<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 30-182. - 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 section, except where the context clearly indicates
               a different meaning:
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               <span class="ital">Abandoned vehicle</span> means as authorized and defined in G.S. 153A-132, an abandoned motor vehicle is one
               that is left:
               
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                  (1)
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                  Upon a public street or highway in violation of a law or ordinance prohibiting parking;
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                  (2)
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                  On public grounds, including, but not limited to, a street or highway, for longer
                  than seven days;
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                  (3)
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                  On property owned or operated by the county for longer than 24 hours; or
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                  (4)
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                  On private property without the consent of the owner, occupant or lessee thereof,
                  for longer than two hours.
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               <span class="ital">Authorizing official</span> means the county enforcement officer is designated to authorize the removal of vehicles
               under the provisions of this article.
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               <span class="ital">Junked motor vehicle</span> means as authorized and defined in G.S. 153A-132.2 the term, "junked motor vehicle,"
               means a vehicle that does not display a current license plate lawfully upon that vehicle
               and that:
               
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                  (1)
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                  Is partially dismantled or wrecked;
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                  (2)
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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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                  (3)
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                  Is more than five years old and appears to be worth less than $100.00.
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               <span class="ital">Motor vehicle</span> or <span class="ital">vehicles</span> means all machines designed or intended to travel over land or water by self-propulsion
               or while attached to any self-propelled vehicle.
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               <span class="ital">Nuisance vehicle</span> means a 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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                  (1)
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                  A breeding ground or harbor for mosquitoes, other insects, rats or other pests;
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                  (2)
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                  A point of heavy growth of weeds or other noxious vegetation over eight inches in
                  height;
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                  (3)
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                  A point of collection of pools or ponds of water;
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                  (4)
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                  A point of concentration of quantities of gasoline, oil or other flammable or explosive
                  materials as evidenced by odor;
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                  (5)
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                  One which has areas of confinement which cannot be operated from the inside, such
                  as trunks, hoods, etc.;
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                  (6)
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                  So situated or located that there is a danger of it falling or turning over;
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                  (7)
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                  One which is a point of collection of garbage, food waste, animal waste, or any other
                  rotten or putrescent matter of any kind;
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                  (8)
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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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                  (9)
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                  Any other vehicle specifically declared a health and safety hazard and a public nuisance
                  by the board of commissioners.
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               (Ord. of 1-17-2017(2))
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