The following terms, phrases and words used
in and for the purpose of this chapter shall be deemed to have the
following meanings:
ABANDONED
Includes any motor vehicle, omnibus, road tractor, trailer,
truck, truck-trailer or other vehicle which:
A.
Is parked without the current year's registration
or identification markers as required by law;
B.
Has been parked in any public street or on any
public land for a period of five days;
C.
Is so disabled as to constitute an obstruction
of traffic and the driver or person owning or in charge thereof neglects
or refuses to move the same to a place where it shall not obstruct
traffic;
D.
Is found to be mechanically inoperative and
is allowed to remain inoperative for a period of five days (said period
of time may be extended, for good cause, by the Police Department);
or
E.
Is found without one or more tires.
JUNK AUTOMOBILE or JUNK AUTOMOBILE BODY
Any automobile which is no longer in actual use as a motor
vehicle or which is wholly unfit, without rebuilding or reconditioning,
for use in highway transportation or which has been discarded for
use as a motor vehicle or otherwise abandoned.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any motor vehicle, omnibus, road tractor, trailer, truck,
truck-tractor or other vehicle and shall have the meaning as ascribed
to the foregoing words as contained and defined in N.J.S.A. 39:1-1
et seq.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, partnership or corporation being the
owner or having any legal right in or to the motor vehicle or other
vehicle as herein defined. The term "person," when applied to lands,
housing, residential, commercial or industrial units which are leased
rather than owned by the occupants shall be deemed to mean and include
the owner of the leased structures.
PLACE OF STORAGE
Lands owned by the Township, generally known as its landfill
site, or such other locations as the Mayor shall from time to time
provide.