[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Rosslyn Farms 6-17-2019 by Ord. No. 403.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded former Ch. 176,
Vehicles, Abandoned.
It shall be unlawful for any person to store or keep any abandoned
or junked motor vehicle or trailer outdoors or on public property
within the Borough, unless the keeping of such vehicle or trailer
has been approved by the Chief of Police of the Borough's contracted
Police Department.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any motor vehicle or trailer which is not in working order,
or is without current registrations plates, or is without a current
state inspection, or is in such a state of disrepair as to be inoperable,
or is incapable of being removed under its own power; and
Is left unattended on public or private property for a period
of seven days. "Unattended" shall mean storage in other than a four-walled,
roofed enclosure.
Any device upon or by which any person or property may be transported
and which is designed to be self-propelled or is commonly propelled
by a self-propelled vehicle; or
Any part of parts of such a vehicle as defined in Subsection A, above, which has or have been detached from such a vehicle.
A natural person, an association, partnership or corporation.
An unpowered single- or multiple-axle structure mounted on
wheels that is drawn by a motor vehicle.
Any person desiring to keep an abandoned or junked motor vehicle
or trailer in public or outdoors on private property within the Borough
shall apply in writing to the Chief of Police of the Borough's
contracted Police Department for a permit setting forth the location
and description of the land on which the motor vehicle or trailer
are to be stored, the number and nature of the vehicles or trailers
and the manner of storage and the length and purpose for the storage.
If the Chief of Police of the Borough's contracted Police Department
determines that the storage for which a permit is requested does not
or will not adversely affect the safety, cleanliness, health and beauty
of the Borough and does not or will not constitute a nuisance, he
shall issue a written permit therefor; otherwise, he shall refuse
to issue a permit and shall give written notice of refusal to the
applicant within 30 days after application is made and shall state
the reason therefor.
Any abandoned or junked motor vehicle or trailer, stored or
kept outdoors on public or private property without a permit issued
by the Chief of Police, as required herein, shall be removed by the
owner or occupier of said property within five days after notice to
do so. Upon failure or default to so remove, the Borough may cause
such removal to be made and collect the costs therefor from the offending
person together with a penalty of 15% of such costs in the manner
provided by law for the collection of municipal claims or in an action
in assumpsit.
In addition, any person violating the provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine
and costs, to a term of imprisonment, not to exceed 30 days. Each
day that a violation of this chapter continues shall constitute a
separate offense.
