For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED VEHICLE. As authorized and defined in G.S. § 160A-303(b)(1), a vehicle that:
(1) Is left upon a public street or highway in violation of a law or ordinance prohibiting parking;
(2) Is left on a public street or highway for longer than seven days;
(3) Is left on property owned or operated by the town for longer than 24 hours; or
(4) Is left on private property without the consent of the owner, occupant, or lessee thereof, for longer than two hours.
AUTHORIZING OFFICIAL. The supervisory employee of the Police Department, the Town Manager, or designee of the Board of Aldermen, respectively, designated to authorize the removal of vehicles under the provisions of this chapter.
JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLE As authorized and defined in G.S. § 160A-303(b)(2), a vehicle that does not lawfully display a current license plate, and that:
(1) Is partially dismantled or wrecked;
(2) Cannot be self-propelled or moved in the manner in which it originally was intended to move;
(3) Is more than five years old and appears to be worth less than $100; or
(4) Does not display a current license plate.
MOTOR VEHICLE or VEHICLE. All machines designed or intended to travel over land or water by self-propulsion or while attached to any self-propelled vehicle.
NUISANCE VEHICLE. Vehicle on public or private property that is determined and declared to be a health or safety hazard, or a public nuisance, or unlawful, including a vehicle found to:
(1) Be a breeding ground or harbor for mosquitoes, other insects, rats or other pests;
(2) Be a point of heavy growth of weeds or other noxious vegetation over eight inches in height;
(3) Be a point of collection of pools or ponds of water;
(4) Be a point of concentration of quantities of gasoline, oil or other flammable or explosive materials as evidenced by odor or visible presence;
(5) Have areas of confinement which cannot be operated from the inside, such as trunks, hoods, passenger interior, other interior sections, and the like;
(6) Be situated or located so there is a danger of its falling or turning over;
(7) Be a point of collection of garbage, food waste, animal waste, or any other rotten matter of any kind;
(8) Have sharp parts which are jagged or contain sharp edges of metal or glass; or
(9) Be any other vehicle specifically declared a health and safety hazard and a public nuisance by the Board of Aldermen or authorizing official.
(Ord. passed 1-5-2006)