[Adopted 6-8-1964 (Ch. 82, Part 2, Art. XI, of the 1966 Code); amended in
its entirety 12-17-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-15]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The Borough Zoning Officer, the Borough Property Maintenance
Officer, or any Raritan Borough police officer.
Any vehicle which cannot be started upon request of any enforcement
officer or for any other reason will not run, including and without
limitation any vehicle without a battery, with flat tires, without
wheels, or with extensive body damage or deterioration. A vehicle
shall also be considered inoperable if the owner refuses to start
it.
Any machine propelled other than by human power, designed
to travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners or slides,
and includes without limitation automobile, truck, motorcycle, tractor.
A.
No person shall park, leave or store any abandoned, unregistered,
junked, discarded or inoperable vehicle on any private lands for a
period of more than 30 days.
B.
No person shall permit or suffer any abandoned, unregistered, junked,
discarded or inoperable vehicle to be parked, left, stored or maintained
on any private lands for more than 30 days.
C.
No person shall park, leave or store any vehicle on any public lands
except in case of emergency and then for a period not to exceed 48
hours.
D.
No person shall permit or suffer any vehicle, whether operable or
inoperable, any trailer, or any boat to be parked upon any lawn in
a front yard or a side yard in any residential area, except on a paved
or gravel driveway providing ingress to and egress from an attached
garage, a detached garage or a paved or gravel parking area.
This article shall not apply to a lawfully operated junkyard
or towing service, or to a vehicle located or stored inside a garage
or other building, or to a business lawfully engaged in the repair
and/or sale of vehicles, or to a vehicle under the control of the
Borough of Raritan.
A.
Any vehicle determined by an Enforcement Officer to be in violation
of this article may be taken into possession and removed to a storage
place designated by the Chief of Police or his designee.
B.
Upon the taking into possession of any vehicle, it shall be disposed
of by following the procedures pursuant for the disposition of such
vehicles, including payment to the Borough of all of its costs for
removal and storage of such vehicle.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be liable to a fine of not less than $100
and not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for a term of not more than
30 days, or both.
