[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Coudersport
by Ord. No. 416. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Property maintenance — See Ch. 292.
As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in this section:
Any item resting for 96 hours or more upon public or private property
and which is inoperable or in such a condition as to be unusable, without
current registration plates or inspection where applicable.
A stove, refrigerator, television, furnace, water heater, water softener,
washer, dryer or mangle, household article used to perform any necessary work
in a household, any article used in business to increase production or to
speed, ease or eliminate work.
Any vessel capable of transporting a person on any river, stream,
creek, lake or ocean.
Any item resting for 96 hours or more with no known or apparent owner.
All items normally found and used in a home.
Items sold or to be sold for scrap, being stripped or being used
or sold for parts.
A natural person, the members of an unincorporated association, all
of the partners of a partnership, and the officers and board of directors
of a corporation.
A wheeled device used as a means of carrying, hauling or conveying
any vehicle, person, animal, object or boat.
An automobile, motorcycle, motorbike, minibike, bicycle, go-cart,
truck or other wheeled means of conveyance, motorized or self-propelled.
It shall be unlawful for 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 of Coudersport.
Any abandoned, junked, or discarded vehicle may be towed by the Borough
of Coudersport or its contractors or subcontractors to a safe location where
it shall be stored for a period of seven days during which time the Borough
of Coudersport shall attempt to locate the record owner of said vehicle.
[Amended 7-8-1987 by Ord. No. 474]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
more than $300; and/or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days. Every
day that a violation of this chapter continues shall constitute a separate
offense.
Any person whose vehicle has been towed pursuant to § 284-3 of this chapter may reclaim said vehicle by proving ownership and paying all towing and storage fees relative to said vehicle as well as any fine and cost imposed pursuant to § 284-4 hereof. Any vehicles which have not been reclaimed within seven days of the date of towing shall be disposed of by the Borough of Coudersport according to law.
The Borough of Coudersport shall assume no responsibility for loss of,
or damage to, from any cause whatsoever, any junked, abandoned, or discarded
vehicles, trailers, boats, appliances, or household furnishings removed pursuant
to this chapter by the Borough of Coudersport, its contractors, subcontractors,
employees, agents, or servants, during removal, or storage, or final disposal
of same.
