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§ 95.030 CATCHES OR LOCKS TO BE REMOVED.
   (A)   No person, firm or corporation shall store, place or permit any discarded, abandoned or unused icebox, refrigerator, deep-freeze or similar container of an airtight character, in any place where it is accessible to children, without first removing and rendering completely inoperable all automatic catches or locks on the exterior of all doors, so as to prevent any person or child from becoming imprisoned therein.
   (B)   (1)   This section shall not apply to the delivery, transfer or removal of any such container from 1 location to another while in transit.
      (2)   However, the container shall not be left unattended for longer than 15 minutes at any 1 time, and shall be checked for the presence of persons or children therein.
(1979 Code, § 95.15) (Ord. 1543, passed 12-3-1953) Penalty, see § 95.999
WEEDS
§ 95.045 WEEDS TO BE REMOVED.
   (A)   It is unlawful for the owner of real estate in the city, to maintain and permit to grow weeds, sumac, black locust and rank vegetation.
   (B)   It is the duty of all owners of real estate within the city to cause weeds, sumac, black locust and rank vegetation grown upon their premises to be cut, hauled away or destroyed on or before May 15 of each year, and again on or before June 15 of each year, and again on or before July 15 of each year, and again on or before September 1 of each year.
(1979 Code, § 95.20) (Ord. 3794, passed 4-20-1987) Penalty, see § 95.999
§ 95.046 FAILURE OF OWNER TO REMOVE.
   (A)   Upon default of any owner of real estate to cut and destroy or haul away any weeds, sumac, black locust or rank vegetation, or cause this to be done, as provided in § 95.045 above, it shall be the duty of the Street Commissioner to notify the owner giving him or her 5 days to cause this work to be done. If the owner fails to cause the work to be done, the Street Commissioner or his or her designee is hereby empowered to enter upon the premises or property in violation and may thereupon cause all weeds, sumac, black locust and rank vegetation to be cut and destroyed or hauled away.
   (B)   (1)   The Street Commissioner shall keep an accurate account of the expense thereof which shall be mailed as a bill to the owner, which bill is to be paid by the owner to the city at the City Controller’s office. A copy of Ord. 3794 (upon which this subchapter is based) shall be included with the billing.
      (2)   If the expense is not paid to the city within 60 days from the date of the billing, the expense shall become a lien on the property, shall be placed on the duplicate and be collected as taxes are collected, and shall be turned in to the City Treasurer.
(1979 Code, § 95.21) (Ord. 3794, passed 4-20-1987) Penalty, see § 95.999
ABANDONED VEHICLES
§ 95.060 DEFINITIONS.
   (A)   As used in this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
      ABANDONED VEHICLE.
         (a)   A vehicle located on public property illegally;
         (b)   A vehicle left on public property without being moved for 3 days;
         (c)   A vehicle located on public property in such a manner as to constitute a hazard or obstruction to the movement of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on a public right-of-way;
         (d)   A vehicle that has remained on private property without the consent of the owner or person in control of that property for more than 48 hours;
         (e)   A vehicle from which the engine, transmission or differential has been removed or that is otherwise partially dismantled or inoperable and left on public property;
         (f)   A vehicle that has been removed by a towing service or public agency upon request of an officer enforcing a statute or an ordinance other than this chapter, if the impounded vehicle is not claimed or redeemed by the owner or the owner’s agent within 20 days after the vehicle’s removal;
         (g)   A vehicle that is at least 3 model years old, is mechanically inoperable, and is left on private property continuously in a location visible from public property for more than 20 days; or
         (h)   Any other definition that may be adopted by the Indiana State Legislature by amending, repealing, recodifying and/or replacing I.C. 9-13-2-1 (defining “abandoned vehicle”).
      DEPARTMENT. The City Police Department.
      BUREAU. The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
      HEARING OFFICER. The Equal Opportunity Officer or other designated city employee.
      MECHANICALLY INOPERABLE. A vehicle from which there has been removed the engine, transmission or differential, or that is otherwise partially dismantled or that is not mechanically fit or able to be driven upon the public streets under its own internal power system.
   (B)   Other terms appearing in this chapter that are contained in I.C. 9-13-2 are adopted by reference as if fully set out herein.
(1979 Code, § 95.25) (Ord. 3488, passed 10-17-1983; Am. Ord. 4788, passed 12-8-2003)
§ 95.061 REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF ABANDONED VEHICLES.
   The Police Department of the city is designated and assigned as the public agency with local responsibility for the removal, storage and disposal of abandoned vehicles and vehicles’ parts within the corporate limits of the city, pursuant to I.C. 9-22-1 as amended. The Department is granted all powers reasonable and necessary for the performance of its responsibilities under this chapter.
(1979 Code, § 95.26) (Ord. 3488, passed 10-17-1983)
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