(a) Definitions.
(1) “Person” as used in this section means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or other organization of any kind.
(2) “Junk” means old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, trash, waste batteries, paper, rubber, iron, steel and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous materials. “Junk” also refers to any worn out, castoff or discarded article or material which is ready for destruction or has been collected or stored for salvage or conversion to some other use. Any article or material which, unaltered or unchanged and without further reconditioning, can be used for its original purpose as readily as when new, shall not be considered “junk”.
(b) Storage of Junk as a Nuisance. The deposit, storage, maintenance or collection of “junk” as it is defined in this section on any private or public property is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and offensive to the public health, welfare and safety of the inhabitants of this City.
(c) Penalties.
(1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense and shall be assessed any costs incurred by the county, township or municipal corporation in disposing of such abandoned junk motor vehicles, less any money accruing to the county, township or municipal corporation from such disposal.
(2) Each additional day that a vehicle is left abandoned shall be considered a separate offense. On a second offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. On each and every subsequent offense the person is guilty of a third degree misdemeanor.
(Ord. 20-02. Passed 10-24-02.)