It is hereby determined that outdoor storage or keeping or abandoning
or leaving any junked or discarded or abandoned motor vehicle outdoors
creates an unsightly condition depreciating the value of neighboring
property, creates an attractive nuisance to children, creates a shelter
for rodents, creates a fire hazard and is harmful to the health, safety
and welfare of the inhabitants of the Township of Elk, in the County
of Gloucester, and this article is, therefore, enacted for the preservation
of the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the Township
of Elk, in the County of Gloucester.
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of this article:
JUNKED
Has the same meaning as "discarded," and "discarded" shall
have the same meaning as "junked," and either or both words shall
be taken to mean and include any motor vehicle which:
A.
Is not in current use for transportation of persons or property
and has been discarded for use as a motor vehicle; and
B.
Is not currently licensed or has no registration or identification
marker for the current year; and
C.
Is mechanically inoperative or not fit for transportation of
persons or property on the public streets, roads or highways; and
D.
Has been continually parked for 14 consecutive calendar days,
or longer, outdoors on any lot of land, public or private, or for
any length of time whatever on any street, road or highway in the
Township of Elk, in the County of Gloucester.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Includes all vehicles propelled otherwise than by muscular
power and designed to be driven or operated on the public streets,
roads or highways; and the words "motor vehicle" shall be taken to
mean and include all of the following as named and defined in the
Revised Statutes of the State of New Jersey, Title 39, Article 1,
Section 1: "automobile," "commercial motor vehicle," "motorcycle,"
"omnibus," "passenger automobile," "road tractor," "semi-trailer,"
"trailer," "truck" and "truck tractor" when designed to be driven
or operated on the public streets, roads or highways; except that
the words "motor vehicle" shall not be taken to mean or include semi-trailers
or trailers kept and used for office space, shop space, construction
use, storage, refrigeration and other such like business, commercial,
agricultural and industrial uses, and shall not include motor vehicles
used as farm machinery and kept on farms operated by farmers keeping
them. "Motor vehicle" shall mean one or more motor vehicles, and the
singular shall include the plural.
OUTDOORS
Outside of any building having at least three walls and a
roof; so as to be enclosed on top and three sides.
PERSON
Includes any individual, firm, partnership, member of any
firm or partnership, corporation or association, any officer, director,
manager, trustee or other member of the governing body of any corporation
or association, and the word shall include masculine, feminine and
neuter genders, and the singular shall include the plural.