For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED VEHICLES. The following shall constitute an ABANDONED VEHICLE:
(1) Any vehicle that is left unattended upon any street, highway, sidewalk or alley, where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic;
(2) Any vehicle that is left unattended upon a street and so parked illegally as to constitute a definite hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic or proper street or highway maintenance;
(3) Any vehicle left unattended upon any street, highway, or public property for a period of 72 hours or more;
(4) Any vehicle that has been left for a period of seven days or more on private property located within the village, other than public rights-of-way, without the express consent of the owner of such property and where the owner of such private property has so notified the Village Police Department of his desire to have said vehicle removed;
(5) Any vehicle failing to display number plates, when left more than six hours on any public property, street, highway, sidewalk, or alley, or failing to display number plates of the current year or the proper number plate or plates assigned to such vehicle under the provisions of the revised statutes of the State of Nebraska, as amended; or displaying number plates in such a manner as to reasonably indicate a violation of any provision of the statutes of the State of Nebraska or the ordinances of the village or any other provision of state law with respect to motor vehicle number plates while parked attended or unattended or traveling upon the streets, highways, or alleys of the village;
(6) Any vehicle that has been left for a period of seven days or more on a public right-of-way, street, highway, sidewalk or alley with one or more tires or wheels removed, propped up on jacks, blocks or other support, or having one or more tires with insufficient air to allow the vehicle to be operated.
PROPERTY. Any real property located within the village or any village property within or without the corporate limits.
STREET, HIGHWAY, SIDEWALK or ALLEY. The entire distance between the boundary lines of every public way.
VEHICLE. A machine propelled by power other than human power designated to travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners or slides and transport persons or property or pull machinery and shall include, without limitation, automobiles, airplanes, trucks, trailers, motorcycles, motor scooters, tractors, recreational vehicles, and in addition thereto, shall include such nonpowered vehicles such as boat trailers and camper trailers or any part or portion thereof.
(Ord. D-175, passed 8-10-1999)