(a) No person shall willfully leave any vehicle or an "abandoned junk motor vehicle" as defined in Ohio R.C. 4513.63 on private property for more than seventy-two hours without the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property or on a public street or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, or upon or within the right of way of any road or highway, for forty-eight hours or longer, without notification to the chief of the law enforcement agency of the municipal corporation of the reason for leaving the motor vehicle in such place.
For purposes of this section, the fact that a vehicle has been so left without permission or notification is prima-facie evidence of abandonment. Nothing contained in this section shall invalidate the provisions of other ordinances regulating or prohibiting the abandonment of motor vehicles on streets, highways, public property or private property within the Municipality.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense. If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one violation of this section, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two or more violations of this section, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (ORC 4513.65)