For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES. A motor vehicle shall be deemed to have been abandoned for the purpose of this section in the following circumstances:
(1) It has been left unattended upon a street or highway in violation of a statutory law or ordinance regulating or prohibiting parking for a period of 24 hours;
(2) It is left unaccompanied on property owned or operated by the city or on any street or highway for a period of not less than 48 hours; or
(3) It is left unaccompanied on private property for a period of not less than 30 days, in derelict condition.
DERELICT VEHICLE. A motor vehicle shall be deemed DERELICT for the purposes of this section if the vehicle is inoperable, partially wholly dismantled, wrecked, junked, or of similar condition, for a period exceeding 30 days.
(Ord. O-013, passed 3-18-2004)