[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Nottingham 5-20-2002 by Ord. No. 74. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
LESSEE
Owner for the purpose of this chapter when the lessor holds the lessee responsible for maintenance or repairs.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any type of mechanical device designed to be propelled by a motor, regardless of whether or not a motor is actually in the subject device in which persons or property may be transported upon public streets or highways, including trailers or semi-trailers pulled thereby, excluding farm equipment.
MOTOR VEHICLE NUISANCE
A motor vehicle nuisance shall include any motor vehicle which is unable to move under its own power for a period in excess of 60 days and, in addition, 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.
C. 
Missing door, window, hood, trunk or other body parts which permit animal harborage.
D. 
Disassembled body or chassis parts apart from the motor vehicle stored in the open.
E. 
Leaking oil pan or gas tank which could cause fire, explosion or environmental hazards.
F. 
Exposed battery outside the vehicle containing acid.
G. 
Motor vehicle and or broken vehicle frame suspended on unsafe and unstable supports of any kind.
NUISANCE
Any condition which shall constitute a danger or potential danger to the health, safety or welfare of the citizens of Nottingham Township.
OWNER
The actual owner, agent or custodian of the property on which motor vehicles are stored, whether individual or partnership, association or corporation.
PERSON
A natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation or other legal entity.
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 A-1 Agricultural District, R-1 Rural Residential District, R-2 Suburban Residential District, R-3 Multifamily Residential District, B-1 Limited Commercial District, B-2 General Commercial District and the M-1 Light Industrial District within Nottingham Township, except as authorized by § 384-4.
Any person, owner or lessee who is authorized by this chapter to store a motor vehicle nuisance may store such vehicle(s) in Nottingham Township only in strict compliance with the regulations provided herein, that is:
A. 
Completely covered by a tarpaulin or similar covering of durable material, said tarpaulin must be tied down to prevent the tarpaulin from being blown off or removed by wind or weather.
B. 
All gas or other flammable liquid shall be removed from the motor vehicle.
C. 
The motor vehicle shall be kept free of vermin, animal or insect infestation while being stored.
D. 
The motor vehicle shall not constitute a danger or public health hazard to the immediate property owners or neighbors where such motor vehicle is located.
E. 
Must be at least 25 feet from the property line of the adjoining property or any public highway, road, street, lane, boulevard or avenue.
F. 
Must be stored at the rear of the residence, residential dwelling, garage, shed or pole building.
G. 
Must erect and maintain such screening as may be required under certain circumstances.
Any person, owner, or lessee who has one but not more than two motor vehicles nuisances in the A-1 Agricultural District, R-1 Rural Residential District, B-1 Limited Commercial District, B-2 General Commercial District, and the M-1 Light Industrial District may store such vehicles only in strict compliance with the requirements of § 384-3 and only after such person, owner, or lessee first applies for a permit for storage on a form prescribed by Nottingham Township and after the payment of a fee, the amount to be determined by the Nottingham Township Board of Supervisors and revised from time to time by resolution. The governing body may consider requiring a type of screen as a special condition of certain permits.
The Nottingham Township Code Enforcement Officer is hereby empowered to inspect private property on which motor vehicles are stored to determine if there is compliance with the provisions of this chapter. If said officer determines that any motor vehicles or vehicles constitutes a motor vehicle nuisance within the meaning of this chapter and that there is noncompliance with the provisions of this chapter, he/she shall:
A. 
Issue a written notice to the person, owner or lessee by certified mail, return receipt requested or by first-class mail, postage prepaid with a certificate of mailing; or
B. 
If the person, owner or lessee's address, whereabouts and/or identity is unknown, by posting the notice of noncompliance conspicuously upon the offending motor vehicle nuisance(s) or enclosure thereof; and
C. 
Such notice of noncompliance shall specify the reasons for noncompliance and shall require the person, owner or lessee to correct such condition within 30 days of mailing or posting of said notice of noncompliance, and thereafter to fully comply with the provisions of this chapter.
If the person, owner or lessee of the motor vehicle nuisance determined to be in noncompliance with the provisions of this chapter fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of this chapter within the time limit prescribed, the Code Enforcement Officer shall have the authority to take the necessary measures and to abate the motor vehicle nuisance by removal of such nuisance, to include entering on the grounds where the motor vehicle nuisance is stored. The Code Enforcement Officer is empowered to tax any cost of correction of such motor vehicle nuisance, to include removal, to the offending person, owner or lessee. Further, the Code Enforcement Officer is hereby empowered to file a complaint with the Magisterial District Judge who has jurisdiction over such matters for violation(s) of this chapter.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.
The remedies provided herein for the enforcement of this chapter, 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 Nottingham Township Board of Supervisors.
If any sentence(s), clause(s), section(s), or part(s) of this chapter is for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections or parts of this chapter. It is declared the intent of the Nottingham Township Board of Supervisors that this chapter would have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentences, clauses, sections or parts thereof not be included herein.