[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Board of the Charter Township
of Cascade 5-14-1973 by Ord. No. 1-1973 (Part 66 of the 1991 Compilation
of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any vehicle or motor vehicle which cannot be started or legally
or physically operated on Township streets or public highways by virtue
of lacking the equipment required by the laws of the State of Michigan
or which does not bear valid and current license plates.
Vehicles or motor vehicles which have been so damaged or
dismantled as to be total losses and includes all parts or accessories
of vehicles or motor vehicles without which vehicles or motor vehicles
cannot be operated in a safe manner on Township streets or public
highways.
[1]Every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which
is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires,
but not operated upon rails.
The cost to repair a damaged or dismantled vehicle or motor
vehicle exceeds the fair market value for such vehicle. Fair market
value may be determined by using any nationally recognized appraisal
books or method.
Every device in, upon, or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices
moved by human power or used exclusively upon rails or tracks.
No person, firm, or corporation shall accumulate, store, place
or permit the accumulation, storage, or placement of any inoperable
or junked vehicle or motor vehicle in Cascade Charter Township, for
more than 48 hours, unless such inoperable or junked vehicle or motor
vehicle is stored in compliance with the Zoning Ordinance[1] of Cascade Charter Township or in enclosed garages or
other structures.
The ownership, occupation or use of land by any person, firm
or corporation upon which an inoperable or junked vehicle or motor
vehicle is accumulated, stored, or placed shall be prima facie evidence
that such person, firm, or corporation accumulated, stored or placed
such inoperable vehicle or motor vehicle upon such land, or permitted
such inoperable vehicle or motor vehicle to be accumulated, stored
or placed upon such land.
