(a) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions are established:
(1) “Junk” mean 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 purposes as readily as when new shall not be considered junk.
(2) “Motor vehicle” means any wheeled vehicle which is self-propelled and/or used or useful for the conveyance of persons or property.
(3) “Dismantled or partially dismantled motor vehicle” means motor vehicles from which some part or parts, which are ordinarily a component of such motor vehicle, have been removed or are missing.
(4) “Inoperative motor vehicle” mean any motor vehicle which is unable to move under its own power due to defective or missing parts.
(5) “Motor vehicle part” means any portion or part of any motor driven vehicle as detached from the vehicle as a whole.
(6) “Unused motor vehicle” means any wheeled vehicle which is capable of, but does not, move under its own power on public streets, roads or highways.
(b) No person, firm or corporation shall store, maintain, collect or permit the storage, deposit, maintenance or collection of any junk in an unenclosed area on his/her or their premises or any premises under his/her or their control which are unenclosed (open areas), for a period of time in excess of ten days.
(c) No person, firm or corporation shall park, store or leave or permit the parking or storing of any unused, dismantled, partially dismantled or inoperative motor vehicle, or parts thereof, upon any private or public property within the Municipality for a period of time in excess of ten days when such motor vehicle or parts thereof are in rusted, wrecked or junked condition. However, this section shall not apply to the deposit or storage of junk or vehicles or parts thereof, which are completely concealed from public view by means of permanent concealment such as fences, structures, buildings, vegetation or terrain, or which are held in connection with a business enterprise property operated in the appropriate business zone, pursuant to the Zoning Ordinance.
(d) The accumulation and storage of such junk and vehicles or parts therefor on public or private property is hereby declared to be a nuisance, detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the Municipal corporation. It shall be the duty of the registered owner of the private property upon which such junk or vehicle is located, to remove the same from the Municipality or to have the same completely concealed as set forth in subsection (c) hereof.
(e) It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police, or any Lordstown Police Department officer he so designates, to forthwith give notice to the registered owner of the motor vehicle or to the owner of the real property or to the person having the right to possession of the property upon which such junk, dismantled or unused motor vehicle or part thereof is situated. Such notice shall be given by the Chief of Police, or his designate, by personal service or by certified mail, return receipt requested. This notice shall state the junk, dismantled or unused motor vehicle or parts hereof, violates this section, and shall demand that the same be removed from the Municipality within ten days or to have the same completely concealed as set forth in subsection (c) hereof.
(f) Whoever violates any portion of this section or any subsection hereof, shall be deemed guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be prosecuted as provided by law. When a person is convicted of an offense by reason of this section, fines for such violations shall not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00), and each day during which the violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 54-92. Passed 6-15-92.)