ORD 533 – AMENDING CHAPTER 91 “NUISANCES; ABANDONED VEHICLES” OF ORDINANCE 533

ORDINANCE NO. 884
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 91 “NUISANCES; ABANDONED VEHICLES”
OF ORDINANCE 533
WHEREAS, the City has deemed that Ordinance 533, Nuisances; abandoned vehicles to include:
91.45    Definition
For the purpose of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the contents clearly indicates a different meaning
Inoperable Motor Vehicle: An “Inoperable Vehicle” shall mean any vehicle on any Public Place for a period of time which the engine, wheels, windshield, rear window, doors or other parts have been removed, or in which the engine, wheels, windshield, rear window, doors or other parts have been altered, damaged, wrecked, dismantled, deteriorated, or otherwise so treated that the vehicle is incapable of being safely driven under its own motor power, or does not display a current, valid registration or on any property in view of the general public for a period of seven (7) days or more, for which the engine, wheels, windshield, rear window, doors, or other parts have been altered, damaged, wrecked, dismantled, deteriorated, or otherwise so treated that the vehicle is incapable of being safely driven under its own motor power, or does not display a current, valid registration; provided, that this definition shall not be construed to include any motor vehicle which has been rendered temporarily incapable or being driven under its own power in order to perform ordinary services or repair operations by a person engaged in a business of performing such ordinance services or repairs and the vehicle is located on the property where the business is located, nor to any motor vehicle that is kept entirely within a building when not in use or to a motor vehicle on the premises of a duly licensed place of business engaged in towing, repairing, wrecking or junking of motor vehicles.
B. Vehicle; For the purpose of this chapter, the term “vehicle” shall mean all motor vehicles and trailers, including, but not limited to, automobiles, trucks, travel trailers, campers, motor homes, tent trailers, boats, boat trailers, snowmobiles, snowmobile trailers, and camping trailers.
Approved and passed this 18th day of April, 2011.
AYES: ___ NAYS: ___ ABSTAIN: ____ ABSENT: ___
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Delwin Kirby, Mayor Sandra I. Shaw, city clerk