(a) “Abandoned junk motor vehicle” means any motor vehicle meeting all of the following requirements:
(1) Left on private property for more than seventy-two hours without the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property, on a public street or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, or upon or within the right of way of any road or highway, for forty-eight hours or longer;
(2) Three years old or older;
(3) Extensively damaged, such damage including but not limited to, any of the following: a broken window or windshield, missing wheels, tires, motor or transmission;
(4) Apparently inoperable; (Ord. 92-8. Passed 4-6-92.)
(5) Having a fair market value of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) or less.
(Ord. 00-83. Passed 12-18-00.)
(b) The Chief of Police, within his respective territorial jurisdiction upon notification of such action, shall order any abandoned junk motor vehicle to be photographed by a law enforcement officer in the place where abandoned. The officer shall record the make of the motor vehicle, the serial number when available and shall also detail the damage or missing equipment to substantiate the value of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) or less. The Chief of Police shall thereupon immediately dispose of the abandoned junk motor vehicle to a junk yard or scrap metal processing facility as defined in previous sections, or to any other facility owned by or under contract with the County or City for the disposal of such motor vehicles. The records and photographs relating to the abandoned junk motor vehicle shall be retained by the law enforcement agency ordering the disposition of such vehicle for a period of at least two years. The law enforcement agency shall execute in quadruplicate an affidavit, as prescribed by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles, describing the motor vehicle and the manner in which it was disposed of, and that all requirements of this section have been complied with, and shall sign and file the same with the Clerk of Courts of the County in which the motor vehicle was abandoned. The Clerk of Courts shall retain the original of the affidavit for his files, shall furnish one copy thereof to the Registrar, one copy to the junk yard or other facility handling the disposal of the vehicle and one copy to the law enforcement agency ordering the disposal, who shall file such copy with the records and photographs relating to the disposal. Any moneys arising from the disposal of an abandoned junk motor vehicle shall be deposited in the General Fund of the County or the City, as the case may be.