(a) Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) "Junk" means any worn-out, castoff 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 and without further reconditioning, can be used for its original purpose as readily as when new, shall not be considered junk.
(2) All buildings and other enclosed structures owned by the State,its agencies or political subdivisions, including but not limited to hospitals and State institutions for persons with mental illness and persons with intellectual disabilities; university and college buildings, except rooms within those buildings used primarily as the residences of students or other persons affiliated with the university or college; office buildings; libraries; museums; and vehicles used in public transportation. That portion of a building or other enclosed structure that is owned by the State, a State agency or a political subdivision and that is used primarily as a food service establishment is not a place of public assembly.
(3) "Inoperative condition" means that a vehicle is incapable of being propelled under its own power.
(4) "Partially dismantled condition" means that a vehicle has some part missing which is ordinarily an essential component thereof.
(5) 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 uncovered in the open 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 a political subdivision; or if the property on which the motor vehicle is left is not subject to licensure or regulation by any governmental authority, unless the person having the right to the possession of the property can establish that the motor vehicle is part of a bona-fide commercial operation; or if the motor vehicle is a collector's vehicle.
(b) Storage a Public Nuisance. Except as otherwise provided herein, the deposit, storage, maintenance or collection of junk or junk cars outside of a building or buildings is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and offensive to the public health, welfare and safety of the residents of this Municipality.
(c) Removal Notice; Exceptions. No person in charge or control of any premises within the City, whether as owner, tenant, lessee, occupant or otherwise, shall allow any junk or junk cars to remain upon such premises longer than ten days after receipt of a written notice to remove such junk or junk car from such premises, such notice to be issued and delivered by the Chief of the Police Department or by any member thereof duly designated by him. Such written notice shall be served upon the person either personally or at his usual place of residence or by registered or certified mail addressed to such person's last known place of residence.
The provisions of this section, however, shall not apply to the deposit, storage, maintenance or collection of junk or junk cars in an enclosed building, in a regularly established junk yard, in any area of the City in which the same are permitted under the regulations of the Zoning Code of the City, or if the motor vehicle is a collector's vehicle.
(d) Impounding and Disposition. The Chief of Police or any member of the Police Department designated by him is hereby authorized to remove or cause to be removed any junk car remaining at any place within the City in violation of the provisions of this section. Such junk car shall be impounded until lawfully claimed or disposed of in accordance with the provisions of Ohio R.C. 737.32 and 737.33.
(e) Penalty. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense. For each subsequent offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day that a junk motor vehicle remains on such premises.