(A) No person in charge or control of any property within the municipality, other than municipal property, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise, shall allow any partially dismantled, inoperable, wrecked, junked or discarded vehicle to remain on such property longer than ten days.
(B) When used in this section,
VEHICLE shall include any motor vehicle, trailer, camper, boat, boat trailer, personal water craft or other apparatus usually towed by a motor vehicle and items which require licensing to be utilized on any roadway or waterway.
(C) No unlicensed or inoperable vehicle shall be permitted to remain on any private or public property for any length of time; provided, this section shall not apply: to a vehicle in an enclosed building; to a business enterprise, operated in a lawful place and manner, when such vehicle is necessary to the lawful operation of the business; or to a vehicle in an appropriate storage place or depository maintained in a lawful place and manner by the municipality. Any vehicle allowed to remain on property in violation of this section shall constitute a nuisance and shall be abated, and any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(D) Additionally, the municipality may enter upon the property and cause said vehicle to be towed, with the owner of the property being responsible for the costs thereof.
(1976 Code, § 6-249) (Ord. 531, passed 4-21-1977; Ord. 1280, passed 9-11-2000; Ord. 1399, passed 12-4-2007) Penalty, see § 130.99