It shall be unlawful for any person, owner or lessee to maintain a motor
vehicle nuisance upon the open private grounds of such person, owner or lessee
within the Township. A motor vehicle nuisance shall include any motor vehicle
which is unable to move under its own power and has any of the following physical
defects:
A. Broken windshields, mirrors or other glass with sharp
edges.
B. One or more flat or open tires or tubes which could permit
vermin harborage.
C. Missing doors, windows, hood, trunk or other body parts
which could permit animal harborage.
D. Any body parts with sharp edges, including holes resulting
from rust.
E. Missing tires resulting in unsafe suspension of the motor
vehicle.
F. Upholstery which is torn or open which could permit animal
and/or vermin harborage.
G. Broken headlamps or tail lamps with sharp edges.
H. Disassembled chassis parts apart from the motor vehicle
stored in a disorderly fashion or loose in or on the vehicle.
I. Protruding sharp objects from the chassis.
J. Broken vehicle frame suspended from the ground in an
unstable manner.
K. Leaking or damaged oil pan or gas tank which could cause
fire or explosion.
L. Exposed battery containing acid.
M. Inoperable locking mechanism for doors or trunk.
N. Open or damaged floor boards, including trunk and fire
wall.
O. Damaged bumpers pulled away from the perimeter of the
vehicle.
P. Broken grill with protruding edges.
Q. Loose or damaged metal trim and clips.
R. Broken communication equipment antenna.
S. Suspended on unstable supports.
T. Such other defects which could threaten the health, safety
and welfare of the citizens of Limerick Township.
If the owner of grounds on which motor vehicles are stored does not
comply with the notice to abate the conditions within the time limit prescribed,
the Township shall have the authority to take measures to correct the conditions
and collect the cost of such corrections, plus 10% of all costs. The Township,
in such event and pursuant to its statutory or otherwise authorized police
powers, shall have the right and power to enter upon the offending premises
to accomplish the foregoing.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon
conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 and/or
to undergo imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a
violation of this chapter continues shall constitute a separate offense.
The remedies provided herein for the enforcement of this chapter or
any remedy provided by law shall not be deemed mutually exclusive; rather,
they may be employed simultaneously or consecutively at the option of the
Board of Supervisors.
If any sentence, clause, section or part of this chapter is for any
reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such unconstitutionality,
illegality or invalidity shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions,
sentences, clauses, sections or parts of this chapter. It is hereby declared
as the intent of the Board of Supervisors that this chapter would have been
adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence, clause, section
or part thereof not been included herein.