(a) No person shall willfully leave any vehicle or an abandoned junk motor vehicle as defined in Section 303.11 on private property for more than seventy-two consecutive hours without the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property.
(b) No person shall willfully leave any vehicle or an abandoned junk motor vehicle, as defined in Section 303.11 on a public street or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, or upon or within the right-of-way of any road or highway, for forty-eight consecutive hours or longer, without notifying the Police Chief or his designate of the reasons for leaving the vehicle in such a place.
(c) For purposes of this section, the fact that a vehicle has been so left without permission or notification is prima-facie evidence of abandonment. Nothing contained in this section shall invalidate the provisions of other ordinances regulating or prohibiting the abandonment of motor vehicles on streets, highways, public property or private property within the Municipality.
(ORC 4513.64; Ord. 6-46-92. Passed 6-16-92.)
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on the first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. Anyone who violates this section shall also be assessed any costs incurred by the Municipality in disposing of such junk or abandoned motor vehicle, less any money accruing to the Municipality from such disposal.
(ORC 4513.99(D); Ord. 6-49-92. Passed 6-16-92.)