(A) For the purposes of this section the term
INOPERATIVE MOTOR VEHICLES shall be deemed to mean motor-driven vehicles that cannot, both physically and lawfully, under their own power, and without repair or replacement of parts, be operated on the public highways of this municipality and have remained in such inoperative condition for 30 or more consecutive days, or a motor driven vehicle which has no attached vehicle registration or to which the attached vehicle registration is expired or which vehicle registration attached is registered to another motor vehicle.
(B) No person or corporation shall store or place any used building materials, inoperative motor vehicles, motor vehicle parts, scrap metal, refuse, or rubbish on any property, or allow any such materials, vehicles, parts, or substances to remain on any property, except to the extent that materials, vehicles, parts, or substances so stored, placed, or allowed are not visible from any point on any other property (including any point on any structure on any such other property), public or private.
(C) It shall not be unlawful, however, for any person or corporation to store or place used building materials on any property when such materials are to be used by the owner of such property in construction on such property or on any other property owned by him, provided that such materials shall not be allowed to remain unused on such property for more than 30 days prior to commencement of construction of the building in the construction of which they are to be used or for more than six months in any event.
(‘67 Code, § 93.09) Penalty, see § 93.99(D)
Statutory reference:
Abandoned vehicles, see R.C. §§ 4513.60 through 4513.65