(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Rubbish” means wire, chips, shavings, bottles, scrap tires and tubes, broken glass, crockery, tin, cast or wooden ware, boxes, rags, dead weeds, paper circulars and paper, handbills, boots, shoes, ashes or any other waste material other than garbage.
(2) “Used building material” means any material, such as wood, stone, brick, cement block or any composition thereof, used or useful, in the erection or construction of any building structure, which has been used previously for such erection or construction.
(3) “Unlicensed motor vehicle” means any motor vehicle not having affixed thereto current license plates of the state in which such automobile is registered.
(4) “Motor vehicle in an inoperative condition” means any style or type of motor-driven vehicle used or useful for the conveyance of persons or property which is unable to move under its own power due to defective or missing parts and which has remained in such condition for a period in excess of ten consecutive days.
(5) “Motor vehicle unfit for further use” means any style or type of motor-driven vehicle used for the conveyance of persons or property which is in dangerous condition, has defective or missing parts or is in such a condition generally as to be unfit for further use as a conveyance.
(6) “Automobile and motor vehicle part” means any portion or part of any motor-driven vehicle as detached from the vehicle as a whole.
(7) “Used home appliance” means any appliance not being used inside of a dwelling.
(8) “Scrap metal” means and includes pieces of and parts of steel, iron, zinc, copper, aluminum, or any alloy thereof, whether intact or in part, which has served its usefulness in its original form and can no longer be used or is not useful for its originally intended purpose.
(b) No person shall keep, store, place or allow to remain, used building materials, unlicensed motor vehicles, motor vehicles in an inoperative condition, motor vehicles unfit for further use, automobile or motor vehicle parts, used home appliances, scrap metal, refuse, rubbish or waste materials, on any lot or part of a lot or parcel of land within the corporate limits of the Municipality.
(c) The provisions of subsection (b) hereof shall not apply to an unlicensed motor vehicle, a motor vehicle in an inoperative condition, a motor vehicle unfit for further use, an automobile or motor vehicle part or a used home appliance, which is kept within an enclosed building; nor shall they apply to historical vehicles as the same are defined in Ohio R.C. 4503.181.
(d) In the event of a violation of this section, the Chief of Police shall cause notice to be given to the owner, occupant, or other person having charge of the premises upon which the violation occurs, to cease such violation within ten days of receipt of such notice.
(e) In the event that the owner, occupant or person having charge of such premises fails to cause such violation to cease within ten days of receipt of such notice, such person shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this section and shall be subject to the penalty provided herein.
(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, it shall not be unlawful for any person to purchase used building materials and place or store them on any lot or part of a lot or parcel of land when such materials are to be used by the purchaser or owner in construction on the same lot owned or controlled by such person, provided that such materials do not remain on such lot or part of a lot for a period of more than thirty days, unless the construction or erection plan for the use of such used materials has commenced, and provided further that such materials are used or consumed in the construction or removed from the premises within 120 days from the time such materials were first placed on the lot or part of a lot. However, no person shall move any such used building materials so stored and placed to another location within the Municipality for the purpose of avoiding the intent of this section unless such materials are used within ten days at the lot to which they are removed for the construction of a building for which a permit has been properly issued by the Municipality.
(g) In the event that such building materials are permitted to remain on the premises beyond the periods set forth in subsection (f) hereof, the Chief of Police shall cause notice to be given as provided in subsection (d) hereof.
(h) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 8-74. Passed 2-19-74; Ord. 06-2012. Passed 7-10-12.)