Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall
have, for the purpose of this chapter, the meanings herein respectively
indicated:
MOTOR VEHICLE
Includes one or more motor vehicles which has been or at
one time licensed or required to be licensed by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania for use over the highways but which is not presently
so licensed and which does not presently have a current inspection
sticker as required by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
for vehicles presently being used over the highways and this term
shall include any part or parts thereof, as well as trailers or semi-trailers
or parts thereof. Provided: Nothing contained in this chapter shall
apply or refer to any vehicle with current antique license plates
as issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
PERSON
Includes any natural person, copartnership, association,
firm or corporation. Whenever used in any clause prescribing and imposing
a penalty, or both, the term "person" as applied to copartnership
or association shall mean the partnership or the members thereof,
and as applied to a corporation shall be the officers thereof.
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Any property not owned or leased by the government of the
United States, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or any political subdivision,
but it does include licensed junkyards or legally operated commercial
businesses where the keeping of motor vehicles as hereinafter defined
are commonly incidental to such business.
Prior to the expiration of any permit issued under this chapter,
the holder thereof may apply for renewal thereof. Such application
shall restate the requirements of the original application, except
that it shall be designated a "renewal application" and shall be accompanied
by a fee of $5. Members of the armed forces shall be exempt from the
renewal fee.
Any person aggrieved by the refusal of permit may request and
shall be granted a hearing before the Borough Council, provided he
shall file with the Council a written petition requesting such a hearing
and setting forth a brief statement of the grounds therefor within
10 days after notice that a permit has been refused. The hearing shall
be commenced no later than 30 days after the date on which the petition
was filed, unless postponed for sufficient cause. After such hearing,
the Council shall sustain, modify or overrule their action.
Any motor vehicle kept on private grounds without a permit issued
by the Borough Council, as herein required, shall be removed by the
owner, occupier of said grounds, or titleholder to said motor vehicle
after notice to do so. In default thereof, Borough may cause the same
to be done and collect from any of the foregoing receiving the said
notice the cost thereof, together with a penalty of 10% of such costs,
in the manner provided by law for the collection of municipal claims
or by an action of assumpsit or may seek appropriate legal or equitable
relief.
In the event that the owner or owners of the premises and title
owner or title owners of the motor vehicle shall be different persons,
they shall be equally responsible to see that the ordinance is complied
with.
[Amended 8-26-1968 by Ord. No. 97; 4-6-1982 by Ord. No. 1982-1; 12-12-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-21]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall
be guilty of an offense and, for every such violation, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $25 nor more than
$600 and costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of fine and
costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than 30 days. Provided:
Whenever any such person shall have been notified by Borough Council,
by prosecution or in any other manner, of that violation, each day
thereafter that the violation continues shall constitute a separate
violation of this chapter.