Section
91.01 Definitions
91.02 Storage prohibited
91.03 Abandoned vehicles, junk cars declared public nuisances
91.04 Time limits
91.05 Removal procedures on public and private property
91.06 Enforcement
91.07 Disposing and sale of stored vehicles
91.08 Towing and storage charges of abandoned vehicles
91.99 Penalty
(A) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED VEHICLE.
(a) A vehicle located on public property illegally or a vehicle left on public property continuously without being moved, for more than five days;
(b) A vehicle mechanically inoperable located on public property in a manner as to constitute a hazard or obstruction to the movement of pedestrian or vehicle traffic on a public right-of-way;
(c) A vehicle that has remained on private property without the consent of the owner, or person in control, of that property, for more than 15 days;
(d) A vehicle from which there has been removed the engine, transmission or differential or that is otherwise partially dismantled or inoperable and left on public property;
(e) A vehicle that has been removed by a towing service or a public agency upon request of an officer enforcing a statute or ordinance other than in I.C. 9-22-1-1 et seq., if the vehicle once impounded is not claimed or redeemed by the owner or his or her agent within 15 days of its removal; and/or
(f) A vehicle that is six or more model years old and mechanically inoperable, and is left on private property continuously in a location visible from public property for more than 30 days.
JUNK. Any articles in any form composed of or consisting of any of the following enumerated secondhand, discarded, abandoned or cast-off metals or materials, namely, iron, brass, bronze, copper, tin, zinc, lead or any other metals or compounds thereof, broken glass, rags, clothing, rubber, plastics and synthetic substances and fabrics, bottles, papers, feathers or any other waste material or any compound or by-product of the foregoing enumerated materials; junk shall also include and mean, wrecked, abandoned or dismantled automobile or parts thereof, for the purpose of this division, a JUNK CAR shall mean any motor vehicle which does not bear a currently valid license plate, and is not kept in a garage or building.
(B) All other terms defined in I.C. 9-22-1-1 et seq., as amended, are incorporated herein by reference thereto.
(Ord. 7-11-05-1, passed 8-8-2005)
It shall be unlawful for any person to store or to allow to remain in the open upon public or private property within the town, any disassembled and/or non-operative and unlicensed, or junked, wrecked or abandoned motor vehicle for a period of five days or more on public property, or a period of 15 days or more on private property unless it is in connection with an automobile sale or repair business.
(Ord. 7-11-05-1, passed 8-8-2005) Penalty, see § 91.99
Statutory reference:
Abandoned vehicle regulations, see I.C. 9-22-1 et seq.
(A) Because of the danger of health by vermin and insects and because of the danger of the safety of children attracted by junk or junk cars, abandoned and junked motor vehicles are declared to be nuisances, except in lawfully operated junk yards.
(B) Because of the danger to the health from vermin, the danger of personal injury to children attracted by the vehicles, danger of fire by the storage of gasoline and oil thereon, any abandoned, unlicensed, inoperable, disassembled, wrecked or junked motor vehicle on any street or public property for more than five days or upon any private property for more than 15 days, except as hereinafter provided, is declared to be a nuisance and unlawful.
(Ord. 7-11-05-1, passed 8-8-2005) Penalty, see § 91.99
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