The outdoor storage of abandoned, junked, discarded
or inoperative motor vehicles upon privately owned and public properties
within the Town increases with the passage of time. It is a source
of vexation and annoyance not only to the members of the traveling
public but to the owners and occupants of adjoining lands. The outdoor
storage of such vehicles upon private lands is unsightly. It constitutes
an attractive nuisance to children and a peril to their safety and
adds to the risk of fire or explosion and environmental contamination
whenever gasoline or other fluids are left in such vehicles. It depreciates
the values of neighboring properties. The preservation of peace and
good order, the suppression of vice, the benefit of trade, the preservation
of public health and safety, the protection of property, the prevention
and extinguishment of fires and explosions and preservation of the
environment compel the Town of Union Town Board to legislate upon
this subject matter. It is hereby declared that the adoption of this
chapter has for its purpose the effective protection of the public
health, safety and welfare and the termination of such obnoxious,
harmful, unhealthy and dangerous practice.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLE
A vehicle which cannot be driven upon the public streets
for reasons including, but not limited to, being unlicensed, wrecked,
abandoned, in a state of disrepair, or incapable of being moved under
its own power.
[Added 8-5-2009 by L.L. No. 8-2009]
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any vehicle originally or currently propelled or drawn by
power, other than muscular power, originally or currently intended
for use on public highways, private roads or trails or across open
terrain, which said definition shall include but not be limited to
automobiles, buses, trailers, trucks, tractors, motorcycles, minibicycles,
detachable truck bodies and campers, pumps, tanks or any other device
used in connection with a motor vehicle as hereinbefore defined.
OPENLY STORED
Storage other than in a completely enclosed structure such
as a garage, which such structure shall be constructed completely
of wood, brick, masonry blocks or metal.
[Amended 10-6-2010 by L.L. No. 12-2010]
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the
chapter for any person, entity, firm or corporation, either as owner,
occupant, lessee, agent, tenant or otherwise, to openly park, leave,
store or deposit, or cause or allow or permit to be parked, left,
stored or deposited, any motor vehicle no longer intended or in condition
for legal use on the public highway, or parts or waste material from
such motor vehicles, upon any private or public land or premises or
highway within the limits of the Town of Union outside the limits
of the Villages of Endicott and Johnson City unless the owner of said
vehicle obtains a vehicle sales permit, seasonal use permit or restoration
permit.
[Amended 1-16-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002; 10-6-2010 by L.L. No. 12-2010]
Upon written application and a fee as set from
time to time by resolution of the Town Board, the Town Building Official
shall issue a seasonal vehicle permit for the outdoor storage of one
seasonal use vehicle on a parcel of property, subject to the following
conditions:
A. The vehicle
shall be owned by one of the inhabitants of the property.
B. The vehicle
shall have a current inspection sticker permanently attached to the
windshield.
C. The permit
shall expire eight months after the date of issuance.
D. The vehicle
shall not be parked within the required side or rear setback of the
premises, and may not be stored in the required street setback except
if stored in a driveway where it shall maintain a minimum street setback
of 10 feet and shall comply with § 205-40, Visibility at
intersections.
An enforcement officer and/or the Town Board
of the Town of Union may make reasonable rulings and may issue reasonable
regulations, including application forms and permits, for the furtherance
of this chapter.