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For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AUTHORIZED CITY OFFICIAL. Includes the Mayor, a designee of the Mayor and any police officer whether directly employed by the city or contracted for by the city.
VEHICLE. Any machine propelled by power, other than human power, designed to travel on the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners, or slides and to transport persons or property or pull machinery and shall include, without limitation, automobiles, trucks, trailers, motorcycles, tractors, buggies, wagons, campers, and what is commonly referred to as a boat. ('84 Code, §§ 510.4, § 1; § 510.4a, § 1) (Ord. 1981-11, effective 1-1-82; Am. Ord. 1990-6, effective 6-5-90; Am. Ord. 1990-7, effective 6-5-90; Am. Ord. 18-04, passed 3-6-18)
PROPERTY. Any real property within the city which is not a street or highway. ('84 Code, § 510.4a, § 1) (Ord. 1990-6, effective 6-5-90; Am. Ord. 1990-7, effective 6-5-90)
STREET or HIGHWAY. The entire width between the boundary lines of every public way when any part is open to use by the public for purposes of vehicular travel. ('84 Code, § 510.4, § 1) (Ord. 1981-11, effective 1-1-82; Am. Ord. 1990-6, effective 6-5-90)
DISABLED, INOPERABLE AND UNREGISTERED VEHICLES
No person shall leave any vehicle at any place within the city for such time and under such circumstances that indicate an abandonment.
('84 Code, §§ 510.4, § 1; 510.4a, § 1) (Ord. 1981-11, effective 1-1-82; Am. Ord. 1990-6, effective 6-5-90; Am. Ord. 1990-7, effective 6-5-90) Penalty, see § 95.99
No person shall leave any partially dismantled, wrecked or junked vehicle on any street or highway within the city.
('84 Code, § 510.4, § 2) (Ord. 1981-11, effective 1-1-82; Am. Ord. 1990-6, effective 6-5-90) Penalty, see § 95.99
An authorized city official of the city is authorized to remove or have removed any vehicle left at any place within the city, in which said vehicle reasonably appears to be in violation of this subchapter or to be lost, stolen, or unclaimed. The vehicle shall be impounded until lawfully claimed or disposed of and shall be removed and disposed of in conformity with the Kentucky Revised Statutes.
('84 Code, §§ 510.4, § 3; 510.4a, § 4) (Ord. 1981-11, effective 1-1-82; Am. Ord. 1990-6, effective 6-5-90; Am. Ord. 1990-7, effective 6-5-90; Am. Ord. 18-04, passed 3-6-18)
Not more than one currently unregistered vehicle shall be parked on any property within the city, and the vehicle shall not at any time be in a state of major disassembly or disrepair or in the process of being stripped or dismantled.
('84 Code, § 510.4a, § 2) (Ord. 1990-7, effective 6-5-90) Penalty, see § 95.99
No person in charge or control of any property within the city, whether as an owner, tenant, occupant, lessee, or otherwise shall allow any partially dismantled non-operating, wrecked, junked, or discarded vehicle to remain on his property longer than 30 days. This section shall not apply to a vehicle in an enclosed building, a vehicle on the premises of a business enterprise operated in a lawful place and manner when necessary to the operation of the business enterprise, or a vehicle in an appropriate storage place or depository maintained in a lawful place and manner by the city.
('84 Code, § 510.4a, § 3) (Ord. 1990-7, effective 6-5-90) Penalty, see § 95.99
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation and shall be fined in an amount of not less than $10 nor more than $250. Each day of the violation shall constitute a separate offense.
('84 Code, § 510.4, § 4; § 510.4a, § 5) (Ord. 1981-11, effective 1-1-82; Am. Ord. 1990-6, effective 6-5-90; Am. Ord. 1990-7, effective 6-5-90)