In addition to and in accordance with the determination made and the authority granted
to remove abandoned, inoperative vehicles as public nuisances, the metropolitan council
makes the following findings and declarations:
The accumulation and storage of abandoned, inoperative, dismantled, or wrecked vehicles
is found to create a condition tending to reduce the value of 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 abandoned or inoperative vehicles, except
as expressly hereinafter permitted, is declared to constitute a public nuisance which
may be abated as such in accordance with the provisions of this part.
