521.12 PARKING IN JUNK OR UNLICENSED VEHICLES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
   (a)   “Person”, as used in this section, means the owner or person who stores a junk or unlicensed motor vehicle, or is entitled to possession and control of the real estate upon which a junk or unlicensed motor vehicle is parked or stored.
 
   (b)   “Junk Motor Vehicle” as used in this section means any motor vehicle which meets any three of the following requirements:
      (1)   Is three years or older;
      (2)   Is extensively damaged, such damage including but not limited to any of the following: missing wheels, tires, motor, or transmission;
      (3)   Does not comply with all safety laws and equipment provisions for motor vehicles as found in Chapter 337.
      (4)   Has a fair market value of eight hundred dollars ($800.00) or less;
      (5)   Is not running and not operable, “operable” meaning able to be started and driven under its own power.
 
   (c)   No person shall park or store, or permit the parking or storage of, a junk or unlicensed motor vehicle upon private property for more than fifteen consecutive days, unless, such motor vehicle is obscured from public view by being parked or stored in a garage or other building. After the elapse of such fifteen days, the Director of Public Safety and Service shall serve written notice upon such person to remove such motor vehicle within forty-eight hours. Any person failing to comply with such notice within such forty-eight hours shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a penalty as hereafter provided. The service of such written notice may be by delivering a copy of the same personally to such person, by delivering a copy to the place of residence of such person or by certified mail to such person’s last known place of address.
 
   (d)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 42-99. Passed 5-17-99.)