Township of Lower Moreland, PA Chapter 194 Vehicles, Abandoned

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Lower Moreland 10-15-1980 by Ord. No. 307. Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Property maintenance — See Ch. 150.

Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 198.

Zoning — See Ch. 208.

§ 194-1 Storage or parking of certain vehicles prohibited.

The storing or parking of any of the following types of motor vehicles on any property in the Township is hereby prohibited unless such vehicles are stored within a closed building:

A. Unregistered motor vehicles or motor vehicles without a current inspection sticker.

B. Abandoned or derelict motor vehicles.

C. Motor vehicles bearing validly issued dealer's tags of a number in excess of the number of persons comprising such dealer and his or her immediate family resident at the property on which they are parked; in the case of a vehicle bearing dealer's tags, such motor vehicle must exhibit the same tag at all times that it applies to such vehicle so that tags are not shifted from vehicle to vehicle.

§ 194-2 Applicability.

The prohibitions contained in § 194-1 hereof shall have no application to the conduct of a motor vehicle sales agency or a garage servicing and repair business conducted in conformance with the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance of Lower Moreland Township.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: See Ch. 208, Zoning.

§ 194-3 Violations and penalties.

[Amended 3-21-1990 by Ord. No. 392]

Upon conviction in a summary proceeding for a violation of any provision of this chapter, the offender shall be sentenced to pay a fine not in excess of $1,000 plus costs of prosecution for each violation and, in default of such fine and costs, to imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 30 days. Each day of storage of each motor vehicle stored or parked in violation of this chapter shall be deemed to be a separate violation.