Contra Costa County Municipal Code Ch. 430-2 General Provisions

This division shall be known as the "Abandoned Vehicle Ordinance of Contra Costa County."

(Ord. 77-112)

(a) Authority. This division is enacted pursuant to California Vehicle Code Sections 22660, 22661, 22662, 22663 and 22671, and Government Code Section 25845.

(b) Findings. The board finds and declares that the accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof on private and public property, including streets, highways and private roads, creates a condition tending to reduce the value of private property, to promote blight and deterioration, to invite plundering, to create fire hazards, to constitute 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 public health, safety and general welfare.

(c) Nuisance. The presence of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle or parts thereof, on private or public property, including streets, highways and private roads, except as expressly hereinafter permitted, constitutes a public nuisance which may be abated as such in accordance with the provisions of this division and code.

(d) This division is not the exclusive regulation of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles within the unincorporated area of the county. It supplements and is in addition to the other regulatory codes, statutes and ordinances enacted by the county, the state, or any other legal entity or agency having jurisdiction.

(Ords. 2002-49 § 2, 86-58 § 2, 84-64 § 1, 77-112).

This division shall not apply to:

(1) A vehicle, or parts 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 parts thereof, which is stored or parked in a lawful manner or private property in connection with the business of a licensed dismantler, licensed vehicle dealer, or junkyard, or when such storage or parking is otherwise necessary to the operation of a lawfully conducted business or commercial enterprise.

(Ord. 77-112).

The exceptions provided in Section 430-2.006 do not authorize the creation or maintenance of a public or private nuisance as defined by laws other than this Division 430 and Chapter 10 of Division 11 (commencing with Section 22650) of the Vehicle Code.

(Ord. 77-112).

This division is not the exclusive regulation of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles within the unincorporated area of the county. It supplements and is in addition to the other regulatory codes, statutes and ordinances heretofore or hereafter enacted by the county, the state, or any other legal entity or agency having jurisdiction.

(Ord. 77-112).