[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Hampton 12-9-1991 by Ord. No. 19-91. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person to place,
keep, store or maintain more than one junk vehicle or one motor vehicle
body or separately the parts of more than one motor vehicle, which
are exposed outside of an enclosed building on any tract of land within
the Borough which is owned or leased or rented or in the possession
of or under the control of such person, unless such junk motor vehicle
bodies and parts are kept temporarily in the operation of a business
primarily conducted for the sale and repair, or either, of motor vehicles
and not more than five such junk motor vehicles or bodies or parts
are kept at one time in the operation of the business.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any motor vehicle 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.
The premises where any such junk motor vehicles,
junk motor vehicle bodies or junk motor vehicle 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 Borough and shall be subject to regulations or ordinances of
the Borough, including those enacted by the Borough Board of Health.
This chapter shall not apply to the keeping
of one inoperable or unlicensed motor vehicle if such vehicle is located
so that it is not visible from any public road and is kept in such
condition that it presents no danger to any person who might come
near it. This exception shall not be applicable if a representative
of the Board of Health or the Municipal Violations Officer should
determine that the vehicle is visible from a public road or constitutes
a danger. It shall be a violation of this chapter to leave such vehicle
on private property for a period in excess of 15 days after receipt
of a warning from such Board of Health representative or Municipal
Violations Officer.
