For purposes of this chapter, the following
definitions shall be applicable:
JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLE
A motor vehicle or trailer which is partially dismantled,
unused, unusable or wrecked and which cannot safely or legally be
operated on the streets or highways of this Borough or commonwealth.
Currently licensed, registered and inspected vehicles shall not be
included within this definition.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any self-propelled land vehicle which can be used for towing
or transporting people or materials, including, but not limited to,
automobiles, trucks, buses, motor homes, motorized campers, motorcycles,
motor scooters, tractors, snowmobiles, dune buggies and other off-the-road
vehicles.
PERSON(S)
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
trust, corporation or other group or entity, whether an owner or lessee
of residences, commercial or institutional establishments.
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Any real property not owned by the federal government, state,
county, school district or other political subdivisions.
PUBLIC NUISANCE
The unsheltered storage of a junked motor vehicle as otherwise
defined in this chapter which constitutes a hazard or threat or potential
threat to the health, safety, or welfare of the Borough's citizens.
REMOVAL
The physical location or relocation of a motor vehicle to
an authorized location.
TRAILER
Any wheeled device used as a means of carrying, hauling or
conveying any vehicle, person, animal, boat or other object.
UNSHELTERED STORAGE
Any storage except storage inside a building or in an area
completely surrounded by a solid fence of a height not less than the
height of the motor vehicle or trailer being sheltered.
The Danville Police Department, on routine inspection
or upon receipt of a complaint, may enter upon private property to
investigate a suspected junk motor vehicle or motor vehicle accessories
stored or maintained in violation of this chapter and record the make,
model, style and identification numbers and its situation and condition.
Whenever the Danville Police Department finds
or is notified that any junked motor vehicle or motor vehicle accessories
have been stored or permitted to remain on any private property or
public street or highway within the Borough and in violation of the
provisions of this chapter, the Danville Police Department shall send
by certified or registered mail a notice to the owner of record or
person having custody of such motor vehicle or accessories, if such
owner can be ascertained by the exercise of reasonable diligence,
and also to the owner of the private property, as shown on the tax
assessment records of the Borough, on which the same is located, to
remove the junked motor vehicle, trailer or motor vehicle accessories
within 30 days. Such notice shall contain the following additional
information:
B. Description and location of the motor vehicle and/or
motor vehicle accessories;
C. Statement that the motor vehicle or motor vehicle
accessories shall be removed from the premises no later than 30 days
from the date of notification;
D. Statement that removal from the location specified
in the notification to another location upon which such storage is
not permitted is prohibited and shall subject the person to additional
penalties;
E. Statement that if removal is made within the time
limits specified, notification thereof shall be given in writing to
the Danville Police Department; and
F. Statement of the penalties provided for noncompliance
with such notice.
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this chapter shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a summary offense
and shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 and/or
to be committed to the county jail for a period not exceeding 30 days,
plus costs of prosecution, an each day that a violation is committed
shall constitute a separate offense.