(a) No person shall store or permit to be stored on any lot or premises any dismantled or inoperative motor vehicle, except a licensed collector's vehicle, or any unlicensed motor vehicle, for more than three days, unless the same is kept or stored in a completely enclosed, authorized and permitted building or garage on such lot or premises. Any such motor vehicle shall be deemed inoperative when the lack or failure of the engine, transmission or other mechanical part results in the vehicle being not usable for the transportation of persons. The Police Department or any person authorized by the Mayor is hereby authorized to serve written notice on property owners or persons in possession of any such lot or land upon which an unlicensed or inoperative motor vehicle is stored contrary to this section. Such period of three days shall commence to run the next day following the service of such notice. Any person who has been so notified or who is the owner of, in charge of or in possession of any such lot or land on which any such vehicle is stored and who fails to remove the same after notice shall be guilty of a violation of this section.
(Ord. 1986-52. Passed 5-5-86.)
(Ord. 1986-52. Passed 5-5-86.)
(b) The provisions of this section shall be applicable to all districts of the City, except those districts in which the storage, repair or rehabilitation of motor vehicles is expressly permitted under the provisions of the Zoning Code.
(c) 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 third degree. Punishment shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
(Ord. 1976-243. Passed 12-20-76.)
(Ord. 1976-243. Passed 12-20-76.)