(A) It shall be unlawful for the owner, occupant, or person having control or management of any land within the city to permit a public nuisance, health hazard, or source of filth to develop thereon through the accumulation of:
(1) Junked or wrecked automobiles, vehicles, machines, or other similar scrap or salvage materials, excluding inoperative farm equipment;
(2) One or more mobile or manufactured homes, as defined in KRS 227.550 that are junked, wrecked, or nonoperative and which are not inhabited;
(3) Rubbish; or
(4) The excessive growth of weeds or grass.
(B) The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
(1) Junked, wrecked, or nonoperative automobiles, vehicles, machines, or other similar scrap or salvage materials located on the business premises of a licensed automotive recycling dealer as defined under the provisions of KRS 190.010(8);
(2) Junked, wrecked, or nonoperative motor vehicles, including parts cars, stored on private real property by automobile collectors, whether as a hobby or a profession, if these motor vehicles and parts cars are stored out of ordinary public view by means of suitable fencing, trees, shrubbery, or other means; and
(3) Any motor vehicle as defined in KRS 281.011 that is owned, controlled, operated, managed, or leased by a motor carrier.
(C) Definitions. For the purpose of this section the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
(1) AUTOMOBILE COLLECTOR. A person who collects and restores motor vehicles.
(2) ORDINARY PUBLIC VIEW. A sight line within normal visual range by a person on a public street or sidewalk adjacent to real property.
(3) PARTS CAR. As automobile that is not intended to be operated along streets and roads, but is used to provide parts for the restoration of other automobiles.
(Ord. passed 3-6-90; Am. Ord. 13-03, passed 3-5-13)