(a) No person in charge or control of any private property within the City, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise, shall leave or permit to remain on such property any unlicensed vehicle which is nonoperating, wrecked, partially dismantled and/or abandoned, whether owned by him or another person, longer than seven days after notice from the Oxford Police Department is placed on the vehicle to remove such vehicle therefrom. This section shall not apply to a vehicle in an enclosed building or to commercial garages, repair shops, used car dealers or junk yards operated according to law.
(Ord. 2787. Passed 8-5-03.)
(Ord. 2787. Passed 8-5-03.)
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.