(A) Unless he or she has a junkyard permit issued by the State Highway Department under KRS 177.905 to 177.950, no person or property owner shall store or maintain, or allow to be stored or maintained, on contiguous real property more than 1 junked, wrecked, inoperative or unlicensed automobile or truck; provided, however, that it shall not be deemed a violation of this section if either the inoperative or unlicensed vehicles are stored in a building so as to be completely out of public and private view, and the vehicles are so situated so as not to present a health or environmental hazard.
(B) It shall be the duty of the Sheriff to remove all but 1 junked, wrecked, inoperative or unlicensed automobile or truck from any 1 piece of property, and he or she shall have no liability for carrying out this duty. The Sheriff shall sell any automobile or truck so removed, deduct his or her expenses from proceeds of the sale, and pay any sum remaining to the person or property owner from whose property the vehicle was removed.
(Prior Code, § 13.01) (Am. Ord. 5-98, passed 6-9-1998) Penalty, see § 92.99