(A) Junk motor vehicle.
(1) For the purposes of this section, JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE means any motor vehicle meeting the requirements of divisions (2), (3), (4), and (5) of the definition of ABANDONED JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE in § 92.15 that is left uncovered in the open on private property for more than 72 hours without the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property, except if the person is operating a junkyard or scrap metal processing facility licensed under authority of R.C. §§ 4737.05 to 4737.12, or regulated under another section of the codified ordinances of the village, unless the person having the right to the possession of the property can establish that the motor vehicle is party of a bona fide commercial operation, or if the motor vehicle is a collector’s vehicle.
(2) No person, firm, or corporation shall store a junk motor vehicle nor collector’s vehicle on private property within the village unless it is stored in a closed building.
(B) Notice. The Village Marshal shall send notice by certified mail with return receipt requested to the person having the right to the possession of the property on which a motor vehicle is left, that within ten days of receipt of the notice, the junk motor vehicle either shall be covered by being housed in a garage or other enclosed structure, or shall be removed from the property.
(C) Violation. No person shall willfully leave a junk motor vehicle or collector’s vehicle uncovered in the open for more than ten days after receipt of a notice as provided in this section. The fact that a junk motor vehicle or collector’s vehicle is so left is prima facie evidence of willful failure to comply with the notice, and each subsequent period of 30 days that a junk motor vehicle or collector’s vehicle continues to be so left constitutes a separate offense.
(Ord. 1006, passed 5-5-1992) Penalty, see § 92.99