As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
ABANDONED
Any item resting for 96 hours or more and which is inoperable,
without current registration plates or certificate of inspection,
or in such a condition as to be unusable.
APPLIANCE
A stove, refrigerator, television set, furnace, water heater,
water softener, washer, dryer or mangle; any household article used
to perform any of the necessary work in a household; and any article
used in business to increase production or to speed, ease or eliminate
work.
BOAT
Any vessel capable of transporting a person on any river,
stream, creek, lake or ocean.
DISCARDED
Any item resting for 96 hours or more with no known or apparent
owner.
JUNKED
Items sold or to be sold for scrap, being stripped or being
used or sold for parts.
TRAILER
A wheeled device used as a means of carrying, hauling or
conveying any vehicle, person, animal, object or boat.
VEHICLE
An automobile, motorcycle, motorbike, minibike, bicycle,
go-cart, truck or other wheeled means of conveyance, motorized or
self-propelled.
In addition to any statutory prohibitions regarding abandoned
vehicles on highways and other public places under the Pennsylvania
Vehicle Code, it shall be unlawful to any person to accumulate or
store any junked, abandoned or discarded vehicle, trailer, boat, appliance
or household furnishing on private or public property within the Borough.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this
chapter shall, for every such violation, upon conviction, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 and costs of prosecution and,
in default of payment of fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for
not more than 30 days.