For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED VEHICLE. Any vehicle that is left unattended or stored on any public property in the same or substantially same place within the city for a longer period than 24 hours.
PRIVATE PROPERTY. Any real property within the city that is privately owned and which is not public property.
PUBLIC PROPERTY. Any street, alley, or highway which shall include the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained for the purposes of vehicular travel, and also means any other publicly owned property or facility.
REMOVAL AGENCY. Any public body, private or nonprofit organization authorized by the city to remove and salvage abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperable vehicles.
VEHICLE. Any conveyance, whether or not self-propelled, and which is designed to travel along the ground or in or on the water and shall include, but not be limited to, automobiles, buses, motorbikes, motorcycles, motor scooters, trucks, motor homes, travel trailers, campers, tractors, pull trailers, go-karts, golf carts, boats, jet skis, and vehicle-mounted plows and blades.
WRECKED, DISMANTLED, OR INOPERABLE VEHICLE. Any vehicle that is not in operating condition due to damage, removal, or inoperability of one or more tires and wheels, the engine or other essential parts required for the operation of the vehicle, or which does not have lawfully affixed thereto unexpired license plates, or which constitutes an immediate health, safety, fire, or traffic hazard. Vehicle body parts and component parts shall also constitute a WRECKED, DISMANTLED, OR INOPERABLE VEHICLE unless they are enclosed completely in a permanent structure protected from the elements.
(Prior Code, § 3.0302)