A. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep an inoperable motor vehicle or any parts thereof on any private property located within the Village and in view of the general public.
B. Inoperable motor vehicles means any motor vehicle from which, for a period of at least seven (7) 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 so treated or nonequipped that the vehicle is incapable of being driven under its own power upon any road or highway but it shall not include 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, or to any motor vehicle kept within a building, to operable historic vehicles over twenty five (25) years of age registered with the State as an antique vehicle, or to a motor vehicle on the premises of a place engaged in the wrecking or junking of motor vehicles maintained and operated in accordance with the applicable ordinances of the Village.
C. The Village shall prior to the commencement of any prosecution under this Section, and/or removal of said inoperable motor vehicle or parts thereof, give written notice of the violation of the provisions of this Chapter either by personally serving said notice upon the owner of the property on which the vehicle is located or by sending a copy of said notice by certified mail to the owner of said property. Said notice shall provide that unless said person disposes of the inoperable motor vehicle or parts thereof within seven (7) days, the Village will commence prosecution for the violation and/or have said vehicle or parts thereof removed from the property.
D. In the event said inoperable motor vehicle does not have current Illinois State license plates and/or a current Fox Lake Village sticker, it shall constitute a separate violation and offense. (Ord. 88-5, 1988)