Junk Vehicles Seized

Junk Vehicles Seized

The City of San Antonio, TX is proactively seizing junk cars throughout the city. On October 20, NBC News 4 (http://news4sanantonio.com) reported in an article ‘City Seizes 80 Year Old’s Cars’ by Jaie Avila. “part of an aggressive change by Code Enforcement to clean up neighborhoods. 80-year-old Julie Iris Oldham woke up to the sound of a tow truck from Pic-N-Pull removing her two cars. Pic-N-Pull has a contract with the city to remove junk cars.  Oldham admits her Lincoln and a Kia in her driveway weren’t running & the registrations had expired; she planned to get them fixed. Oldham told us the city gave her 48-hours’ notice to repair them before the cars were towed away. Services Director Rod Sanchez says the city can seize any car that’s inoperable and in public view.  They are only required to give the owner a 10-day notice. Sanchez provided a certified letter signed by Oldham, showing she was warned about the cars, three months before they were towed. If Code Enforcement suspects your car is inoperable you will have to show them it runs, by starting it, and moving it forward & backward.  If you can’t, you’ll either have to get it fixed or move it into the garage or somewhere else out of sight.” To read the full story, visit news4sanantonio.com

Junk Car Removal

It appears that Ms. Oldham’s memory is fading. She signed the certified letter which explained to her that the city wanted these non-running vehicles moved out of sight. She should have contacted a “buy my junk car” facility for a junk car quote and gotten some cash for junk cars, which were abandoned in her driveway. Why is this city going to such drastic lengths to initiate junk car removal? We look at San Antonio’s ordinance in further detail. The city of SA has a department called Code Enforcement that outlines the ordinance. According to http://www.sanantonio.gov/ces/responsibilites.aspx here are six key points regarding junk cars and scrap cars:

• DO: Maintain all privately owned vehicles in good working order on your private property.
• DO: Keep inoperable vehicles out of public view; the vehicle should be placed in an enclosed garage, behind a privacy fence or relocated to a licensed auto repair shop.
• If an investigation is conducted for a possible inoperable vehicle, you must meet the Code investigator within ten days to verify the vehicle in question is operable.
• DO NOT: Store a vehicle that is wrecked or dismantled at a residence in public view.
• DO NOT: Cover it with a tarp; if stored on a private property it must be out of public view.
• DO NOT: Conduct major auto repair at your residence on an inoperable vehicle; major auto repair in a residentially zoned neighborhood is not permitted

Scrap vehicles are a nuisance

Sec. 19-357 of the SA code lists it reasons for its goals for handling junk cars:

1. Is detrimental to the safety and welfare of the public
2. Tends to reduce the value of private property
3. Invites vandalism
4. Creates a fire hazard
5. Is an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors
6. Produces urban blight adverse to the maintenance & development of municipalities

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