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(a) No person shall abandon, discard, store or permit to be stored, or knowingly permit to remain on premises under his control, a motor vehicle or discarded parts of motor vehicles, which vehicle is unlicensed or inoperable within the meaning of this chapter.
(Ord. 517. Passed 5-24-79.)
(b) If any law enforcement officer or community service officer shall observe a motor vehicle which appears to be unlicensed or inoperable within the meaning of this chapter in the open on private or public property including the streets, roads and highways of the City for three or more days, such officer shall be deemed to have probable cause to enter into and on such public or private property to investigate violations of this chapter.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of creating a public nuisance.
(Ord. 976-92. Passed 7-9-92.)
(a) Upon the occurrence of an inoperable or unlicensed vehicle, as described in Section 353.02, the Police Department shall give written notice to the person having possession of the premises upon which such unlicensed or inoperable motor vehicle is located, whether the owner, lessee, or agent, to have the motor vehicle or parts thereof, in operable condition and licensed within three days from the date of written notice. Such owner, lessee or agent shall not fail to comply within the three day period. (Ord. 976-92. Passed 7-9-92.)
(b) If such owner, lessee or agent has been found guilty of violating Section 353.02 within the past twelve months, upon any subsequent violation of that section no notice to comply need be given by the Police Department. (Ord. 517. Passed 5-24-79.)
(a) Impoundment. Upon failure to comply with the three-day period specified in Section 353.03 or upon any subsequent violation of Section 353.02 within one twelve-month period as specified in Section 353.03, the Police Department shall cause such abandoned or inoperable vehicle to be towed and moved, and shall store the same in either an area provided by the City for such purpose or an area designated as a place of public storage. The cost of moving and storing such vehicle shall be assessed against the owner.
(b) Thirty-Day Period. In the event the owner cannot be located after due diligence, and within thirty days after storage upon the premises, such vehicle shall be disposed of in accordance with State law relating to abandoned and unlicensed vehicles.
(Ord. 517. Passed 5-24-79.)
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person who is duly licensed or authorized by any ordinances or regulations of the City, to have and store unlicensed and inoperable motor vehicles or both on their premises. Specifically excluded herein are vehicles of a commercial wrecker service, automobile repair shop vehicles and motor vehicles of automobile dealers, both new and used.
No person shall willfully leave any vehicle or an "abandoned junk motor vehicle" as defined in Ohio R.C. 4513.63 on private property for more than seventy-two consecutive hours without the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property or on a public street or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, or upon or within the right of way of any road or highway, for forty-eight consecutive hours or longer, without notification to the Police Chief of the reasons for leaving the vehicle in such place.
For purposes of this section, the fact that a vehicle has been so left without permission or notification is prima-facie evidence of abandonment. Nothing contained in this section shall invalidate the provisions of other ordinances regulating or prohibiting the abandonment of motor vehicles on streets, highways, public property or private property within the Municipality.
(ORC 4513.64)
A police officer may order into storage any vehicle or "abandoned junk motor vehicle" as defined in Ohio R.C. 4513.63 which is left on private property for more than seventy-two consecutive hours without the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property, or on a public street or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, or upon or within the right of way of any road or highway, for forty-eight consecutive hours or longer, without notification to the Police Chief of the reasons for leaving such vehicle in such place. Prior to removal of an "abandoned junk motor vehicle" as defined in Ohio R.C. 4513.63, it shall be photographed by a law enforcement officer in the place where abandoned.
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