(A) It shall be unlawful for the owner of a motor vehicle, trailer, or boat, or for any other person, to park such vehicle, trailer, or boat, or allow such vehicle, trailer, or boat to be parked, on a vacant lot or parking lot owned by another person to display it for sale, unless the owner or lessee of the property on which it is parked has a city business license to engage in the business of selling motor vehicles, trailers, or boats at that location. It shall also be unlawful for the owner or lessee of such property to allow another person to park another vehicle, trailer, or boat on the property to display it for sale unless the owner or lessee is duly licensed to engage in the business of selling motor vehicles, trailers, or boats at that location.
(B) (1) Any vehicle, trailer, or boat parked in violation of this section is declared to be a public nuisance.
(2) If a notice of violation has been placed upon such vehicle, trailer, or boat and it is not removed within 12 hours thereafter, or if two or more notices of violation have been placed on the same vehicle, trailer, or boat within the last 30 days, the vehicle, trailer, or boat shall be impounded as a nuisance.
(3) The vehicle, trailer, or boat shall be released to the owner or responsible party only after the law enforcement agency has received a receipt for the same acknowledging responsibility of that person for the item being unlawfully parked.
(C) A separate violation occurs each day a vehicle, trailer, or boat is parked contrary to this section.
(D) It shall be a defense to the owner or lessee of any parking lot or vacant lot on which vehicles have been parked in violation of this section if the owner or lessee has posted signs on the lot restricting the parking of such vehicles.
(Prior Code, § 10.10.070) (Ord. 04-2018, passed 4-18-2018) Penalty, see § 71.99