For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED VEHICLE. Any vehicle in a state of disrepair rendering the vehicle incapable of being driven in its condition or any vehicle that has not been moved or used for seven consecutive days or more and is apparently deserted.
ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE (ATV). Any motorized vehicle off-highway device designed to travel primarily off-highway, 50 inches or less in width, having a manufacturer’s dry weight of 1,500 pounds or less, traveling on three or more non-highway tires, designed with a seat or saddle for operator use, and handlebars or steering wheel for steering control, except equipment such as lawnmowers.
AUTOMOTIVE PART RECYCLER. A person who is in the business of acquiring previously owned vehicles and vehicle parts for the primary purpose of disposing of parts of vehicles in a manner other than a “scrap processor” as defined in the Illinois Vehicle Code.
BUMPER. Any device or system of devices protruding from and attached to the front and rear of a motor vehicle that has been designed to be used to absorb the impact of a collision.
DEMOLITION CAR. A vehicle kept primarily for purposes of competing in a demolition derby or other related automotive sport.
DERELICT VEHICLE. Any inoperable, unregistered, discarded motor vehicle, regardless of title, having lost its character as a substantial property and left unattended without justification on the owner’s land.
ESSENTIAL PARTS. All integral and body parts of a vehicle of a type required to be registered hereunder, the removal, alteration or substitution of which would tend to conceal the identity of the vehicle or substantially alter its appearance, model, type or mode of operation.
INOPERABLE VEHICLE. Any abandoned, derelict, junk or other motor vehicle from which, for a period of at least seven days, the engine, wheels, transmission or other essential parts have been removed, or on which the engine, wheels or other essential parts have been altered, damaged or otherwise so treated that the vehicle is incapable of being driven under its own motor power. Also, for the purposes of this subchapter, an INOPERABLE VEHICLE is a machine propelled by a power, other than human power, designed to travel on the ground or upon the roads by the use of wheels, treads, runners or slides, to transport persons or property, or to pull machinery, and includes, but is not limited to, all automobiles, trucks, trailers, motorcycles, tractors and all trailers, wagons or other machinery designed to be pulled by such a vehicle and one which cannot be legally operated on the highway or street because one, or more, of the following have been removed or are not in proper condition and adjustment as required by state law, as now in effect or as hereinafter amended:
(1) Front bumper;
(2) Rear bumper;
(3) Windshield;
(4) Steering wheel;
(5) Door;
(6) Hood;
(7) Headlight; and
(8) One or more flat tires.
JUNK VEHICLE. A vehicle which has been or is being disassembled, crushed, compressed, flattened, destroyed or otherwise reduced to a state in which it no longer can be returned to an operable state.
MOTOR VEHICLE. Every vehicle which is divided into two divisions:
(1) First division. Those motor vehicles which are designed for the carrying of not more than ten persons; or
(2) Second division. Those motor vehicles which are designed for carrying more than ten persons, those designed or used for living quarters and those motor vehicles which are designed for pulling or carrying freight or cargo, and those motor vehicles of the first division remodeled for use and used as motor vehicles of the second division.
MOTORCYCLE. Every motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor.
MOTOR-DRIVEN CYCLE. Every motorcycle and every motor scooter with less than 150 cubic centimeter piston displacement, including motorized pedal cycles.
MOTORIZED PEDALCYCLE. A bicycle-type vehicle, which has tires with an overall inflated diameter of 19 inches or more, with fully operative pedals for propulsion by human power, equipped with a power drive system that functions directly or automatically only and not requiring clutching or shifting by the operator after the drive system is engaged, and a helper motor with a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cubic centimeter displacement, which produces no more than two brake horsepower, and is capable of propelling the vehicle at a maximum speed of no more than 30 miles per hour on level ground.
OWNER. A person who holds legal title of a motor vehicle, or in the event a motor vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor of the motor vehicle is entitled to possession, then the conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this chapter. In the absence of any vehicle identification numbers or plate on the motor vehicle, the owner shall be presumed to be the tax bill owner of the real estate upon which the motor vehicle is found.
PARK or PARKING. The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than when temporarily and actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
RACE CAR. A vehicle kept primarily for purposes of competing in a racing event or other related automotive sport.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. Every camping trailer, motor home, mini motor home, travel trailer, truck camper or van camper used primarily for recreational purposes and not used commercially nor owned by a commercial business, all as defined in § 70.001.
VEHICLE. Every device, in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved by human power, devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks and snowmobiles as defined in the Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act.
(Ord. 22-3670, passed 5-4-2022)