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The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter:

(a) “Abandoned Vehicle” means a vehicle left unattended on a public street, highway or other public property for a period in excess of forty-eight (48) hours, unless otherwise specifically permitted by City ordinance or regulation.

(b) “Junk Vehicle” means a vehicle that exhibits at least two (2) of the following elements:

(1) Has not been registered for six (6) months,

(2) Is inoperable because it is missing a major component such as the engine, transmission, axle, differential, transfer case, front driver seat, or steering wheel,

(3) The cost of repairs required to make the vehicle operable exceeds the fair market value of the vehicle,

(4) Missing a windshield or window,

(5) Missing two (2) or more wheels or tires, or has two (2) or more flat tires,

(6) Missing a major body part, such as a fender, quarter panel, bumper, trunk lid, door or hood.

(c) “Person” means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or organization of any kind.

(d) “Vehicle” means a machine propelled by power other than human power designed to travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners, or slides, and transport persons or property or pull machinery and shall include, without limitation, automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle, tractor, buggy, and wagon.

(e) “Street or highway” means the entire width between the boundary lines of every right-of-way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for the purposes of vehicular travel.

(f) “Property” means any real property within the City which is not a street or highway.

(g) “Yard, Rear” means a yard extending across the full width of the lot between the most rear main building and the rear lot line.

(h) “Yard, Side” means a yard on each side of a main building and extending from the front lot line to the rear lot line. The width of the required side yard shall be measured horizontally from the nearest point of a side lot line to the nearest part of the main building.

(i) “Lot Line, Rear” means a line that is opposite and most distant from the front lot line, and in the case of irregular, triangular, or gore shaped lot, a line not less than ten feet (10′) in length, within a lot, parallel to and at the maximum distance from the front lot line.

(j) “Lot Line, Side” means any lot boundary line not a front lot line or a rear lot line.

(k) “Lot” means a parcel of land occupied or to be occupied by a principal use and having frontage on a public street or right-of-way.

(Ord. 2863-2015)