Whenever a refrigerator, icebox or other container which cannot be opened from the inside is stored or disposed of so that it is located in a place accessible to the general public or children, the owner or person on whose premises the same has been removed, stored or located shall remove either the doors or catches or locks to such doors so that in no manner may any such container doors remain locked or fixed, whether or not its doors have been removed.
A. 
It shall be unlawful to park, store or leave or to permit the parking, storing or leaving of any motor vehicle, or part or parts thereof, which is in a wrecked, junked, partially dismantled, or inoperative condition, whether or not attended, upon any private or public property in the Town for a period longer than 30 continuous days. If the vehicle, or part or parts, is completely enclosed within a building, or is completely screened from public view where it will not be visible from a public street or other private property, or is stored in a regularly constituted junkyard, or has an untagged vehicle permit issued by the Department of Planning and Community Development, it is not included within the scope of this section.
[Amended 11-17-2008 by Ord. No. 715-08]
B. 
No violation shall accrue until service of a written notice by registered or certified mail to the property owner or owners or any one of them by the Town of Bel Air giving the property owner or owners 15 days to discontinue the unlawful nuisance herein defined.
C. 
A violation of this section is a nuisance and a municipal infraction detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the Town. It is the duty of the owner of the motor vehicle and also the owner of the private property or the lessee or other person in possession of the private property upon which the motor vehicle, or part or parts, is located to remove it from the private property or to have it housed in a building or screened from public view where it will not be visible from a public street or other private property.
D. 
Any violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be a municipal infraction and any violator shall be fined as provided in Chapter 1, Article II, of this Code for each day or fraction thereof during which a violation continues.
[Amended 11-17-2008 by Ord. No. 715-08]
E. 
The Police Department is authorized to remove vehicles in violation of this section in accordance with Title 25, Subtitle 2 of the Transportation Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
[Amended 11-17-2008 by Ord. No. 715-08]
F. 
This section does not apply or refer to motor vehicles, or part or parts, in a regularly operated gasoline service station, garage or motor vehicle junkyard or graveyard.