For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED VEHICLE. Any vehicle which the owner thereof, including any person having a security interest therein, has deserted and left unclaimed on any street, lot or parcel of ground, public or private, within the corporate limits of the city for a period in excess of ten consecutive days.
JUNK VEHICLE.
(1) Vehicle in any inoperative condition. Any style of vehicle used or useful for the conveyance of persons or property that is unable to move under its own power due to defective or missing parts; or a vehicle that has no motor vehicle registration or an expired motor vehicle registration and therefore cannot legally be operated on the public way. EXCEPTION: Competitive vehicle strictly for off street use. Two competitive vehicles allowed per residential lot not to be parked on street, must be stored inside or in rear yard of structure.
(2) Vehicle unfit for further use. Any style or type of vehicle used for the conveyance of persons or property that is in a dangerous condition, has defective or missing parts or is in such condition as to be unfit for further use as a conveyance.
PERSON. Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
PROPERTY. Any real property within the city which is not a street or highway.
STREET or HIGHWAY. The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
VEHICLE. A machine propelled by power other than human power designed to travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners or slides and transport persons or property or pull machinery and shall include, but not be limited to, automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle, and tractor.
VEHICLE PARTS. Any portion or parts of any vehicle as detached from the vehicle as a whole.
(Ord. 1-65, passed 1-19-1965; Am. Ord. 23-2011, passed 12-13-2011)