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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REORDAINING SECTION 17-32 G OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE, 1990, AS AMENDED, RELATED TO STORAGE OF INOPERATIVE MOTOR VEHICLES. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that Section 17-32 of Chapter 17 of the Code of the City of Charlottesville, 1990, as amended, is hereby amended and reordained as follows: Sec. 17-32. Open storage of inoperative vehicles. (a) It shall be unlawful and a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to keep, except within a fully enclosed building or structure or otherwise shielded or screened from view, on any property zoned for residential (R-1, R -IA, R-2 or R-3) or business (13-1, B-2, B-3 or B-4) purposes any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, as such are defined in Code of Virginia, section 46.2-100, which is inoperative. However, the provisions of this section shall not apply to a licensed business which, on June 26, 1970, was regularly engaged in business as an automobile dealer, salvage dealer or scrap processor. (b) As used in this section, 'otherwise shielded or screened from view" shall mean, on property zoned for residential purposes, not visible to the unaided eye from anywhere below the level of the third story of a building outside the boundaries of the lot on which the vehicle is kept. (c) As used in this section, 'otherwise shielded or screened from view' shall mean, on property zoned for business purposes, not visible to the unaided eye from street or ground level outside the boundaries of the lot on which the vehicle is kept. (d) The number of inoperative motor vehicles which any person may keep outside of a fully enclosed buildine or structure. but which are shielded or screened from view by covers. shall be limited to one (1). As used in this section, "inoperative motor vehicle" shall mean any motor vehicle which is not in operating condition; or which, for a period of sixty (60) days or longer, has been partially or totally disassembled by the removal of tires and wheels, the engine or other essential parts required for operation of the vehicle; or on which there are displayed neither valid license plates nor a valid inspection decal. (e) Whenever a violation of this section is determined by a city police officer, housing inspector in the inspections division of the city's publie works fire department or other agent authorized by the city manager, the owner of the premises whereon the inoperative motor vehicle is kept shall be notified in writing to remove or cause the removal of such vehicle within a reasonable time, not to exceed ten (10) days, and a copy of such notice shall be mailed to the Droperty address where the inoperative motor vehicle is located, if such address is different from the property owner's address C Page I