[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Heidelberg 7-15-1980 as Ch. 107 of the 1980 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The hereinafter listed terms used in this chapter
are defined as follows:
A motor vehicle that is inoperable and left
unattended on public property for more than 48 hours.
A motor vehicle that has remained illegally
on public property for a period of more than 48 hours.
A motor vehicle without registration plates
left standing on or along a highway, street or alley.
A motor vehicle that has remained on private
property without the consent of the owner or person in control of
the property for more than 48 hours, provided that vehicles and equipment
used or to be used in construction or the operating and maintenance
of public utility facilities and which are left in a manner which
does not interfere with the normal movement of traffic shall not be
considered abandoned vehicles for the purpose of this chapter.
A motor vehicle violating a provision of any
ordinance of this municipality, such as a parking ordinance.
A motor vehicle violating any provisions of
the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code.
A motor vehicle without a current inspection
sticker for that motor vehicle.
A motor vehicle without the proper authorized
registration plates for that motor vehicle, which motor vehicle has
remained stationary for a period of more than 48 hours.
A motor vehicle which cannot be legally operated.
A motor vehicle without any of its four required
wheels or tires for normal operation.
A motor vehicle without one or more of its doors
or without its engine or without its battery.
A motor vehicle without a part necessary to
make it self-propelled.
Any vehicle in, upon or by which any personal property is
or may be transported along a public highway, street or way, including
but not limited to all automobiles, trucks, buses, tractor-trailers,
truck-trailers, semitrailers and/or motorcycles, which are designed
to move on said highways, streets, alleys or ways and are designed
to be self-propelled or commonly propelled by a self-propelled motor
vehicle.
A.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person,
association, partnership, corporation and/or other entity to abandon
or be responsible for the abandoning of a motor vehicle on any public
street, alley or way or upon any other public property within the
Borough of Heidelberg.
B.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person,
association, partnership, corporation and/or other entity to leave
a motor vehicle in an illegal stationary position for a period of
more than 48 hours.
C.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person,
association, partnership, corporation and/or other entity to abandon
or be responsible for the abandonment of a motor vehicle on a private
way or upon private property.
D.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any property
owner within the Borough of Heidelberg to have on his, her or their
property an abandoned motor vehicle as defined by this chapter.
[Amended 5-19-1987 by Ord. No. 383, approved 5-19-1987; 11-21-2000 by Ord. No. 539]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this chapter, upon conviction, shall be liable
for a fine in a sum not to exceed $1,000 for any single violation
of this chapter. In the event of nonpayment of the fine and costs,
the District Justice may, upon conviction, convict the guilty party
to not more than 10 days in any county jail or workhouse.
The Heidelberg Borough Police Department shall
notify each property owner and, if possible, each owner of a vehicle
defined as an abandoned vehicle within this chapter of the violation
of this chapter. The written notice shall be delivered to the property
owner, the vehicle owner or posted on the property and shall give
the vehicle owner 10 days' notice to correct the violation. The notice
shall be in a form to be determined by the Chief of Police of the
Borough of Heidelberg.
