(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to store, or to permit the storage or accumulation of junk vehicles on any private property in the City except within a completely enclosed building or upon the premises of a properly zoned or legally operating, licensed or approved junk dealer, junk buyer, dealer in used auto parts, dealer in secondhand goods or junk, operator of an automobile repair garage and/or automobile wrecker business.
(b) Further, no person shall park, store, or place upon the public right-of-way, public property, private property, or between the sidewalk and curb within the City, any motor vehicle, house trailer, or tractor trailer or new or used parts or junk therefrom, unless the same is wholly contained within a fully enclosed building and does not violate any zoning or housing laws of the City, County, or State, except for the following:
(1) Duly licensed and operable vehicles or trailers with substantially all main component parts attached;
(2) Vehicles or trailers that are temporarily inoperable, because of minor mechanical failure, but which are not, in any manner, dismantled and have substantially all main component parts attached, which may remain upon such private property not to exceed five (5) days unless authorized by the City;
(3) A vehicle which is in fully operating condition such as a stock car or modified car that has been redesigned or reconstructed for a purpose other than that for which it was manufactured, provided no building or garage is located upon the premises in which the same could be parked or stored. In no event shall any such vehicle be parked in the front or street side yard area of any such residential premises.
(c) The storage of inoperative, dismantled, wrecked, unlicensed vehicles and vehicles without tags located within the City is expressly prohibited by this chapter unless contained within a garage, licensed junkyard or a licensed storage facility which does not violate the zoning regulations. Inoperable, wrecked or partially dismantled motor vehicles may remain upon private premises for a period not exceeding five (5) days, if the owner is obtaining a license, repairing the vehicle or is about to have it repaired unless authorized by the City.
(d) Tires or parts of motor vehicles being removed, replaced, or installed by the occupant working on his own vehicle on the premises may be reasonably stored in an orderly manner on the premises for a period not exceeding five (5) days unless authorized by the City. Parts or tires to be discarded shall be removed immediately.
(e) The presence of any inoperable, wrecked, or partially dismantled vehicle, or parts or tires of motor vehicles, on any premises contrary to this section is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
(f) A junk motor vehicle shall not be located outdoors for more than five (5) days on vacant property or on property with a residential or commercial structure unless authorized by the City.
(Ord. 315. Passed 6-21-11.)