For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED VEHICLE. A motor vehicle, as authorized and defined in G.S. § 160A-303, and one that:
(1) Is left upon the right-of-way of a public street or highway in violation of a law or ordinance prohibiting parking;
(2) Is left on the right-of-way of a public street or highway for longer than seven days;
(3) Is left on property owned or operated by the city for longer than 24 hours; or
(4) Is left on private property without the written consent of the owner/occupant or lessee thereof, for longer than two hours.
JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLES. A vehicle that does not display a current license plate lawfully upon that vehicle, as authorized and defined in G.S. § 160A-303.2, and that:
(1) Is partially dismantled or wrecked;
(2) Cannot be self-propelled or moved in the manner in which it originally was intended to move; or
(3) Is more than five years old and appears to be worth less than $100.
NUISANCE VEHICLE. A vehicle on public or private property that is determined and declared to be a health or safety hazard, a public nuisance and unlawful, including a vehicle found to be:
(1) A breeding ground or harbor for mosquitoes, other insects, rats or other pests;
(2) A point of heavy growth of weeds or other noxious vegetation over eight inches in height;
(3) A point of collection of pools or ponds of water;
(4) A point of concentration of quantities of gasoline, oil or other flammable or explosive materials as evidenced by odor;
(5) A source of danger for children through entrapment in areas of confinement that cannot be opened from the inside or from exposed surfaces of metal, glass or other rigid materials;
(6) So situated or located that there is a danger of it falling or turning over;
(7) One which is a point of collection of garbage, food waste, animal waste or any other rotten or putrefied matter of any kind;
(8) One which has sharp parts thereof which are jagged or contain sharp edges of metal or glass; or
(9) Any other vehicle specifically declared a health and safety hazard by the City Council.
OPEN PLACES. Areas of properties or portions thereof that are open to the exterior, including building openings, such as carports, or porches, and any other exterior portions of properties ordinarily exposed to the outside and/or public view, including front, side and rear yards.
PARTS VEHICLE. A motor vehicle that is owned by a person to furnish parts for restoration of a special interest restoration vehicle, thus enabling a person to preserve, restore, and maintain a special interest restoration vehicle.
SPECIAL INTEREST RESTORATION VEHICLE. A vehicle of an age that is unaltered from the manufacturer's original specifications and, because of its significance, including but not limited to, an out-of-production vehicle, is collected, preserved, restored, or maintained by hobbyist as a leisure pursuit.
(2005 Code, § 42-46) (Ord. passed 5-3-1999; Ord. 2015-11-01, passed 11-9-2015)