It shall be unlawful for any person to store or maintain abandoned,
unused, stripped, damaged and generally unusable appliances, machinery or
equipment, or construction materials in the open on private property. Such
storage shall constitute a nuisance and/or health hazard if any of the following
conditions exist:
A. Broken glass or metal parts with sharp or protruding
edges.
B. Containers which are conducive to the harboring and growth
of vermin or animals.
C. Storage in any manner which would allow the equipment,
machinery, material or any parts thereof to easily shift, tilt or fall from
its original storage position.
D. Containers of any liquid or material of a hazardous or
potentially hazardous nature, including, but not limited to, gasoline, oil,
battery acids, refrigeration agents and poisons.
E. Any other condition which shall threaten the health,
safety or welfare of the citizens of the Borough.
F. Refrigerators with the doors remaining attached.
If the owner of property on which appliances, machinery, equipment and/or
construction materials are stored does not comply with the notice to abate
the nuisance, within the time limit prescribed, the Borough shall have the
authority to take measures to correct the conditions and collect the cost
of such corrections plus 10% of all costs. In such event and pursuant to its
statutory or otherwise authorized police powers, the Borough of Rosslyn Farms
and its designee 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 ordnance shall, upon
conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not more than $600, and in
default of payment, to undergo imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 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
Borough.