Vehicles: abatement of abandoned vehicles.

Existing law authorizes a county satisfying specified conditions to establish a service authority for the abatement of abandoned vehicles and to impose a $1 vehicle registration fee. Existing law authorizes a service authority to adopt an ordinance establishing procedures for the abatement, removal, and disposal, as a public nuisance, of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle or part of the vehicle from private or public property and for the recovery of costs associated with the enforcement of the ordinance. This bill would allow the ordinance to provide for the issuance of permits or licenses, consistent with local nuisance codes and in cooperation with local code enforcement authorities, regarding the temporary parking allowance of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles and to authorize any necessary investigations and inspections related to the determination of a public nuisance.