As used in this chapter, the following words
or phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
ABANDONED
Any item resting for 96 hours or more and which is inoperable,
without current registration plates, certificate or inspection or
is in such a condition as to be unusable.
APPLIANCE
A stove, refrigerator, television, furnace, water heater,
water softener, washer, dryer or mangle, household articles used to
perform any of the necessary work in a household and articles used
in business to increase production or to speed, ease or eliminate
work.
BOAT
Any vessel capable of transporting a person on any river,
stream, creek, lake or ocean.
DISCARDED
Any item resting for 96 hours or more with no known or apparent
owner.
JUNKED
Items sold or to be sold for scrap, being stripped or being
used or sold for parts.
PERSON
A natural person, the members of an unincorporated association,
all of the partners of a partnership and the officers and Board of
Directors or a corporation.
TRAILER
A wheeled device used as a means of carrying, hauling or
conveying any vehicle, person, animal, object or boat.
VEHICLE
An automobile, motorcycle, motorbike, minibike, bicycle,
go-cart, truck or other wheeled means of conveyance, motorized or
self-propelled.
It shall be unlawful for any person to accumulate
or store any junked, abandoned or discarded vehicle, trailer, boat,
appliance or household furnishing on private or public property within
the Borough of Prospect Park, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Any person, upon summary conviction of a violation of §
160-2 of this chapter before a District Justice, shall, for the first offense, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $300, and for each and every subsequent offense shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $300 and, in default in payment of a fine assessed hereunder, shall undergo imprisonment for not less than five days nor more than 30 days. Each day the person is in violation of §
160-2 of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense.
All prosecutions of this chapter shall be brought
in the name of the Borough of Prospect Park before any District Justice
and shall be commenced by information and warrant, citation, or complaint
and summons and shall be directed to and be served by a constable
or other proper person. Warrants shall be returnable forthwith, and,
upon such return, like proceedings shall be had as in the case of
summary convictions.