(a) No person shall store or permit to be stored an inoperable motor vehicle on public or private property in the city for longer than 24 hours unless the inoperative motor vehicle is stored inside a building or in such a location as not to be viewable by the public, and unless the same is maintained so as not to create a possible source of health and safety hazards. The storage of an inoperable motor vehicle shall be prima-facie evidence of a violation of this section.
(b) As used in this section, “inoperable motor vehicle” means any motor vehicle which has any of the following parts removed: engine, drive train or any part thereof, doors, hood, trunk, windshield, side glass, fenders, headlights, tail lights and/or tires. It includes any motor vehicle which could not operate under its own power.
(Ord. 5726, passed 9-13-1973)
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalty provided in § 698.02 A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.