ARTICLE IV: ABANDONED VEHICLES
Section
   18.401   Abandonment unlawful
   18.402   Abandonment determined
   18.403   Definitions
   18.404   Parking and storage of certain vehicles
   18.405   Health hazards defined
   18.406   Salvaged vehicles
   18.407   Exceptions
   18.408   Properly licensed business
Editor’s note:
   This article derives generally accepted municipal practices.
§ 18.401  ABANDONMENT UNLAWFUL.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to abandon or permit to be abandoned any motorized vehicle for self propulsion, including, but not limited to, any automobile, boat, golf cart, any dismantled or partially dismantled vehicle or motor vehicle, vehicle or motor vehicle parts or accessories, on any public street, right-of-way, public grounds or upon any privately-owned property; and it shall be unlawful for any person owning or controlling any privately-owned property to abandon a vehicle or to permit the abandonment of a vehicle as described in this article.
(Prior Code, § 18.401)
§ 18.402  ABANDONMENT DETERMINED.
   For the purpose of this article, a vehicle shall be determined to have been ABANDONED under one or more of the following circumstances:
   a.   Any vehicle left upon a street or highway in violation of a law or ordinance;
   b.   Any vehicle failing to display a current license plate;
   c.   Any vehicle that is dismantled or partially dismantled, damaged or left exposed, uncovered, unscreened or unenclosed;
   d.   Any vehicle incapable of self propulsion or incapable of being driven or operated in the manner for which it was originally intended;
   e.   Any vehicle left, stored or abandoned on property owned, operated or controlled by the town without written consent;
   f.   Any vehicle left on private property without the consent of the owner, occupant or lessee thereof for a period in excess of 24 hours; or
   g.   Any vehicle left, stored or abandoned on any public street or right-of-way of the town for a period in excess of seven days.
(Prior Code, § 18.402)
§ 18.403  DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this article, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   PERSON. Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
   PRIVATE PROPERTY. Any real estate property within the town which is privately owned and which is not public property as defined in this article.
   PUBLIC PROPERTY. Any street or highway which shall include the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained for the purposes of vehicular travel, and shall also mean any other publicly owned property, right-of-way or facility.
(Prior Code, § 18.403)
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