For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(a) “Abandoned household appliance” means a refrigerator, deep-freezer, range, stove, automatic dishwasher, clothes washer or dryer, trash compactor, television set, radio, air conditioning unit, commode or bed springs, to which no person claims ownership and which is not in an enclosed building or a licensed salvage yard or in the actual possession of a demolisher.
(b) “Abandoned motor vehicle” means any motor vehicle or major part thereof which is inoperative and which has been abandoned on public or private property for any period of time over five days, other than in an enclosed building or in a licensed salvage yard or at the business establishment of a demolisher; or any motor vehicle or any major part thereof which has remained illegally on public or private property without consent of the owner or person in control of the property for any period of time over three days; or any motor vehicle or major part thereof which is unattended, discarded, deserted and unlicensed and is not in an enclosed building or a licensed salvage yard or in the actual possession of a demolisher.
(c) “Demolisher” means any person licensed by the Commissioner of the Department of Highways whose business, to any extent or degree, is to convert a motor vehicle or any part thereof or an inoperative household appliance into processed scrap or scrap metal, or into the saleable parts, or otherwise to wreck or dismantle vehicles or appliances.
(d) “Enclosed building” means a structure surrounded by walls or one continuous wall, and having a roof enclosing the entire structure, including a permanent appendage thereto.
(e) “Enforcement agency” means the City Police Department.
(f) “Inoperative household appliance” means a refrigerator, deep-freezer, range, stove, automatic dishwasher, clothes washer or dryer, trash compactor, television set, radio, air conditioning unit, commode or bed springs, which by reason of mechanical or physical defects can no longer be used for its intended purpose, and which is either not serving a functional purpose or use or is not in an enclosed building, a licensed salvage yard or the actual possession of a demolisher.
(g) “Junked motor vehicles” means a motor vehicle, or any part thereof (other than on- premises farm utility vehicle) which is discarded, wrecked, ruined, scrapped or dismantled; cannot pass the State inspection required in West Virginia Code Chapter 17C and is either not serving a functional purpose or use or is not in an enclosed building, a licensed salvage yard or the actual possession of a demolisher.
(h) “Motor vehicle” means a vehicle which is or was self-propelled, including but not limited to automobiles, trucks, busses and motorcycles.
(i) “Licensed salvage yard” means a salvage yard licensed under West Virginia Code Chapter 17-23.
(j) “Old vehicle tire” means a pneumatic tire in which compressed air is designed to support a load, but which, because of wear, damage or defect, can no longer safely be used on a motor vehicle, and which is either not serving a functional purpose or use or is not in an enclosed building, a licensed salvage yard or the actual possession of a demolisher.
(k) “Person” includes a natural person, corporation, firm, partnership, association or society and the plural as well as the singular.
(Ord. 448. Passed 11-16-81.)