As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ABANDON ANY MOTOR VEHICLE OR ABANDONMENT OF ANY MOTOR VEHICLE
Any motor vehicle:
A.
Found in any public street, public place or public lands and not bearing
current registration plates;
B.
If bearing current registration plates, remaining stationary and unused
on any public street, public place or public lands for more than 10 days consecutively;
C.
So disabled as to constitute an obstruction to traffic, and the driver
or person in charge thereof neglects or refuses to move the same: or
D.
Not currently in use for transportation and not licensed for the current
year and which is left, placed, kept or stored on private land for 15 days
or more.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any vehicle propelled otherwise than by muscular power, except such
vehicles as run only upon rails or tracks.
It is hereby determined and declared that the placing, abandoning, leaving,
keeping or storing out-of-doors of any motor vehicle not currently in use
for transportation or any unused machines or parts of machines 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 or public place in the borough or in the open
upon any lands, public or private.
In the event that the owner, possessor or occupant of such lands shall
refuse or neglect or abate or remedy the condition complained of and which
constitutes a violation of this chapter after said 10 days' notice, said
motor vehicle shall be taken in possession by the Police Department and removed
to a storage place designated by the Mayor and Council.
Whenever the Police Department becomes aware of a violation of this
chapter existing on any street or other publicly owned land, the Police Department
shall take possession of the motor vehicle and remove it to a storage place
designated by the Mayor and Council.
The Police Department shall dispose of impounded motor vehicles in accordance
with the procedures established by Chapter 10A of Title 39 of the Revised
Statutes, N.J.S.A. 39:10A-1 et seq.