(A) Definitions. For purposes of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED VEHICLE. Any motor vehicle, car, boat, and other means of motorized transportation that is left on private premises without the consent of the owner or person in control of such premises, or on a public street, alley or right-of-way for a continuous period of time exceeding 30 days. ABANDONED VEHICLE shall also include any vehicle located on public premises illegally or in such manner as to constitute a hazard or unreasonable obstruction to the movement of pedestrian or other vehicle traffic on a public right-of-way, street or highway.
JUNK. Any articles in any form composed of or consisting of any of the following enumerated secondhand, discarded, abandoned or cast-off metals or materials, namely, iron, brass, bronze, copper, tin, zinc, lead or any other metals or compounds thereof, broken glass, rags, clothing, rubber, plastics, and synthetic substances and fabrics, bottles, papers, feathers or any other waste material or any compound or by-product of the foregoing enumerated materials. JUNK shall also include and mean a wrecked, abandoned or dismantled automobile, or parts thereof.
JUNK CAR. Any motor vehicle which does not bear a currently valid license plate, and is not kept in a garage or building. JUNK CAR shall also include any vehicle from which there has been removed the engine, transmission or differential, or which is otherwise partially dismantled or inoperable and left on public premises, or which has been left unattended for more than 30 days on private premises in a location visible from public premises and/or private premises at ground level.
(B) Exemptions. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any vehicle located on a properly zoned vehicle sale lot, at a properly zoned commercial vehicle servicing facility, at a properly zoned automobile scrap yard, and any motor vehicle eligible for registration and licensing under I.C. 9-18-12-1, 9-18-12-2, 9-18-12-4 through 9-18-12-6 as an antique vehicle.
(Ord. 700, passed 1-22-18; Am. Ord. 706, passed 6-25-18)