(a) Responsibility of Parties; Definition.
(1) No person, being the owner, lessee or bailee of a motor vehicle or owner, lessee, agent or tenant having charge of lots or lands within the Village, shall park, store or leave, or permit to be parked, stored or left upon such lots or lands an “abandoned motor vehicle”.
(2) For the purpose of this section, the term “abandoned motor vehicle” means any motor vehicle which is dismantled, inoperative or unlicensed, parked, stored or left on any lots or lands in the Village for a period of more than five (5) days, unless it is kept in a completely enclosed building or garage.
(b) Notification to Remove.
(1) When the Chief of Police ascertains that an abandoned motor vehicle is parked, stored or left upon lots or lands with the Village, he, or someone delegated by him, shall cause written notice and demand to be served upon the owner, lessee or bailee of a motor vehicle or owner, lessee, agent or tenant having charge of such lots or lands that such vehicle shall be removed from such premises within forty-eight hours after the service of such notice. If the owner or other person having charge of the lands is a nonresident whose address is known, the notice shall be sent to that address by registered mail. If the address of the owner is unknown, it shall be sufficient to publish the notice once in a newspaper of general circulation in Cuyahoga County. Any police officer of the Village may make service and return of the notice provided for in this section.
(2) The forty-eight (48) hour period as prescribed herein shall be deemed to commence from the day of the service or the date of publication, if any.
(3) If the person notified fails to remove such motor vehicle within the time prescribed by this section, the Village shall remove or cause to be removed such motor vehicle and dispose of the same. All expenses and costs of removal and/or disposal shall be charged against the owner of such motor vehicle or the owner of the lots or lands upon which such motor vehicle is parked, stored or left or both, and shall be in addition to any fine, cost or penalty for which the owner of such motor vehicle or the owner of such lots or lands may have become liable.
(4) Each day of violation of this section shall be deemed a separate offense.
(c) Penalty. Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (Ord. 2004-18. Passed 4-20-04.)