For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings stated in this section. Any term not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to it in other ordinances of this Municipality, and if not defined in any other Municipal ordinances, it shall have the meaning ascribed in the Illinois Vehicle Code 1 .
ABANDONED VEHICLE: A. A vehicle parked or otherwise located on the public way; and
1. In such state of disrepair that it is incapable of being driven; or
2. That has been unmoved for a period of at least twenty four (24) hours and, because of its condition or the period during which it has not been moved or some other circumstance, appears to have been, and will be presumed to have been, abandoned by its owner; or
B. A vehicle defined as abandoned, or capable of being towed, by any other ordinances of the Municipality, and which does not fall into the categories of "hazardous" or "unlawful" vehicles, and therefore is not subject to an immediate tow.
HAZARDOUS VEHICLE: A. A vehicle that has been involved in an accident and is disabled or cannot be immediately moved by the owner or operator of the vehicle; or
B. A vehicle that presents an immediate danger to the health or welfare of the members of the public; or
C. A vehicle abandoned or disabled on a public street, way or alley that is impeding the orderly flow of traffic or poses a potential danger to pedestrians and other operators of vehicles; or
D. A vehicle that must be moved to allow for proper Municipal snow removal, street sweeping, or other street maintenance, from a public street, way or alley; or
E. A vehicle which is parked in a fire lane on private property, provided that the Village has entered into a specific agreement with the owner of said property with respect to the enforcement of fire lane violations.
INOPERABLE VEHICLE: Any vehicle from which, for a period of at least ten (10) days, the engine, wheels or other parts have been removed, or on which the engine, wheels or other parts have been altered, damaged or otherwise so treated that the vehicle is incapable of being driven under its own motor power, or because the vehicle cannot legally be driven on the public street because it does not display a valid state registration plate.
Inoperable vehicle shall not include a vehicle that is kept within a building when not in use, nor to operable historic vehicles over twenty five (25) years of age, nor to a vehicle on the premises of a place of business engaged in wrecking or junking of vehicles.
OWNER: A person who holds legal title to the vehicle, or the right of possession of the vehicle.
PERSON: Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
STREET OR HIGHWAY: The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
UNLAWFUL VEHICLE: A. A vehicle that has been reported stolen or is the subject of a search and seizure by the Police Department; or
B. A vehicle parked in violation of State of Illinois Statutes or Village ordinances which prohibit parking at the location in question, or which prohibit parking during specified hours, or which prohibit parking for the period of time for which the vehicle has been parked.
VEHICLE: Any device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a street, highway or any public way, except devices moved by human power, devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, and snowmobiles. (Ord. 98-3-7, 3-5-1998; amd. Ord. 2017-08-14, 8-3-2017)
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| 1 | 1. 625 ILCS 5/1-101 et seq. |