(a) No person shall abandon, store or permit the storage of a junked or abandoned vehicle. A junked or abandoned motor vehicle means a motor vehicle meeting both of the following requirements:
(1) Kept outside on the owner’s private property for forty-eight hours or longer; left on private property for twenty-four hours or longer without the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property; on a public street or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking; or upon or within the right-of- way of any road or highway, for eighteen hours or longer;
(2) Extensively damaged, such damage including but not limited to any of the following: deflated, wrecked, or missing tires or rims; missing or wrecked body parts; broken or missing headlights, taillights or brake lights; broken, cracked or missing windows or windshields; missing all or a part of the motor or transmission.
(b) No person shall abandon, store or permit the outside storage of any vehicle incapable of being operated within the City. A vehicle is incapable of operation if meeting any of the following:
(1) It is not currently registered;
(2) It is not mechanically operable;
(3) It is not apparently operable due to extensive damage including but not limited to any of the following: deflated, wrecked, or missing tires or rims; missing or wrecked body parts; broken or missing headlights, taillights or brake lights; broken, cracked or missing windows or windshields; missing all or a part of the motor or transmission.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. The record owner of any property on which an abandoned or junked vehicle is stored or located, and the owner of the vehicle, on the receipt of written notice from the Mayor or the Chief of Police, shall within the time stated in the notice remove the abandoned or junked vehicle or correct the condition stated in the notice. Should the owner, after such service, and the lapse of time therein stated, fail, refuse, or neglect to remove the vehicle or correct such condition, the Mayor or the Chief of Police shall cause such work to be done as may be required for the preservation of the life, health, comfort and property of the public. This section does not apply to commercial garages, scrap processors or automobile wreckers, repair shops or vehicles undergoing repairs at commercial repair shops.
(Ord. 059-2003. Passed 4-14-03.)