[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township
of East Brunswick 7-11-66 as Ord. No. 66-58 and as Sec. 4-5 of the Revised General Ordinances. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
Any real property within the township which is not a street
or highway.
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained, when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for purposes of vehicular travel.
A machine propelled by power, other than human power, designed
to travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners or slides
and to transport persons or property or to pull machinery, and shall
include, without limitation, automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle,
tractor, buggy and wagon.
No person shall abandon any vehicle within the township, and
no person shall leave any vehicle at any place within the township
for such time and under such circumstances as to cause such vehicle
to reasonably appear to have been abandoned.
No person shall leave any partially dismantled, nonoperating,
wrecked or junked vehicle on any street or highway within the township.
No person in charge or control of any property within the township,
whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise, shall allow
any partially dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked, junked or discarded
vehicles to remain on such property longer than forty-eight (48) hours;
and no person shall leave any such vehicle on any property within
the township for a longer time than forty-eight (48) hours, except
that this section shall not apply with regard to a vehicle in an enclosed
building, a vehicle on the premises of a business enterprise operated
in a lawful place and manner, when necessary to the operation of such
business enterprise, or a vehicle in an appropriate storage place
or depository maintained in a lawful place and manner by the township.
[Amended 4-25-94 by Ord. No. 94-28; 5-10-04 by Ord. No. 04-06; 4-25-2022 by Ord. No. 22-10]
The Director of Public Safety, or any member of the Division
of Police designated by him, is hereby authorized to remove or have
removed any vehicle, left at any place within the Township, which
reasonably appears to be in violation of this chapter or lost, stolen
or unclaimed. Such vehicle shall be impounded until lawfully claimed
or disposed of in accordance with applicable statutes. The Director
of Public Safety, or any member of the Division of Police acting for
him, shall notify the registered and legal owner, in writing, by personal
service or by certified mail, at the last known address of the owner,
of the removal of such vehicle, the reason for the same and the location
of the vehicle. Such vehicle shall be retained and impounded until
the owner or his duly authorized agent shall have paid the cost of
such taking and removal, together with a storage charge of $35 for
each and every day such vehicle is retained and impounded.
[Added 12-14-98 by Ord. No. 98-32]
Parking of inoperable vehicles and/or vehicles that are not
legally licensed on private property are restricted to a limit of
thirty (30) days. This includes flat tire, missing wheels, left on
jacks for long periods during repair of storage, engine problems that
prevent the vehicle from being driven. Vehicles that are not "street
legal", not registered, or without current license tags shall be considered
inoperable.
