[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Tinicum 4-5-1965 by Ord. No. 361. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to protect the
health, safety, morals and welfare of the citizens of the Township
of Tinicum by prohibiting the storage of abandoned, wrecked, junked
or stripped automobiles on private property, since storage of the
same is detrimental to the health, safety, morals and welfare of the
citizens of Tinicum Township.
It shall be unlawful to park, store or leave
any vehicle of any kind in a wrecked, junked, stripped or abandoned
condition in a place where its presence constitutes a hazard to the
citizens of the Township or for the owners of such automobiles or
vehicles or the owners or occupiers of any property to allow, permit
or suffer the same to be left upon any privately owned property unless
the same be authorized in conjunction with a business properly operated
pursuant to the zoning laws of the Township of Tinicum.[1]
When any person shall complain to the Secretary
of the Township that this chapter is being violated, he shall immediately
convey such information to the Police Commissioner of the Township
and, if the Police Commissioner believes that there is proper cause
for the complaint, he shall cause the Secretary to send a notice of
the alleged violation to the owners or occupiers of the land upon
which the nuisance exists, notifying them to abate the nuisance by
removing the vehicles within 10 days after notice; said notice to
be given personally or by certified mail.
The person upon whom notice has been served
of the violation of this chapter may, within five days after receipt
of the same, request a hearing before the Police Committee and after
said hearing the Police Committee shall affirm, withdraw or modify
the violation notice. The intent to request a hearing shall be in
writing, addressed to the Township Secretary, and notice of the date
of the hearing shall be sent to all affected parties.
If the violation complained of shall not be
eliminated within the time set forth in the original notice or within
such time as may be determined by the Police Committee after hearing,
the owners or occupiers of the premises upon which said nuisance exists
shall be deemed to be in violation.
The Police Commissioner or the Chief of Police
is hereby authorized to represent the Township in the prosecution
of any person charged with the violation of this chapter.
Any person who shall violate any section of
this chapter shall, upon conviction before any Magisterial District
Judge of the Township of Tinicum, pay a fine of not less than $10
nor more than $300 and costs of prosecution or, in default thereof,
undergo imprisonment for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day's
failure to comply with the order of the Police Committee shall constitute
a separate offense.
