[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Borough Council of the Borough
of Gibbsboro 5-18-1982 by Ord. No. 82-2 as Ch. 175 of the 1982 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Leaving on any street or property any vehicle which is not currently
registered or licensed as required by law or which is not capable of being
used or operated upon any public street or highway, whether by reason of improper
or inadequate equipment or otherwise.
[Added 5-18-1982 by Ord. No. 82-2]
Any real property within the Borough which is not a street or highway.
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way maintained,
when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, for purposes of vehicular
travel.
A machine propelled by power, other than human power, designed to
travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners or slides and to
transport persons or property or pull machinery, including, but not by way
of limitation, an automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle, tractor, buggy and
wagon.
No person shall abandon a vehicle within the Borough, and no person
shall leave a vehicle at any place within the Borough for such time and under
such circumstances as to cause the vehicle to reasonably appear to be abandoned.
No person shall leave any partially dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked
or junked vehicle on a street or highway within the Borough.
No person in charge or control of property within the Borough, whether
as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise, shall allow partially dismantled,
nonoperating, wrecked, junked or discarded vehicles to remain on the property
longer than 48 hours; and no person shall leave such vehicles on any property
within the Borough for a longer time than 48 hours. This section shall not
apply to a vehicle in an enclosed building, a vehicle on the premises of a
business enterprise operated in a lawful place and manner when necessary to
the operation of the business enterprise or a vehicle in an appropriate storage
place or depository maintained in a lawful place and manner by the Borough.
[Amended 5-18-1982 by Ord. No. 82-2]
The Chief of Police or any member of the Police Department designated
by him is authorized to remove or have removed any vehicle left at any place
within the Borough which appears to be present in violation of this chapter.
Such vehicle shall be impounded until lawfully claimed or disposed of in accordance
with applicable statutes. The Chief of Police or any member of the Police
Department acting for him shall notify the registered and legal owner in writing,
by personal service or by certified mail at the last known address of the
owner, of the removal of the vehicle, the reason for the removal and the location
of the vehicle. The vehicle shall be retained and impounded until the owner
or his authorized agent pays the cost of such taking and removal, together
with a garage charge at the current storage charge for each day that the vehicle
is retained and impounded. If the vehicle is not claimed within three months,
it may be disposed of pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:10A-1 et seq.
The remedy provided in the preceding section shall not be deemed exclusive
and shall not prohibit the prosecution of any person for violating the provisions
of this chapter.
