§ 12-40 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this division, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLE. A vehicle that does not display a current license plate and that:
      (1)   Is partially dismantled or wrecked;
      (2)   Cannot be self-propelled or moved in the manner in which it originally was intended to move; or
      (3)   Is more than five years old and appears to be worth less than $100.
   NUISANCE VEHICLE. A junked motor vehicle on public or private property that is determined and declared to be a health or safety hazard, a public nuisance or unlawful, including a vehicle found to be:
      (1)   A breeding ground or harbor for mosquitoes, other insects, rats or other pests;
      (2)   A point of heavy growth of weeds or other noxious vegetation over eight inches in height;
      (3)   A point of collection of pools or ponds of water;
      (4)   A point of concentration of quantities of gasoline, oil or other flammable or explosive materials as evidenced by odor;
      (5)   One which has areas of confinement which cannot be operated from the inside, such as trunks, hoods and the like;
      (6)   So situated or located that there is a danger of it falling or turning over;
      (7)   Any other vehicle specifically declared a health and safety hazard and a public nuisance by the Board of Aldermen; or
      (8)   So offensive to the sight as to damage the community, neighborhood or area appearance.
(Ord. passed 6-5-1991)