No person shall park, leave or store any inoperable motor vehicle
on any public lands or premises except in case of emergency and then
for a period of not more than twenty-four (24) hours.
No person shall park, leave, store or maintain any inoperable
motor vehicle for a period of more than thirty (30) days upon any
private lands or premises.
No owner or occupier of any private lands or premises shall
permit or suffer any inoperable motor vehicle to be parked, left,
stored or maintained on his or her lands or premises for more than
thirty (30) days.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a licensed
service station operator or a licensed new or used automobile dealer
where said motor vehicle is being or is about to be repaired or is
being disposed of or scrapped; nor shall this chapter apply to lawfully
operated junkyards or to motor vehicles located in garages or other
buildings.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLE
A motor vehicle which in its then-existing state cannot be
moved under its own power from place to place on a public highway.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be liable to a fine of not more than five
hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for a term of not more than
ninety (90) days, or both, in the discretion of the Judge.
The imposition of a penalty or penalties for any violation of
this chapter shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue,
and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations
within a reasonable time. If said violations are not corrected or
remedied within a reasonable time, then each fifteen (15) days thereafter
that the prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate
offense hereunder.