The outdoor storage of abandoned, junked, discarded or inoperative
motor vehicles upon privately owned and public properties within the
Town increases with the passage of time. It is a source of vexation
and annoyance, not only to the members of the traveling public, but
to the owners and occupants of adjoining lands. The outdoor storage
of such vehicles upon private lands is unsightly. It constitutes an
attractive nuisance to children and a peril to their safety and adds
to the risk of fire of explosion and environmental contamination whenever
gasoline or other fluids are left in such vehicles. It depreciates
the values of neighboring properties. The preservation of peace and
good order, the suppression of vice, the benefit of trade, the preservation
of public health and safety, the protection of property, the prevention
and extinguishment of fires and explosions, and preservation of the
environment compel the Town of Dickinson Town Board to legislate upon
this subject matter. It is hereby declared that the adoption of this
chapter has for its purpose the effective protection of the public
health, safety and welfare and the termination of such obnoxious,
harmful, unhealthy and dangerous practices.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any vehicle originally or currently propelled or drawn by
power, other than muscular power, originally or currently intended
for use on public highways, private roads or trails, or across open
terrain, which said definition shall include but not be limited to
automobiles, buses, trailers, trucks, tractors, motorcycles, minibicycles,
detachable truck bodies and campers, pumps, tanks or any other device
used in connection with a motor vehicle as hereinbefore defined.
OPENLY STORED
Storage other than in a completely enclosed structure such
as a garage, which such open structure shall be constructed completely
of wood, brick, masonry blocks or metal.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter for any
person, entity, firm or corporation, either as owner, occupant, lessee,
agent, tenant or otherwise, to openly park, leave, store or deposit,
or cause or allow or permit to be parked, left, stored or deposited,
any motor vehicle no longer intended or in condition for legal use
on the public highway, or parts or waste material from such motor
vehicles, upon any private or public land or premises or highway within
the limits of the Town of Dickinson.
Upon written application and a fee of $10, the Town Code Enforcement
Officer shall issue a seasonal vehicle permit for the outdoor storage
of one seasonal use vehicle on a parcel of property, subject to the
following conditions:
A. The vehicle shall be owned by one of the inhabitants of the property.
B. The vehicle shall have a current registration and inspection sticker
permanently attached to the windshield.
C. The permit shall be issued for not more than 180 days.
D. The permit shall not be issued if the property has a for sale or
restoration permit issued for another vehicle.
An enforcement officer and/or the Town Board of the Town of
Dickinson may make reasonable rulings and may issue reasonable regulations,
including application forms and permits, for the furtherance of this
chapter.