If the Chicopee Department of Public Health
must remove the vehicle from the stored or parked area, it will be
impounded at a site determined by the Chicopee Department of Public
Health. The cost of impounding and storage will be assessed to the
owner of said vehicle or vehicles.
This section is not intended to preclude any
enforcement by the Chicopee Police Department under provisions of
MGL c. 135.
Violators, if known, will be notified, in writing,
to abate the condition and be given five calendar days to comply with
said order.
Persons, companies or corporations in violation
may be prosecuted upon proper procedures by the Chicopee Department
of Public Health in the Trial Court of the Housing Court of Hampden
County, held at Springfield, Massachusetts.
[Added 6-15-1999 by Ord. No. 99-60]
A. Terms not defined. Where terms are not defined, they
shall have their ordinarily accepted meanings or such as the context
may imply.
B. For the purposes of this chapter, the following shall
be considered for definitional purposes:
ABANDONED
Anything which is left on municipal property under such circumstances
and for a period of more than three days that it appears the owner
does not have any plan to claim it.
DISASSEMBLED
In a state of ruin so as to be incapable of propulsion; not
intact or substantially the same condition as originally purchased.
INOPERABLE
In order for a motor vehicle to be inoperable as that term
is used in this chapter, it must not have a valid inspection sticker,
or be incapable of operation under its own power, or be unable to
run without assistance, or not be capable of safe movement, or not
be fit in all ways for safe, legal and ordinary use as a motor vehicle
on the public ways of the commonwealth. Any vehicle which is inoperable
and is parked or stored in violation of this chapter may be removed
by the City in accordance with this chapter.
[Amended 9-1-2009 by Ord. No. 09-19]
UNREGISTERED
No valid registration or number plate as issued by the Department
of Motor Vehicles under the provisions of MGL c. 90.
UNINSPECTED
Lacking a valid inspection sticker as issued under the provisions
of MGL c. 90.