It is hereby determined that outdoor storage or keeping or abandoning
or leaving any junked or discarded or abandoned motor vehicle outdoors creates
an unsightly condition depreciating the value of neighboring property, creates
an attractive nuisance to children, creates a shelter for rodents, creates
a fire hazard and is harmful to the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants
of the Township of Harrison, in the County of Gloucester, and this chapter
is, therefore, enacted for the preservation of the health, safety and welfare
of the inhabitants of the Township of Harrison, in the County of Gloucester.
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement
of this chapter:
JUNKED
Has the same meaning as "discarded," and "discarded" shall have the
same meaning as "junked," and either or both words shall be taken to mean
and include any motor vehicle which:
A.
Is not in current use for transportation of persons or property and
has been discarded for use as a motor vehicle; and
B.
Is not currently licensed or has no registration or identification marker
for the current year; and
C.
Is mechanically inoperative or not fit for transportation of persons
or property on the public streets, roads or highways; and
D.
Has been continually parked for as long as 14 days outdoors on any lot
of land, public or private, or for any length of time whatever on any street,
road or highway in the Township of Harrison, in the County of Gloucester.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Includes all vehicles propelled otherwise than by muscular power and designed to be driven or operated on the public streets, roads or highways; and the words "motor vehicle" shall be taken to mean and include all of the following as named and defined in the Revised Statutes of the State of New Jersey, Title 39, Chapter
1, Section 1: "automobile," "commercial motor vehicle," "motorcycle," "omnibus," "passenger automobile," "road tractor," "semi-trailer," "trailer," "truck" and "truck tractor" when designed to be driven or operated on the public streets, roads or highways; except that the words "motor vehicle" shall not be taken to mean or include semi-trailers or trailers kept and used for office space, shop space, construction use, storage, refrigeration and other such like business, commercial, agricultural and industrial uses, and shall not include motor vehicles used as farm machinery and kept on farms operated by farmers keeping them. "Motor vehicle" shall mean one or more motor vehicles, and the singular shall include the plural.
OUTDOORS
Outside of any building having at least three walls and a roof; so
as to be enclosed on top and three sides.
PERSON
Includes any individual, firm, partnership, member of any firm or
partnership, corporation or association, any officer, director, manager, trustee
or other member of the governing body of any corporation or association, and
the word shall include masculine, feminine and neuter genders, and the singular
shall include the plural.
[Amended 12-6-2004 by Ord. No. 40-2004]
A. Any person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,250, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, and such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate violation thereof for each and every day during which such violation shall continue after notice to remove the motor vehicle is given as provided for by Subsections
A and
B of §
211-4 of this chapter.
B. The penalties set forth in Subsection
A above are separate and apart from the remedy of removal and sale or destruction provided for in §
211-4 of this chapter.