No person shall store or permit to be stored on any lot or premises a motor vehicle which is dismantled, inoperative or unlicensed, for a period of more than ten days, unless the same is kept or stored in a completely enclosed, authorized and permitted building or garage on such lot or premises. Any such motor vehicle shall be deemed inoperative when the lack or failure of the engine, transmission or other mechanical part renders the vehicle unusable for transportation of persons. The Police Department is authorized to serve written notice on property owners or persons in possession of any such lot or land upon which an unlicensed or inoperative motor vehicle is stored contrary to the provisions hereof. Such period of ten days shall commence the day following the service of such notice. No person who has been so notified or who is the owner of or is in charge or possession of any lot or land on which such vehicle is stored shall fail to remove the same after such notice.
The provisions of this section are applicable to all districts of the City, except those districts in which the storage, repair and rehabilitation of motor vehicles is expressly permitted under the terms and provisions of the Zoning Code.