Storing inoperative, wrecked, or partly dismantled vehicles on residential property in unincorporated Lee County is a public nuisance subject to immediate abatement. Violations can bring fines up to $250 per day, jail up to 60 days, or both, with each day a separate offense.
Code of Ordinances Ch. 18, Art. III defines an 'inoperative vehicle' as any car, truck, trailer, or RV not readily able to be driven in its designed capacity, and 'abandoned property' as personal property disposed of on private property in a wrecked, inoperative, or partially dismantled condition. Sec. 18-92 declares such nuisance accumulations on private property a public nuisance subject to immediate abatement when they impair property value, endanger health/safety, are an attractive nuisance, or create a fire hazard, unless the site is a legally permitted junkyard or so zoned. This does not apply to a legally permitted automobile-wrecking yard or landfill.
Sec. 18-96: criminal penalties up to a $250/day fine, up to 60 days in County jail, or both; plus injunctive relief and Hearing Examiner prosecution. Each continuing day is a separate offense.
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