It shall be unlawful for any person, owner or
lessee to maintain a motor vehicle nuisance upon the open private
grounds of such person, owner or lessee or upon any public grounds
within the Borough of Mars. A motor vehicle nuisance shall include
any motor vehicle which is unable to move under its own power and
has any of the following physical defects:
A. Broken windshields, mirrors or other glass with sharp
edges.
B. One or more flat or open tires or tubes which could
permit vermin harborage.
C. Missing doors, windows, hood, trunk or other body
parts which could permit animal harborage.
D. Any body parts with sharp edges, including holes resulting
from rust.
E. Missing tires resulting in unsafe suspension of the
motor vehicles.
F. Upholstery which is torn or open which could permit
animal and/or vermin harborage.
G. Broken headlamps or taillamps with sharp edges.
H. Disassembled chassis parts, apart from the motor vehicle,
stored in a disorderly fashion or loose in or on the vehicle.
I. Protruding sharp objects from the chassis.
J. Broken vehicle frame, suspended from the ground in
an unstable manner.
K. Leaking or damaged oil pan or gas tank which could
cause fire or explosion.
L. Exposed battery containing acid.
M. Inoperable locking mechanism for doors or trunk.
N. Open or damaged floorboards, including trunk and fire
wall.
O. Damaged bumpers pulled away from the perimeter of
vehicle.
P. Broken grill with protruding edges.
Q. Loose or damaged metal trim and clips.
R. Broken communications equipment antennae.
S. Outdated inspection sticker.
T. Such other defects which could threaten the health,
safety and welfare of the citizens of the Borough of Mars.
If the owner of grounds on which such motor
vehicles are stored, or the owner of such motor vehicles if on public
grounds, does not comply with the notice to abate the condition within
the time limit prescribed, the Borough of Mars shall have the authority
to take measures to correct the condition and collect the cost of
such correction, plus 10% of all costs. These measures may include
the removal and storage of such motor vehicle nuisances for a period
not to exceed 30 days, and if, after due notice to the owner thereof
or, if owner cannot be found, the posting of the premises from which
the motor vehicle nuisance was removed, the same are not redeemed,
then such nuisance shall be discarded or sold to a salvage business.
Any funds received upon the salvage shall be paid to the general fund
of the Borough and credited towards the costs of correction hereunder.
The Borough of Mars, in such event, and pursuant to its statutory
or otherwise authorized police powers, shall have the right and power
to enter upon the offending premises to accomplish the foregoing.
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable for each
offense by a maximum fine of $300 or by imprisonment for not more
than 90 days. Each day that a violation of this chapter continues
shall constitute a separate offense.
The remedies provided herein for the enforcement
of this chapter, or any remedy provided by law, shall not be deemed
mutually exclusive, rather, they may be employed simultaneously or
consecutively at the option of the Borough Council of Mars.