It shall be unlawful for any person, owner or lessee to maintain
a motor vehicle nuisance upon the open private grounds of such person,
owner or lessee within the Township of Hampton. A motor vehicle nuisance
shall include any motor vehicle which is unable to move under its
own power and has any of the following physical defects:
A. Broken windshields, mirrors or other glass, with sharp edges.
B. One or more flat or open tires or tubes which could permit vermin
harborage.
C. Missing doors, windows, hood, trunk or other body parts which could
permit animal harborage.
D. Any body parts with sharp edges including holes resulting from rust.
E. Missing tires resulting in unsafe suspension of the motor vehicle.
F. Upholstery which is torn or open which could permit animal and/or
vermin harborage.
G. Broken headlamps or tail lamps with sharp edges.
H. Disassembled chassis parts apart from the motor vehicle stored in
a disorderly fashion or loose in or on the vehicle.
I. Protruding sharp objects from the chassis.
J. Broken vehicle frame suspended from the ground in an unstable manner.
K. Leaking or damaged oil pan or gas tank which could cause fire or
explosion.
L. Exposed battery containing acid.
M. Inoperable locking mechanism for doors or trunk.
N. Open or damaged floor boards including trunk and firewall.
O. Damaged bumpers pulled away from the perimeter of vehicle.
P. Broken grill with protruding edges.
Q. Loose or damaged metal trim and clips.
R. Broken communication equipment antennas.
S. Suspended on unstable supports.
T. Such other defects which could threaten the health, safety and welfare
of the citizens of the Township of Hampton.
If the owner of grounds on which motor vehicles are stored does
not comply with the notice to abate the conditions within the time
limit prescribed, the Township shall have the authority to take measures
to correct the conditions and collect the cost of such corrections,
plus 10% of all costs. The Township, in such event and pursuant to
its statutory or otherwise authorized police powers, shall have the
right and power to enter upon the offending premises to accomplish
the foregoing.
[Added 12-14-2005 by Ord. No. 670]
The duly appointed salvor of the Township of Hampton, any authorized
police officer of the Township of Hampton, or any entity, instructed
and authorized by the Hampton Township Code Enforcement Officer or
Land Use Administrator, is hereby authorized to tow, remove, and impound
or order the towing removal and impounding of any vehicle parked,
wrecked, junked, or abandoned, on any of the streets, highways or
public property of the Township of Hampton in violation of any of
the provisions of the motor vehicle code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
or of any ordinance of the Township of Hampton.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not more than
$600 and costs and, in default of payment thereof, shall be subject
to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a
violation of this chapter continues shall constitute a separate offense.
The remedies provided herein for the enforcement of this chapter,
or any remedy provided by law, shall not be deemed mutually exclusive;
rather they may be employed simultaneously or consecutively, at the
option of the Township Council.