[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Jenkintown 5-27-1968. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fire prevention — See Ch. 94.
Nuisances — See Ch. 122.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 156.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 172.
Zoning — See Ch. 141.
The Borough Council of the Borough of Jenkintown declares that the abandonment or desertion of motor vehicles upon private property within the Borough constitutes a hazard to the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Borough and does, therefore, enact and ordain as follows.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
PERSON
Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
PRIVATE PREMISES
Any real property of any sort not owned by the Borough, the School District of Jenkintown or its successors, the County of Montgomery, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the United States Government or any instrumentality thereof.
VEHICLE
Every motor-powered device required to be licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by which any property, person or thing may be transported or drawn upon a public road.
A. 
From and after the effective date of this chapter, the abandonment, desertion or forsaking of any vehicle shall be prohibited, and no person shall abandon, desert or forsake any vehicle within the Borough of Jenkintown.
B. 
Such abandonment is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
[Amended 3-28-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-1]
A. 
A vehicle shall be conclusively presumed to be abandoned for purposes of this chapter if it remains in an inoperable condition within the Borough on private or public premises for a period of 30 days or more.
B. 
A vehicle shall be conclusively presumed to be abandoned for purposes of this chapter if it, being a vehicle required to be licensed for operation on the public roadways by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, such licensing being demonstrated by the affixing of a license plate or other form of visible markings or tags to said vehicle, shall remain on private or public property for a period of 30 days or more without bearing such current valid plates or markings.
C. 
A vehicle shall be conclusively presumed to be abandoned for purposes of this chapter if it remains in an inoperable condition within the Borough on private or public premises and, where licensed in a jurisdiction requiring periodic inspection and subsequent certification of the vehicle, fails to exhibit a current, valid inspection certification placard, marking, sticker or other required attestation for a period of 30 days or more.
[Added 4-28-1980 by Ord. No. 80-13]
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prohibit:
A. 
Any person from parking, storing or repairing a motor vehicle upon private or public property where authorized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the ordinances of the Borough of Jenkintown.
B. 
The placing, keeping or storing of any motor vehicle wholly enclosed or screened in a garage or other building in accordance with the zoning regulations of the Borough.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 181, Zoning.
C. 
The storage of any motor vehicle on the premises of a garage or service station when such motor vehicle is being repaired or is scheduled on the records of said garage or service station for repair.
[Amended 4-28-1980 by Ord. No. 80-13]
The Borough Manager is hereby authorized and empowered to seize and remove or cause to be seized and removed such abandoned vehicles from private premises if the title owner of such vehicle or the owner of private premises upon which any such vehicle is found refuses, fails or neglects to remove and dispose of such abandoned vehicle within three days after notice so to remove is mailed to said owner by the Borough Manager. The Borough Manager is hereby authorized and empowered to pay for the seizure and removal of such abandoned vehicle if said owner refuses, fails and neglects to remove said abandoned vehicle, and in such event, the Borough shall have the power to levy and collect the costs thereof from such title owner of such vehicle or the owner of such private premises, or both, in the manner prescribed by law, and the Borough shall file a lien or municipal claim for the amount of same against the property of either of said owners, or both, failing to comply with the provisions of this chapter, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Assembly in such case made and provided.
[Amended 4-28-1980 by Ord. No. 80-13; 1-30-1989 by Ord. No. 89-2]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon summary conviction thereof, be liable to a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $600, to be collected as fines and penalties are collected by law, or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days, or both.