[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Conewago 10-15-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-I. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
A.
No motor vehicle or wheeled vehicle or other mode
of conveyance operating on wheels, with or without an engine or motor,
shall be parked on the public streets and alleys of Conewago Township,
Adams County, Pennsylvania, for longer than 72 continuous hours at
the same location.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any unhitched
or unattached trailer, semitrailer, travel trailer, camper or boat
on any street, road or alley in Conewago Township. It shall be unlawful
for any person to park any mobile home, motor home or bus on any street,
road or alley in Conewago Township for more than 24 consecutive hours.
It shall be further unlawful to leave unattended on any street, road
or alley in Conewago Township for any period of time whatsoever any
item of vehicle equipment or accessory or any similar vehicular object,
including, but not limited to, snowplows and pickup truck caps, while
the same is not attached to any motor vehicle.
[Added 12-27-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-GG]
No motor vehicle, as defined in the Pennsylvania
Vehicle Code,[1] which is inoperable by reason of the lack of a current inspection sticker or current motor vehicle registration or is a junked vehicle as defined by Chapter 125, Article I, Solid Waste Management, of the Code of the Township of Conewago, adopted on November 18, 1996, as may be amended,[2] shall be parked on said streets and alleys at any time.
The provisions of this chapter are applicable
to both the owner of the vehicle or other mode of transportation or
other prohibited materials and the person who last had possession
of the item and left said wheeled vehicle or other wheeled mode of
transportation or other prohibited materials as defined by this chapter
in the public street and alley rights-of-way.
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this chapter shall be guilty of a summary offense and shall pay a
fine of no more than $1,000 for each offense and/or up to 30 days'
imprisonment, together with costs and the Township's attorneys' fees.
In addition, the Township shall have the authority to remove the property
located on the street or alley at the owner's expense upon providing
a written notice served upon said owner personally or by notice affixed
to the item to be removed at least 72 hours before such removal. Such
notice is not a precondition to a finding of a summary violation or
imposition of the fines and penalties referred to above. The cost
of removal, together with costs and attorneys' fees, may be recovered
in the summary prosecution or by separate civil proceeding. Each day
that an offense continues after service of a summary citation upon
the defendant under applicable rules of court shall be deemed a separate
and distinct offense and punishable as such.
A record of a motor vehicle registration shall
be prima facie evidence of ownership.
[Amended 12-27-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-GG]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes bicycles, carts, wagons, trailers and the like.
A person or legal entity such as a partnership, a corporation,
or other business or social entities.
Includes the entire right-of-way width of streets and alleys.
The Board of Supervisors of the Township may
also enforce this chapter by civil enforcement action, including relief
in equity seeking injunctive relief, in addition to prosecution for
a summary criminal offense.
