For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
JUNK. Includes, without limitation, parts of machinery or motor vehicles, unused furniture, stoves, refrigerators, or other appliances, remnants of wood, metal, or any other castoff material of any kind, whether or not the same could be put to any reasonable use.
JUNK AUTOMOBILES. Includes, without limitation, any motor vehicle which is not licensed for use upon the highways of the state for a period in excess of ten days, and shall also include, whether licensed or not, any motor vehicle which is inoperative for any reason for a period in excess of ten days; provided, that there is excepted from this definition unlicensed, but operative, vehicles which are kept as the stock and trade of a regularly licensed and established new or used automobile dealer.
PERSON. Includes all natural persons, firms, co-partnerships, corporations, and all associations of natural persons, incorporated or unincorporated, whether acting by themselves, or by a servant, agent, or employee. All persons who violate any of the provisions of this chapter, whether as an owner, occupant, lessee, agent, servant, or employee, shall, except as herein otherwise provided, be equally liable as principals.
REGISTERED ABANDONED SCRAP VEHICLES. Includes a vehicle which meets all the following requirements:
(1) Is on public or private property;
(2) Is seven or more years old;
(3) Is apparently inoperable or is extensively damaged, to the extent that the cost of repairing the vehicle so that it is operational and safe, as required by M.C.L.A. § 257.683, would exceed the fair market value of the vehicle;
(4) Is currently registered in the state or displays current year registration plates from another state; and
(5) Is not removed within ten days after written notice is affixed to the vehicle, as provided in § 93.05.
UNREGISTERED ABANDONED SCRAP VEHICLES. Includes a vehicle which meets all the following requirements:
(1) Is on public or private property;
(2) Is seven or more years old;
(3) Is apparently inoperable or is extensively damaged, to the extent that the cost of repairing the vehicle so that it is operational and safe, as required by M.C.L.A. § 257.683, would exceed the fair market value of the vehicle;
(4) Is not currently registered in the state or does not display current year registration plates from another state; and
(5) Is not removed within ten days after written notice is affixed to the vehicle, as provided in § 93.05.
(Ord. 149, passed 6-1-1998)