As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
MOTOR VEHICLES
Includes any vehicle propelled otherwise than by muscular
power, excepting such vehicles as run only upon rails or tracks and
not currently in use for transportation.
It is hereby determined and declared that the
placing, abandoning, leaving, keeping or storing out of doors of any
motor vehicle which is not currently in use for transportation on
public streets or private lands in the Borough is contrary to and
inimical to the public welfare of the Borough since motor vehicles
so placed, abandoned, left, kept or stored attract or may attract
persons of tender years to play in and about them and suffer injuries;
and such motor vehicles, being stored out of doors and exposed to
the elements tend to deteriorate and become unsightly and are detrimental
to and depreciate the value of properties in the neighborhood where
they are located and in the Borough as a whole. In the light of these
findings, the purpose of this chapter is to eliminate the hazards
and inimical conditions aforementioned.
No person shall place, abandon, leave, keep
or store or permit the placing, abandoning, leaving, keeping or storing
of any motor vehicle (as defined in this chapter) upon any street
in the Borough or in the open upon any lands, public or private.
Whenever any motor vehicle (as defined in this
chapter) is removed or caused to be removed by the real property owner
or tenant in possession of any land upon which such motor vehicle
has been left, placed, kept or stored, he shall immediately notify
the Police Department of the new location of the said motor vehicle.
[Added 11-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-23; amended 3-14-2006 by Ord. No. 06-2]
Unless another penalty is expressly provided herein, any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalties provided by §
1-15 of this Code. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.