(A) It is hereby declared a menace to the public safety and a nuisance for any person to cause or permit the existence or storage upon any premises within the city for more than 15 days of:
(1) Any unused, stripped, junked, wrecked or otherwise inoperable motor vehicle of any kind, or of any other vehicle, implement, machinery, equipment or other personal property of any kind, which is no longer safely operable or usable for the purpose for which it was manufactured; and/or
(2) Any parts of such motor vehicle or equipment or old iron, metal, glass, paper, cordage or other waste or discarded secondhand material which has been a part or intended to be a part of any motor vehicle, the sum of which parts of material shall be equal in bulk to one or more automobiles, except within a duly licensed junkyard; provided, however, that this section shall not be construed to apply to any such motor vehicle or equipment and the like, that is kept within a building when not in use, or to historical motor vehicles maintained as such, over 25 years of age.
(B) For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLE. A vehicle which cannot be driven upon a public roadway for reasons including, but not limited to, being improperly licensed, being wrecked or abandoned, being in a state of disrepair or incapable of being driven under its own power due to mechanical reasons, faulty or missing parts, or in violation of the state’s Vehicle Code if the vehicle was on a public highway. This definition shall not be construed to include any motor vehicle which has been rendered temporarily incapable of being driven under its own motor power in order to perform ordinary service or repair operations on said motor vehicle.
(1974 Code, § 5-5-2.6) (Ord. 2006-4-12, passed 4-25-2006)