§ 181-3. Definitions.

For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions are established:

ABANDONED

The parking, storing or depositing of any unlicensed motor vehicle, including a trailer or motorcycle, and regardless of its mechanical or physical condition, in any manner and/or in any location prohibited in § 181-4, and leaving the same in such prohibited location longer than the compliance period specified in § 181-5 and in a written notification from the enforcing officer.

DISCARDED

A vehicle and/or parts thereof which has been parked, stored or deposited in such manner or in such location that it constitutes a nuisance in that health, fire and safety hazards are or may be created.

DISMANTLED AND PARTIALLY DISMANTLED

The removal of any part or parts normally required for the operation of the vehicle, and also the removal of any vehicle body or parts thereof, excepting those usually classified as accessories. Also included as "dismantled" or "partially dismantled" are vehicles which are being cannibalized for parts used to build, rebuild or restore another vehicle.

INOPERATIVE

Any mechanical or physical condition which makes a self-propelled vehicle unable to start and operate under its own power, and any physical condition which makes a non-self-propelled vehicle incapable of movement.

JUNKED

As applied to any motor vehicle, including trailers and motorcycles, a vehicle or parts thereof no longer intended or in condition for legal use on the public highways and in such condition that it is economically unsound to restore the same to operating condition.

WRECKED

A vehicle that has been damaged by impact, of whatever nature or cause, and is in such condition that it is economically unsound to restore the same to operating condition, taking into consideration the repairs to be made, the age of the vehicle and the market value of the vehicle if it were restored.