The following words, terms and phrases, when
used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different
meaning:
DISMANTLED, JUNKED OR ABANDONED VEHICLES
Includes major parts of vehicles, including bodies, engines,
transmissions, rear ends and the like.
A.
Such term shall not include:
(1)
Unregistered seasonal farm vehicles operated by the owner of
the vehicle on his own property.
(2)
Vehicles which are purchased for purposes of restoration and
which comply with the definition of antique vehicles as set out in
R.I.G.L. § 31-1-3.
B.
Any unregistered vehicle on premises not owned
or occupied by the owner of the vehicle may be deemed to be abandoned
for the purposes of this chapter.
PREMISES
Includes public or private property, Town streets and public
highways.
PUBLIC PROPERTY
Includes property owned by the Town or state, property acquired
by the Town at tax sales, and all streets and highways within the
Town, whether or not they are public highways.
No person shall deposit, store, keep or permit
to be deposited, stored or kept in the open, upon public or private
property, a dismantled, unserviceable, junked or abandoned vehicle
or a vehicle legally or physically incapable of being operated, unless
a license for such storage has been obtained from the Building Inspector.
A license issued under this article shall be
valid for a period of 30 days. Such a license may be extended for
one additional thirty-day period by the Building Inspector upon a
showing of good cause by the owner of the vehicle covered by the license.
Any appeal from a decision of the Building Inspector
declining a request for a license under the provisions of this article
shall be submitted to the Town Council in writing within 10 days of
the declination of the license by the Building Inspector.