As used in this chapter:
(a) “Abandoned motor vehicle” means all motor vehicles or other vehicles which are left at any place, public or private, within the City for such time and place and under such circumstances as to cause such a vehicle to appear abandoned.
(b) “Derelict motor vehicle” means any motor vehicle that is inoperable, unregistered, discarded or left unattended.
(c) “Inoperable motor vehicle” means:
(1) Any motor vehicle from which, for at least seven days, the engine, wheels, or other parts have been removed, or on which the engine, wheels, or other parts have been altered, damaged, or otherwise so treated that the vehicle is incapable of being driven under its own power, or any motor vehicle or other vehicle that has not been moved or used for seven or more consecutive days and has apparently been deserted;
(2) Any motor vehicle which does not display required State license plates or other evidence of current State and/or local registration:
(3) An inoperable motor vehicle shall not include a motor vehicle which has been rendered temporarily incapable of being driven under its own power in order to perform ordinary services or repair operations nor to any motor vehicles that are stored inside a building that is enclosed on all four sides with a roof when not in use, or to a motor vehicle on the premises of a place of business engaged in wrecking or junking of motor vehicles.
(d) “Motor vehicle” means all motor vehicles or any self-propelled land vehicle which can be used for towing or transporting people or materials, including but not limited to automobiles, trucks, buses, motor homes, motorized campers, motorcycles, motor scooters, tractors, snowmobiles, dune buggies and other off the road vehicles.
(e) “Person” means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or organization of any kind.
(f) “Property” means any real property, public or private, within the City which is not a street or highway.
(g) “Street or highway” means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof if open to the use of the public for the purpose of vehicular travel.
(Ord. Unno. Passed 8-7-91; Ord. 2014-11-3. Passed 11-12-14.)