No person in charge of or in control of any premises, whether as owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or otherwise, shall allow any partially dismantled, wrecked, junked, discarded or otherwise nonoperating motor vehicle to remain on the property longer than 10 days; nor shall any person leave any such vehicle on any property within the Village for a longer time than 10 days; provided, however, that 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; nor shall this section apply with regard to any vehicle on the premises of a business enterprise, operated in a lawful place, other than in a residential district, and operated in a lawful manner, when the keeping or maintenance of the vehicle is necessary to the operation of the business enterprise; nor with regard to a vehicle in an appropriate storage place or depository maintained in a lawful place and manner by the Village or any other public agency or entity.
(Prior Code, § 9-119)