For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED VEHICLE. A motor vehicle or any part thereof in a dilapidated or apparently inoperable condition which has not been moved for seven consecutive days.
AUTOMOBILE COLLECTOR. A person who collects and restores motor vehicles.
(KRS 381.770(1)(a))
AUTOMOBILE PARTS. Any portion or parts of any motor-driven vehicle as detached from the vehicle as a whole.
IMMINENT DANGER. A condition which could cause serious or life-threatening injury or death at any time.
(KRS 381.770(1)(d))
INOPERATIVE CONDITION. Unable to move under its own power due to defective or missing parts, and which has remained in that condition for a period of not less than ten consecutive days.
JUNKED VEHICLE. Any motor vehicle which is inoperable, wrecked, dismantled, partially dismantled, or dilapidated. Conditions which indicate that a motor vehicle is JUNKED include, but are not limited to: extensive rust, all tires improperly inflated, damaged or missing windshield or windows, missing or damaged brake lights or other required safety equipment, or expired or missing registration plates or tags.
MOTOR VEHICLE. Any style or type of motor-driven vehicle used for the conveyance of persons or property which are propelled otherwise than by muscular power which shall also include, but not be limited to, personal watercraft and motorboats.
ORDINARY PUBLIC VIEW. A sight line within normal visual range by a person on a public street or sidewalk adjacent to real property.
(KRS 381.770(1)(b))
PARTS CAR. An automobile that is not intended to be operated along streets and roads, but is used to provide parts for the restoration of other automobiles.
(KRS 381.770(1)(c))
PUBLIC NUISANCE. Any act, thing, occupation, condition, or use of property which shall continue for a length of time as to:
(1) Substantially annoy, injure, or endanger the comfort, health, repose, or safety of the public;
(2) Unlawfully and substantially interfere with, obstruct, or tend to obstruct or render dangerous for passage any street, alley, highway, sidewalk, stream, ditch, or drainage; or
(3) Essentially interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property, or tend to depreciate the value of property of others.
SCRAP METAL. Pieces or parts of steel, iron, tin, zinc, copper, aluminum, or any alloy thereof, whether covered with porcelain or any other material, whether intact or in parts, which has served its usefulness in its original form and can no longer be used for its originally intended purpose.
UNFIT FOR FURTHER USE. In a dangerous condition, having defective or missing parts, or in a condition generally as to be UNFIT FOR FURTHER USE as a conveyance.
(Ord. 11-1201, passed 1-3-2011
; Ord. 21-0402, passed 5-6-2021
)