In addition to and in accordance with the determination made and the authority granted
by the state of California under Section 22660 of the Vehicle Code to remove abandoned,
wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof as public nuisances,
the board of supervisors of the county of Riverside makes the following findings and
declarations:
The accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles
or parts thereof on private or public property is found to create a condition tending
to reduce the value of private 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 an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle or part thereof,
on private or public property, 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 chapter.