§ 10.40.020. Generally—Appearance of abandonment.

A.

No person shall abandon any vehicle within the city and no person shall leave any vehicle at any place within the city for such time and under such circumstances as to cause such vehicle reasonably to appear to have been abandoned.

B.

A vehicle shall be "abandoned" when the officer having charge of the public ways reasonably deems that any motor vehicle is apparently abandoned by its owner and standing for more than seventy-two hours upon a public or private way therein or in any property therein without the permission of the owner or lessee of such property.

(C.O.83-52 §§ 48 (part), 83: prior revision § 13-23)