(a) No person shall store or permit to be stored on any lot or premises any motor vehicle which is dismantled, inoperative or unlicensed, for a period of more than three days, unless the same is kept or stored in a completely enclosed authorized and permitted building or garage on such lot or premises. Any such motor vehicle shall be deemed inoperative when the lack or failure of the engine, transmission or other mechanical part results in the vehicle being not usable for transportation of persons.
(b) The Police Department is authorized to serve written notice on property owners or persons in possession of any such lot or land upon which an unlicensed or inoperative motor vehicle is stored contrary to the provisions hereof. Such period of three days shall commence to run the next day following the service of such notice. Any person who has been so notified or who is the owner of or in charge of, or in possession of any such lot or land on which any such vehicle is stored and who fails to remove the same after notice, shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor. A separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which the violation occurs or continues beyond such three-day period.
(c) The three-day period herein shall not be extended in any manner by the moving of the vehicle to a new lot or location after notice provided herein is served.
(d) The term "unlicensed" as used herein, shall mean that a motor vehicle is considered unlicensed unless the registration for such vehicle, as issued by the State for such vehicle, is continuously displayed upon such vehicle.
(Ord. 885. Passed 5-5-83.)
(e) The provisions of this section shall be applicable to all districts of the Municipality. However, in districts in which the storage, repair or rehabilitation of automobiles is expressly permitted, a person may keep or possess an unlicensed or inoperative motor vehicle that is being presently under a contract of repair. However, such vehicle may not be stored subject to public view for more than 30 days. If such vehicle is to be maintained for more than 30 days, it must be placed in an enclosed building.
(Ord. 1405. Passed 10-8-92.)
(f) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall not be fined less than $15.