[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of West Vincent 6-5-1967 by Ord. No. 6. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
The following words, terms and phrases, used herein, shall have the following meanings:
JUNK VEHICLE
Any motor vehicle which does not have affixed a current inspection sticker or registration as required by the Vehicle Code of the commonwealth, but the term "junk vehicle" shall not include a motor vehicle in running condition, which is used on the owner's property exclusively, which may be nonlicensed and noninspected, and it shall not include such motor vehicles as may be used for learning or other purposes, provided the same are registered with the Supervisors and maintained by permission of the Supervisors.
PERSON
Any natural person, partnership, firm, association or corporation.
SUPERVISORS
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of West Vincent.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of West Vincent, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
B. 
The use of the singular tense shall include the plural, and the masculine pronoun shall include the feminine.
No person shall permit any junk vehicle to remain on his property for a period of more than three days after notice to remove the same shall have been given him by the Supervisors through their administrative officer or other agent.
No person shall abandon any vehicle on property, public or private, in the Township or permit the same to remain on any public or private property in the Township for a period of more than three days from the receipt of notification from the Supervisors to remove the same. Such notice shall be delivered by the Township administrative officer or other agent of the Supervisors.
The vehicle registration of any motor vehicle shall be prima facie evidence of its ownership. Any other evidence of ownership may be used to establish the fact of ownership, such as serial numbers, manufacturers' numbers, or other evidence of ownership.
In addition to the penalties hereinafter provided for violations of this chapter, the Supervisors, upon the expiration of the notice required herein, may enter on any property where any junk vehicle is located, remove the same, and collect the cost of such removal from the owner by legal proceedings. The exercise of any such power by the Supervisors or their agents shall not deprive the Township of the right to proceed in any such situation in a court of equity ,nor shall it affect the penalties herein prescribed for violation.
In case of the violation of the provisions of §§ 342-2 and 342-3 of this chapter, the offender, upon prosecution before any Magisterial District Judge in the County of Chester in a summary proceeding and being found guilty of such violation, shall pay a penalty of $10 for each offense.
The location of any junk vehicle within the prohibition of this act shall constitute a separate offense for each day the same is permitted to continue.