[Adopted 10-10-1995 by Ord. No. 1-1995]
It shall be unlawful for any person, owner or lessee to maintain
a motor vehicle nuisance upon the open private grounds of such person,
owner or lessee within the Township. A motor vehicle nuisance shall
include any motor vehicle which is unable to move under its own power
and has any of the following physical defects:
A. Broken windshields, mirrors or other glass with sharp edges.
B. One or more flat or open tires or tubes which could permit vermin
harborage.
C. Missing doors, windows, hood, trunk or other body parts which could
permit animal harborage.
D. Any body parts with sharp edges, including holes resulting from rust.
E. Missing tires resulting in unsafe suspension of the motor vehicle.
F. Upholstery which is torn or open which could permit animal and/or
vermin harborage.
G. Broken headlamps or taillamps with sharp edges.
H. Disassembled chassis parts apart from the motor vehicle, stored in
a disorderly fashion or loose in or on the vehicle.
I. Protruding sharp objects from the chassis.
J. Broken vehicle frame suspended from the ground in an unstable manner.
K. Leaking or damaged oil pan or gas tank which could cause fire or
explosion.
L. Exposed battery containing acid.
M. Inoperable locking mechanism for doors or trunk.
N. Open or damaged floorboards, including trunk and fire wall.
O. Damaged bumpers pulled away from the perimeter of vehicle.
P. Broken grill with protruding edges.
Q. Loose or damaged metal trim and clips.
R. Broken communications equipment antennas.
S. Suspended on unstable supports.
T. Such other defects which could threaten the health, safety and welfare
of the citizens of the Township.
If the owner of grounds on which motor vehicles are stored does
not comply with the notice to abate the nuisance within the time limit
prescribed, the Township shall have the authority to take measures
to correct the conditions and collect the cost of such corrections
plus 10% of all costs. The Township, in such event and pursuant to
its statutory or otherwise authorized police powers, shall have the
right and power to enter upon the offending premises to accomplish
the foregoing.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
$600 plus costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of such
fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30
days. Each day that a violation of this article continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
The remedies provided herein for the enforcement of this article
or any remedy provided by law shall not be deemed mutually exclusive;
rather, they may be employed simultaneously or consecutively, at the
option of the Board of Supervisors.
[Adopted 10-10-1995 by Ord. No. 1-1995]
It shall be unlawful for any person to store or maintain abandoned,
unused, stripped, damaged and generally unusable appliances, machinery
or equipment or construction materials in the open on private property.
Such storage shall constitute a nuisance and/or health hazard if any
of the following conditions exist:
A. Broken glass or metal parts with sharp or protruding edges.
B. Containers which are conducive to the harboring and growth of vermin
or animals.
C. Storage in any manner which would allow the equipment, machinery,
material or any part thereof to easily shift, tilt or fall from its
original storage position.
D. Containers of any liquid or material of a hazardous or potentially
hazardous nature, including but not limited to gasoline, oil, battery
acids, refrigeration agents and poisons.
E. Any other condition which shall threaten the health, safety or welfare
of the citizens.
F. Refrigerators with the doors remaining attached.
If the owner of property on which appliances, machinery, equipment
and/or construction materials are stored does not comply with the
notice to abate the nuisance within the time limit prescribed, the
Township shall have the authority to take measures to correct the
conditions and to collect the cost of such corrections, plus 10% of
all costs. The Township, in such event and pursuant to its statutory
or otherwise authorized police powers, shall have the right and power
to enter upon the offending premises to accomplish the foregoing.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
$600 plus costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of said
fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30
days. Each day that a violation of this article continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
The remedies provided herein for the enforcement of this article
or any remedy provided by law shall not be deemed mutually exclusive;
rather, they may be employed simultaneously or consecutively, at the
option of the Board of Supervisors.