For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(a) “Abandoned household appliance” means a refrigerator, deep freeze, range, stove, automatic dishwasher, clothes washer, clothes dryer, trash compactor, television set, radio, air conditioning unit, commode or bed springs, to which no person claims ownership and which is not in an enclosed building or a licensed salvage yard or in the actual possession of a demolisher.
(b) “Abandoned motor vehicle” means any motor vehicle or major part thereof which is inoperative and which has been abandoned on public or private property for any period of time over five days, other than in an enclosed building or in a licensed salvage yard or at the business establishment of a demolisher; or any motor vehicle or major part thereof, which has remained illegally on public or private property for any period of time over five days; or any motor vehicle or major part thereof which has remained on private property without consent of the owner or person in control of the property for any period of time over five days; or any motor vehicle or a major part thereof which is unattended, discarded, deserted and is unlicensed and is not in an enclosed building or a licensed salvage yard or in actual possession of a demolisher.
(c) “Demolisher” means any person licensed by the State whose business to any extent or degree, is to convert a motor vehicle or any part thereof or an inoperative household appliance into processed scrap or scrap metal, or into saleable parts, or otherwise to wreck or dismantle vehicles or appliances.
(d) “Enclosed building” means a structure surrounded by walls or one continuous wall, and having a roof enclosing the entire structure, including a permanent appendage thereto.
(e) “Enforcement agency” means the Police Department of the City.
(f) “Inoperative household appliance” means a refrigerator, deep freeze, range, stove, automatic dishwasher, clothes washer, clothes dryer, trash compactor, television set, radio, air conditioning unit, commode or bed springs, which by reason of mechanical or physical defects can no longer be used for its intended purpose, and which either not serving a functional purpose or use or is not in an enclosed building, a licensed salvage yard or in the actual possession of a demolisher.
(g) “Junk motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle, or any part thereof, other than an on-premises farm utilities vehicle, which:
(1) Is discarded, wrecked, ruined, scraped or dismantled;
(2) Cannot pass the State inspection required by West Virginia Code 17C-16-1 et seq., fails to display a State inspection sticker or displays a State inspection sticker which has been expired for more than sixty days;
(3) Fails to display a valid registration plate; or
(4) Is either not serving a functional purpose or use or is not in an enclosed building, a licensed salvage yard or in actual possession of a demolisher.
(h) “Motor vehicle” means a vehicle which is or was self-propelled, including but not limited to automobiles, trucks, buses and motorcycles.
(i) “Old vehicle tire” means a pneumatic tire in which compressed air is designed to support a load, but which, because of wear, damage or defect, can no longer safely be used on a motor vehicle, and which is either not serving a functional purpose or use or is not in an enclosed building, a licensed salvage yard or in actual possession of a demolisher.
(1984 Code 9-3-1)