In this article:
(1) ANTIQUE VEHICLE means any passenger car or truck that:
(A) was manufactured in 1925 or before; or
(B) is at least 35 years old.
(2) COLLECTOR means the owner of one or more antique or special interest vehicles who collects, purchases, acquires, trades, or disposes of special interest or antique vehicles or parts of them for personal use in order to restore, preserve, and maintain an antique or special interest vehicle for historic interest.
(3) DIRECTOR means the director of the department designated by the city manager to enforce and administer this article or the director’s authorized representative.
(4) INOPERATIVE or INOPERABLE means incapable of being propelled on its own power due to dismantling, disrepair, or some other cause.
(5) JUNKED VEHICLE means any motor vehicle, as defined in Section 5.01 of Article 4477-9a, Vernon’s Texas Civil Statutes, as amended, that:
(A) is inoperative; and
(B) does not have lawfully affixed to it either an unexpired license plate or a valid motor vehicle safety inspection certificate; is wrecked, dismantled, partially dismantled, or discarded; or remains inoperable for a continuous period of more than 45 days.
(6) SPECIAL INTEREST VEHICLE means a motor vehicle of any age that has not been altered or modified from original manufacturer’s specifications and, because of its historic interest, is being preserved by hobbyists. (Ord. Nos. 13900; 14494; 15720; 17226; 20599)
(a) The presence of any junked vehicle on any private lot, tract, or parcel of land, occupied or unoccupied, improved or unimproved, or on any public right-of-way or other public property, within the city, is a public nuisance.
(b) A person commits an offense if he causes or maintains such a public nuisance by wrecking, dismantling, partially dismantling, rendering inoperable, abandoning, or discarding a motor vehicle on a public right-of-way or other public property or on the real property of another or permits a junked vehicle to be parked, left, or maintained on personal real property.
(c) If the director reasonably believes that a vehicle is inoperable, the director may request the owner or person claiming control of the vehicle to demonstrate that it is operable. (Ord. Nos. 13900; 14494; 15720; 20599)
This article does not apply to:
(1) a vehicle or vehicle part that is completely enclosed within a building in a lawful manner where it is not visible from the street or other public or private property;
(2) a vehicle on the premises of a business enterprise operated in a lawful manner, when necessary to the operation of the business enterprise;
(3) a vehicle or vehicle part in an appropriate storage place or depository maintained at a location officially designated and in a manner approved by the city;
(4) an unlicensed, operable, or inoperable antique or special interest vehicle stored by a collector on the collector’s property, if the vehicle and the outdoor storage area are maintained in such a manner that they do not constitute a health hazard and are screened from ordinary public view by means of a fence, rapidly growing trees, shrubbery, or other appropriate means;
(5) a motor vehicle in operable condition specifically adapted or constructed for racing or operation on privately-owned drag strips or raceways; or
(6) a motor vehicle stored as the property of a member of the armed forces of the United States who is on active duty assignment. (Ord. Nos. 13900; 14494; 15720; 20599; 22413)
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