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Borough of Millvale, PA
Allegheny County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Millvale 7-5-1994 by Ord. No. 1945. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Zoning — See Ch. 312.
It shall remain and continue to be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, partnership or any other entity to, within the limits of the Borough of Millvale:
A. 
Maintain or operate any junkyard for the purpose of collecting or storing junk; and/or
B. 
Maintain or operate any junkyard for the purpose of collecting or storing abandoned, junked, and/or unlicensed motor vehicles or parts of such motor vehicles, including any motor vehicles unlicensed for any reason by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 1(C), regarding abandoned and junked vehicles on streets or public ways, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
Violations of § 177-1 shall be and are hereby declared to be a nuisance per se.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the Borough lockup for a period not exceeding 10 days or to the county jail for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).