(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
JUNK. Any unsheltered:
(a) Old, unused, stripped, junked or abandoned automobiles or motorized or non- motorized vehicles not in good, safe and usable operating condition;
(b) Any vehicles, trailers, campers, machinery, implements, equipment, appliances or other personal property of any kind which is no longer safely usable for the purpose for which it was manufactured; or
(c) Any unused building materials, junk, trash, garbage or debris.
OWNER. Any person, individual, firm, business, corporation or organization possessing, leasing, renting or holding title to any real estate within the corporate boundaries of the civil town.
UNSHELTERED. Storage that is not within a completely enclosed building.
(B) The unsheltered storage within the corporate limits of the town of old, unused, stripped, junked, abandoned, unlicensed automobiles or vehicles not in good, safe and usable operating condition, and of any vehicles, trailers, campers, machinery, implements, equipment or appliances or personal property of any kind which is no longer safely usable for the purpose for which it was manufactured, or any accumulated unused building materials, trash, junk, garbage or debris, which hereinafter are collectively described as “junk” (except in duly licensed and regulated junk yards) within the corporate limits of the town is hereby declared unlawful and to be a nuisance, a danger to the public health, safety and welfare.
(C) Any owner found to be in violation of the above section of this section shall be given a written notice thereof, issued by the Clerk-Treasurer of the town, which notice, together with a copy of the ordinance, shall be served by the Town Marshal or Deputy, or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of the owner, and notifying said owner that he or she has 15 days within which to bring said property into compliance with this section.
(D) The Town Marshal, or his or her deputies, shall have the authority to enter upon private property without the owner’s permission for the purpose of investigating violations of this section and for enforcement thereof.
(Ord. 2010-6, passed 7-6-2010) Penalty, see § 92.99