(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE. Any motor vehicle meeting all the following requirements:
(a) Three years old or older;
(b) Extensively damaged, such damage including but not limited to any of the following: a broken window or windshield; missing wheels, tires, motor or transmission;
(c) Apparently inoperable; and
(d) Having a fair market value of $1,500 or less.
(B) Any junk motor vehicle that is left uncovered in the open on private property for more than 72 hours with the permission of the person having the right to possession of the property, except if the person is operating a junk yard or scrap metal processing facility licensed under authority of R.C. §§ 4737.05 to 4737.12; or regulated under authority of a political subdivision; or if the property on which the motor vehicle is left is not subject to licensure or regulation by any governmental authority.
(C) The Chief of Police of the village, within his or her respective territorial jurisdiction, the legislative authority of the village or the Village Administrator may send notice by certified mail with a return receipt requested to the person having the right to possession of the property on which a junk motor vehicle is left, that within ten days of receipt of the notice, the junk motor vehicle either shall be covered by being housed in a garage or other suitable structure, or shall be removed from the property.
(D) No person shall willfully leave a junk motor vehicle uncovered in the open for more than ten days after receipt of a notice as provided in division (C) of this section. The fact that a junk motor vehicle is left is prima facie evidence of willful failure to comply with the notice and each subsequent period of 30 days that a junk motor vehicle continues to be so left constitutes a separate offense.
(E) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than $100 for each violation.
(1997 Code, § 98.06) (Ord. 1014-03, passed 8-4-2003)