[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Lower Allen 6-10-1985 (Art. 719 of the 1985 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted
where applicable.]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
Any material considered detrimental to the health, cleanliness,
beauty or safety of the Township.
Includes every person, firm, partnership, association or
corporation.
Includes one or more motor vehicles, including trailers or
semitrailers and parts thereof, tractors and motorcycles.
No person shall park or store a vehicle upon
any street, highway or alley of the Township for the purpose of repairing,
assembling or disassembling such vehicle except for repairs necessitated
by an emergency.
No person shall park or store any abandoned,
wrecked or junked vehicle or parts thereof on any street, highway
or alley in the Township.
No person shall park or store any unlicensed
vehicle on any street, highway or alley of the Township.
[Amended 11-9-1998 by Ord. No. 98-12; 10-22-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-14]
No person shall park or store any wrecked or junked or unlicensed vehicle, or parts thereof, on any private grounds within the Township which constitutes a nuisance or violation of Chapter 121, Junkyards, except those being stored temporarily on municipal or fire company property for the purpose of evidence, evidence processing, and firefighting and/or rescue training. Storage on municipal or fire company property shall be limited to 30 days in residential zoning districts.
With the exception of motor vehicles regularly
used for transportation by the owner or occupant of private grounds
within the Township, no motor vehicle, junked or wrecked or otherwise,
shall be stored on such premises unless the keeping or storage of
the same has been approved by the Township Manager.
Any person desiring to store or to continue to store motor vehicles on private grounds except those kept for the purpose set out in § 212-6 shall apply, in writing, to the Township Manager for a permit setting forth the location and description of the land on which such motor vehicles are to be placed, the number and nature thereof, the manner of storage, the length and purpose for the storage.
[Amended 11-9-1998 by Ord. No. 98-12]
In case of unclaimed or unidentified vehicles,
the Township may dispose of the same in accordance with the provisions
of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 7301.
Any person in violation of any provision of
this chapter shall be given 10 days' written notice to remove the
vehicle or abate the nuisance.
[Amended 11-10-1997 by Ord. No. 97-16; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation
of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding under
the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary
offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000,
plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Township
in the enforcement proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by
summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons on default of the
payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant
may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days.
Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate offense,
and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also constitute
a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under
this section, the Township may enforce this chapter in equity in the
Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County.
