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 Ocala
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 34. ENVIRONMENT
 Article V. ABANDONED AND LOST PROPERTY

§ 34-121. Definitions.  

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  • The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

    Abandoned vehicle means:

    (1)

    A vehicle which is left unattended on public property;

    (2)

    A vehicle which is illegally on public or private property; or

    (3)

    A vehicle which is on private property without the consent of the owner or person in control of the property.

    Abandoned property means all tangible personal property which does not have an identifiable owner and which has been disposed on public property in a wrecked, inoperative or partially dismantled condition or which has no apparent intrinsic value to the rightful owner.

    Derelict vehicle means:

    (1)

    A vehicle which has either the wheels, engine or a substantial part thereof removed; or

    (2)

    A vehicle which is worn out or discarded, or of no value as a means of transportation, or of no value except for salvage of parts or material.

    On vehicles subject to license, the absence of a current tag shall be prima facie evidence of such vehicle being derelict.

    Lost property means all tangible personal property which does not have an identifiable owner and which has been mislaid on public property, upon a public conveyance, on premises used at the time for business purposes, or in parks, places of amusement, public recreation areas or other places open to the public in a substantially operable, functioning condition or which has an apparent intrinsic value to the rightful owner.

    Property means any real property within the city which is not a street or highway, and shall include both public and privately owned lands.

    Street and highway mean the entire width between the boundary lines of every publicly dedicated or publicly owned right-of-way within the municipal limits of the city.

    Vehicle means a machine which is: propelled by power other than human power; either has its own motive power or is mounted on or drawn by another vehicle; and is designed to travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners or slides and transport persons or property or pull machinery. The term shall include, without limitation, automobiles, trucks, trailers, motorcycles, tractors, buggies and wagons. The term shall also include such machines or parts of machines that are nonoperating, wrecked, junked or partially dismantled.

(Code 1961, § 15-125; Code 1985, § 12-21; Ord. No. 2371, § 2, 3-2-93; Ord. No. 3006, §§ 1, 2, 11-23-99)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.