(A) (1) As used in this section,
INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLE means:
(a) Any motor vehicle which does not possess current state registration, license plates or valid application therefor; or
(b) Any motor vehicle from which, for a person of at least seven days, the engine, wheels or other parts have been removed, or on which the engine, wheels or other parts have been altered, damaged or otherwise disassembled that the vehicle is incapable of being driven or moved under its own power.
(2) INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLES shall not include:
(a) Motor vehicles which have been rendered temporarily incapable of being driven under its own motor power in order to perform ordinary service or repairs;
(b) Motor vehicles that are kept within a building when not in use;
(c) Motor vehicles displayed for sale by persons engaged in the business of selling new or used vehicles within a B-1 or B-2 Business District; or
(d) Motor vehicles on the premises of a place of business engaged in the wrecking or junking of motor vehicles.
(B) (1) All inoperable vehicles, whether on public or private property, or on any street or highway within the city, and in view of the general public, are hereby declared to be a nuisance, and any person failing to obey a notice received from the city which states that the person is to dispose of the inoperable motor vehicles under his control and to remove the inoperable vehicle or parts thereof after seven days from the issuance of the notice shall be subject to the penalties provided by § 90.99.
(2) Inoperable vehicles may not use car covers or tarps as a method of relief from this chapter.
(C) (1) The Chief of Police of the city or any member of the Police Department designated by him or her is hereby authorized to remove any inoperable motor vehicle or any parts thereof after seven days from the issuance by the city of notice to dispose of the inoperable motor vehicle under his control. The vehicle shall be impounded until lawfully claimed or disposed of as hereinafter provided.
(2) Inoperable vehicles may not use car covers or tarps as a method of relief from this chapter.
(1994 Code, § 90.04) (Ord. 393, passed 3-11-1991; Ord. 424, passed 9-14-1992; Ord. 00-12, passed 4-10-2000) Penalty, see § 90.99