§ 106-54. Outdoor storage of inoperative, unregistered, abandoned, or wrecked vehicles on any property prohibited.

It shall be a violation of this article for any person, firm, or a corporation to keep or permit the keeping, dumping, storing, placing, or depositing of inoperative, unlicensed, unregistered, abandoned, junked, disabled, wrecked, discarded or otherwise unused motor vehicles on any property, street, or highway.

An inoperative vehicle includes a vehicle that is in a state of disrepair and incapable of immediate movement under its own power, or a vehicle that is incapable of being lawfully operated on the streets of the state. A vehicle shall be deemed inoperative if one or more parts which are required for the operation of the vehicle are missing, are dismantled, are inoperative or are not attached to the vehicle as designed. A vehicle shall be presumed incapable of being lawfully operated on the streets of the state if a current registration tag, also known as a license plate, of a kind required under state law as a condition of operation upon the public streets or highways, is not affixed to the assigned vehicle.

This section does not apply to vehicles located in a junkyard lawfully situated and licensed for the same, or in a completely enclosed garage or enclosed carport as provided in section 106-57.

(Ord. No. 03-37, § 2, 12-2-03)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 03-37, § 2, adopted Dec. 2, 2003, repealed section 106-54 in its entirety and replaced it with a new section 106-54. Former section 106-54 pertained to the prohibition on storage of abandoned, junked or dismantled vehicles on any property, and derived from Ord. No. 95-07, § 4, adopted May 23, 1995.