(a) It shall be unlawful for the owner, tenant or lessee of any building or land within the city to permit the open storage or parking of any inoperable motor vehicle, machinery or equipment, or parts thereof, outside of an enclosed garage or enclosed building, for a period of more than forty-eight (48) hours. An inoperable motor vehicle for purposes of this subsection shall include motor vehicles which, by reason of dismantling, disrepair or other cause, are incapable of being propelled under their own power, or are unsafe for operation on the streets and highways of this state because of the inability to comply with the Ohio Motor Vehicles and Traffic Code, or do not have a current license and registration as required for operation by the Ohio Motor Vehicles and Traffic Code.
(b) The repair, restoration and maintenance of vehicles in any residential district or on property containing a dwelling unit, shall be conducted entirely within an enclosed building, except for those activities that can be and are completed in less than twenty-four (24) hours. All such repair shall take place on private property and may not be conducted within the public right-of-way.
(c) It shall be unlawful for the owner, tenant or lessee of any lot or building in a residential district or on property containing a dwelling unit to permit the open storage or parking outside of a building of semi-truck tractors and/or semi-truck trailers, any truck having a rated load capacity in excess of one (1) ton, bulldozers, earth carriers, cranes or any other similar equipment or machinery, unless parked for purposes of construction being conducted on that lot.
(Ord. 4-21. Passed 1-4-21.)