(A) Prohibition. It shall be unlawful and declared a public nuisance for any person to park a vehicle displayed for sale, when parked in an unauthorized location where it is visible from a public place or public right-of-way without consent of the property owner.
(B) Exceptions. This section does not apply to a vehicle for sale parked in a lawful manner in the course of its normal use as a means of transportation:
(1) Upon the premises of or immediately adjacent to a single-family residence if the vehicle is registered to, owned or operated by the owner or legal occupant of the single-family residence;
(2) In a permitted parking space at a multi-family housing facility if the vehicle is registered to, owned by or operated by the owner or legal occupant of a unit in the multi-family housing facility; or
(3) In the parking area of a commercial establishment or place of business when the driver is then and there employed and working or is then and there transacting business at the establishment or business.
(1) A person commits an offense when the person maintains a public nuisance described in division (A):
(a) By parking the vehicle for sale at the unauthorized location; or
(b) By having ownership, care, custody or control of the unauthorized location where the vehicle for sale is parked.
(2) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500.00.
(a) Each day is considered to be a separate offense per vehicle.
(b) The Court shall order abatement and removal of the nuisance on conviction.
(c) In a prosecution under this section, it is presumed that the registered owner of the vehicle for sale is the person who parked the vehicle for sale at the time and place the offense occurred.
(Ord. 2015-3, passed 1-20-15)