(a) No person shall willfully leave an abandoned junk motor vehicle as defined in RC 4513.63 on private property for more than seventy-two (72) hours without the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property, or 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 (48) hours or longer without notification to the chief of police of the reasons for leaving the motor vehicle in such place.
For purposes of this section, the fact that a motor vehicle has been so left without permission or notification is prima facie evidence of abandonment.
(b) Notwithstanding Sections 403.99 and 459.02, whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00) no portion of such fine to be suspended, and shall also be assessed any costs incurred by the city in removing and disposing of such abandoned junk motor vehicle, less any money accruing to the city from such disposal.
(Ord. No. 520-86. Passed 1-26-87, eff. 1-29-87)