[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the City
of Sunbury 2-14-1977 by Ord. No. 939 ; amended in its entirety 8-28-2017. Subsequent amendments noted
where applicable.]
A.
Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101
et seq., as now in force or as hereafter amended, enacted or reenacted,
except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
B.
"Inoperable vehicles" shall mean any unlicensed or uninspected, wrecked,
scrapped, ruined, dismantled, nonrepairable, salvage or abandoned
motor vehicles or automobiles, truck campers, trailers, or parts thereof,
as defined under the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101
et seq., as now in force or as hereafter amended, enacted or reenacted.
C.
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural, the plural
shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine
and the neuter.
No person or organization shall park or stand upon any street,
alley, public thoroughfare, highway, municipally owned parking area
or other public property, any unlicensed or uninspected, wrecked,
scrapped, ruined, dismantled, nonrepairable, salvage or abandoned
motor vehicles or automobiles, truck campers, trailers, or parts thereof.
No person or organization, excluding licensed motor vehicle
dealers, shall park or permit another person to park or stand any
unlicensed or uninspected, wrecked, scrapped, ruined, dismantled,
nonrepairable, salvage or abandoned motor vehicles or automobiles,
truck campers, trailers, or parts thereof, in the open on private
property in the City of Sunbury, except as provided in this chapter.
A.
The police force and/or Code Enforcement Officers of the City of
Sunbury may remove or cause to be removed, by a private contractor
meeting all legal requirements for impoundment of vehicles, any vehicle
parked or allowed to stand in violation of this chapter if the owner
or operator of said vehicle has failed to remove the same within 48
hours after receiving notice from the City of Sunbury Code Administration
Office to remove the same, such notice having been given by personal
service or by certified mail to the owner or operator of the vehicle
or to the owner or occupant of the private property upon which said
vehicle is found.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
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Editor's Note: Former § 166-8, Surebond required of storage garages; § 166-9, Towing and storage charges; § 166-10, Notice of removal; § 166-11, Recovery of possession of impounded vehicles, and § 166-12, Payment of charges; protest; hearing, were repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
In the event that the police force of the City of Sunbury shall
be unable to ascertain the ownership of a vehicle found upon private
property in violation of this chapter, the City of Sunbury, within
12 hours after the vehicle has been found by the police, may notify
the owner or occupant of the private property, by certified mail,
that such vehicle exists, and thereafter the said owner or occupant
of the private property shall cause said vehicle to be removed to
an authorized junk- or scrapyard within 48 hours.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who shall violate the terms of this chapter shall,
upon conviction therefor, pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus
costs of prosecution, or 90 days' imprisonment, or both. Each day
that a vehicle remains upon any street, alley, public thoroughfare,
municipally owned parking area, public property or private property
in violation of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense.
The payment of towing and storage charges levied from a towing agency
shall not relieve the owner or operator of any vehicle from liability
for any fine or penalty for violation of the terms of this chapter.
