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ORDINANCE NS 1169 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA PROVIDING FOR THE ABATEMENT AND REMOVAL AS PUBLIC NUISANCES OF ABANDONED, WRECKED, DISMANT- LED OR INOPERATIVE VEHICLES OR PARTS THEREOF FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY OR PUBLIC PROPERTY NOT INCLUDING HIGHWAYS AND RECOVERY OF COSTS OF ADMINISTRATION THEREOF AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 22660 OF THE VE- HICLE CODE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: The Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding an article to Chapter 16 to be numbered Chapter 16, Arti- cle 4, consisting of Sections 16-110 through 16-125, to read as follows: Sec. 16-110. Purpose. 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 aban- doned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles or parts there- of as public nuisances, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby makes the following findings and declarations. The accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof on private or public property not including highways 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 inoperative vehicle or part thereof, on private or public property not including highways, except as expressly hereinafter permitted, is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance which may be abated as such in accordance with the provisions of this Article. Sec. 16-111. Definitions. As used in this article: (a) The term "vehicle" means a device by which any per- son 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 "highway". Sec. 16-112 - Exemptions. This Ordinance shall not apply to the following: A vehicle or part thereof which is completely en- closed within a building in a lawful manner where it is not visible from the street or other public or private property; or A vehicle or part thereof which is stored or parked in a lawful manner on private property in connection with the business of a licensed dismantler, licensed