[HISTORY: Derived from Sections 4-4.1 through 4-4.4 of the 1972 Revised
General Ordinances, as amended through 10-1-1998. Subsequent amendments noted
where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any automobile which is no longer in actual use as a motor vehicle,
or which is wholly unfit without rebuilding or reconditioning for use for
highway transportation, or which has been discarded for use as a motor vehicle,
or which is an unlicensed vehicle, or which is a vehicle that has not been
officially inspected or is without a valid sticker showing official inspection,
even if the vehicle is otherwise usable; excepting farm-use vehicles of all
kinds other than passenger automobiles, and automobiles for sale or repair
on premises of a licensed car dealer.
No person shall place, keep, store or maintain any junk automobile,
automobile body, or separately the parts of any automobile which are exposed,
outside of an enclosed building on any tract of land within the township which
contains less than five acres, or more than one such junk automobile or parts
on any tract of land within the township containing five acres or more, which
is owned, leased, rented or in the possession or under the control of such
person, unless that person is the holder of a junkyard license issued by the
township covering premises where the junk automobile, bodies or parts thereof
are placed, stored or maintained; or unless the junk automobile bodies and
parts are kept temporarily in the operation of a business primarily conducted
for the sale or repair of automobiles, and not more than 10 junk automobiles,
bodies or parts are kept at one time in the operation of that business.
The Chief of Police or any member of the Police Department designated
by him or her shall remove or have removed any vehicle left at any place within
the township which appears to be present in violation of this chapter. Such
a vehicle shall be impounded until lawfully claimed or disposed of in accordance
with applicable statutes. The Chief of Police or any member of the Police
Department acting for him or her shall notify the registered and legal owner
in writing by personal service or by certified mail, at the last known address
of the owner, of the removal of the vehicle, the reason for the removal and
the location of the vehicle. The vehicle shall be retained and impounded until
the owner or his or her authorized agent pays the cost of such taking and
removal, together with applicable charges for storage and impoundment.
The premises where any junk automobiles, junk automobile bodies or junk
automobile parts are kept, stored or maintained in violation of this chapter
shall be deemed to be a nuisance and detrimental to the health and welfare
of the residents of the township and shall be subject to regulations or ordinances
of the township or the Board of Health.
