It shall be unlawful for any person, owner or
lessee to maintain a motor vehicle nuisance upon the open private
grounds of such person, owner or lessee within the Borough. A motor
vehicle nuisance shall include any motor vehicle which is unable to
move under its own power and has any of the following physical defects:
A. Broken windshields, mirrors or other glass with sharp
edges.
B. One or more flat or open tires or tubes which could
permit vermin harborage.
C. Missing doors, windows, hood, trunk or other body
parts which could permit animal harborage.
D. Any body parts with sharp edges, including holes resulting
from rust.
E. Missing tires resulting in unsafe suspension of the
motor vehicle.
F. Upholstery which is torn or open which could permit
animal and/or vermin harborage.
G. Broken headlamps or taillamps with sharp edges.
H. Disassembled chassis parts apart from the motor vehicle
stored in a disorderly fashion or loose in or on the vehicle.
I. Protruding sharp objects from the chassis.
J. Broken vehicle frame suspended from the ground in
an unstable manner.
K. Leaking or damaged oil pan or gas tank which could
cause fire or explosion.
L. Exposed battery containing acid.
M. Inoperable locking mechanism for doors or trunk.
N. Open or damaged floorboards, including trunk and fire
wall.
O. Damaged bumpers pulled away from the perimeter of
the vehicle.
P. Broken grill with protruding edges.
Q. Loose or damaged metal trim and clips.
R. Suspended on unstable supports.
S. Such other defects which could threaten the health,
safety and welfare of the citizens of the Borough.
If the owner of grounds on which motor vehicles
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. The Borough, in such event and
pursuant to its statutory or otherwise authorized police powers, 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 chapter shall, upon conviction thereof before a District Justice,
be sentenced to pay a fine of 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 Council.