(A) The keeping, parking or storing of any wrecked, junked or abandoned vehicle or parts thereof, on private or public property, exposed to public view, except as provided in this subchapter, is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, park or store any wrecked junked or abandoned automobile or other vehicle, or parts thereof on public or private property within the town, not kept in a garage or other enclosure so as not to be exposed to public view, except as otherwise set forth herein.
(C) Any vehicle shall be deemed to be included in the terms of this subchapter if such vehicle does not have attached thereto a valid and current license plate, but, such license plate shall not be in the sole factor in determining the status of such vehicle.
(D) Nothing contained in this subsection shall be constructed to apply to any person, firm or corporation lawfully engaged in the junk business, the garage body shop or other vehicle repair business, auto sales business or other lawful business in a properly zoned area, in which automobiles or other vehicles are kept, stored or parked as an incident to the conducting of such business.
(E) For the purposes of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply.
(1) A business organized for the purpose of scrap metal processing, automobile wrecking, or operating a junkyard.
(2) The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
(3) A regular member of the Town Marshal’s office of the Town of Fortville, Hancock County, Indiana.
(4) The last known record title holder of a vehicle, according to the records of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, or any other comparable bureau or agency of any other state.
(5) Refers to all components of a vehicle that as assembled do not constitute a complete vehicle.
(6) An individual, firm, corporation, association, fiduciary, or governmental entity.
(7) All property other than public property.
(8) A public right-of-way, street, highway, alley, sidewalk, park, or other municipal property.
(9) A business that engages in moving, removing, storing and impounding disabled vehicles.
(10) An automobile, motorcycle, truck, trailer, semitrailer, tractor, bus, school bus, recreational vehicle, camper or motorized bicycle.
(11) A vehicle which can be seen from public property and includes vehicles which have been covered by a temporary covering that allows the form and outline of the vehicle to remain visible from pubic property.
(Ord. 2008-2A, passed 3-17-08)