(A) Definition. For the purpose of this section the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
JUNK CAR. Any motor vehicle which does not bear a currently valid license plate and is not in a garage or other building.
(B) Because of the danger to health from vermin and insects and to children attracted by junk cars, such cars are declared to be nuisances, except in lawfully operated junk yards or yards lawfully operated for vehicles awaiting permission for junking from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
(C) The Town Marshal may order any junk car removed within ten days.
(D) Notice of the order to remove shall be placed upon such junk car. Copies of such notice shall be served upon any adult occupying the real estate on which the junk car is located and upon the owner of the junk car, if known. If no occupant of the real estate or owner of the junk car can be found after reasonable search, a notice affixed to any building on the real estate shall constitute notice to the owner and occupant of the real estate and to the owner of the junk car. If there is no building on the real estate, such notice may be affixed elsewhere on the real estate.
(E) If such junk car is not removed within the time so fixed, the Town Marshal may cause such motor vehicle to be removed at the expense of the owner of the real estate, which expense shall constitute a lien on the real estate.
(Ord. 35, passed 5-21-70) Penalty, see § 91.99
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