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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA ORDINANCE NO. 630 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE 1 of CHAPTER VII OF TITLE V OF THE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON RELATING TO THE ABATEMENT AND REMOVAL AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE OF ABANDONED, WRECKED, DISMANTLED OR INOPERATIVE VEHICLES OR PARTS THEREOF FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY OR PUBLIC PROPERTY, NOT INCLUDING HIGH- WAYS, AND THE RECOVERY OF COSTS OF ADMINISTRATION THEREOF. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: I. Article 1 of Chapter VII of Title V of the Ordinance Code of the City of Pleasanton relating to the removal of abandoned vehicles from private property is hereby repealed and in its place the following provisions substituted: Article 1. Removal of Abandoned Vehicles from Private Property § 5-7.01 Authority. In addition to and in accordance with the determination made and the authority granted by the State of California under Section 22660 of the Vehicle Code to remove abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof as public nuisances, the City Council of the City of Pleasanton hereby makes the follow~ ing findings and declarations: § 5-7.02 Findings. The accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof on private or public property not including high- ways is hereby found to create 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 health, safety and general welfare. Therefore, the presence of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inopera- tive vehicle or parts thereof, on private or public property not including highways, except as expressly here+ inafter permitted, is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance which may be abated as such in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. § 5-7.03 Definitions. As used in this article: (a) The term "vehicle" means a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, except a device moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. (b) The term "highway" means a way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. Highway includes street. (c) The term "public property" does not include "highwayJ' (d) The term "owner of the land" means the owner of the