[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Lower
Burrell 5-18-1977 by Ord. No. 6-1977. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 285.
No person shall park, store or leave any motor vehicles of any
kind in a wrecked, junked, unlicensed, stripped or abandoned condition,
on private property, where its presence constitutes a public nuisance,
and no owner of such motor vehicle, or the owner or occupant of any
property, shall allow, or permit the same to left upon any privately
owned property, unless the same be authorized in conjunction with
a business properly operated, pursuant to the zoning laws and other
laws of the City.
If the Ordinance Officer or any police officer find that a violation
of this chapter exists, the Ordinance Officer or any police officer
shall notify the owner of the property on which the motor vehicle
is stored or parked, or the owner of the motor vehicle, or both, of
the violation, and order the owner of such vehicle or the owner of
the property on which the motor vehicle is stored or parked, within
seven days thereof, to remove the motor vehicle.
Notice shall be given by personal service or by registered mail
to the last known address of the violator. In the event that, on diligent
search, the address of either the property owner or motor vehicle
cannot be ascertained, the posting of such notice or copies thereof
on the real property, motor vehicle, structure or area immediately
adjacent thereto shall constitute sufficient notice.
If the violation complained of shall not have been remedied
within the period as required by the order, the City shall, through
its own agents, contractors and/or employees, remedy the violation
by removing such vehicle and charge the costs thereof to the real
property owner on whose property the vehicle is located. Such costs
shall, after a proper demand and refusal or a failure to pay after
30 days, constitute a lien on such realty which shall be filed by
the City Solicitor.
Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the Ordinance Officer,
or any police officer or volunteer fireman from removing from private
property, without notice, any attended or unattended motor vehicle,
the presence of which constitutes a hazard or threat to the life,
health, safety, welfare and morals of the citizens of the City which
is imminently dangerous and in the opinion of the Ordinance Officer,
police officer or volunteer firemen constitutes a nuisance which gives
rise to the existence of emergency conditions.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment
of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30
days. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate
offense.
