Morro Bay Municipal Code Ch. 8.20 Junk

"Accumulated waste material," more commonly referred to as "junk," means any old iron, wire, copper, tin, lead, rags, paper, bags, lumber, empty bottles, bones, parts of bicycles, tricycles, baby carriages, automobiles, and other vehicles, dismantled, in whole or in part, kept, stored, located, situated or piled in public view or in view of abutting properties, and all other similar personal property ordinarily defined and classified as accumulated waste material or junk, kept, stored, located, situated, or piled in public view or in view of abutting properties.

(Ord. 32 § 1 (part), 1965: prior code § 11400)

Each and every person who allows accumulated waste materials, or junk, as defined in Section 8.20.010, to be stored, located, situated or piled on property or premises over which he has control, which is not obscured from the view of occupants of adjoining property or by passers-by on public streets or ways, after reasonable notice, but in no event less than ten days, is served upon him in writing by the code enforcement officer, shall either remove the accumulated waste material, or junk, or obscure the same from the view of occupants of adjoining property and passers-by on public streets or ways, and upon failure to do so, is guilty of a misdemeanor/infraction, and the continued existence of such condition shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense for each and every day that such condition continues to exist after the time stated in the notice of violation. The code enforcement officer may also compel the removal of such waste materials or junk to be removed pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 8.14 by criminal citation with a notice to appear in court or by the procedure for abatement of public nuisances.

(Ord. 311 Exh. A (part), 1987: Ord. 32 § 1 (part), 1965: prior code § 11401)

For the purposes of this chapter, the person in possession of the premises, or, if the premises are vacant, the person whose name is shown on the last assessment roll of the county, or alternatively, from such other listing of the county assessor or tax collector as may contain more recent names and addresses, in the opinion of the city council, shall be deemed to be the person having control of the property.

(Ord. 32 § 1 (part), 1965: prior code § 11402)