(a) No “junk motor vehicle”, which means any motor vehicle that meets any combination of three of the five requirements of Section
(b) No motor vehicle may be stored in the open on private property if any portion of such motor vehicle is suspended or supported by jacks, concrete blocks or any similar devices unless the vehicle is under repair, but under no circumstances may such vehicle remain in this condition for longer than seventy-two hours.
(c) Persons may store or keep by unrestricted method any collector’s vehicle as defined in Ohio R.C. 4501.01(F) on private property with the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property; except that such person having such permission shall conceal, by means of buildings, fences, vegetation, terrain or other suitable obstruction, any unlicensed collector’s vehicle stored in the open.
(d) No motor vehicle, excluding vehicles otherwise regulated by subsections (a) and (c) hereof, shall be stored on private property in the open for over ninety days.
(e) Council, the Chief of Police or the Municipal Zoning Inspector may provide notice by certified mail, with return receipt requested, or by hand delivery, to the person having the right to the possession of the property on which a vehicle is left in violation of subsections (a), (b) or (d) hereof, that within thirty days of receipt of the notice, the vehicle either shall be covered by being housed in a garage or other suitable structure or shall be removed from the property. The notice shall state that the person having a right to possession of the property shall have the right to file a written appeal within the thirty-day period requesting a hearing on the notice and that failure to file the written appeal shall constitute a waiver of such right. The notice shall also state that failure to comply shall permit the Municipality to order the vehicle removed, stored or disposed of at the expense of the person having right to possession of the property, and that this expense shall be in addition to any criminal penalty otherwise imposed.
(f) No person shall willfully leave a vehicle in the open for more than thirty days after receipt of a notice as provided in this section. The fact that a vehicle is so left is prima-facie evidence of willful failure to comply with the notice. Each subsequent period of thirty days that a vehicle continues to be so left constitutes a separate offense.
(Ord. 4513.65; Ord. 91-11T&S. Passed 3-19-91.)
(g) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.65)