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Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 2024-239, adopted 2-21-2024, repealed and readopted Art. IV. Former Art. IV pertained to similar subject matter and derived from prior code §§ 16-46 to 16-49.
[Ord. No. 2024-239, 2-21-2024]
For purposes of this Article, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them:
(a) 
INOPERABLE
Means any vehicle that is in a condition of being junked, wrecked, wholly or partially dismantled, discarded, or abandoned; is unable to perform the functions or purpose for which it was originally constructed; or does not have a license plate with a valid registration sticker lawfully affixed thereto.
(b) 
VEHICLE
Means a self-propelled vehicle which, as originally built, contained an engine, regardless of whether it contains an engine at any other time, including, without limitation, automobiles, trucks, buses, motor homes, motorized campers, motorcycles, motor scooters, mopeds, tractors, and golf cars.
[Ord. No. 2024-239, 2-21-2024]
(a) 
Except as otherwise provided in this Article, it shall be unlawful for any person, whether as owner, lessee, or person in possession or control, to park, store or leave, or permit to be parked, stored or left, an inoperable vehicle at any location in the Town unless such vehicle is enclosed in a garage or fully enclosed structure.
(b) 
The provisions of this Article shall not apply to:
(1) 
Any person parking one (1) inoperable vehicle on private property for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days or less;
(2) 
Any person parking one (1) inoperable vehicle on public right-of-way or other public property for a period of forty-eight (48) consecutive hours or less;
(3) 
Any vehicle held in connection with a business enterprise operating in compliance with the Town's zoning laws; or
(4) 
Any act that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article, constitutes a public nuisance.
[Ord. No. 2024-239, 2-21-2024]
The following conditions shall raise the presumption that a vehicle is inoperable under the provisions of this Article:
(a) 
Placement of the vehicle or parts thereof upon jacks, blocks, chains or other supports; or
(b) 
Absence of one (1) or more parts of the vehicle necessary for the lawful operation of the vehicle upon the streets and highways.