This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Midland
Township Vehicle Storage and Repair Ordinance."
The purpose of this chapter is to limit and restrict the outdoor
storage, parking, repair or unreasonable accumulation of junk, unused,
partially dismantled or nonoperating vehicles, including any conveyance,
trailer, boat, aircraft or new or used parts thereof, upon premises
within the Township; to provide restrictions concerning the repair
of said vehicles; to avoid injury and hazards to children and others
attracted to such vehicles; and to minimize the devaluation of property
values and the psychological ill effects of the presence of the same
upon adjoining residents and property owners.
For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter,
certain terms and words used herein shall have the following meanings:
INOPERABLE
A motor vehicle, boat, trailer, aircraft, or other conveyance
of any kind shall be deemed inoperable where any of the following
conditions exists:
A.
Where it is being dismantled for the sale, salvage, repair or
reclamation of parts thereof.
B.
Where it does not have all of its main component parts properly
attached.
C.
Where any other or additional conditions exist which, in the
case of a vehicle, cause it to be incapable of being driven under
its own power, lawfully, upon the public streets, or which, in the
case of boats, trailers, aircraft or another conveyance of any kind,
cause it to be incapable of being operated for its designed purpose.
MAIN COMPONENTS PARTS
In the case of vehicles, means fenders, hood, wheels, radiator,
motor, windows, doors, muffler, body or essential parts of the engine,
and all such other parts or equipment as are necessary for the vehicle
to be lawfully driven upon the public streets pursuant to the Michigan
Vehicle Code (1949 Public Act 300, as amended), and such parts and equipment as are necessary for the
vehicle to be operated for its designed purpose; or, in the case of
boats, trailers, aircraft or other conveyance of any kind, shall mean
such parts and equipment as are specified or required by any applicable
law, and such parts and equipment as are necessary for the same to
be operated for their designed purpose.
Any parking, storage placement or operation in violation of
the provisions of this chapter are hereby declared to be a public
nuisance which may be enjoined or which may subject the violator to
the fines and penalties herein provided for.