For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED VEHICLE. Any vehicle stored, parked or kept and not in actual use as means of transportation or having a valid registration tag.
DISABLED VEHICLE. Any vehicle with a current tag and current insurance that is temporarily disabled because of a mechanical malfunction.
JUNK VEHICLE. Any vehicle, as defined herein, which is wrecked, dismantled, partially dismantled, inoperative, deteriorated, decayed, lacks necessary repairs or maintenance, bearing no state license plate or bearing a registration tag that is more than three months out of date, or discarded.
OWNER. Any person, firm, or corporation having a legal or equitable interest in the property, including an officer, guardian, executor, administrator, mortgagee in possession, managing or leasing agent of such person, firm, or corporation.
PRIVATE PROPERTY. Any real property which is not public property.
PROPERTY. Any real property within the city which is not a street or highway.
PUBLIC PROPERTY. Any street, roadway, sidewalk, alley way, parking or any other property dedicated to the public use and over which the federal, state or municipal government or any political subdivision thereof exercises ownership, control or dominion.
VEHICLE. A device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway; the term shall include, but not be limited to, automobiles, buses, motorbikes, motorcycles, motor scooters, trucks, tractors, go-carts, golf carts, boats, trailers, railroad cars, campers and camper trailers.
(Ord. 3203, passed 7-7-09)