(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)