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An Ordinance to Repeal and Recreate Section 6.015 of the West Allis Revised Municipal Code Relating to Removal of Abandoned Vehicles and Amend
Section 2.19(8)(b) of the West Allis Revised Municipal Code Relating to the Deposit Amount for Violations of Section 6.015
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The Common Council of the City of West Allis do ordain as follows:
PART I. Section 6.015 of the Revised Municipal Code is hereby repealed and created to read:
6.15 CONTROL OF ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES.
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(1) Definitions as used in this section:
(a) "Vehicle" shall mean any device, as defined in sec. 340.01(74) of the Wisconsin Statutes, and includes any motor vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer, mobile home or snowmobile.
(b) "Abandoned vehicle" shall mean and include any vehicle that has been allowed to remain standing on any alley, street, highway, public place or private property in the City without the owner's permission for more than twenty-four (24) hours; or any partially dismantled, damaged, inoperable, unlicensed, unregistered, wrecked or junked vehicle which is stored outside a building on private property; or any vehicle, with a condition that renders it favorable to the harborage of rodents or insects and is stored outside a building on private property; or any vehicle that is in such condition or parked in such a way to render such vehicle a health and safety hazard; or any vehicle which is parked or stored on unpaved surfaces on private property which surfaces are not determined to be non-conforming under the Zoning Code. A vehicle shall not be considered an abandoned vehicle when it is out of ordinary public view.
(c) "Inoperable" shall mean and include any vehicle that is incapable of being propelled under its own power including, but not limited to, a vehicle meeting any of the following criteria:
a. Is missing an engine.
b. Is missing a battery.
c. Is missing a transmission.
d. Is missing a wheel.
e. Is elevated on blocks or other objects.
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