For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE. Any motor vehicle meeting all of the following requirements:
(1) Left on private property for more than 48 hours or on a public street or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking for more than 48 hours, or upon or within the right-of-way of any road or highway for more than 48 hours; and
(2) Meeting the requirements as outlined in paragraph (E) above.
AUTOMOBILE SALVAGE YARD. A place of business which is maintained, used or operated for the sole purpose of storing, keeping, buying or selling wrecked or scrapped, ruined or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts. It does not include an automobile body shop or an automobile service station.
JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE. Any motor vehicle meeting all of the following requirements:
(1) Three years old or older;
(2) Extensively damaged, such damage including, but not limited to, any of the following: a broken window or windshield, missing tire(s), wheel(s), motor or transmission;
(3) Apparently inoperable; and
(4) Having a fair market value of $200 or less.
JUNKYARD. An establishment or place of business which is maintained or operated for the purpose of storing, keeping, buying or selling junk, or for the maintenance or operation of any automobile graveyard, and includes garbage dumps and sanitary landfills. For the purpose of this chapter, the term JUNKYARD shall also include scrap metal processing facilities which are located within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of state highway, and any site, location or premises on which are kept two or more junk vehicles, whether or not for a commercial purpose.
PERSON. Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation or organization of any kind.
PROPERTY. Any real property within the city which is not a street or highway.
STREET or HIGHWAY. The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
VEHICLE. A machine propelled by power other than human power designed to travel along the ground by use of wheels or treads and transporting persons or property or pulling machinery and includes, without limitations, automobiles, trucks, trailers, buses, motorcycles and/or tractors.
(Prior Code, § 7.07.01)