(a) Prohibitions and Restrictions. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to store on, place on, or permit to be stored on or placed, on, or allow to remain on, any platted or unplatted parcel of land in the City of Hart, a dismantled, partially dismantled or inoperable motor vehicle, or any part or parts of a motor vehicle, unless said partially dismantled motor vehicle or part or parts of a motor vehicle shall be kept in a wholly enclosed garage or other wholly enclosed structure. However, any bona fide owner, co-owner, tenant or co-tenant may store, permit to be stored, or allow to remain, on the premises of which he or she is the owner, co-owner, tenant or co-tenant, any one such dismantled, partially dismantled or inoperable motor vehicle, for a period of not to exceed forty-eight hours, if such motor vehicle is registered in his, her or its name. In addition, any such owner, co-owner, tenant or co-tenant may, in the event of hardship, upon payment of the fee hereinafter provided, secure a permit from the City Manager to extend such period of forty-eight hours for an additional period of not to exceed one week for any one such dismantled, partially dismantled or inoperable motor vehicle, if such motor vehicle is registered in his, her or its name. This section shall not be construed to permit parking or placing of the dismantled or partially dismantled vehicles on any street area in the City of Hart, or in any front yard as now or hereafter defined by the Zoning Code of the City of Hart.
(b) Permits. Upon application duly made by the registered owners of a motor vehicle and upon showing of hardship, the City Manager is hereby authorized to issue the permits provided for in subsection (a) hereof. A fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for each such permit issued shall be collected and shall be paid into the General Fund.
(Adopting Ordinance)
(c) Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) "Motor vehicle" means any wheeled vehicle which is self-propelled or intended to be self-propelled.
(2) "Inoperable motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle which, by reason of dismantling, disrepair or other cause, is incapable of being propelled under its owner power.
(3) "Dismantled or partially dismantled motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle from which some part, which is ordinarily a component of such motor vehicle, has been removed or is missing.
(d) Interpretation. This section shall not be construed as repealing any ordinance now in effect or hereafter made effective relating to rubbish, litter, garbage, refuse, trash or junk, but shall be construed to be supplementary to any such ordinances, as well as to any statutes of the State of Michigan relating thereto.
(e) Declaration of Nuisance. The presence of a dismantled, partially dismantled or inoperable motor vehicle or parts of a motor vehicle on any platted or unplatted parcel of land in violation of the terms and provisions of this section is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
(f) Exemption of Licensed Junk Yards. This section shall not be construed to apply to any establishment which is duly and properly licensed pursuant to Chapter 832 of the Business Regulation and Taxation Code, which provides for the licensing of persons engaged in the business of buying and selling scrap iron, scrap metal, scrap wood, used auto parts or any form of goods commonly considered as junk.
(Ord. 93. Passed 6-6-67.)