For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED AND JUNK VEHICLES. Any one of the following:
(1) A vehicle illegally located on public property;
(2) A vehicle left on public property without being moved for three days;
(3) A vehicle located on public property in such a manner as to constitute a hazard or obstruction to movement of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on a public right-of-way;
(4) A vehicle that has remained on private property without the consent of owner or person in control of that property for more than 48 hours;
(5) A vehicle from which the engine, transmission or differential has been removed or that is otherwise partially dismantled or inoperable and left on public property;
(6) A vehicle that has been removed by towing service or public agency upon request of an officer enforcing a statue or ordinance other than this chapter if the vehicle removed is not claimed or redeemed by the owner or the owner’s agent within 15 business days of the vehicle’s removal; and/or
(7) A vehicle that is at least six model years old, mechanically inoperable and is left on private property continuously in a location visible from public property for more than 30 days.
INOPERABLE CONDITION. All types of motor driven vehicles used or usable for the conveyance of persons or property which is unable to move under its own power due to defective or missing parts and which has remained in such condition for a continuous period of not less than ten consecutive days. Such a motor vehicle shall also include all types of motor- driven vehicles, although able to move under its own power that is in such a condition due to defective or missing parts as to be dangerous or unfit for further use as a conveyance upon the public highways.
NUISANCE. Because of the danger to health from vermin and insects and to children attracted by the same, motor vehicles in an inoperative condition and motor vehicles unfit for further use that are situated within the corporation limits of the town and which are not inside a garage or other building are hereby declared and defined to be a nuisance, except when such motor vehicle is within a lawfully operated junk yard or yard lawfully operated for the storage of vehicles awaiting permission for junking from the state’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
(Ord. 2015-11, passed 11-10-2015)