(A) All real property owners or a person controlling any real estate in the unincorporated part of Owen County shall maintain the private property in a clean and orderly manner. It shall be a violation of this subchapter for the owner or the party in possession of any private property to abandon, neglect, or disregard the condition or appearance of any real property so as to permit the accumulation of junk, junk vehicles, or inoperable vehicles on private property.
(B) No person or real property owners shall store or allow to remain, upon private property within Owen County, more than two disassembled or unlicensed junked, wrecked, or other apparent inoperable vehicles for a period of more than 14 days unless the vehicle is in connection with a legally zoned automobile sales or repair business.
(C) No person shall permit the accumulation of junk, junk vehicles or inoperable vehicles upon private property within the unincorporated part of Owen County unless located in a properly zoned and established landfill or junkyard. This prohibition shall include the accumulation of any of the following:
(1) Junk vehicles and apparent inoperable vehicles;
(2) Junk;
(3) Abandoned, discarded or unused objects or equipment such as mobile homes, trailers, campers, furniture, stoves, refrigerators, freezers, appliances, cans, or containers;
(4) Automobile parts, including tires and any other portions or parts of any other motor vehicle detached from the vehicle as a whole; or
(5) Scrap metal, or pieces or parts of steel, iron, tin, zinc, copper, aluminum, or any alloy thereof, whether intact or in parts.
(D) The property owners and contractors in charge of any construction site shall maintain the construction site in such manner as to avoid the accumulation of junk and debris and no junk or debris shall be allowed to be carried by natural elements, such as wind, to adjoining properties. All junk and debris from construction or related activities shall be picked up at the end of each work day and placed in a container for removal.
(E) It is not a defense under this subchapter for any junk, junk vehicle, or apparent inoperable vehicle to be covered by a tarpaulin, or other plastic, vinyl, rubber or cloth. It is also not a defense under this subchapter if the junk, junk vehicle or apparent inoperable vehicle is fully or partially screened from contiguous real estate by a fence, vegetation, buildings or other material.
(Ord. 2020-0023, passed 10-5-2020)