For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED. Any vehicle left unmoved upon a street, alley or other way of the Town of Clayton longer than 30 days shall be presumed to have been ABANDONED. Any refrigerator, freezer, icebox or other device having an automatic lock on a compartment large enough to enclose a human being and from which the door has not been removed, shall be presumed to have been ABANDONED if exposed at any place accessible to children.
JUNK. Any worn out, discarded or abandoned materials, including but not limited to refuse, rubbish, old rags, metals, rubber, glass, parts of machines and vehicles, refrigerators, waste paper, cloth and textiles having only salvage value. An accumulation of 1 or more partially dismantled or wrecked automobiles or portions thereof not capable of moving under their own power, plainly not under repair for a period of more than 30 days, and not bearing license plates of the current year, shall be prima facie considered JUNK.
PERSON. Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
PROPERTY. Any real property within the town which is not a street, highway or alley.
STREET, HIGHWAY or ALLEY. The entire width between the property lines of every dedicated way, whether open to public travel or not, including but not limited to the portion of the way actually opened or capable of being opened for vehicular travel.
UNSHELTERED JUNK. Junk placed upon, permitted to be placed or to remain more than 30 days upon any property for which a junkyard license is not held, except the property is securely enclosed against trespassing and surrounded by buildings or a solid fence adequate to obscure the junk from public view. If the contents of any unlicensed junkyard shall be piled higher than the obscuring fence or building, the storage shall be deemed to be UNSHELTERED.
VEHICLE. A machine propelled or intended to be propelled by power other than human power, designed to travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners or slides and to transport persons or property or pull machinery, including but not limited to such vehicles as automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle, tractor, buggy and wagon.
WAY. Includes all dedicated streets, highways and alleys within the town, whether presently opened for vehicular travel or other public use or not, including all portions of the way between the property lines on either side of the way.
(Ord. 450, passed 5-11-1970)