“Chief of police” includes any authorized law enforcement officer of the city.

“Costs” shall mean the expense of removing, storing or selling a junked vehicle.

“Discarded” shall mean any vehicle which does not have lawfully affixed thereto an unexpired license plate and is in one or more of the following conditions:

(1) Inoperative;

(2) Wrecked;

(3) Dismantled;

(4) Partially dismantled;

(5) Abandoned;

(6) Junked.

“Discarded vehicles” may be deemed to include major parts thereof including but not limited to bodies, engines, transmissions and rear ends.

“Person in charge of property” shall mean any agent, occupant, lessee, contract purchaser, owner or person having possession, control or title of property where a vehicle is located.

“Vehicle” shall mean every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

“Vehicle owner” shall mean any individual, firm, corporation or unincorporated association with a claim, either individually or jointly, of ownership or any interest, legal or equitable, in a vehicle. (Ord. 230 § 1, 1977).