(a) Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) "Automobile parts or motor vehicle parts" means and includes any portion or part of any automobile or motor vehicle that is detached from the automobile or motor vehicle.
(2) "Licensed motor vehicle" means and includes any type of motor vehicle used or useful for the conveyance of persons or property and which bears a license plate or plates issued for the current licensing year by the State, one of the other states, the United States or a recognized foreign government.
(3) "Unlicensed motor vehicle" means and includes any type of motor vehicle used or useful for the conveyance of persons or property and which does not bear a license plate or plates issued for the current licensing year by the State, one of the other states, the United States or a recognized foreign government. This term shall not include any motor vehicle in an operating condition which is not required to be licensed by the State.
(Ord. 88-68. Passed 11-21-88.)
(4) "Motor vehicle in an inoperative condition" means and includes any type of motor vehicle used or useful for the conveyance of persons or property and which is unable to move under its own power due to defective, missing or damaged parts, whether licensed or unlicensed.
(5) "Junk vehicle" or "junk motor vehicle" means any vehicle or motor vehicle including, but not by way of limitation, automobile, car truck, construction equipment, recreational vehicle, trailers and/or any part(s) thereof, which is or are:
Extensively damaged, such damage includes, but is not limited to, missing wheels, tires, engine, engine components, transmission, structural damage, extensive or significant nonstructural exterior/interior damage; and/or
Inoperable or operable in an unsafe condition as evidenced by, but not by way of limitation, no valid vehicle or motor vehicle license plate or similar identifying device issued by the State of Ohio; flat tires, missing engine or engine components; any other condition which would result in the vehicle or motor vehicle being in violation of Ohio R.C. 4513.02 regarding safe vehicles. (Ord. 2015-49. Passed 9-28-15; Ord. 2017-18. Passed 6-5-17.)
(b) Storage of Vehicles and Parts Prohibited. No person shall keep, store, place or permit or allow to remain upon any lot, part of a lot or parcel of land within the City any automobile parts or motor vehicle parts, any unlicensed motor vehicle, any motor vehicle in an inoperative condition or any motor vehicle unfit for further use.
(c) Certain Vehicles and Parts Excepted. The provisions of subsection (b) hereof shall not apply to any motor vehicle or automobile parts or motor vehicle parts which are kept within an enclosed building; held for repair purposes by a new car dealer or repair garage when the same does not exceed a period of thirty days; stored in an authorized junk yard when said junk yard is fenced and screened from the public view and access; towed in from the scene of an accident and held for not more than seventy-two hours after the time of the accident; or held or stored under orders or request of a police authority.
(d) Notice of Violation. In the event of a violation of this section, written notice of the violation will be given to the owner, occupant or person having charge of the lot or land upon which the violation occurs or takes place, or to the person causing or allowing the violation to exist upon such lot or land, to cease such violation within seventy-two hours of the receipt of such written notice. In the event of a second violation of this section within one year of notice of violation, notice of violation will not be required.
(e) Penalty. Any person who fails to comply with any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 698.02. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation or noncompliance occurs or continues.
(Ord. 88-68. Passed 11-21-88.)