For use in this chapter, the following terms are defined:
1. “Junk” means all old or scrap copper, brass, lead, or any other non-ferrous metal; old or discarded rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber, debris, waste or used lumber, or salvaged wood; dismantled vehicles, machinery and appliances or parts of such vehicles, machinery or appliances; iron, steel or other old or scrap ferrous materials; old or discarded glass, tinware, plastic or old or discarded household goods or hardware. Neatly stacked firewood located on a side yard or a rear yard is not considered junk.
2. “Junk vehicle” means any vehicle stored within the corporate limits of the City, subject to the exceptions set forth in Section 51.04 of this chapter, which falls within any one of the following categories:
A. Any unlicensed vehicle with a broken or cracked windshield, window, headlight or tail light, or any other cracked or broken glass.
B. Any vehicle with a broken, loose or missing fender, door, bumper, hood, door handle, steering wheel, trunk lid or tailpipe.
C. Any vehicle which has become the habitat for rats, mice, or snakes, or any other vermin or insects.
D. Any motor vehicle which lacks an engine or two or more wheels or other structural parts, rendering said motor vehicle totally inoperable.
E. Any other vehicle which, because of its defective or obsolete condition, in any other way constitutes a threat to the public health and safety.
F. Any vehicle which is used for storage or accumulation of junk, trash, debris, garbage or vehicular component parts.
G. Any motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, boat trailer or semi-trailer which lacks a current registration or a component so as to render the vehicle unfit for legal use.
H. Any stock car, racing car or vehicular component parts.
Mere licensing of such vehicle shall not constitute a defense to the finding that the vehicle is a junk vehicle.
3. “Vehicle” means every device in, upon, or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway or street, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, and includes without limitation a motor vehicle, automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle, tractor, buggy, wagon, piece of farm machinery, recreational vehicle, or any combination thereof.