For use in this chapter, the following terms are defined:
INOPERABLE CONDITION: A vehicle that: a) has a missing or defective part that is necessary for normal operation; or b) is on blocks, jacks or other supports; or c) does not have a current license for operation on a public roadway.
JUNK: All refuse; rubbish; old or scrap copper, brass, lead, or any other nonferrous metal; old or discarded rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber, debris, waste or used lumber, or salvaged wood; dismantled vehicles, machinery and appliances or parts of such vehicles, machinery or appliances; iron, steel or other old or scrap ferrous materials; old or discarded glass, tinware, plastic or old or discarded household goods or hardware. Neatly stacked firewood located on a side yard or a rear yard is not considered junk.
JUNK VEHICLE: A motor vehicle which is in inoperable condition and is: a) partially dismantled; or b) is being used for sale of parts or as a source of repair or replacement parts; or c) which is being kept for scrapping or salvage. Mere licensing of such vehicle shall not constitute a defense to the finding that the vehicle is a "junk vehicle".
MOTOR VEHICLE: A "motor vehicle" as defined in chapter 321 of the code of Iowa, including motorized bicycles, motorcycles and all terrain vehicles.
NUISANCE: Whatever is injurious to health, indecent, or unreasonably offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property so as essentially to interfere unreasonably with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property. (2000 Code § 50.01)
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 657.1)