CHAPTER 92: NUISANCES

Cross reference:

   Blighted or deteriorated property, see Chapter 150

GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 92.01 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   AUTOMOBILE PARTS . Any portion or parts of any motor driven vehicle as detached from the vehicle as a whole.

   INOPERATIVE CONDITION. Unable to move under its own power due to defective or missing parts, and which has remained in such condition for a period of not less than ten (10) consecutive days.

   MOTOR VEHICLE . Any style or type of motor driven vehicle used for the conveyance of persons or property.

   NUISANCE . Public nuisance.

   SCRAP METAL . Pieces or parts of steel, iron, tin, zinc, copper, aluminum, or any alloy thereof, whether covered with porcelain or any other material, whether intact or in parts, which has served its usefulness in its original form and can no longer be used for its originally intended purpose.

   UNFIT FOR FURTHER USE . In a dangerous condition; having defective or missing parts; or in such a condition generally as to be unfit for further use as a conveyance.

§ 92.02 COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY NUISANCES.

   In addition to what is declared in this chapter to be a public nuisance, those offenses which are known to the common law and statutes of Kentucky as public nuisances may be treated as such and be proceeded against as is provided in this chapter or in accordance with any other provision of law.

Penalty, see § 92.99