For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates, or requires, a different meaning.
ABANDONED VEHICLE. As authorized, and defined, in G.S. § 160A-303, an ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE is one that:
(1) Is left upon a public street or highway in violation of a law or ordinance prohibiting parking;
(2) Is left on a public street or highway for longer than seven days;
(3) Is left on property owned, or operated, by the town for longer than 24 hours; or
(4) Is left on private property without the consent of the owner, occupant, or lessee thereof, for longer than two hours.
AUTHORIZING OFFICIAL. The supervisory employee of the Police Department, or the Code Official, respectively, designated to authorize the removal of vehicles under the provisions of this article.
JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLE. As authorized, and defined, in G.S. § 160A-303.2, the term JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLE means a vehicle that does not display a current license plate lawfully upon that vehicle, and that:
(1) Is partially dismantled or wrecked;
(2) Cannot be self-propelled or moved in the manner in which it originally was intended to move; or
(3) Is more than five years old and appears to be worth less than $500.
MOTOR VEHICLE or VEHICLE. All machines designed, or intended, to travel over land or water by self-propulsion, or while attached to any self-propelled vehicle.
NUISANCE VEHICLE. A vehicle on public, or private, property that is determined, and declared, to be a health or safety hazard, or a public nuisance, or unlawful, including a vehicle found to be:
(1) A breeding ground, or harbor, for mosquitoes, other insects, rats, or other pests;
(2) A point of heavy growth of weeds, or other noxious vegetation, over eight inches in height;
(3) A point of collection of pools or ponds of water;
(4) A point of concentration of quantities of gasoline, oil, or other flammable or explosive materials as evidenced by odor, visible presence;
(5) One which has areas of confinement which cannot be operated from the inside, such as trunks, hoods, passenger interior, or other interior sections, and the like;
(6) So situated or located that there is a danger of its falling, or turning, over;
(7) One which is a point of collection of garbage, food waste, animal waste, or any other rotten, or putrescible, matter of any kind;
(8) One which has sharp parts thereof which are jagged, or contain sharp edges of metal or glass;
(9) So offensive to the sight as to damage the community, neighborhood, or area appearance;
(10) Used by children in play activities; or
(11) Any other vehicle specifically declared a health and safety hazard, and a public nuisance by the Town Council.
(Ord. 23-2018, passed 12-3-2018)