[Adopted 12-8-1980 by Ord. No. 758 (Ch. 28, Art. V, of the 1980 Code
of Ordinances)]
From and after the effective date of this article, the unsheltered
storage of unused, stripped, junked, wrecked, or otherwise unusable
automobiles or other vehicles, machinery, implements and/or equipment
and personal property of any kind which is no longer safely usable
for the purpose of which it was manufactured, for a period of 30 days
or more, within the corporate limits of the Borough of East Pittsburgh
shall be deemed a nuisance, dangerous to the public health and safety.
The owner, owners, tenants, lessees and/or occupants of any
parcel of real estate within the limits of the Borough upon which
there is storage of such personal property shall jointly and severally
be responsible for the abatement of the nuisance created by said personal
property and shall upon notification by the Borough promptly remove
such nuisance into completely enclosed buildings authorized for the
use or storage purposes within the Borough, or otherwise remove said
nuisance to a location outside the corporate limits of the Borough.
In addition to the penalties herein provided, the Borough shall
have the right and privilege to remove said personal property to a
location of its selection for storage. The Borough shall notify the
last known owner or owners of the personal property removed that the
same has been placed in storage and shall be sold after the expiration
of 10 days if removal and storage charges are not paid by the responsible
owner or owners. In the event that such personal property has been
placed in storage by the Borough, said personal property may be sold
by the Borough for payment of removal and storage charges. If the
proceeds of such sale are insufficient to pay the costs of removal
and storage, the owners of such personal property shall be liable
to the Borough for the balance of the costs jointly and severally,
to be recoverable in a suit at law. If the proceeds of such sale are
in excess of the costs thereof, the balance shall be paid said owner
or owners or deposited in the Borough treasury for their use.
Upon failure of the owner or owners, tenants, lessees, occupants or persons otherwise responsible for the nuisance described in § 264-13 of this article to remove the same after notification by the Borough, such persons shall be subject to a fine of not less than $25, nor more than $300, and/or imprisonment for a period not in excess of 10 days in an appropriate institution of confinement for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during which such nuisance is permitted to exist.
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Borough may file a municipal claim of record against the owner or owners of the premises from which said personal property is removed for the cost of removal if the cost of removal and storage is in excess of the proceeds received at the sale thereof, as provided for in § 264-15 of this article.
