523.01 Definitions.
523.02 Storing, parking or leaving junked motor vehicle prohibited.
523.03 Disposition of junked vehicle.
523.04 Request for hearing.
523.05 Procedure for hearing.
523.06 Purpose and effect of impoundment provisions.
523.07 Authority and duties of police to impound/dispose of vehicles.
523.08 Circumstances authorizing impoundment.
523.09 Place of impoundment.
523.10 Duration of impoundment.
523.11 Notice of removal.
523.12 Right of redemption of vehicle.
523.13 Release of impounded vehicles.
523.14 Disposal of unclaimed vehicles.
523.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Storage of junk - see GEN. OFF. 521.12
For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
(a) Inoperative motor vehicle. Any motor vehicle not moved for thirty (30) consecutive days shall be presumed inoperative.
(b) Junk motor vehicle. Any motor vehicle meeting any three (3) of the following criteria:
(1) Three (3) years old or older;
(2) Disabling damage, such damage including, but not limited to, any of the following:
A. Missing wheel;
B. Missing or deflated tire;
C. Missing motor;
D. Missing transmission;
(3) Fair market value less than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00);
(4) Inoperative;
(5) Unlicensed, or improperly licensed.
(c) Motor vehicle. Any device, including major parts thereof, in, on, or by which any person or property is or may be transported, including devices used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks, and devices designed to be pulled, drawn, or towed by a motor vehicle, but not including devices moved by human or animal power.
(d) “Vehicle”, and “motor vehicle”. These terms are used synonymously. However, their respective meaning within this chapter is the same as in Ohio Revised Code 4511.01(A), (B), and (C). (Revised Code§§ 4513.63; 4513.65)
(e) Person. Any individual, firm, partnership, company, unincorporated association, or corporation.
(f) Private property. Any real property within the City which is privately owned or operated.
(g) Public property. Public streets, highways, alleys, sidewalks, boulevards, bikeways, and the right-of-way thereof. Any property open to the public for the purpose of vehicular travel or parking and any right-of-way thereof. Any other property which is owned or operated by the City, and any right-of-way thereof.
(h) City. City of Celina, Mercer County, Ohio.
(Ord. 29-12. Passed 8-13-12.)
(a) No person shall store, park, or have any motor vehicle which is in a junked, inoperative, dismantled, or partially dismantled condition, whether attended or not, within the City upon any public or private property.
(b) The visible presence of a junked, inoperative, dismantled, or partially dismantled motor vehicle, on private or public property, is a public nuisance which may be abated as such in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(c) This section shall not apply to any such vehicle which is concealed from the general public by means of buildings, screening, fence, shrubs, terrain, or other suitable obstruction as determined by the Safety-Service Director of the City.
(d) This section shall not apply to properly-licensed tow-yard and/or properly-licensed salvage yard, or to any “place of impoundment” designated as such under Section 523.09 of these Codified Ordinances.
(e) This section shall not apply to any motor vehicle on private property which is stored in conformity with applicable City zoning laws of the City of Celina, Mercer County, Ohio, as amended from time to time.
(Ord. 29-12. Passed 8-13-12.)
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