For the purpose of this chapter, certain words and terms are defined as herein indicated:
ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE.
(1) Has been left upon a street or highway in violation of a law or ordinance prohibiting parking;
(2) Is left on property owned or operated by the city for longer than 24 hours;
(3) Is left on private property without the consent of the owner, occupant, or lessee thereof for longer than two hours; or
(4) Is left on any public street or highway for longer than seven days or is determined by law enforcement to be a hazard to the motoring public.
AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL. The supervisory employee of the Police Department or the City Code Administrator, respectively, designated to order the removal of vehicles under the provisions of this chapter.
MOTOR VEHICLE or VEHICLE. All machines designed or intended to travel over land or water by self-propulsion or while attached to any self-propelled vehicle.
JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLE. A vehicle that:
(1) Is partially dismantled or wrecked;
(2) Cannot be self-propelled or move in the manner in which it originally was intended to move;
(3) Is more than five years old and appears to be worth less than $500; or
(4) Does not display a current license plate.
NUISANCE VEHICLE. A vehicle on public or private property that is determined and declared to be a health or safety hazard, a public nuisance, and unlawful, including but not limited to a vehicle found to be:
(1) A breeding ground or harbor for mosquitoes, other insects, rats or other pests;
(2) A point of heavy growth of weeds or other noxious vegetation which exceeds twelve inches in height;
(3) In a condition allowing the collection of pools or ponds of water;
(4) A concentration of quantities of gasoline, oil, or other flammable or explosive materials as evidenced by odor;
(5) An area of confinement which cannot be operated from the inside, such as, but not limited to, trunks or hoods;
(6) So situated or located that there is a danger of it falling or turning over;
(7) A collection of garbage, food waste, animal waste, or any other rotten or putrescent matter of any kind;
(8) One which has sharp parts thereof which are jagged or contain sharp edges of metal or glass; or
(9) Any other vehicle specifically declared a health and safety hazard and a public nuisance by the city.
(Ord. passed - -17)