Storing inoperable or abandoned vehicles or vehicle parts in an unincorporated Lake County zoning district that doesn't permit it is a civil zoning violation under the UDO. Statewide, Indiana Code 9-22-1 governs how public agencies tag, remove, and dispose of abandoned vehicles.
UDO 154-20-040.E makes it unlawful to allow 'the storage of inoperable or abandoned vehicles or vehicle parts in any zoning district' whose provisions don't specifically permit it, and off-street parking areas are limited to 'licensed motor vehicles in operating condition' (154-13-100). Separately, Indiana Code 9-22-1 (Abandoned Vehicles) sets the statewide framework: a vehicle at least three model years old, mechanically inoperable, and left continuously on private property in a location visible from public property for more than 20 days may be deemed abandoned, and a public agency may tag and remove it. Municipal and county police use IC 9-22-1 to tow.
Zoning citation after 15-day cure notice, up to $2,500/$7,500 (IC 36-1-3-8). Under IC 9-22-1 a public agency may tag, tow, and dispose of the vehicle at the owner's cost.
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