The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this Chapter:
ABANDONED VEHICLE: Any vehicle which is left unattended on any private property, not owned or leased by the owner or bailee of the vehicle, for a period of thirty (30) days or longer without being moved or entered by the owner or bailee of the vehicle in question.
INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLE: Any motor vehicle from which, for a period of at least thirty (30) days, the engine, wheels or other parts have been removed, or on which the engine, wheels or other parts have been altered, damaged, or otherwise so treated that the vehicle is incapable of being driven under its own motor power. Inoperable motor vehicle shall not include any vehicle which:
A. Is rendered temporarily incapable of being driven under its own power in order to perform maintenance or repairs to the vehicle in question; or
B. Is kept within a completely closed building or a carport; or
C. Is maintained on the property of a business enterprise lawfully engaged in the wrecking or junking of motor vehicles.
PERSON: Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or organization of any kind.
PROPERTY: Any real property within the City which is not a street or highway.
STREET OR HIGHWAY: The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
UNLICENSED VEHICLE: Any vehicle not bearing a current license plate and not stored in a completely closed building or carport on any residentially zoned property.
VEHICLE: A machine propelled by power other than human power designed to travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners, or slides and transport persons or property or pull machinery and shall include without limitation, automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle, tractor, buggy or wagon. (1998 Code)