[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of High Bridge 2-9-2006 as Ch. 168 of the 2006 Code of the Borough of High Bridge.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Incapable of being legally driven or moved under its own
power on the public highways of the State of New Jersey.
Every device in, upon or by which a person or property might,
if such device were in operable condition, be transported upon a highway,
excepting devices moved by human power.
Capable of being legally driven or moved upon the public
highways of the State of New Jersey.
Not currently licensed to be driven or moved on the public
highways by the proper licensing authority or not bearing current
registration plates or tags lawfully issued by such authority for
the motor vehicle involved.
No person shall park, leave or store any inoperable motor vehicle
on any public lands or premises except in case of emergency and then
for a period of not more than 24 hours.
No person shall park, leave, store or maintain any inoperable
motor vehicle for a period of more than 30 days upon any private lands
or premises.
A.
No owner or occupier of any private lands or premises shall permit
or suffer any inoperable or unlicensed motor vehicle to be parked,
left, stored or maintained on his or her lands or premises for more
than 30 days, whether consecutive or not, except for vehicles adapted
and equipped for snow removal and left on private property to be used
on private rights-of-way not plowed by the Borough.
B.
The arrangement of parking or presentation of vehicles for sale in
residential zones is prohibited.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a licensed
service station operator or a licensed new or used automobile dealer
where said motor vehicle is being or is about to be repaired or is
being disposed of or scrapped; nor shall this chapter apply to lawfully
operated junkyards or to motor vehicles located in garages or other
buildings.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be liable to a fine of not more than $500
or imprisonment for a term of not more than 90 days, or both, in the
discretion of the Judge of the Municipal Court.
The imposition of a penalty or penalties for any violation of
this chapter shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue,
and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations
within a reasonable time. If said violations are not corrected or
remedied within a reasonable time, then each 15 days thereafter that
the prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate
offense hereunder.
