(a) No person, firm, corporation or association shall store or permit to be stored, for a period of more than fifteen days, a collectors motor vehicle or a historical motor vehicle upon any lot or land including any property owned by such person, firm, corporation or association, unless such vehicle is completely enclosed in a building, garage, or if outside, such vehicle will be located on either a side or rear yard and completely covered with a manufactured vehicle protective covering.
(c) Such vehicle shall be parked at least five feet from any adjoining property line.
(d) The fifteen day period shall be deemed to begin to run on the date that such person, firm, corporation or association is notified in writing by certified mail, return receipt requested, by the Chief of Police or his designate that such vehicle is being stored in violation of this section.
(e) This section does not exempt junk yards, or auto salvage yards, body shops, auto repair shops or new or used car dealerships from compliance with ordinances, state laws, health rules and regulations or zoning restrictions pertaining to the operation of such businesses and all such entities are to store any vehicle, disabled or otherwise, in an orderly and sightly manner.
(f) Collectors vehicles are defined for the purposes hereof as any motor vehicle of special interest having a fair market value of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more, whether operable or not, that is owned, operated, collected, preserved, restored, maintained or used essentially as a collectors item, leisure pursuit or investment, but not as the owner's principal means of transportation.
(ORC 4501.01)
(g) Historical motor vehicle for purposes hereof means any motor vehicle that is over twenty-five years old and is owned solely as a collectors item and for participation in club activities, exhibitions, tours, parades and similar uses, but in no event to be used for general transportation.
(ORC 4501.01)
(h) Manufactured cover shall be defined as an opaque, waterproof material, consisting of sewn seams that substantially fit the contour of vehicle and is provided with either string ties, straps or sewn elastic restraints to prevent blow off.
(Ord. 1988-07. Passed 2-16-88.)