(a) For the purposes of this section, "junk motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle meeting the requirements of Ohio R.C. 4513.63(B) to (E) that is left unhoused on private property for more than seventy-two hours with the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property, except if the person is operating a junk yard or scrap metal processing facility licensed under authority of Ohio R.C. 4737.05 to 4737.12; or regulated under authority of the Municipality; or if the person having the right to the possession of the property on which the motor vehicle is left can establish that the motor vehicle is a licensed collector's vehicle.
(b) Persons having the right to the possession of the property may store or keep by unrestricted method any licensed collector's vehicle as defined in Ohio R.C. 4501.01(F).
(c) The Municipal Police Department or the Municipal Zoning Authority may send notice by personal service or by certified mail, with return receipt requested, to the person having the right to the possession of the property on which a junk motor vehicle is left, that within ten days of receipt of the notice, the junk motor vehicle either shall be covered by being housed in a garage or other suitable structure or shall be removed from the property.
(d) No person shall willfully leave a junk motor vehicle in the open for more than ten days after receipt of a notice as provided in this section. The fact that a junk motor vehicle is so left is prima-facie evidence of willful failure to comply with the notice. Each subsequent period of thirty days that a junk motor vehicle continues to be so left constitutes a separate offense.
(Ord. 14(20-21). Passed 3-5-20.)