Operation Inoperable Vehicle Cleanup started Jan. 1 in Wytheville.
In accordance with the town ordinance on inoperable vehicles, Article VII – Keeping inoperative vehicles, Sections 12-128 through 12-136;
It is hereby declared that inoperative vehicles openly kept on property in residential, business, or agricultural districts of the town are a fire hazard, hinder the deployment and mobilization of firefighting equipment, create harborage for rodents and insects, are a danger to children, pose substantial health and safety hazards to the public at large, are a blighting influence on the town’s neighborhoods, and constitute a nuisance.
Wytheville Police officers have been directed to make notice to any property owner in the Town of Wytheville if they are in violation of this ordinance.
Wytheville Police Officers will deliver written notice to any property owner who is in violation of this ordinance, and the necessary steps to correct the violation.
If you have an inoperable vehicle on your property you can take the following steps to avoid being served an ordinance violation:
1. Make vehicle street legal with current registration, inspection, insurance, in running condition.
DMV Antique Vehicle plates are acceptable on street legal vehicles in running condition.
2. Shield from view or shielded from view; means completely precluding visibility of the subject vehicle from all adjacent streets, alleys, and properties, by placing the vehicle within:
(1)A fully enclosed building or structure; or(2)An area completely enclosed either by a solid, rigid, opaque fence composed of standard fencing materials, which must meet the requirements of the town zoning ordinance, or by a landscaped arrangement of non-deciduous trees or bushes, sufficient in height, spacing, density, and circumference shall be sufficient to comply with the requirements of this article.
The placing, draping or securing of a tarpaulin, or other non-rigid cover, over or around an inoperative vehicle shall not be sufficient to comply with the requirements of this definition.
