Johns Creek prohibits keeping inoperative or unlicensed vehicles on any premises, and abandoned vehicles on public streets are handled under Georgia's Abandoned Motor Vehicle law (O.C.G.A. ch. 40-11). A car becomes 'abandoned' after five days on a public street or 30 days on private property.
Johns Creek addresses derelict vehicles two ways. As a property-maintenance matter, the city's Code Compliance rules provide that no inoperative or unlicensed motor vehicle shall be parked, kept, or stored on any premises, and no vehicle shall at any time be in a state of major disassembly, disrepair, or in the process of being stripped or dismantled. Code Compliance treats any vehicle that is inoperable, dismantled, or without a current tag or registration as a junk vehicle. Zoning Sec. 18.3.1 reinforces this, making the storage of a junk or salvage vehicle an unlawful use except that no more than two such vehicles may be kept in a garage or carport not visible from a street or adjacent residential property. For vehicles on public streets, the Police Department applies Georgia's Abandoned Motor Vehicle Act. Under O.C.G.A. 40-11-1, a vehicle left unattended on a public street, road, highway, or other public property for at least five days, or on private property for not less than 30 days, is an abandoned motor vehicle. The PD's policy (02-27) provides that impounds and abandoned vehicles are handled under O.C.G.A. 40-6-203.1 and 40-6-206, with a parking citation issued where a violation occurred.
Keeping an inoperative, dismantled, or unlicensed (no current tag) vehicle on a residential property violates the city's code-compliance rules and Zoning Sec. 18.3.1, drawing a notice of violation and possible municipal-court citation. Abandoned vehicles on public streets are removed and impounded by the Police Department under O.C.G.A. ch. 40-11 and 40-6-206 after the statutory waiting period.
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