For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED VEHICLE.
(1) A vehicle located on public property illegally;
(2) A vehicle left on public property continuously without being moved for three days;
(3) A vehicle that has remained on private property without the consent of the owner or person in control of that property for more than 48 hours;
(4) A vehicle from which there has been removed the engine, transmission, or differential or that is otherwise partially dismantled or inoperable and left on public property;
(5) A vehicle that has been removed by an authorized towing service upon request of an officer enforcing a statue or ordinance other than this chapter if the vehicle, once impounded, is not claimed or redeemed by the owner or his or her agent within 20 days of its removal;
(6) A vehicle that is three or more model years old, is mechanically inoperable, and is left on private property continuously in a location visible from public property for more than 20 days; or
(7) A vehicle located on public property in such a manner as to constitute a hazard or obstruction to the movement of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on a public right-of-way.
AUTHORIZED TOWING SERVICE. A business that engages in moving or removing disabled vehicles and, once removed, stores or impounds vehicles pursuant to the request of a police officer.
AUTOMOBILE SCRAPYARD. A business organized for the purpose of scrap metal processing, automobile wrecking, or operating a junkyard.
BUREAU. The Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
OWNER. The last known record titleholder of a vehicle according to the records of the Bureau under I.C. 9-17-1. Also, OWNER means those persons and/or entities set out in I.C. 9-13-2-121.
PARTS. Refers to all components of a vehicle that as assembled do not constitute a complete vehicle.
POLICE OFFICER. An officer of the Cicero Police Department, as well as those persons defined as Officers in I.C. 9-22-1-2.
PRIVATE PROPERTY. All property other than public property.
PUBLIC PROPERTY. A public right-of-way, street, highway, alley, park or other state, county or municipal property.
VEHICLE. An automobile, motorcycle, truck, trailer, semi-trailer, tractor, bus, school bus, recreational vehicle, trailer or semitrailer used in the transportation of watercraft, or motorized bicycle (see I.C. 9-13-2-196).
(Ord. 03-19-2002-1, passed 3-19-02)