Listed below are the most common and relevant sections of the Nuisance Abatement Ordinances. For additional sections or clarification, please call the Building Department at 334-448-2740.
Article II. Abandoned Vehicles
Section 78-41 Abandonment of Vehicles Prohibited
No person shall abandon any vehicle or watercraft within the city limits or its police jurisdiction. No person shall leave any vehicle or watercraft at any place within the city or its police jurisdiction for such time and under such circumstances as to cause such vehicle or watercraft to reasonably appear to have been abandon.
Section 78-42 Disposition of Wrecked or Discarded Vehicles
(a) No person in charge or control of any real property zoned commercial or industrial in the city limits or any place within the police jurisdiction thereof, whether as tenant, owner, occupant, lessee, or otherwise shall allow any vehicle which is partially dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked, junked, or discarded to remain on such property longer than ten days after notice has been served upon him by the chief of police or the building official or their duly authorized representative, notifying him to remove the same from the premises. This article shall not apply to a repair shop. Junked vehicles retained at repair shops for parts or repair shall be placed behind a fence, meeting the requirements as set forth in section 78-40 for fencing. This article shall not apply to a vehicle in an enclosed building.
(b) No person shall leave a vehicle, abandoned vehicle, or junked vehicle on a street, highway, or public property in excess of 24 hours.
(c) No person shall offer a vehicle for sale on public property unless approved by the city council.
(d) All vehicle storage lots shall be fenced to meet the fencing requirements of this article
Section 78-43 Impounding
The chief of police or any person designated by him is hereby authorized to remove or have removed any vehicle left at any commercial or industrial zone in the city limits or any property within the police jurisdiction or any street, highway, or public property within the city limits, or the police jurisdiction thereof, which reasonably appears to be in violation of this article. Such vehicle shall be impounded until lawfully claimed or disposed of.