(a) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions are established:
(1) "Junk" means any worn out, cast off or discarded article or material which is ready for destruction or has been collected or stored for salvage or conversion to some other use. Any article or material which, unaltered or unchanged or without further reconditioning, can be used for its original purposes as readily as when new shall not be considered junk.
(2) "Motor vehicle" means any wheeled vehicle which is self-propelled or intended to be self-propelled and/or used or useful for the conveyance of persons or property.
(3) "Dismantled or partially dismantled motor vehicle" means motor vehicles from which some part or parts, which are ordinarily a component of such motor vehicle, have been removed or are missing.
(4) "Inoperative motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle which is unable to move under its own power due to defective or missing parts.
(5) "Motor vehicle part" means any portion or part of any motor driven vehicle as detached from the vehicle as a whole.
(b) No person, firm or corporation shall store, maintain, collect or permit the storage, deposit, maintenance or collection of any junk in an unenclosed area on his premises or any premises under his control which are unenclosed (open areas), for a period of time in excess of ten days.
(c) No person, firm or corporation shall park, store or leave or permit the parking or storing of any dismantled, partially dismantled or inoperable motor vehicle, or parts thereof, upon any private or public property within the City for a period of time in excess of ten days when such motor vehicle or parts thereof are in a rusted, wrecked or junked condition. However, this section shall not apply to the deposit and storage of junk or motor vehicles or parts thereof which are completely enclosed within a building or which are held in connection with a business enterprise property operated in the appropriate business zone, pursuant to the Zoning Ordinance.
(d) The accumulation and storage of such junk and vehicles or parts therefrom on public or private property is hereby declared to be a nuisance, detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the City. It shall be the duty of the registered owner of the private property upon which such junk or vehicle is located, to remove the same from the City or to have the same housed in a building where it shall be completely enclosed.
(e) It shall be the duty of the City to give notice to the registered owner of the motor vehicle or to the owner or lessee of the private land upon which such junk or motor vehicle or part thereof is situated. Such notice may be given by personal service by an official or an agent of the City or by certified mail, return receipt requested. This notice shall state that the junk or vehicle or parts hereof, violates this section, and shall demand that the junk or motor vehicle be removed from the City within ten days or that within ten days the same be completely enclosed within a building.
(f) Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). Every day such violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(Ord. 0-09-85. Passed 4-15-85.)
(Ord. 0-09-85. Passed 4-15-85.)