For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates, or requires, a different meaning.
INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLE.
(1) Any motor vehicle and machinery or equipment related thereto, from which for a period of at least seven days, the engine, wheels, or other parts have been removed, or on which the engine, wheels, or other parts have been altered, damaged, or otherwise in a condition that the vehicle is incapable of being driven under its own motor power.
(2) There shall be a rebuttable presumption that if a motor vehicle is not moved within a seven consecutive-day period, is not duly licensed by the Secretary of state, or is not insured pursuant to the state’s Mandatory Insurance Law, being 625 ILCS 5/7-601 et seq., that said motor vehicle is INOPERABLE.
(3) An INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLE shall not include:
(a) A motor vehicle which has been rendered temporarily incapable of being driven under its own motor power in order to perform ordinary service or repair operations. TEMPORARILY is defined as less than six days;
(b) A motor vehicle that is kept within a building when not in use;
(c) An operable historic vehicle over 25 years of age with properly licensed antique or other applicable vehicle plates issued by the state; or
(d) A motor vehicle on the premises of a place of business lawfully engaged in the wrecking or junking of motor vehicles.
(Ord. 20-01, passed 3-17-2020)