[Ord. 114, 1/21/1991, § 402]
1. The unsheltered storage within the Township of the following articles
for a period in excess of 30 days (except in licensed junkyards) is
hereby declared to be a nuisance and dangerous to public safety:
A. Motor vehicles (including truck-type tractors and semi-trailers)
which are either junked, stripped, or do not possess a valid inspection
sticker or registration plate and which are clearly visible from adjacent
occupied structures or public ways.
B. More than two pieces of inoperative machinery or equipment or partially
disassembled machinery or equipment (including metal parts or assemblies
taken from vehicles or machinery) which are clearly visible from adjacent
occupied structures or public ways.
C. More than 1280 cubic feet of firewood or more than 128 cubic feet
of wood products such as wood pallets, doors, window frames, and door
and window jams which are clearly visible from adjacent occupied structures
or public ways unless same is broken down and neatly stacked.
(1)
Exemptions on 1280 cubic foot limit for firewood can be obtained
by making an application to the Code Enforcement Officer. Sufficient
evidence must be provided that the storage of greater amounts of firewood
are not for resale.
D. Items of used or discarded furniture or household furnishings (including
but not limited to upholstered and unupholstered furniture, mattresses,
pillows, cushions, appliances, and utensils) which are clearly visible
from adjacent occupied structures or public ways.
E. Accumulation of more than five used tires, rims, or hubcaps, which
are clearly visible from adjacent occupied structures or public ways.
[Ord. 114, 1/21/1991, § 402]
The owner, owners, tenants, lessees, and/or occupants of any
lot within the Township upon which such storage is made, and also
the owner, owners, and/or lessees of said personal property involved
in such storage (all of whom are hereinafter referred to collectively
as "owners"), shall jointly and severally abate said nuisance within
10 days of receipt of notice from the Township to do so by the removal
of said personal property into completely enclosed buildings authorized
to be used for such storage purposes, if within the Township or otherwise
to remove it to a location outside the Township.
[Ord. 114, 1/21/1991, § 402; as amended by Ord.
266, 9/17/2007]
If said owners allow said nuisance to exist or fail to abate
said nuisance, they, and each of them, upon conviction thereof in
an action brought before a magisterial district judge in the manner
provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania
Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not
less than $35 nor more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment
of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90
days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues or each section
of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute
a separate offense.
[Ord. 114, 1/21/1991, § 402]
Whenever owners fail to abate said nuisance then the Township
may remove the said personalty to a location of its selection, the
expenses therefore to be billed to said owners, jointly and severally,
said bill to be recoverable in a suit at law. When said personalty
has been removed and placed in storage by the Township, as provided
for herein, said personalty shall be sold by the Township after the
lapse of 30 days or such other time as may be provided by law. If
the proceeds of such sale are insufficient to pay the cost of abatement,
said owners shall be liable to the Township for the balance of the
costs, jointly and severally, to be recoverable in a suit at law.
If the proceeds are in excess of costs the balance shall be paid to
said owners.