For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"ABANDONED AND/OR JUNK VEHICLE." Abandoned and/or junk vehicle (“ABANDONED VEHICLE”) means the following:
(1) A vehicle located on public property illegally;
(2) A vehicle left on public property continuously without being moved for three days;
(3) A vehicle located on public property in such a manner as to constitute a hazard or obstruction to the movement of pedestrian or vehicle traffic on a public right-of-way;
(4) A vehicle that has remained on private property without the consent of the property owner or persons in control of the property for more than 48 hours;
(5) A vehicle from which there has been removed the engine, transmission, or differential or that is otherwise partially dismantled or inoperable and left on public property;
(6) A vehicle that has been removed by a towing service or a public agency upon request of an officer enforcing a statute or ordinance other than this chapter, if the vehicle once impounded is not claimed or redeemed by the owner or his agent within 15 days of its removal; or
(7) A vehicle that is at least six model years old, mechanically inoperable, and is left on private property continuously in a location visible from public property for more than 30 days.
"AUTOMOBILE SCRAPYARD." A business organized for the purpose of scrap metal processing, automobile wrecking, or operating a junkyard.
"BUREAU." The State Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
"FISCAL BODY." The Common Council of the city.
"OFFICER." Shall include any regular member of the Indiana State Police Department; the Huntington City Police Department; the Huntington County Police Department; a Town Marshal or Town Marshal Deputy for a town in or partially in Huntington County, or an ordinance enforcement officer of the City of Huntington.
"OWNER." The last known record title holder of a vehicle, according to the records of the Bureau.
"PERSON." An individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, fiduciary, or governmental entity.
"PRIVATE PROPERTY." All property other than public property.
"PUBLIC AGENCY." The Board of Public Works and Safety of the city.
"PUBLIC PROPERTY." A public right-of-way, street, highway, alley, sidewalk, park, or other municipal property.
"TOWING SERVICE." A business that engages in moving, removing, storing, and impounding disabled vehicles.
"VEHICLE." An automobile, motorcycle, truck, trailer, semitrailer, tractor, bus, school bus, recreational vehicle, camper, or motorized bicycle.
(Ord. 10-C-85, passed 5-14-85; Am. Ord. 12-C-92, passed 5-12-92; Am. Ord. 8-C-01, passed 6-26-01)