(A) Except as provided in division (B) below, it shall be unlawful for the owner, occupant, or person having control or management of any land within a city, county, consolidated local government, urban-county, or unincorporated area to permit a public nuisance, health hazard, or source of filth to develop thereon through the accumulation of:
(1) Junked or wrecked automobiles, vehicles, machines, or other similar scrap or salvage materials, excluding inoperative farm equipment;
(2) One or more mobile or manufactured homes, as defined in KRS 227.550, that are junked, wrecked, or nonoperative and which are not inhabited;
(3) Rubbish; or
(4) The excessive growth of weeds or grass.
(B) The provisions of division (A) above shall not apply to:
(1) Junked, wrecked, or nonoperative automobiles, vehicles, machines, or other similar scrap or salvage materials located on the business premises of a licensed automotive recycling dealer, as defined under the provisions of KRS 190.010(8);
(2) Junked, wrecked, or nonoperative motor vehicles, including parts cars stored on private real property by automobile collectors, whether as a hobby or a profession, if these motor vehicles and parts cars are stored out of ordinary public view by means of suitable fencing, trees, shrubbery, or other means; and
(3) Any motor vehicle, as defined in KRS 281.010, that is owned, controlled, operated, managed, or leased by a motor carrier.
(2008 Code, § 8.16.010) Penalty, see § 90.99