[Ord. 514, 12/30/1988, §§ 1 — 6; as
amended by Ord. 623, 2/14/2006]
1. It shall be unlawful for any owner or possessor of property in the
Borough of West Homestead, which property is used for commercial purposes,
to maintain any area not enclosed by a building on said property where
there shall be stored, maintained, or otherwise occupied by, motor
vehicles, whether operational or non-operational; parts of motor vehicles;
scrap metal; junk; or any other material or objects not part of the
natural landscape of the property or not permanently affixed thereto;
unless said area is entirely enclosed by a fence having a height of
eight feet and having a vinyl privacy weave attached thereto so as
to effectively deny visual access to the area where the items set
forth above are being stored, maintained or accumulated.
2. Maintenance of such an area as described in Subsection
1 without the erection and maintenance of a fence as also described in Subsection
1 is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and liable to be abated as provided by law.
3. All fencing required under this Part and all of the vinyl privacy
weave required to be attached thereto shall be maintained in an undamaged
condition by the owner or possessor of property. Failure of such owner
or possessor of property to maintain such fencing and vinyl privacy
weave material in an undamaged condition shall be a violation of the
terms of this Part and punishable as provided for herein.
4. Each separate week's violation of any of the provisions or terms
of this Part shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
5. The owner of property, the lessee of property, and the possessor
of property shall all individually, in their own capacities, be liable
for violations of this Part whether or not the party cited under this
Part shall be in actual possession of the subject property.
6. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provisions
of this Part, upon conviction thereof, shall 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 of this Part continues shall constitute
a separate offense.