[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of
the City of Port Jervis 7-23-2007 by L.L. No. 6-2007.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Property maintenance — See Ch. 417.
Solid waste — See Ch. 457.
Towing — See Ch. 486.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 505.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law was adopted
as Ch. 160, but was renumbered to fit into the organizational structure
of the Code.
A.
Except as hereinbefore provided, no owner or occupant
of any parcel of real property within the City of Port Jervis, including
real property occupied primarily for the sale and repair of automobiles
or automotive equipment, shall store or keep or permit the storage
or keeping thereon for a period of more than 30 days of one or more
junk automobiles unless they are stored or kept in an enclosed building
having a roof or in a place where they are not visible from any public
highway or any other property owned or occupied by a person other
than the owner of the premises on which they are stored or kept. With
respect to any specific junk motor vehicle, the owner or occupant
of real property may submit in writing to the Building Department
a request that such owner or occupant be granted a thirty-day extension
of time in which to dispose of the junk motor vehicle or otherwise
comply with this chapter, and upon good cause shown, the Building
Department may, in its discretion, grant such extension of time.
B.
The outside storage of unlicensed, inoperative and/or
discarded vehicles on privately owned property within the City of
Port Jervis is a source of annoyance to residents and to owners and
occupants of adjoining and nearby properties. The outdoor storage
of such vehicles is unsightly and constitutes an attractive nuisance
to children and a peril to their safety.
(1)
No such unlicensed, inoperative, and/or discarded
vehicle shall be parked or stored outdoors on any privately owned
property, vacant or otherwise, for a period of more than 30 days.
(2)
No vehicle, camper, or trailer may be used for any
residential purpose or temporary habitation within the City of Port
Jervis.
C.
Any person committing an offense against any provision
of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a violation
pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York punishable by a
fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding
15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an
offense against the provisions of this section shall constitute, for
each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense
hereunder.
In the event the owner or occupant of any parcel
of real property within the City of Port Jervis violates or permits
the violation of the provisions of the foregoing section, the Building
Official shall serve a notice in writing, either personally or by
registered mail, of such violation on the owner and occupant thereof.
Such notice shall direct the removal of such vehicles from the premises
within 10 days after the service of the notice. In the event the terms
of the notice are not complied with within said period, the City,
acting through its agents and employees, may enter upon the property
where said junk automobiles are so stored or kept and cause them to
be removed and destroyed. The expense incurred by the City in connection
with the removal and destruction of said junk automobiles shall be
assessed against the land upon which they were stored or kept and
shall constitute a lien thereon to be collected as provided by law.
