[Adopted 5-27-1997 by L.L. No. 2-1997]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ABANDONED, JUNKED OR INOPERATIVE MOTOR VEHICLE
A. 
Any motor vehicle, as defined in the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, that is:
(1) 
Unlicensed, old, wrecked, stored, discarded, dismantled or partly dismantled and which is not intended or in any condition for legal use upon a public highway.
(2) 
Being held or used for the purposes of resale of used parts therefrom or for the purpose of reclaiming for use some or all of the materials therein for the purpose of disposing of the same.
(3) 
In such condition as to cost more to repair and place in operating condition than its reasonable market value at that time before such repair.
B. 
With respect to any motor vehicle not required to be licensed or not usually used on public highways, the fact that such motor vehicle has remained unused for more than six months and is not in condition to be removed under its own power shall be presumptive evidence that such motor vehicle is an abandoned, junked or inoperative motor vehicle.
C. 
The fact that a motor vehicle may be licensed or registered with the state of New York but does not display a current license plate shall be presumptive evidence that such motor vehicle is unlicensed.
D. 
The use of the term in the singular herein is intended, where applicable, to include the plural.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL
The Commissioner of Planning and Development or any code enforcement officer of the Department of Planning and Development or any Police Department of the Town of Salina.
OWNER OF PRIVATE PROPERTY
Any person, firm, partnership or corporation, whether business or membership or religious, charitable or otherwise, or any purchaser, tenant, lessee, occupant, tenant, receiver or assignee of private premises or private property or any other unit or entity owning real property in the Town of Salina.
TOWN
Includes that portion of the Town of Salina located outside the corporate limits of the Village of Liverpool.
It shall be unlawful for any person within the town to store or deposit or cause, suffer or permit to be stored or deposited an abandoned, junked or inoperative motor vehicle or part or piece thereof on any private property within the town, except:
A. 
A vehicle stored within a garage or other enclosed structure.
B. 
One or more vehicles located at a business enterprise operating in a lawful place and manner, when keeping or maintenance of such vehicle(s) is necessary to the operation of such business.
C. 
Any vehicle stored in a depository maintained by the town.
D. 
One unlicensed, but not disabled, vehicle may be stored in any residential district, provided that it is registered to the occupant of the property and to no other individual or corporation for a period not exceeding six months.
Any abandoned, junked or inoperative motor vehicle found by the enforcement official to be located within the town in violation of § 180-11 of this article may be removed from the premises on which it is located in the following manner:
A. 
The enforcement official shall serve personally or post a copy of the written notice on a conspicuous place on the property and mail a copy of such written notice on the same day to the owner of the private property on which the vehicle is located, ordering such person to remove the same or cause the same to be removed therefrom within 10 days of the date of said notice. The enforcement official may determine the ownership of any parcel of land in the town from the current assessment roll.
B. 
In the event that said abandoned, junked or inoperative motor vehicle or vehicles are not removed from the premises or located within the time required in the notice, the town or its agent shall be authorized to enter upon the premises and to remove and dispose of the abandoned, junked or inoperative motor vehicle or vehicles. The expense of such removal and disposal shall be a lawful charge against the owner of the private property and may be collected, if necessary, in a civil action instituted in the name of the town or in the same manner as general town taxes.
C. 
Vehicles removed under the provisions of this article may be stored and redeemed by the owner as provided by Chapter 225, Vehicles and Traffic.
Any owner, lessee, tenant, occupant, agent or other person who shall neglect and refuse to remove such abandoned, junked, discarded and unlicensed motor vehicle, as directed by this article, or who shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of any notice herein provided for or who shall violate any of the provisions of this article or who shall resist or obstruct the duly authorized agents, servants, officers and employees of the town in the removal and destruction thereof shall, upon conviction thereof, in addition to the cost of removal, be subjected to the penalty specified in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty. Each week that such violation shall continue shall constitute a separate violation.