It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, permit or maintain the existence of any nuisance on any property under his control, lease or ownership by the storing, keeping or maintaining outside of a closed building, any junk, parts, machinery or equipment not in an operable condition, a motor vehicle not in operable condition, provided, however, that this article shall not apply to a properly licensed junk yard or salvage yard which is in full compliance with all the code and ordinances of the City of Haven, Kansas governing the same.

(Ord. 665; Code 2019)

As used in this article, junk means old iron, chain, brass, copper, tin, lead or other base materials, old rope, old bags, rags, waste paper, paper clippings, scraps of baggins, rubber and glass and empty bottles of different kinds and all articles discarded or no longer used as a manufactured article which may however, be treated or prepared so as to be used again in some form. The term Junk Motor Vehicle as contained herein, shall include any automobile, truck, trailer, or other vehicle which is unused or stripped, or junked, or not in good and safe operating condition, or not capable of moving under its own power.

(Ord. 665; Code 2019)

There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any vehicle which does not have a current year license number plate displayed thereon shall be a “Junk Motor Vehicle” within the meaning of this article.

(Ord. 665; Code 2019)

Any person violating the provisions of this article shall be guilty of an infraction. Any person convicted of a violation of the provisions of this article shall be fined in any sum not less than $50 nor more than $500, plus court costs.

(Ord. 665; Code 2019)