view by an object,
including but not limited to, another vehicle, stored materials, or a vehicle cover;
(2) The vehicle, whether or not covered by a vehicle cover, is viewed by a
City employee, at least weekly, for a period of 30 days or more; and
(3) The vehicle is in substantially the same location during each observation
of the City employee.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 18th day of
November, A.D. 2014, and to be presented for final passage on the 2nd day of December, A.D.
2014.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 2nd day of December, A.D. 2014.
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