For use in this chapter, the following terms are defined:
HOBBY VEHICLE means an unlicensed motor vehicle, including but not limited to dragsters, stock cars, Indy-type racers, midget racers, all-terrain vehicles, dune buggies, go-carts or competition pulling garden or farm tractors. For the purpose of this chapter, golf-carts, boat trailers, common utility trailers, camping trailers or snowmobile trailers are not considered hobby vehicles.
JUNK means all old or scrap copper, brass, lead, or any other non-ferrous metal; old or discarded rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber, debris, waste or used lumber, or salvaged wood; dismantled vehicles, machinery and appliances or parts of such vehicles, machinery or appliances; iron, steel, or other old or scrap ferrous materials; old or discarded glass, tinware, plastic or old or discarded household goods or hardware. Neatly stacked firewood located on a side yard or a rear yard is not considered junk.
JUNK VEHICLE means any vehicle which has any of the following characteristics:
(1) Inoperable. Any vehicle not capable of being driven upon a public road under manufacturer’s specifications.
(2) Habitat for nuisance animals or insects. Any vehicle which has become a habitat for rats, mice, or snakes, or any other vermin or insects.
(3) Defective or obsolete condition. Any other vehicle which, because of its defective or obsolete condition, in any other way constitutes a threat to the public health and safety.
(4) Unlicensed. Any vehicle that is not currently licensed. Mere licensing of such vehicle shall not constitute a defense to the finding that the vehicle is a junk vehicle.
VEHICLE means every device in, upon, or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway or street, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, and includes without limitation a motor vehicle, automobile, truck, motorcycle, tractor, buggy, wagon, farm machinery, or any combination thereof. (Ord. passed - -2023)