As used in this chapter:
(a) “Abandoned motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, or part thereof, that:
(1) Is inoperable and is left unattended on public property for more than forty- eight hours;
(2) Has remained illegally on public property for a period of more than forty- eight hours; or
(3) Has remained on private property without the consent of the owner or person in control of the property for more than forty-eight hours.
It shall be presumed that a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer or part thereof is abandoned if it lacks a current license plate, or a current county, city or town plate or sticker, or a valid state inspection certificate or sticker, and it has been in a specific location for four days without being moved.
(b) “County” means Loudoun County, Virginia.
(c) “Demolisher” means any person, firm or corporation whose business is to convert a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer into processed scrap or scrap metal or otherwise to wreck or dismantle such vehicles.
(d) “Garagekeeper” means any operator of a parking place, motor vehicle storage facility or establishment for the servicing, repair or maintenance of motor vehicles.
(e) “Immobile motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer that is stalled or rendered immobile as the result of adverse weather conditions or other emergency situations on any public roadway.
(f) “Inoperable abandoned vehicle” means an abandoned motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer as defined in subsection (a) hereof which is inoperable and whose fair-market value as determined by the Commissioner of Revenue is less than the cost of its restoration to an operable condition.
(g) “Inoperable motor vehicle” means any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer which is not in operating condition, does not display valid license plates, does not display an inspection decal that is valid or displays an inspection decal that has been expired for more than sixty days.
(h) “Regularly garaged” means kept within a fully enclosed building a structure, except at such times as such vehicle is brought outside and worked upon, washed, moved from enclosed place to enclosed place or displayed for short periods of time, such as to a prospective purchaser.
(i) “Sheriff” means the Sheriff of the County or any authorized Deputy Sheriff.
(j) “Shielded or screened from view” means hidden from sight by plantings or fences.
(k) “Unattended motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer that:
(1) Is found on the public streets or public grounds unattended by the owner or operator thereof and constitutes a hazard to traffic;
(2) Is found on the public streets or public grounds unattended by the owner or operator thereof and is parked in such a manner as to be in violation of the law; or
(3) Has been left unattended for more than ten days upon any public property or privately owned property in the County, without permission of the property owner or occupier.
(Ord. 93-03. Passed 3-17-93.)