(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to park, store, leave, or permit parking or storing of any scrap metal, junk, or vehicle which is rusted, wrecked, junked, partially dismantled, or inoperative, or in an abandoned condition of any kind or parts thereof, for a period of time in excess of 14 days whether they are attended or not, on any private or public property within the city limits. This section shall not apply to a vehicle in an enclosed building, a vehicle on the premises of a business enterprise operated in a lawful place and manner when necessary to the operation of the business enterprise, or a vehicle in an appropriate storage place or depository maintained in a lawful place and manner by the city.
(B) Accumulation or storage of scrap metal, junk, one or more abandoned or junked vehicles or parts thereof on private or public property shall constitute a nuisance detrimental to the health, safety, and welfare of the inhabitants of the city. It shall be the duty of the registered owner of the vehicle, the owner of record of the property, or the person in possession of the private property upon which the scrap metal, junk, or vehicle or parts thereof is located, to abate the nuisance through removal of the scrap metal, junk, or vehicle from the city limits, or have the same housed in a building where it will not be visible from the street.
(Ord. 84-6, passed 4-23-84; Am. Ord. 19-19, passed 7-8-19) Penalty, see § 92.99