(a) Definitions.
(1) "Junk" means any worn out, cast off, or discarded article or material which is ready for destruction or has been collected or stored for salvage or conversion to some other use. Any article or material which, unaltered or unchanged or without further reconditioning, can be used for its original purpose as readily as new shall not be considered junk.
(2) "Motor vehicle part" means any portion or part of any motor-driven vehicle as detached from the vehicle as a whole.
(b) Storage. No person shall store, maintain, collect, or permit the storage, deposit, maintenance, or collection of any junk or motor vehicle parts(s) in an unenclosed area on his premises or any premises under his control which are unenclosed (open areas) for a period of time in excess of seventy-two hours. Junk which is completely enclosed within a building or which is held in connection with a business enterprise property properly operated in an appropriate business zone, pursuant to the Zoning Ordinance shall be exempt from this section.
(c) Abatement of Nuisance. The accumulation and storage of junk or motor vehicle part(s) on public or private property is hereby declared to be a nuisance, detrimental to the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the Village. It shall be the duty of the owner of such junk or motor vehicle part(s), and it shall also be the duty of the owner of the private property or the lessee or other person in possession of the private property upon which such junk or motor vehicle part(s) are located, to remove the same from the Village or to have the same properly housed in a building where it shall be completely enclosed.
(d) Notice; Remedy of Village. Whenever violator(s) of this section are found, the Police Department or the Zoning Inspector may issue the violator(s) a written notice, by personal service or by certified mail (return receipt requested), of the violation(s), and order the violator(s) to correct the violation(s) and/or abate the nuisance(s) within seven days. The written notice shall also inform the violator(s) that if the violation(s) and/or nuisance(s) are not corrected within seven days that prosecutorial action may occur and/or the Village, will physically enter the premises and abate the nuisance, assessing any costs for such abatement as a lien on the Preble County tax duplicate against the premises entered.
(e) Penalty. Whoever violates this section shall be fined a maximum of one hundred dollars ($100.00). Further, the Village, may abate violation(s) and nuisance(s) under this section, as described procedurally under subsection (d) hereof.
(Ord. 1989-1. Passed 1-18-89.)