Burlington City Council Votes To Ban Junk Cars

Ordinance In Effect Starting Oct. 2011

BURLINGTON, N.C. -- The Burlington City Council unanimously approved at a meeting Tuesday an amendment to an ordinance that outlaws junked, abandoned and hazardous cars.The new rules will go into effect Oct. 1, 2011. The ordinance will be enforced based on complaints from citizens. After a complaint is filed, an officer will investigate it, the city said in a news release.The ordinance defines a junk car as one that doesn’t have a current license plate, is partially dismantled or wrecked, cannot be self-propelled or moved in the manner originally intended or is more than five years old and appears to be worth less than $100.It defines an abandoned vehicle as one being left on a street or highway in violation of a law or ordinance, left on city property for 24 hours, left on private property without consent for more than two days or left on any public street for more than seven days.A hazardous vehicle is one declared a health or safety hazard by code enforcement staff or police, the city said.

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