[Ord. 1984-1, 2/23/1984]
It shall be unlawful for any owner of any type of motor vehicle
requiring a registration plate and a state inspection sticker under
the applicable provisions of the Vehicle Code,[1] to park or store or permit the same to be parked or stored
on any public street or public alley within the limits of the Borough
for a period in excess of 48 hours if said motor vehicle does not
have attached to it a current valid registration plate and a current
valid State inspection sticker required under the applicable provisions
of the Vehicle Code.
[1]
Editor's Note: 75 P.S. §§ 101-9701 (1977) as
hereafter amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted by the General
Assembly of Pennsylvania.
[Ord. 1984-1, 2/23/1984]
It shall be unlawful for any owner of any motor vehicle requiring
a registration plate and a state inspection sticker under the applicable
provisions of the aforesaid Vehicle Code to park or store or to permit
to be parked or stored any such motor vehicle on any street or alley
within the Borough when such motor vehicle is to any extent partially
dismantled and inoperable.
[Ord. 1984-1, 2/23/1984]
1.
Any police officer may remove or cause to be removed to a nearby
garage or other place of safety a vehicle in violation of any provision
of this Part. Prior to removal of such vehicle bearing a registration
plate by which the last registered owner of the vehicle can be determined,
notice shall be sent by certified mail to the last registered owner
of the vehicle informing him that unless the vehicle is moved to a
suitable location within five days of the date the notice is mailed,
the vehicle will be removed and held at a suitable facility where
it may be reclaimed. If the vehicle does not bear an identifiable
registration plate, the notice may be secured to the vehicle.
2.
Within the five-day period, the owner shall be given, if requested,
an opportunity to explain to police officers or the department why
the owner believes the vehicle should not be removed. If the police
officers or department decide that the vehicle shall be moved, the
owner shall be given an additional 48 hours to move the vehicle or
have it moved.
[Ord. 1984-1, 2/23/1984]
In order to reclaim his vehicle, the owner shall pay towing
and storage costs, plus a $25 fee of which $10 shall be transferred
to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation by the garage to
which the vehicle was taken.
[Ord. 1984-1, 2/23/1984]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Part shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of $50, together
with all costs of disposing of the vehicle under provisions of the
Vehicle Code, 75 P.S. §§ 7301-7312 (1977), as hereafter
amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted by the General Assembly
of Pennsylvania.
