Vehicles (left parked in same spot)

Tulsa’s residential-use codes were passed to preserve property values and to guard the health of residents and the safety of residential property. Title 24

The following are hereby declared to be nuisances by the City of Tulsa:

Vehicles may not be left parked in the same spot on the street longer than 24 hours. Police will “red-tag” the vehicle, marking it for tow unless it is moved in 24 hours. No vehicle can be parked in the yard at any time, and no commercial equipment–semi trucks, dump trucks, wreckers–may be parked in residential neighborhoods. Report it on line

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Tulsa city ordinance prohibits the parking of vehicles in yards and requires vehicles in driveways to be fully operable.

An inoperable vehicle (any vehicle legally or physically incapable of being operated, for whatever reason) or an “abandoned” vehicle (as evidenced by such things as, but not limited to, flat tires or weeds growing around it), cannot be stored or kept in the open upon private property for a period exceeding forty-eight (48) hours.

The vehicle or the parts thereof must be completely enclosed within a building or stored in connection with a business lawfully established pursuant to the zoning ordinances of the City of Tulsa, or  stored on property lawfully designated under the zoning ordinances of the City of Tulsa as a place where such vehicles may be stored. The accumulation or storage of at least one vehicle or parts thereof  (automobile bodies, engine, transmissions, frames and rear ends) shall constitute a nuisance. Ord. No. 17942 SECTION 301. CERTAIN VEHICLES PROHIBITED  Report it on line or call the Mayor’s Action Center at 918 596-2100.

The owner of such vehicle  or the owner of the private property or the lessee or other person in possession or control of the property upon which such vehicle is located must remove the vehicle or have the vehicle housed in a building where it will not be visible from the street or from other private property.

The Chief of Police  will have the vehicle or its parts to be removed and the fine for failure to remove an abandoned vehicle – up to  FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the City Jail for a period of not more than ninety (90) days, or both.  Ord. Nos. 17942, 18206 SECTION 302. NUISANCE DECLARED  Ord. Nos. 17942,18206 SECTION 307. PENALTY

Report it on line.

Abandoned / Disabled Vehicle on City Street When a car parked on the street has not been moved in some time use this form to request that the abandoned vehicle be tagged for towing or call the Mayor’s Action Center at 918 596-2100.

Enforcement. Report such violations to the Department of Public Works Neighborhood Inspections Section 918 596-7698

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Anyone in Tulsa who commits any nuisance or is an  accessory, or who owns or occupies any property and knowingly permits the creation or continuation of any nuisance  shall be guilty of a misdemeanor offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000.00), excluding costs, fees and assessments, or by imprisonment in the City Jail for a period of not more than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense. Ord. Nos. 17942,21596,21954 SECTION 106. CRIMINAL PENALTY

 

 

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