(a) "Abandoned junk motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle meeting two or more of the following requirements:
(1) Left on private property for more than seventy-two hours without the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property, on a public street or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, or upon or within the right-of-way of any road or highway, for forty-eight hours or longer;
(2) Extensively damaged, such damage including but not limited to any of the following: missing wheels, tires, motor, or transmission;
(3) Apparently inoperable;
(b) No person shall willfully leave an abandoned junk motor vehicle on private property for more than seventy-two hours without the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property, or on a public street or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, or upon or within the right of way of any road for forty-eight hours or longer without notification to the Chief of Police of the reasons for leaving the motor vehicle in such place.
(c) For purposes of this section, the fact that a motor vehicle has been so left without permission or notification is prima-facia evidence of abandonment.
(Ord. 88-122. Passed 10-3-88.)