For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED VEHICLE.
(1) A vehicle located on public property illegally;
(2) A vehicle left on public property continuously 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 the movement of pedestrian or vehicle traffic on a public right-of-way;
(4) A vehicle that has remained on the private property without the consent of the owner or person in control of that property for more than 48 hours;
(5) A vehicle from which there has been removed the engine, transmission or differential, or that is otherwise partially dismantled or inoperable and left on public property;
(6) A vehicle that has been removed by a towing service or a public agency upon request of an officer enforcing a statute or ordinance, if the vehicle, once impounded, is not claimed or redeemed by the owner or his or her agent within 15 days of its removal; and/or
(7) A vehicle that is six or more model years old and mechanically inoperable, and is left on private property continuously in a location visible from the public property for more than 30 days.
AUTOMOBILE SCRAPYARD. A business organized for the purpose of scrap metal processing, automobile wrecking or operating a junkyard.
BUREAU. The Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
FISCAL BODY. The City Council.
OFFICER.
(1) A regular member of the State Police;
(2) A regular member of a city or town police department;
(3) A regular member of the County Police Department; or
(4) An individual of an agency designated by ordinance of the fiscal body.
OWNER. The last known record titleholder of a vehicle according to the records of the Bureau under state law.
PARTS. All components of a vehicle that, as assembled, do not constitute a complete vehicle.
PERSON. An individual, firm, corporation, association, fiduciary or governmental entity.
PRIVATE PROPERTY. All property other than public property.
PUBLIC AGENCY. The bureau or local agency given the responsibility by statute or ordinance for removal, storage and disposal of abandoned vehicles.
PUBLIC PROPERTY. A public right-of-way, street, highway, alley, park or other state, county or municipal property.
TOWING SERVICE. A business that engages in moving or removing disabled vehicles and, once removed, to store or impound vehicles.
VEHICLE. An automobile, motorcycle, truck, trailer, semitrailer, tractor, bus, school bus, recreational vehicle or motorized bicycle.
(‘89 Code, § 76.02)