[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Mount Pleasant Township 2-22-2006 by Ord. No. 104; amended in its entirety 1-28-2009 by Ord. No. 113. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Junkyards and junk dealers — See Ch. 125.
The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context or language clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
ABANDONED VEHICLE
A vehicle that meets any one of the following criteria:
A. 
Is inoperable and is left unattended on public property; or
B. 
Has remained illegally parked on public property; or
C. 
Is without a valid registration plate or a certificate of inspection or title and is left unattended on or along a public street, highway, or other public property.
DISABLED VEHICLE
Any vehicle which cannot move under its own power.
JUNKED VEHICLE
Any motor vehicle not contained in a building, which is without either a current inspection certificate or current registration plate, excluding vehicles utilized in a bona fide farming operation or commercial enterprise.
LARGE VEHICLE COMPONENT
Includes, but is not limited to, engines, transmissions, axle housings, frames, bodies or truck beds.
NUISANCE VEHICLE
Any vehicle which has any of the following conditions:
A. 
Does not have a current license and/or inspection.
B. 
One or more wheels or tires is removed.
C. 
Is suspended or placed on blocks.
D. 
Is missing a door, window, hood, trunk lid, or other major body parts.
E. 
Disassembled chassis parts are stored in a disorderly fashion or loose in or on the vehicle.
F. 
Is used for the storage of any items, trash or junk, whether inside the vehicle or in the bed of a truck.
A. 
No person shall permit a disabled, junked, nuisance or abandoned vehicle, or large vehicle component to remain on public property for more than 48 hours.
B. 
No person in charge of or in control of private property, whether as owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or otherwise, shall allow a large vehicle component or a motor vehicle which is junked, disabled, or a nuisance vehicle, as defined in this chapter, to remain on such property for a period in excess of 15 days, provided that this section shall not apply with regard to any vehicle or vehicle component completely contained within an enclosed building. For purposes of this section, the term "enclosed building" shall mean a roofed and walled structure built for permanent use. This chapter shall further not apply with regard to any vehicle or vehicle component on the premises of a business enterprise operated in a lawful place, and operated in a lawful manner, when the keeping or maintaining of such a vehicle or vehicle component is necessary to the operation of such business enterprise or with regard to a vehicle or vehicle component in an appropriate storage place or depository maintained in a lawful place and manner by the Township or any other public entity. Any vehicle or vehicle component in violation of the provisions of this section is hereby declared a nuisance.
It shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors through the Zoning Officer or other designated agent to serve or cause to be served a notice upon any person who is in violation of the provisions of this chapter and to demand the abatement of the nuisance within 15 days.
If the person so served does not abate the nuisance within 15 days, the Board of Supervisors may also, in addition to the penalties prescribed herein, proceed to abate such nuisance, keeping an account of the expense of the abatement, and such expense shall be charged to and collected from the person in a manner provided by law, either by the filing of a municipal lien or claim by the Township of an action law or equity. The recovery of such cost and expense may be in addition to the penalty imposed as provided in § 121-6 of this chapter.
The notice required by § 121-3 hereof shall be served either personally or by certified mail upon the person in violation of this chapter. In addition, notice may also be served by tagging such offending vehicle or component in a conspicuous place on such vehicle or component, indicating that such vehicle or component is in violation of this chapter and further providing that failure to timely remove such vehicle or component will result in fines and/or costs of removal.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the Township before a Magisterial District Justice, pay a fine of not more than $600, plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by the Township in the enforcement of this chapter. No judgment shall be imposed until the date of the determination of the violation by the Magisterial District Judge. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Township may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. Further, the appropriate officers or agents of the Township are hereby authorized to seek equitable relief, including injunction, to enforce compliance herewith.