[Adopted 9-14-2015 by Ord. No. 2-2015]
The Township of Fermanagh, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, Board of Supervisors find that:
A. 
The accumulation or storage of junked, abandoned or discarded vehicles, trailers, boats, appliances and household furnishings creates a hazard and danger to the health and welfare of the citizens of the Township of Fermanagh, Juniata County, Pennsylvania;
B. 
The accumulation or storage of junked, abandoned or discarded vehicles, trailers, boats, appliances or household furnishings provides a breeding area for rodents and other unhealthful animals;
C. 
The accumulation or storage of junked, abandoned or discarded vehicles, trailers, boats, appliances or household furnishings creates an attractive nuisance for children who are not aware of the danger involved therein;
D. 
The accumulation or storage of junked, abandoned or discarded vehicles, trailers, boats, appliances or household furnishings violates all concepts of ecological and environmental principles; and therefore that it is necessary to make such accumulations unlawful.
As used in this article, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
ABANDONED
Any item resting for 96 hours or more and which is inoperable, without current registration plates, certificate, or inspection, or in such a condition as to be unusable.
APPLIANCE
A stove, refrigerator, television, furnace, water heater, water softener, washer, dryer or mangle, household articles used to perform any of the necessary work in a household, and articles used in business to increase production or to speed, ease or eliminate work.
BOAT
Any vessel capable of transporting a person on any river, stream, creek, lake or ocean.
DISCARDED
Any item resting for 96 hours or more with no known or apparent owner.
HOUSEHOLD FURNISHING
Any item normally found and used in a home.
JUNKED
Items sold or to be sold for scrap, being stripped or being used or sold for parts.
TRAILER
A wheeled device used as a means of carrying, hauling or conveying any vehicle, person, animal, object or boat.
VEHICLE
An automobile, motorcycle, motorbike, minibike, bicycle, go cart, truck or other wheeled means of conveyance, motorized or self-propelled.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to accumulate or store any junked, abandoned or discarded vehicle, trailer, boat, appliance or household furnishing on private or public property within the Township of Fermanagh, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, except in a legally permitted junkyard or as otherwise permitted under the regulations of Chapter 175, Zoning, of this Code.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Subject to the notice procedures of § 85-10, each day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this article that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
A. 
The Board of Supervisors or another Township agent authorized by the Board of Supervisors is authorized to give notice, by personal service or by United States mail, to the owner or occupant of any premises in violation of § 85-8. If the owner or occupant of the premises fails to comply with the requirements of this article within 10 days after notice is given, the violation shall be subject to enforcement in summary offense proceedings.
B. 
Summary proceedings for violations of this article shall be brought in the name of the Township of Fermanagh. Proceedings shall be commenced by information and warrant citations or complaint and summons and shall be directed to and be served by the Township or its authorized agent. Warrants shall be returnable forthwith and, upon such return, like proceedings shall be had as provided in § 85-9 hereof.