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shall take possession of said junked motor vehicle and remove it from its location. If,
after the expiration of such ten (10) day period, the Defendant has not caused or allowed
the said vehicle to be removed from the premises, he shall be in violation of this Ordin-
ance and be subject to a different penalty for,each day thereafter.
(i) Removal of Junked Motor WkiclPe
(1) If within ten (10) days of receipt of notice from the Building Official or
any duly authorized person, to abate or remove a nuisance, the owner or occupant of the
premises shall give his written permission to the Building Official for removal of the
Junked motor vehicle from the premises, the giving of such permission shall be considered
compliance with the prbvisions of this Ordinance.
(2) In no event will a removed junked motor vehicle be reconstructed or made
operable.
(3) The Building Official shall give notice to the Texas Highway Department
within five (5) days after the date of the removal and identify the vehicle or part
thereof.
(4) Junked vehicles or parts thereof may be disposed of by removal to a scrap
yard, demolisher, or any suitable site operated by the City for processing as scrap or
salvage, which process shall be consistent with Sectionl0, Subdivision C of the Texas
Abandoned Motor Vehicle Act. The City may operate such a disposal site when its
City Council determines that commercial channels of disposition are not available or are
inadequate, and it may make final disposition of such vehicles or parts, or the City may
transfer such vehicles or parts to another, provided such disposal shall be only as scrap
or salvage, consistent with Section 10, Subdivision C of the Texas Abandoned Motor
Vehicle Act.
(j) Authority to Enforce
(1) The Building Official of the City of Georgetown shall have full responsi-
bility for administration of this Ordinance by its regular salaried, full time employees,
sxcept that the removal of junked motor vehicles or parts thereof from proerty may be
by any other duly authorized person.
(2) The Building Official of the City of Georgetown or any of his duly authorized
employees or agents are authorized to administer the provisions of this Ordinance and they
are hereby given authority to enter upon private property for the purposes specified in
the Ordinance to examine vehicles or parts thereof, obtain information as to the identity
of vehicles and remove or cause the removal of a motor vehicle or parts thereof declared
to be a nuisance pursuant to the procedures of this Ordinance. The Municipal Court and
the Housing Board of Adjustments and Appeals of the City of Georgetown enacting such
procedures of the Ordinance as provided herein, shall have authority to issue all orders
necessary to enforce such procedures of the Ordinance
(3) Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed to affect statutes that permit
immediate removal of a motor vehicle left on public property which constitutes an ob-
struction to traffic.
(k) Penalty
(1) Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in Municipal Court shall be subject to a fine
of not more than Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars.
(A) Each transaction in violation of any of the provisions hereof shall be
deemed a separate offense.
(B) Each day a public nuisance is allowed to continue after it has been duly
determined to be such, shall constitute a separate violation.