As used in this Division, the following have the following meanings unless otherwise designated:
a. Abandoned vehicle means:
1. a vehicle located on public property illegally;
2. a vehicle left on public property continuously without being moved for three (3) days;
3. a vehicle that has remained on private property without the consent of the owner or person in control of that property for more than forty-eight (48) hours;
4. a vehicle from which there has been removed the engine, transmission, or differential or that is otherwise partially dismantled or inoperable and left on public property;
5. a vehicle that has been removed by an authorized towing service upon request of an officer enforcing a statute or ordinance other than this chapter if the vehicle once impounded is not claimed or redeemed by the owner or his agent within fifteen days of its removal; or
b. Authorized towing service means a business that engages in moving or removing disabled vehicles, and, once removed, to store or impound vehicles, and that has been requested by the Schererville Police Department to tow vehicles.
c. Automobile scrapyard means a business organized for the purpose of scrap metal processing, automobile wrecking, or operating a junkyard.
d. Bureau refers to the bureau of motor vehicles.
e. Officer means a member of the city police department.
f. Owner means the last known record titleholder of a vehicle according to the records of the bureau under Indiana Code, § 9-17-2-1, et seq.
g. Parts refers to all components of vehicle that as assembled do not constitute a complete vehicle.
h. Private property means all property other than public property.
i. Public property means a public right-of-way, street, highway, alley, park, or other state, county, or municipal property.
j. Vehicle refers to an automobile, motorcycle, truck, trailer, semi-trailer, tractor, bus, school bus, recreational vehicle, or motorized bicycle.
(Ord. No. 897, § 2, 7-14-82)
Notes
| 24 | I. C., § 9-13-2-1, defines "abandoned vehicles"; I. C., § 9-13-2-179, defines "Towing Service"; and I.C., § 9-13-2-196, defines "vehicle". |