§ 14.36.150. Parking of motor vehicles on private property.

(a)

It is unlawful to park or store a vehicle on any portion of private property visible from a public street unless said vehicle is operative.

(b)

For the purposes of this section, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:

(1)

"Private property" means all real property in the city which is not publicly owned.

(2)

"Private property visible from a public street" means all private property which can be seen while standing in a public street and which is not behind a six-foot-high opaque fence.

(3)

"Public street" means a way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to use of the public for the purposes of vehicular traffic.

(4)

"Vehicle" means a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, street, alley, or road except as a device moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

(5)

"Vehicle, operative" means a vehicle which is currently registered and in condition to be legally operated upon a public street or highway within the state.

(Ord. 87-594 § 1, 1987)