[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Hopkinton 5-7-2012 ATM by Art. 43. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person in charge or control of any property within the town, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise, shall allow any part or component of any motor vehicle or trailer that is visible from a public or private way or from an abutting property to remain on such property.
A. 
The Select Board may issue a permit to keep, store or allow more than one unregistered motor vehicle or trailer to remain on a property after the Board has held a public hearing thereon, first causing at least 14 days' notice of the time, place and subject matter of such hearing to be given at the expense of the applicant by:
(1) 
Publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the town; and
(2) 
Certified mail to each of the persons appearing upon the Assessors' most recent valuation list as the owners of property abutting the property in question.
B. 
Said Board shall not issue a permit unless it finds that the presence of more than one unregistered motor vehicle or trailer on the property:
(1) 
Will not nullify or substantially derogate from the intent or purpose of this Chapter; and
(2) 
Will not constitute a hazard to the safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the town; and
(3) 
Will not adversely affect the neighborhood in which such property is situated.
C. 
Each such permit shall specify the maximum number of unregistered motor vehicles or trailers that may be kept, stored or allowed to remain on the property, shall be limited to a reasonable period of time not exceeding two years and shall be a personal privilege of the applicant and not a grant attached to and running with the land.
The Director of Municipal Inspections or a designee thereof shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of this Chapter.
This Chapter shall not apply to:
A. 
A motor vehicle in an enclosed building;
B. 
A motor vehicle on the property of a holder of a class license under section 58 of Chapter 140 of the Massachusetts General Laws;
C. 
A motor vehicle on the property of a farming or business enterprise operated in a lawful place and manner when necessary or appropriate to the operation of such enterprise; or
D. 
A motor vehicle in an appropriate storage place or depository maintained in a lawful place and manner by the town.
Any person who continues to violate any provision of § 188-1 of this Chapter after thirty (30) days following receipt of written notice of such violation from the Police Department shall be liable for a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars ($20) for each offense. Each day that any violation continues after said thirty-day period shall constitute a separate offense.
Any person who violates any provision of this Chapter shall be subject to a noncriminal penalty. Each continuing day of such violation may be considered a separate offense. Such violation may be addressed by the procedure for noncriminal disposition provided in section 21D of Chapter 40 of the Massachusetts General Laws and section 1-4 of these Bylaws.