(a) No person shall place, maintain, store or permit to be placed, maintained or stored for a period of more than 72 hours, any motor vehicle, chassis, part of or remains of a motor vehicle, in a disabled condition upon any non-conforming lot or land in the city, unless the same is adequately concealed from sight by being in an enclosed building, or is a collector's vehicle as defined in Ohio R.C. 4501.01 (F). The term "disabled" means a condition in which the vehicle cannot be operated on public streets under its own power in compliance with statutory ordinance requirements. The term "non-conforming" means any lot or land not used for a junk yard or scrap metal processing facility licensed under authority of the Ohio R.C. 4737.05 to 4737.12, or regulated under the authority of the municipality; or any lot or land not used for a bona fide commercial operation requiring the temporary storage of "disabled" vehicles.
(b) No person shall be prevented from storing or keeping, or restricted in the method of storing or keeping, any collector's vehicle on private property with the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property, except that a person having such permission is required to conceal by means of buildings, fences, vegetation, terrain or other suitable obstruction, an unlicensed collector's vehicle stored in the open.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. Punishment shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
(Ord. 122-07. Passed 9-10-07.)
Statutory reference:
Violations, see ORC 4513.99(E)