[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Mount Wolf 11-11-1986 by Ord. No.
1986-05 (Ch. 153 of the 1992 Code). Amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 400.
Whenever in this chapter the following terms are used, they
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section.
A motor vehicle which has been voluntarily relinquished by
its owner, with the intention of terminating his ownership, possession
and control, without vesting ownership in any other person.
Any motor vehicle not in running condition or parts thereof
left or stored in the open and not in a garage, barn or shed.
[Amended 4-11-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-02]
Any vehicle which is self-propelled and also any trailer
or semitrailer designed for use with such vehicles.
[Amended 4-14-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-01]
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, firm, association
or corporation to park or store in the open on private property within
the Borough of Mount Wolf, York County, Pennsylvania, any abandoned
or junked motor vehicle for a period longer than five days.
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, firm, association
or corporation to permit another person, firm, partnership, association
or corporation to park or store any abandoned or junked motor vehicle
of the former on any street or in the open on public or private property
in the Borough of Mount Wolf, York County, Pennsylvania for a period
longer than five days.
The failure to move any motor vehicle disabled by reason of
an accident for a period of five days from the date of the accident
shall be prima facie evidence that such motor vehicle is an abandoned
motor vehicle.
The failure of any motor vehicle to bear a current state registration
and/or a current official state inspection emblem shall be prima facie
evidence that such motor vehicle is an abandoned motor vehicle and/or
a junked motor vehicle.
[Amended 4-14-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-01]
The Borough Council shall give the owner of an abandoned or junked motor vehicle in violation of § 394-2 or 394-3 notice to remove the same, and in the event such abandoned or junked motor vehicle is not removed within 30 days, the Mayor of the Borough of Mount Wolf or any police officer of the Northeastern Regional Police Department is hereby authorized to remove any abandoned or junked motor vehicle from the street or from public or private property and to cause such motor vehicle to be stored temporarily pending determination of ownership and notice to the owner thereof of its removal. The Mayor or such police officer shall immediately notify the owner or reputed owner of said motor vehicle of its removal and of the intention of the Borough to dispose of the motor vehicle unless it is claimed and the costs of removal and storage paid within five days after the date of mailing of the notice.
In the event that any abandoned or junked motor vehicle is not claimed and the costs of its removal and storage not paid within five days of the mailing of the notice prescribed in § 394-6 above or in the event that the identity or whereabouts of the owner cannot be determined after a reasonable investigation, application shall be made by the Borough for a title or certificate of junk in its name and the motor vehicle disposed of.
A.
General rule. In addition to the costs of removal and storage which are hereby placed on the owner of the abandoned or junked motor vehicle, and regardless of whether the motor vehicle is removed under authority of § 394-6, violation of this chapter by any person or any officer of any partnership, firm, association or corporation shall constitute a summary offense punishable as set forth in Chapter 1, Article I, General Penalty, § 1-1 of this Code.
B.
Failure to remove motor vehicle after notice. Failure of the owner of a motor vehicle to remove it within the thirty-day period specified in a notice given under § 394-6 is punishable as set forth in Chapter 1, Article I, General Penalty, § 1-1 of this Code, regardless of whether the motor vehicle is removed under authority of § 394-6. Each day of a continuing violation constitutes a separate offense.
