(a) As used in this section, “junk motor vehicle” means any motor vehicle which:
(1) Is extensively damaged, such damage including but not limited to any of the following: missing wheels, missing tires, missing motor, or missing transmission; or
(2) Is apparently inoperable; or
(3) That is left on private property for more than seventy-two hours with the permission of the person having the right of possession to the property in any of the foregoing or following conditions; or
(4) Is not able to be legally operated upon a public street, road or highway for any reason whether mechanical, operational or otherwise for a period in excess of seventy-two hours; or
(5) That does not have validly issued license plates and a valid registration which allow it to be operated legally upon public streets, roads or highways for a period in excess of seventy-two hours; and
that is left on private property for more than seventy-two hours with or without the permission of the person having the right to possession of the property unless the person is operating a junk yard or scrap metal processing facility licensed under authority of Ohio R.C. 4737.05 to 4737.12, or regulated under the authority of the Municipality; or if the property on which the motor vehicle is left is not subject to licensure or regulation by any governmental authority, unless the person having the right to possession of the property can establish that the motor vehicle is part of a bona fide commercial operation.
(Ord. 103-92. Passed 11-10-92.)
(b) The Building Inspector may send notice by certified mail with return receipt requested to the person having the right to the possession of the property on which a junk motor vehicle is left, that within five days of receipt of the notice the junk motor vehicle shall either be housed in a garage approved by the City, or other suitable structure approved by the City, or shall have removed from the property. (Ord. 73-01. Passed 12-4-01.)
(c) No person shall leave or cause to be left a junk motor vehicle on private property five days after receipt of the notice provided for in subsection (c) hereof. The fact that a junk motor vehicle is so left is prima-facie evidence of willful failure to comply with the notice, and each subsequent period of thirty days that a junk motor vehicle continues to be so left constitutes a separate offense. (Ord. 44-88. Passed 6-14-88.)
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense and on each subsequent offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (Ord. 74-01. Passed 12-4-01.)