[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Lindenwold 4-18-1988 by Ord. No. 773 (Ch. 194 of the 1981 Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is hereby determined and declared that the abandonment or
outside storage of any motor vehicles not currently in use for transportation,
whether or not currently licensed or registered, on any public or
private property within the Borough is contrary and harmful to the
public welfare in that such articles so abandoned or stored attract
or may attract persons of tender years who, being so attracted, may
play in and about them and be injured, and in that such vehicles so
abandoned or stored outside deteriorate and are unsightly and, as
such, are detrimental to and depreciate the value of property in the
neighborhood and affect the entire Borough and, further, that said
abandoned vehicles constitute a danger to the public health and safety.
The following terms, phrases and words, as used in and for the
purpose of this chapter, shall be deemed to have the following meanings:
Includes any motor vehicle, omnibus, road tractor, trailer,
truck, truck trailer and vehicle, which:
Has remained on or about private property or public property
without the consent of the owner or other person so in charge of said
property for a continuing period of more than 10 days;
Does not have current license plates or registration;
Is found to be mechanically inoperative and is allowed to remain
inoperative for a period of 30 days; or
[Amended 4-12-1995 by Ord. No. 969]
Is found without one or more tires.
The Zoning Officer, Compliance Officer, Director of Public
Safety or any member of the Borough of Lindenwold Police Department.
Any vehicle which is no longer in actual use as a motor vehicle
or such vehicle, as is, is incapable of being operated safely or being
put in a safe operational condition except at a cost in excess of
the value thereof.
Intended to have the meanings stated and defined in N.J.S.A.
39:1-1 et seq.
Any individual, firm, partnership or corporation being the
owner or having any legal right in or to a motor vehicle or other
vehicle as herein defined.
That work performed or to be performed upon any vehicle,
including but not limited to motors, ignition systems, transmissions,
drive trains, electric systems or body or fender work.
A.
No person shall authorize, permit, allow or suffer the repair, service
or overhaul of any motor vehicle of any description upon any public
parking lot, highway, street or alley within the Borough of Lindenwold
except when such repairs are necessary in an immediate emergency.
Emergency repairs necessary to place said vehicle in operation may
be made upon said public highway, street, parking lot or alley, provided
that said emergency repairs can be completed in less than 60 minutes
or unless an extra period of time has been granted by the person in
charge of the Police Department at the time of the emergency.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to store or permit to be stored
on any property in the Borough of Lindenwold an abandoned or junk
vehicle, as defined herein, out of doors. Nothing herein contained
shall be deemed to prohibit the placing, keeping or storage of any
such vehicle in an enclosed garage, barn or other building.[1]
A.
Upon complaint of any resident or property owner of the Borough or
any employee of the Borough, the Borough official, as defined in this
chapter, shall make an investigation of the conditions complained
of and report thereon, in writing, as to the conditions found. Upon
receiving such report, if the property in question about which the
complaint was made is found to be in violation of this chapter, the
Borough official shall notify the owner or possessor of the property,
personally or by mail, to take steps to effectively remove the violation
from the property within 10 days after receipt of such notice.
B.
The Borough official shall reinspect said lands after the ten-day
period shall have expired, and if it is found that a condition complained
of and previously found to exist in violation of this chapter has
not been abated or remedied, such Borough official shall remove or
secure the removal of such vehicle to a garage or place for impounding.
The person owning the same shall first pay the reasonable cost of
removal and storage which may result from such removal before regaining
possession of the vehicle.
A.
Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall, in
addition to such other penalties as may be prescribed, pay all costs
of removal and impounding, and in the event that the violator is a
property owner, said costs and such other fines and penalties as may
be levied in accordance with this chapter shall become a lien upon
his property in accordance with law and be collected in the manner
ascribed and established for the collection of liens.
C.
A continuance of a violation or a noncompliance with the provisions
of this chapter shall be deemed a nuisance, and the Borough Council
shall have the right to apply to the courts of this state for injunctive
relief or other relief in addition to the penalties provided herein.
[Added 4-12-1995 by Ord. No. 969]
This chapter shall not apply to automobiles without license
tags and registration temporarily stored for not more than six months,
to be measured from the date of the notice of violation, provided
that said automobile is not an eyesore and remains operable.
