For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED AND JUNK VEHICLES. Any one of the following:
(1) A vehicle illegally located on public property;
(2) A vehicle left on public property without being moved for three days;
(3) A vehicle located on public property in such a manner so as to constitute a hazard or an obstruction to the movement of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on a public right-of-way;
(4) A vehicle which has remained on private property without the consent of the owner or person in control of said property for more than 48 hours;
(5) A vehicle from which the engine, transmission or differential has been removed or which is otherwise partially dismantled or inoperable and left on public property;
(6) A vehicle which has been removed by a towing service or public agency upon the request of an officer enforcing a statue or ordinance other than this subchapter if the vehicle removed is not claimed or redeemed by the owner or the owner’s agent within 15 business days of the vehicle’s removal; or
(7) A vehicle which is in a mechanically- inoperable condition or with no current registration and left on private property continuously in a location which is visible from public property for more than ten days.
INOPERABLE CONDITION. All types of motor-driven vehicles used or usable for the conveyance of persons or property which are unable to move under their own power due to defective or missing parts, and which have remained in such condition for a continuous period of not less than ten consecutive days. Such a motor vehicle shall also include all types of motor-driven vehicles which, although able to move under their own power, are in such a condition due to defective or missing parts so as to be dangerous or unfit for further use as a conveyance upon the public highways.
NUISANCE. Because of the danger to health from vermin and insects and to children attracted by the same, motor vehicles in an inoperative condition and motor vehicles unfit for further use which are situated within the corporate limits of the city and which are not inside a garage or other building are hereby declared and defined to be a NUISANCE, except when such motor vehicle is within a lawfully operated junk yard or a yard lawfully operated for the storage of vehicles awaiting permission for junking from the State Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
(Ord. 2016-07, passed 8-1-2016)