(a) As used in this section “junk recreational vehicles” means any recreational vehicle as defined by the Ohio Revised Code which is extensively damaged; inoperable, or apparently inoperable; and which is left on private property for more than thirty days with the permission of the person having the right to possession of the property unless that person is operating a junk yard or scrap metal processing facility licensed under authority of Ohio R.C. 4737.05 to 4737.12 or registered under the authority of the Municipality; or if the property on which the junk recreational vehicle is left is not subject to license or regulation by any governmental authority, unless the person having the right to possession of the property can establish that the recreational vehicle is part of a bona fide commercial operation.
(b) As used in this section “junk watercraft” means any watercraft as defined by the Ohio Revised Code which is extensively damaged; inoperable or apparently inoperable; and which is left on private property for more than thirty days with the permission of the person having the right to possession of the property unless that person is operating a junk yard or scrap metal processing facility licensed under authority of Ohio R.C. 4737.05 to 4737.12 or registered under the authority of the Municipality; or if the property on which the junk watercraft is left is not subject to license or regulation by any governmental authority, unless the person having the right to possession of the property can establish that the watercraft is part of a bona fide commercial operation.
(c) The Chief of Police may send notice by certified mail, with return receipt requested, to the person having the right to possession of the property on which a junk recreational vehicle and/or junk watercraft is left, that within five days of receipt of the notice the junk recreational vehicle and/or watercraft shall either be housed in a garage approved by the City, or other suitable structure approved by the City, or shall be removed from the property.
(d) No person shall leave or cause to be left a junk recreational vehicle and/or junk watercraft on private property five days after receipt of the notice provided for in subsection (c) hereof. The fact that a junk recreational vehicle and/or junk watercraft 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 recreational vehicle and/or junk watercraft continues to be so left constitutes a separate offense.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. 91-90. Passed 10-9-90.)