§ 98.06  JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE; EXCEPTION.
   (A)   For purposes of this section, JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE shall mean any partially dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked, junked, or unlicensed vehicle that is left in the open on private property for more than 72 hours with the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property, except if the person is operating a junk yard or scrap metal processing facility licensed under authority of R.C. §§ 4737.05 through 4737.12, or regulated under authority of the city; or if the property on which the motor vehicle is left is not subject to the licensure or regulation by any governmental authority, unless the person having the right to the possession of the property can establish that the motor vehicle is part of a bona fide commercial operation.
   (B)   The owner may store or keep any collector's vehicle (any motor vehicle which is over 25 years old and which is owned solely as a collector's item and for participation in club activities, exhibitions, tours, parades, and similar uses, but in no event to be used for general transportation) on private property with the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property, except that a collector's vehicle shall be housed in a building where it shall be completely enclosed if it is partially dismantled, non-operating, wrecked, junked, or unlicensed for more than 72 hours.
   (C)   The Chief of Police may send notice, by certified mail with return receipt requested, to the person having the right to the possession of the property on which a junk motor vehicle or improperly housed collector's vehicle is left, that within 30 days of receipt of the notice, the junk motor vehicle or improperly housed collector's vehicle shall be housed in a garage or other suitable structure in which it is completely enclosed, or shall be removed from the property.
   (D)   No person shall willfully leave a junk motor vehicle or improperly housed collector's vehicle in the open for more than 10 days after receipt of a notice as provided in this section.  The fact that a junk motor vehicle or improperly housed collector's vehicle is so left is prima-facie evidence of willful failure to comply with the notice, and each subsequent period of 30 days that a junk motor vehicle or improperly housed collector's vehicle continues to be so left constitutes a separate offense.
(1974 Code, § 99.06)  (Ord. l5-82, passed 4-5-1982; Am. Ord. 21-86, passed 6-2-1986; Am. Ord. 10-17, passed 5-1-2017)  Penalty, see § 98.99