(A) No person or corporation in charge of or in control of premises, whether as owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or otherwise, shall allow any partially dismantled, wrecked, junked, discarded or otherwise inoperable motor vehicle to remain on the property longer than ten days and no person shall leave any such vehicle on any property within the city for a longer time than ten days, except that in this section shall not apply with regard to any vehicle in an enclosed building or so located upon the premises as not to be readily visible from any public place or from any surrounding private property.
(B) This subchapter shall not apply with regard to any vehicle on the premises of a business enterprise operated in a lawful place, in a lawful manner, when the keeping or maintenance of the vehicle is necessary to the operation of the business enterprise or with regard to a vehicle in an appropriate storage place or depository maintained in any lawful place or manner by any public agency or entity.
(C) Definition. For purposes of this section the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLES. Any motor vehicle which, for a period of at least seven days or any greater period fixed by law, the engine, wheels or other parts have been removed; or in which the engine, wheels or other parts have been altered, damaged or otherwise so treated that the vehicle is incapable of being driven under its motor power. INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLE shall not include a motor vehicle which has been rendered temporarily incapable of being driven under its own motor power in order to perform ordinary service or repair operations.
(Ord. O-2016-09, passed 7-11-16)