(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) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned not more than six months, or both, but no person shall be imprisoned for his or her first offense of that section and the prosecution shall always be as and for the first offense unless the affidavit upon which the prosecution is instituted contains an allegation that the offense is a second or repeated offense. In addition, whoever violates this section shall be assessed any costs incurred by the City in disposing of such junk motor vehicle, less any money accruing to the City from such disposal.
(Ord. 10724/94. Passed 10-26-94.)