As used in this chapter:
(a) "Junk" means any worn-out, castoff or discarded article or material which is ready for destruction or has been collected or stored for salvage or conversion to some other use. Any article or material which, unaltered or unchanged and without further reconditioning, can be used for its original purpose as readily as when new, shall not be considered junk.
(b) "Junk car" means any used vehicle propelled or intended to be propelled by power other than human power and which is in an inoperative or a partially dismantled condition. Portions of junk cars, such as hoods, fenders, radiators, rims, motors and the like, not being utilized for the repair of a motor vehicle, shall be considered as junk.
(c) "Inoperative condition" means that a vehicle is incapable of being propelled under its own power.
(d) "Partially dismantled condition" means that a vehicle has some part missing which is ordinarily an essential component thereof.
(e) For the purposes of this section "junk motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle meeting the requirements of Ohio R.C. 4513.63(B) to (E) that is left uncovered in the open on private property for more than seventy-two hours with the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property, except if the person is operating a junk yard or scrap metal processing facility licensed under authority of Ohio 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 an governmental authority, unless the person having the right to the possession of the property can establish that the motor vehicle is part of a bona-fide commercial operation; or if the motor vehicle is a collector's vehicle.
(Ord. 20-09. Passed 7-7-09.)