(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(1) AUTOMOBILE PARTS. Any portion or parts of any motor-driven vehicle as detached from the vehicle as a whole.
(2) MOTOR VEHICLE IN AN INOPERATIVE CONDITION. Any style or type of motor- driven vehicle used or useful 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 period of not less than ten consecutive days, or any motor-driven vehicle which has not been issued a license with a distinctive number and registration mark valid for the current year.
(3) MOTOR VEHICLE UNFIT FOR FURTHER USE. Any style or type of motor-driven vehicle used for the conveyance of persons or property, which is in a dangerous condition, has defective or missing parts, or is in such a condition generally as to be unfit for further use as a conveyance.
(4) SCRAP METAL. Pieces of or parts of steel, iron, tin, zinc, copper, aluminum or any alloy thereof, whether covered with porcelain or any other material, whether intact or in parts, which has served its usefulness in its original form and can no longer be used or useful for its originally intended purpose.
(5) USED BUILDING MATERIALS. Any materials such as wood, stone, brick, cement block or any composition thereof, used or useful in the erection of any building or structure, which have been previously used for such erection or construction by the same persons or by any other persons and which is outside and has been so for a period of 90 consecutive days.
(‘73 Code, § 543.01) (Ord. 1347, passed 6-9-65; Ord. 29-82, passed 8-25-82; Ord. 24-87, passed 8-12-87)
(B) Storage of certain materials prohibited.
(1) No person shall store, place or allow to remain, used building materials, motor vehicles in an inoperative condition, motor vehicles unfit for further use, automobile parts, scrap metal, refuse or rubbish outside on any lot, lots, parts of lots or any parcel of land, zoned residential, within the corporate limits of the city.
(2) In the event of a violation of this section, the City Manager or his designee shall give notice to the owner, occupant or person having charge of the premises upon which the violation occurs to cease such violation. Such notice shall be in writing and shall be served upon the owner, occupant or person having charge of the premises either personally or at the usual place of residence of such owner, occupant or person having charge of such premises or by registered or certified mail addressed to such person’s last known place of residence.
(3) If the person served with the notice as provided in division (B)(2) of this section fails to cause such violation to cease within seven days of the date upon which the notice was issued, he shall be subject to the penalty provided in § 95.99.
(4) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a fourth degree misdemeanor. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. Whoever commits a second offense of this section within a 30-day period of the first offense is guilty of a third degree misdemeanor. Any subsequent violation of this section by the same offender is a second degree misdemeanor.
(‘73 Code, § 543.02) (Ord. 25-85, passed 6-12-85) Penalty, see § 95.99