[Adopted 8-20-1996 by Ord. No. 299-A (Ch. 21, Part 7, of the 2010 Code of Ordinances)]
It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to place, park or, in the case of a person who is the owner, lessee or otherwise has an interest in the object, to allow to remain any object other than a motor vehicle in the cartway of any street, alley or way of the Borough. In order to prevent the obstruction of storm sewer inlets, it shall further be unlawful for any person to deposit vegetation, debris or rubbish upon the streets in the Borough.[1]
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Editor's Note: See also § 353-1D(2)(a), regarding prohibited discharge into storm sewer systems, of Ch. 353, Stormwater Management.
The Borough shall have the authority to remove and impound or to order the removal and impounding of any object or vehicle found in the cartway of the streets or alleys of the Borough.
Bonding, storage, removal and impounding of objects under this article shall be done only by Borough personnel or approved agents that shall be designated, from time to time, by the Borough Council. Every such approved agent shall submit evidence to the Borough that it is bonded or has acquired liability insurance in an amount that is satisfactory to the Borough as sufficient to indemnify owners of impounded objects against loss or damage to those objects in the custody of the approved agent. The approved agent shall have an approved storage area and shall submit to the Borough a schedule of charges for removal and storage of objects under this article; and when the schedule is approved by the Borough, those charges shall be adhered to by the approved storage agent, and no different schedule of changes shall be demanded or collected from any person whose object is removed or impounded under this article by any approved storage agent. The Borough Council shall delete from its list of approved storage agents and areas such agent that makes any unapproved charge in connection with objects removed or impounded under this article.
The payment of removal and storage charges shall not remove the owner, lessee or other person having any interest in such an object from liability for any fine or penalty for the violation of the provisions of this article for which the object was removed or impounded.
In order to reclaim an object removed pursuant to the provisions hereof, the owner, lessee or other person having an interest therein shall pay removal and storage costs according to the schedule approved by the Borough Council as specified in § 362-61 above.
The Borough shall cause a record to be kept of all objects impounded under this article and shall be able at all times to furnish the owners, lessees or other persons having an interest in said object with information as to the place of storage of the object.
No object shall be removed under the authority of this article if, at the time of intended removal, the owner or the person in charge of such object is present and expresses a willingness and intention to remove the object immediately.