(A) A junked vehicle or vehicle part that is located in a place where it is visible from a public place or public right-of-way is detrimental to the safety and welfare of the general public, tends to reduce the value of private property, invites vandalism, creates fire hazards, constitutes an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors, and is detrimental to the economic welfare of the town by producing urban blight adverse to the maintenance and continued development of the town and is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. It is not a public nuisance to maintain a vehicle or a vehicle part that is completely enclosed within a building in a lawful manner where it is not visible from the street or other public or private property, a vehicle or a vehicle part that is stored or parked in a lawful manner on private property in connection with a business of a licensed vehicle dealer or junkyard, or an unlicensed, operable, or inoperable antique or special interest vehicle stored by a collector on the collector’s property, if the vehicle and the outdoor storage area are maintained in a manner so that they do not constitute a health hazard and are screened from ordinary public view by means of a fence, rapidly growing trees, or shrubbery.
(B) A person commits an offense if that person maintains a public nuisance as determined under this section. Each and every day the nuisance continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(Ord. 119, passed 12-1-1988)