<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 9-76. - Definitions.</div>
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               The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the
               meanings ascribed to them in this article, except where the context clearly indicates
               a different meaning:
               
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                  (1)
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                  Abandoned vehicle means a motor vehicle, as authorized and defined in G.S. 153A-132
                  and G.S. 153A-132.2, and one that:
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                  a.
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                  Is left upon the right-of-way of a public street or highway in violation of a law
                  or ordinance prohibiting parking; or
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                  b.
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                  Is left on the right-of-way of a public street or highway for longer than seven days;
                  or
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                  c.
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                  Is left on property owned or operated by the county for longer than 24 hours; or
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                  d.
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                  Is left on private property without the written consent of the owner occupant or lessee
                  thereof, for longer than two hours.
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                  (2)
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                  A junked motor vehicle means a vehicle that does not display a current license plate
                  lawfully upon that vehicle, as authorized and defined in G.S. 153A-132 and G.S. 153A-132.2,
                  and that:
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                  a.
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                  Is partially damaged or wrecked; or
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                  b.
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                  Cannot be self-propelled or moved in the manner in which it originally was intended
                  to move; or
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                  c.
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                  Is more than five years old and appears to be worth less than $100.00.
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                  (3)
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                  A nuisance vehicle means a motor vehicle on public or private property that is determined
                  and declared to be a health or safety hazard, a public nuisance, and unlawful, including
                  a vehicle found to be:
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                  a.
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                  A breeding ground or harbor for mosquitoes, other insects, rats, or other pests; or
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                  b.
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                  A point of heavy growth of weeds or other noxious vegetation over eight inches in
                  height; or
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                  c.
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                  A point of collection of pools or ponds of water; or
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                  d.
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                  A point of concentration of quantities of gasoline, oil, or other flammable or explosive
                  materials as evidenced by odor; or
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                  e.
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                  A source of danger for children through entrapment in areas of confinement that cannot
                  be opened from the inside or from exposed surfaces of metal, glass, or other rigid
                  materials; or
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                  f.
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                  So situated or located that there is a danger of it falling or turning over; or
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                  g.
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                  One which is a point of collection of garbage, food waste, animal waste, or any other
                  rotten or putrefied matter of any kind; or
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                  h.
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                  One which has sharp parts thereof which are jagged or contain sharp edges of metal
                  or glass; or
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                  i.
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                  Any other vehicle specifically declared a health and/or safety hazard by the board
                  of county commissioners.
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                  (4)
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                  Open places mean areas of properties or portions thereof that are open to the exterior,
                  including building openings, such as carports, or porches, and any other exterior
                  portions of properties ordinarily exposed to the outside and/or public view, including
                  front, side, and rear yards.
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               (Ord. of 5-21-07)
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