For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE. As authorized and defined in G.S. § 160A-303, one that:
(1) Is left upon a street or highway in violation of a law or ordinance prohibiting parking;
(2) Is left on property owned or operated by the town for longer than 24 hours;
(3) Is left on private property for longer than two hours without the written consent of the owner, occupant or lessee of the property; or
(4) Is left for longer than seven days on a public street or highway.
ADMINISTRATOR. The person or persons designated by the Manager to perform the duties and responsibilities assigned by this chapter.
HAZARDOUS MOTOR 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, snakes, rats or other pests;
(2) A point of heavy growth of weeds or other noxious vegetation over 18 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;
(5) One which has areas of confinement which cannot be opened from the inside, such as trunks, hoods and the like;
(6) So situated or located that there is a danger of it falling or turning over;
(7) A point of collection of garbage, food waste, animal waste or any other rotten or putrescible matter of any kind;
(8) One which has sharp parts which are jagged or contain sharp edges of metal, glass or other rigid materials; or
(9) One which creates any circumstances which expose the general public to a safety or health hazard.
JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLE. As authorized and defined in G.S. § 160A-303.2, one that does not display a current license plate lawfully 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.
MOTOR VEHICLE. Any machine designed or intended to travel over land or water by self-propulsion or while attached to a self-propelled vehicle.
PRIVATE PROPERTY. All of that property as described and set out in an owner’s deed, including but not limited to yards, grounds, driveways, entrances or passageways, parking areas, storage areas, vacant land, bodies of water and including sidewalks, grass strips, curbs or rights-of-way up to the edge of the pavement of any public street.
PUBLIC PROPERTY. All that property except private property as herein defined, including but not limited to highways, streets, alleys, parks, recreation areas, sidewalks, grass strips, medians, curbs or rights-of-way up to the edge of the pavement of any public street or body of water.
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. Land that is dedicated or otherwise legally established for public use.
(Ord. eff. 6-13-2005)
Statutory reference:
Abatement of public health nuisances, see G.S. § 160A-193