The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Antique vehicle.
A passenger car or truck that is at least 25 years old.
Collector.
The owner of one or more antique or special interest vehicles who collects, purchases, acquires, trades or disposes of special interest of antique vehicles or parts of them for personal use in order to restore, preserve and maintain an antique or special interest vehicle for historic interest.
Demolisher.
Any person whose business is to convert a motor vehicle into processed scrap or scrap metal, or otherwise to wreck or dismantle motor vehicles.
Inoperable motor vehicle.
A motor vehicle that does not have lawfully affixed to it either an unexpired license plate or a valid motor vehicle safety inspection certificate, or a vehicle that is not in operating condition because it is wrecked, dismantled, partially dismantled or has one or more flat tires.
Junked vehicle.
(1) 
The term “junked vehicle” means a vehicle, that is self-propelled and:
a. 
Displays an expired license plate or invalid motor vehicle inspection certificate or does not display a license plate or motor vehicle inspection certificate; and
b. 
Is:
1. 
Wrecked, dismantled or partially dismantled, or discarded; or
2. 
Inoperable and has remained inoperable for more than:
(i) 
72 consecutive hours, if the vehicle is on public property; or
(ii) 
30 consecutive days, if the vehicle is on private property.
(2) 
For purposes of this article, the term “junked vehicle” includes a motor vehicle. This subchapter applies only to a motor vehicle that does not have lawfully attached to it:
a. 
An unexpired license plate; and
b. 
A valid motor vehicle inspection certificate.
Special interest vehicle.
A motor vehicle of any age which has not been changed from the original manufacturer’s specifications and, because of its historic interest, is being preserved by hobbyists.
(2001 Code, sec. 46-56; Ordinance 17-2006, sec. 1, adopted 3/7/06; Ordinance 57-2006, sec. 1, adopted 7/18/06)
(a) 
Junked vehicles, including a part of a junked vehicle, tarps or covers thereon, that are visible at any time of the year from a public place or public right-of-way, are detrimental to the safety and welfare of the general public, tending to reduce the value of private property, to invite vandalism, to create fire hazards, to constitute an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors, and are detrimental to the economic welfare of the city by producing urban blight which is adverse to the maintenance and continuing development of the city; and such vehicles are therefore declared to be a public nuisance and subject to abatement as provided in this article.
(b) 
The presence of any junked motor vehicle on any private lot, tract or parcel of land, or portion thereof, occupied or unoccupied, improved or unimproved, or on any public right-of-way or other public property within the city, shall be deemed a public nuisance.
(c) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause or maintain such a junked vehicle by wrecking, dismantling, partially dismantling, rendering inoperable, abandoning, or discarding a motor vehicle on a public right-of-way or other public property or on the real property of another or to permit a junked motor vehicle to be parked, left, or maintained on his own real property.
(2001 Code, sec. 46-57; Ordinance 17-2006, sec. 1, adopted 3/7/06)
It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of any real property within the city to keep or permit other persons to keep any junked vehicle or parts thereof on said premises in ordinary public view.
(2001 Code, sec. 46-58; Ordinance 17-2006, sec. 1, adopted 3/7/06)
The provisions of this article shall not apply to:
(1) 
A vehicle or vehicle part which is completely enclosed within a building in a lawful manner where it is not visible from the street or other public or private property;
(2) 
A vehicle or vehicle part which is stored or parked in a lawful manner on private property in connection with the business of a licensed vehicle dealer or a junkyard;
(3) 
Or that is an antique or special interest vehicle stored by a motor vehicle collector on the collector’s property, if the vehicle or part and the outdoor storage area, if any, are maintained in an orderly manner that they do not constitute a health hazard and are screened from ordinary public view by appropriate means, including a fence, rapidly growing trees, shrubbery or other appropriate means.
(2001 Code, sec. 46-59; Ordinance 17-2006, sec. 1, adopted 3/7/06)
(a) 
A person authorized by the city to administer the procedures authorized by this article may enter private property for the purposes specified in the procedures to examine a junked vehicle, obtain information to identify the junked vehicle, and to remove or direct the removal of the junked vehicle. The municipal court of the city may issue orders necessary to enforce these procedures.
(b) 
The administration of the procedures provided by this article shall be accomplished by regular, salaried, full-time employees of the city, except that the removal of vehicles or vehicle parts from property may be by any other duly authorized person.
(c) 
The city manager or his designee may take civil abatement action pursuant to division 4 of this article and/or take criminal action pursuant to division 3 of this article.
(2001 Code, sec. 46-60; Ordinance 17-2006, sec. 1, adopted 3/7/06)
The relocation of a public nuisance which is a junked vehicle under this division to another location in the city after a notice to abate such junked vehicle has been mailed has no effect on the abatement proceedings if the junked vehicle constitutes a public nuisance at the new location.
(2001 Code, sec. 46-61; Ordinance 17-2006, sec. 1, adopted 3/7/06)