The following definitions are applicable to this section:
ABANDONED VEHICLES. That definition set forth under I.C. § 9-22-1 et seq.
DEPARTMENT. The Woodburn Police Department which shall have all powers reasonable and necessary for the performance of its responsibilities under this section.
JUNK VEHICLES. Any motor vehicle or non-motor vehicle that is either disassembled, non-operative, wrecked and does not bear a currently valid license plate, or would be considered "junk" by a reasonable person, and is not in a garage or other building, but is kept in open view upon public or private property.
MOTOR VEHICLE. Any vehicle powered by a mechanical engine, and designed to be driven or used on any public or private property. Such definition shall include, but not be limited to: automobiles, vans, trucks, motorcycles, motor scooters, dune buggies, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, go-carts, mini bikes and trail bikes.
PUBLIC NUISANCES: Defined in accordance with I.C. § 36-8-2-4 as the use or possession of property that might endanger the public health, safety or welfare of the city and may include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(1) Litter;
(2) Weeds or rank vegetation which shall mean grass and weeds over nine inches high, but not including small trees and bushes;
(3) Boxes, appliances, furniture, household items and tires, etc., but not stock or inventory used in conducting agricultural activities in a properly zoned area;
(4) Demolition remains;
(5) Accumulated garbage and trash;
(6) Vehicle parts and scrap metal (including but not limited to those defined at I.C. 9-22-1-1 et seq.);
(7) Structures defaced with paint or graffiti and unremedied for a reasonable period of time;
(8) Any wastewater, filth, offal, garbage, rubbish, human excrement, which is deposited, allowed or caused to be upon any public or private property;
(9) The construction of, or the placement of any structure or materials within the drainage way of any right of way that will prevent the natural flow of water and cause it to collect and pool upon any private or public property;
(10) Any dead domestic or wild animal;
(11) Any real or personal property that is infected with contagious disease and is likely to cause an immediate health hazard;
(12) The placing or accumulating on or within any real or personal property or the permitting of same, of any matter which attracts or may attract rodents, insects, domestic or wild animals in such a manner as to create a health hazard or unsanitary or dangerous condition;
(13) Trees, shrubbery, weeds, or other matter obstructing public ways, or causing visual barriers which create vehicular traffic or pedestrian safety hazards;
(14) The unauthorized placement of fences, signs, shrubbery or barriers within road right of ways;
(15) JUNK VEHICLES as defined by this section, due to the danger to public health from vermin and insects that inhabit such vehicles, and the danger to safety of children attracted by such vehicles, except in lawfully operated junkyards that have been properly zoned and licensed; and
(16) Industrial machinery, unless located on land that is properly zoned for such use and owned by persons actively engaged in industry.
(Ord. G-16-1338, passed 7-18-16)