[Adopted 4-13-2010 by Ord. No. 3874]
It shall be unlawful to place large items of personal property,
excluding motor vehicles and including but not limited to portable
or permanent basketball hoops, hockey goals and skateboard ramps,
on the public streets and rights-of-way of the Township. It shall
also be unlawful for said items to be situated in such a manner as
to require those utilizing said items to do so from the improved portion
of the street.
Large items of personal property, excluding vehicles and including
but not limited to portable or permanent basketball hoops, hockey
goals and skateboard ramps, which are found on public streets and
rights-of-way and which items do not have identification as to the
ownership of those items, shall be considered abandoned and shall
be subject to removal by the Police Department and/or the Department
of Public Works.
Large items of personal property, excluding vehicles and including
but not limited to portable or permanent basketball hoops, hockey
goals and skateboard ramps, which identify their owner are also not
allowed on the public streets and rights-of-way of the Township but
the Township shall give notice of 72 hours to said owner prior to
removing the object as abandoned. The Township shall also be entitled
to move said personal property onto the property of the indicated
owner.
Abandoned personal property confiscated by the Township pursuant
to this article may be redeemed by the rightful owner upon payment
of a fee of $100, said fee calculated to cover the Township's cost
in removing and storing the item. Any citizen who desires may request
a hearing before a designee of the Township Manager to contest whether
the item of personal property was properly removed as abandoned property.
Said hearing shall be held within 21 days of the request for a hearing.
All members of the Township Police Department, the Township
Department of Public Works and the Zoning Inspector are authorized
to file complaints for violations of this article.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties as provided in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty, at the discretion of the court. Every day that a violation continues after due notice has been served, in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof, shall be deemed a separate offense.
