(a) No person shall use any premises or public thoroughfare within the City for the purpose of keeping inoperable automobiles.
As used in this section “inoperable automobile” means and includes any motor vehicle which is not in operating condition, or which has no value except for salvage or junk purposes, or which has not been licensed and issued a distinctive number and registration mark valid for the current year pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 4503, or which does not display such distinctive number and registration mark. As used in this section “keeping inoperative automobiles” means and includes the parking, standing or storage of any one or more inoperative automobiles any place other than in an enclosed garage, for a period in excess of twenty-four consecutive hours.
(b) A motor vehicle parked or stored in violation of this section may be removed to a motor vehicle pound or other place of storage by any police officer, at his direction, and shall not be released except upon payment of towing and storage charges.
(c) Whoever violates this ordinance shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Each days violation shall be considered a separate violation.
(Ord. 52-88. Passed 7-25-88.)