§ 19-23. Abatement of the nuisance by the city.

(a)

If the last known registered owner of the junked vehicle or vehicle part, lienholder of the junked vehicle or vehicle part, the record owner or occupant of the property on which the nuisance is located, or the record owner or occupant of the property adjacent to the public right-of-way if the nuisance is located on the public right-of-way fails to abate and remove the junked vehicle or vehicle part not later than the tenth day after the day on which the notice was personally delivered or mailed, the director may take possession of the junked vehicle or vehicle parts, remove it from the property and dispose of it and also file in municipal court a complaint for violation of maintaining a public nuisance. The judge of the municipal court of the City of Irving shall have authority to issue all orders necessary to enforce such procedures.

(b)

The relocation of the junked vehicle or vehicle part to another location in the city after the notice described in section 19-22 is sent has no effect on the proceeding if the junked vehicle or vehicle part constitutes a public nuisance at the new location.

(Ord. No. 2009-9065, § 1, 4-23-09)