[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Thornbury as Ch. 10, Part 3, of the 1983 Code.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any place or places, either public or private property, where
garbage is stored or allowed to accumulate on the open ground or in
uncovered containers, outside the confines of a building or buildings.
Any place or places, either public or private property, where
worn out, discarded, secondhand or scrap metal (such as iron, steel
or any metal) is stored or allowed to accumulate, collect or stand
on open ground outside the confines of a building or buildings.
Any place or places, either on public or private property,
where unsealed paper cartons, cardboard boxes, rags or other similar
waste is stored or allowed to accumulate, collect or stand on the
open ground outside the confines of a building or buildings.
Any place or places, either public or private property, where
old or abandoned automobiles or parts of automobiles are stored or
allowed to accumulate, collect or stand, on the open ground, outside
the confines of a building or buildings.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons,
firm or corporation to establish, maintain, conduct or allow any garbage
dump, rubbish dump, junkyard or yard for the storage of abandoned
or junked automobiles, within the limits of the Township of Thornbury.
Wherein an unauthorized junk car lot (more than three cars or trucks)
exists, all the cars must be stored inside a building within 10 years
or within two years after the property changes ownership, whichever
is earlier.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons,
firm or corporation to park cars or trucks with expired licenses or
inspection certificates in open areas. If a car or truck is in the
process of being renovated, painted or overhauled for the owner's
personal use, the work shall be performed in an enclosed garage and
no work shall be performed that could cause noxious fumes or noises
not normal to everyday living in the community. A car or truck shall
be considered in the aforementioned if it has been unlicensed and
uninspected for more than 90 days.
Any person who violates or permits a violation
of this chapter shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil
enforcement proceeding commenced by the township before a District
Justice, pay a fine of not more than $600, plus all court costs, including
reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by the township in the enforcement
of this chapter. No judgment shall be imposed until the date of the
determination of the violation by the District Justice. If the defendant
neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the township may enforce
the judgment pursuant to the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure.
Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. Further,
the appropriate officers or agents of the township are hereby authorized
to seek equitable relief, including injunction, to enforce compliance
herewith.
