For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED VEHICLE. A vehicle, as defined herein, that has remained for a period of more than four hours on public property illegally or lacking vital component parts or has remained for a period of more than four hours on private property without consent of the person in control of the property or in an inoperable condition that it has no substantial, potential further use consistent with its usual functions, unless it is kept in an enclosed garage or storage building. It shall include a vehicle which is in a wrecked, junked or partially dismantled condition. It shall also mean a motor vehicle voluntarily surrendered by its owner to the city or a vehicle offered for sale by its owner parked on public property.
CLASSIC OR PIONEER CAR. As defined in M.S. § 168.10, a classic or pioneer car shall not be considered an abandoned vehicle.
VEHICLE. Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
(1987 Code, § 503.02) (Ord. 72, passed 6-4-1973; Ord. 218, passed 7-24-1989)