[Ord. No. 821,
§ 2, 11-12-1979; Ord. No. 1408, § 1, 9-8-2003]
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of this article.
ABANDONED VEHICLE
A vehicle (other than a pedal cycle):
(a)
That is inoperable and left unattended on public property or
any street or highway within the Township for more than forty-eight
(48) hours;
(b)
That has remained illegally on public property or on any street
or highway within the Township for more than forty-eight (48) hours;
(c)
Without a current registration plate and inspection sticker
left unattended on any street or highway within the Township or upon
private property;
(d)
That has remained on private property without the consent of
the owner or person in control of the property for more than twenty-four
(24) hours;
(e)
Vehicles and equipment used or to be used in construction or
in the operation or maintenance of public utility facilities, which
are left in a manner which does not interfere with the normal movement
of traffic shall not be considered to be abandoned.
PROPERTY
Any real estate within the Township which is neither a street
or a highway.
STREET or HIGHWAY
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for purposes of vehicular travel.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices used
exclusively upon rails or tracks.
[Ord. No. 821,
§ 2, 11-12-1979]
It is hereby declared to be unlawful to:
(a) Abandon any vehicle within the Township or leave any vehicle at any
place within the Township for such time and under such circumstances
as to cause that vehicle to appear to have been abandoned;
(b) Permit any vehicle which is partially dismantled, inoperable, wrecked
or valueless except for junk (as that term is defined by the Pennsylvania
Motor Vehicle Code) to remain on any street or highway within the
Township for more than forty-eight (48) hours;
(c) Permit, whether as the owner of the vehicle involved, or as the owner,
tenant, occupant, or lessee of the property, any vehicle which is
partially dismantled, inoperable, wrecked, valueless except for junk,
or fails to bear thereon a current registration plate and inspection
sticker to remain on private property longer than ten (10) days, except
where such vehicle is in an enclosed building, on the premises of
a business enterprise operated in a lawful place and manner and when
necessary to the operation of said business enterprise.