The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and the enforcement of this chapter:
ABANDONED VEHICLE.
(1) A vehicle located on public property illegally;
(2) A vehicle left on public property without being moved for three days;
(3) A vehicle located on public property in such a manner as to constitute a hazard or objection to the movement of pedestrians or vehicular traffic on a public right-of-way;
(4) A vehicle that has remained on private property without the consent of the owner or person in control of that property for more than 48 hours;
(5) A vehicle from which the engine, transmission, or differential has been removed or that is otherwise partially dismantled or inoperable and left on public property;
(6) A vehicle that has been removed by a towing service or public agency upon request of an officer enforcing this chapter if the impounded vehicle is not claimed or redeemed by the owner or the owner's agent within 20 days after the vehicle's removal; and
(7) A vehicle that is at least three model years old, is mechanically inoperable and is left on private property continuously in a location visible from public property for more than 20 days.
PERSON. Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or organization of any kind.
PROPERTY. Any real property within the corporate boundaries of the town which is not a street or highway.
STREET OR HIGHWAY. The entire width between the boundary lines of every public way maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
VEHICLE. A machine propelled by power other than human power designed to travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners, or slides and transport persons or property or pull machinery and shall include, without limitation, automobile truck, trailer, motorcycle and tractor.
(Ord. 2002-8, passed 4-8-02; Am. Ord. 2007-14, passed 7-23-07)