(A) A motor vehicle shall be deemed to be a JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLE for the purposes of this chapter in the following circumstances: a vehicle that does not display a current license plate lawfully upon the vehicle and that: is partially dismantled or wrecked; cannot be self-propelled or moved in the manner in which it was originally intended to move; or is more than five years old and appears to be worth less than an amount set by Council from time to time.
(B) With the permission of the owner, lessee or occupant of the real property, a single junked motor vehicle may be located, placed or stored on a property, but only upon strict compliance with the following requirements.
(1) The vehicle can not be dismantled or in parts.
(2) The vehicle must be entirely concealed from the public view from a public street and from adjacent premises by an acceptable covering. A canvas or vinyl covering shall be deemed acceptable. Tattered, torn coverings or coverings in a state of disrepair shall not be an acceptable covering.
(3) The vehicle may not be located on the premises for longer than six months, except that upon showing a hardship, the official may allow the vehicle to remain for a period up to an additional six months. Under no circumstances shall the vehicle remain on the premises for a period of time longer than one year.
(C) All other junked vehicles shall be kept in a garage or building structure that provides a complete enclosure so that the junked motor vehicles cannot be seen from a public street or from adjacent property. For the purposes of this chapter, a GARAGE OR BUILDING STRUCTURE means either a lawful, nonconforming use, or a garage or building structure erected pursuant to the lawful issuance of a zoning permit and building permit and which has been constructed in accordance with all zoning and building code regulations. A carport shall not be treated as an acceptable garage or enclosure under this section.
(D) It shall be unlawful for the registered person or person entitled to the possession of a junked motor vehicle to place, store, leave or allow it to remain on any property in violation of this chapter or to allow it to remain on any property after the vehicle has been ordered removed from that property.
(E) It shall be unlawful for the owner, lessee or occupant of the real property upon which a junked motor vehicle is located to permit, leave, allow or suffer it to remain on the property in violation of the ordinance after the vehicle has been ordered removed.
(1979 Code, § F-2-7) Penalty, see § 10.99