Legal Documents of Baxter

For the purpose of the interpretation and application of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the indicated meanings:

1. "Person" means any natural person, or any firm, partnership, association, corporation or other organization of any kind and description.
2. "Private property" means and includes all property that is not public property, regardless of how the property is zoned or used.
3. "Traveled portion of any public street or highway" means the width of the street from curb to curb, or where there are no curbs, the entire width of the paved portion of the street, or where the street is unpaved, the entire width of the street which vehicles ordinarily use for travel.
4. 1. "Junk vehicle" means a vehicle of any age that is damaged or defective in any one (1) or combination of any of the following ways that either makes the vehicle immediately inoperable, or would prohibit the vehicle from being operated in a reasonably safe manner upon the public streets and highways under its owner power if self-propelled, or while being towed or pushed, if not self-propelled:
      1. Flat tires, missing tires, missing wheels, or missing or partially or totally disassembled tires and wheels.
      2. Missing or partially or totally disassembled essential part or parts of the vehicle's drive train, including, but not limited to, engine, transmission, transaxle, drive shaft, differential, or axle.
      3. Extensive exterior body damage or missing or partially or totally disassembled essential body parts, including, but not limited to, fenders, doors, engine hood, bumper or bumpers, windshield, or windows.
      4. Missing or partially or totally disassembled essential interior parts, including, but not limited to, driver's seat, steering wheel, instrument panel clutch, brake, or gear shift lever.
      5. Missing or partially or totally disassembled parts essential to the starting or running of the vehicle under its own power, including, but not limited to, starter, generator or alternator, battery, distributor, gas tank, carburetor or fuel injection system, spark plugs, or radiator.
      6. Interior is a container for metal, glass, paper, rags or other cloth, wood, auto parts, machinery, waste or discarded materials in such quantity, quality and arrangement that a driver cannot be properly seated in the vehicle.
      7. Lying on the ground (upside down, on its side, or at other extreme angle), sitting on blocks, or suspended in the air by any other method.
      8. General environment in which the vehicle sits, including, but not limited to, vegetation that has grown up around, in or through the vehicle, the collection of pools of water in the vehicle, and the accumulation of other garbage or debris around the vehicle.
   2. "Vehicle" means any machine propelled by power other than human power, designed to travel along the ground by the use of wheels, treads, self laying tracks, runners, slides or skids, including, but not limited to, automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, motor scooters, go-carts, campers, tractors, trailers, tractor trailers, buggies, wagons, and earth-moving equipment, and any part of the same. (2011 Code, § 13-401, modified)