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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SOUTHERN STANDARD HOUSING
CODE AND PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE MAY BE CITED AS
THE JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLE ORDINANCE. ADOPTING PART OF
THE TEXAS ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE ACT:; DECLARING
THE PRESENCE OF ANY JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLE WITHIN THE
CITY OF GEORGETOWN TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE, WITH
CERTAIN EXCEPTION: PROVIDING FOR NOTIFICATION TO
OWNER OR OCCUPANT TO ABATE PUBLIC NUISANCE ON
OCCUPIED PREMISES: PROVIDING FOR PRELIMINARIESTO
HEARING IN MUNICIPAL COURT: PROVIDING FOR HEARING IN
MUNICIPAL COURT: PROVIDING FOR REMOVAL OF JUNKED
MOTOR VEHICLES: PROVIDING FOR REMOVAL FROM UNOCCUPIED
PREMISES BY ORDER OF MUNICIPAL COURT: PROVIDING
FOR AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE: PROVIDING ;FOR A PENALTY:
PROVIDING FOR NOTICE TO OWNER TO ABATE PUBLIC
NUISANCE ON UNOCCUPIED PREMISES: PROVIDING FOR A
SAVINGS CLAUSE: PROVIDING FOR EFFECT OF ACT ON OTHER
ORDINANCES AND STATUTES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS:
(a) Short Title
This ordinance may be cited as the "Junked Motor Vehicle
Ordinance and shall hereinafter read as follows:
(b) Texas Abandoned Motor Vehicle Act Adopted.
(1) All provisions of the Texas Abandoned Motor
Vehicle Act (Article 1436-3, V. P. C and any amendments
thereto) governing junked vehicles including the use of
definitions made therein, are hereby expressly incorporated
into this ordinance and adopted.
(2) All references to the "Texas Abandoned Motor
Vehicle Act" shall mean The Texas Abandoned Motor Vehicle
Act as codified in Vernon's Ann. P. C. Art. 1436.3 and any
and all amendments thereto.
(c) Junked Vehicles Declared a Public Nuisance
(1) Junked Vehicles as defined and referred to in
the Texas Abandoned Motor Vehicles Act are hereby declared
to be a Public Nuisance.
(d) Exceptions
(1) The provisions of this Ordinance shall not apply to:
(A) Any vehicle or part thereof which is completely
enclosed within a building in a lawful manner where it is not
visible from a street or other public or private property;
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