The outdoor storage of junk, abandoned or nonoperable motor
vehicles or the used parts therefrom within the Town is a hazard to
the preservation of the public health, welfare and safety in that
it constitutes health, fire and safety hazards and is an attractive
nuisance to children which is a peril to their safety. The outdoor
storage of such vehicles also constitutes a blight on the landscape
of the Town. They are generally unsightly, and their existence tends
to depreciate the value of property in the neighborhood and the Town
generally. The control of the outdoor storage of junk, abandoned or
nonoperable motor vehicles or the used parts therefrom within the
Town is therefore regulated for the preservation of the public health,
safety and welfare of its residents.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
JUNK VEHICLE
Any motor vehicle, whether automobile, bus, truck, trailer,
mobile home, motorcycle or any other vehicle originally intended to
be capable of travel on the public highways, which is abandoned, stored,
left or located by its owner or any other person outdoors on private
premises in the Town, and which vehicle is functionally incapable
of operation under its own power. It shall be conclusive evidence
that a motor vehicle is functionally incapable of operation under
its own power if it is not validly registered in any state of the
United States or any province of Canada or, if registered in New York
State, it lacks a valid and current New York State inspection sticker
or, if registered outside New York State, it lacks a valid and current
inspection sticker of the state or province in which it is registered
if so required by such state or province.
PERSON
Any individual person or group of individual persons, firm,
partnership, corporation, association or any other unit or entity
owning, possessing or otherwise in control of real property in the
Town outside any village therein.
TOWN OF PITTSFORD
Anywhere within the corporate limits of the Town outside
any village in the Town and excluding any establishment duly licensed
by the Town to house or store such junk vehicles or used parts therefrom.
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, permit or condone
the presence of any junk vehicle or used motor vehicle parts outdoors
on his real property in the Town. Such violation shall constitute
an offense. Each week, or portion thereof, that such junk vehicle
or used motor vehicle parts remain outdoors on the premises shall
constitute a separate offense.
Any person convicted of a violation of this article shall be
subject to the following penalties:
A. For the first offense, a fine of $50.
B. For the second offense, a fine of $75.
C. For all subsequent offenses, a fine of $100.
Notices required by this article shall be served as follows:
A. By personal service on any of the owners, occupants or person in
control of the premises on which the junk vehicle is located; or
B. By regular mail, mailed to any of the owners of said property at
his or her last known address as shown on the latest completed assessment
roll of the Town and by conspicuously posting a copy of such notice
on the premises on which the junk vehicle is located.