Code of Ordinance
› Chapter 30 — ENVIRONMENT › Article VI — JUNK VEHICLES
Section 30.123
Parking and storage restricted.
Adopted August 30, 2015
No person shall park, store or place upon any public right-of-way or public property any motor vehicle, trailer or equipment, or new or used parts or junk thereof; and no owner, possessor or occupier of land, and no person in charge of any land in the village shall park, store, place or permit the parking, storage or placement thereof upon any premises within the village, except as permitted by the zoning ordinance, any motor vehicle, trailer or equipment, or new or used parts or junk thereof, unless the vehicle, trailer or equipment, or part thereof, is wholly contained within a fully enclosed building and does not violate any zoning or building laws of the village, county or state, except for the following:
- (a) Operable vehicles or trailers with substantially all main component parts attached that are properly displaying a registration from the State of Michigan secretary of state that is currently valid or no more than 60 days expired;
- (b) Operable vehicles or trailers with substantially all main component parts attached that are kept as the stock in trade of a regularly licensed and established new or used automobile, trailer or other motorized vehicle dealer and that are insured in full accordance with Public Act 300 of 1949 (MCLA 257.511 et seq.);
- (c) Vehicles or trailers on private property that are temporarily inoperable because of minor mechanical failure but which are not in any manner dismantled and have substantially all main component parts attached, which may remain upon such private property for not to exceed 30 days; except that such vehicle may remain upon the premises of a licensed motor vehicle repair garage for a period not to exceed 90 days, with extension of additional 30-day periods upon enforcement officer approval of written proof the offending vehicle is involved in insurance claim litigation or a similar matter and additional time is required for settlement before a vehicle can be moved;
- (d) No more than one vehicle or trailer, unless such vehicle or trailer presents a health or safety hazard, for which the body thereof is fully covered with a commercially manufactured cloth or opaque plastic car cover. Said car cover shall be kept in new or like new condition and shall be specifically designed to attach tightly to and cover the entire vehicle or trailer body; and
- (e) No more than one operable vehicle or trailer with substantially all main component parts attached that is not properly displaying a registration from the State of Michigan secretary of state that is currently valid or no more than 60 days expired, but that is being advertised for sale upon first obtaining a permit from the police chief. The sale shall be for no more than 60 days per calendar year per household, to be permitted in no more than two (2) increments of exactly 30 consecutive days each.
- (f) All vehicles or trailers, that fit the before mentioned requirements, must be parked on a cement pad or mowed grassy area. (Ord. No. 170, 2-18-2014)