[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Stanhope
5-31-1983 by Ord. No. 1983-9. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 133.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
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 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 14 days, and no person shall leave such
vehicles on any property within the borough for a longer time than 14 days.
This time period may be extended by written request to the Zoning Officer
for a period of an additional 30 days. This section shall not apply to a vehicle
in an enclosed building or a vehicle in an appropriate storage place or depository
maintained in a lawful place and manner by the borough.
[Amended 6-30-1998 by Ord.
No. 1998-8]
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction,
be punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days,
or any combination thereof.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon passage and publication
in accordance with law.
