(a) General. No person shall park, store or leave, or permit the parking, storing or leaving of any motor vehicle which is unlicensed, wrecked, junk, partially dismantled or inoperable, whether attended or not, for a period of more than fifteen (15) days upon any private property within the City of Ontario, unless the vehicle(s) is a collector’s vehicle, or is part of a business enterprise operated in a lawful place for the storage, repair or rehabilitation of vehicles as expressly permitted under the provisions of this Ordinance.
For the purposes of this Ordinance a motor vehicle shall be deemed wrecked, junk or inoperable when the motor vehicle is:
(1) Extensively damaged, including but not limited to, missing wheel(s), tires, motor, transmission, or other mechanical parts which result in the motor vehicle not being useable on a public highway;
(2) Inoperable;
(3) Missing its license plate, or has temporary tags which are expired, and the motor vehicle has not been licensed within the preceding month.
(b) Collector Vehicles. The Ontario Police Department shall not prevent a person from storing a collector’s vehicle or historical motor vehicle in a garage on private property.
(c) Violation. Whenever there are reasonable grounds to believe that a violation of this section exists, the Ontario Police Department, shall give written notice, by certified mail, to the person in charge of the private property where the unlicensed, junk or abandoned motor vehicle is located, that such motor vehicle violates the provisions of Section 1145.13, and that, within five (5) days the motor vehicle shall be removed from the premises. Any person, firm or corporation failing to comply with any provision of this Section shall be subject to the enforcement remedies and penalties as set forth in Chapter 1159.
(Ord. 01-50. Passed 12-6-01.)