(a) As used in this section, “junk motor vehicle” means any motor vehicle which is three years old or older; extensively damaged, such damage including, but not limited to, any of the following: missing wheels, tires, motor or transmission; that is in the open on private property for more than seventy-two hours with the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property; except if the person is operating a junk yard or scrap metal processing facility licensed under authority of Ohio R.C. 4737.05 to 4737.12; or regulated under authority of the Municipality; or if the property on which the motor vehicle is left is not subject to licensure or regulation by any governmental authority, unless the person having the right to the possession of the property can establish that the motor vehicle is part of a bona fide commercial operation, or if the motor vehicle is a collector's vehicle.
Persons may store or keep by unrestricted method any collector's vehicle as defined in Ohio R.C. 4501.01(F) on private property with the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property; except that such person having such permission shall conceal, by means of buildings, fences, vegetation, terrain or other suitable obstruction, any unlicensed collector's vehicle stored in the open.
(b) No person shall store or permit to be stored, for a period of more than fifteen days, any unlicensed, disabled or junk motor vehicle upon any lot or land situated within the boundaries of a residential district, or a district where such use is not specifically permitted by the Zoning Code, unless the vehicle is within a completely enclosed building or garage. Such fifteen-day period shall be deemed to commence on the date that such person is notified in writing by the Police Chief or his agent that such vehicle is being stored in violation of this section.
(Ord. 1989-10. Passed 2-8-89.)