No one in control of real property in Town, other than a commercial junkyard or a commercial garage, shall tolerate the remaining thereon for more than 10 days of a junked, abandoned, unregistered, disassembled or inoperable vehicle, nor shall anyone allow such a motor vehicle to remain on any place or road available for public travel for more than 48 hours. Any such motor vehicle remaining for the period indicated shall be deemed abandoned and shall be removed by the Police Department and disposed of under the provisions of Chapter 135 of the General Laws, relating to unclaimed and abandoned property.
[Adopted 12-26-1967 STM by Art. 2]
[Amended 8-28-2024 STM by Art. 2]
Whoever violates any provision of this bylaw shall pay a fine of not more than $300. Each failure to remove the vehicle after written notice from the Select Board to do so to the one in control of real property affected, or the registered owner of the vehicle on such place or road, within 10 days of the receipt of said notice, if on private land, or within 48 hours of its receipt, if on such a place or road, shall be a separate offense and punishable by a fine of not over $300.
Nothing herein shall prohibit the maintenance on private land in an enclosed building of disassembling or inoperable motor vehicles, nor on private property located so that they cannot be seen from a public highway or from abutting property, nor operable farm vehicles.