[Adopted 12-19-1983 by Ord. No. 1983-8 (Ch. 10, Part 2, of the 1983 Code of Ordinances)]
The Borough finds that:
A.
The accumulation or storage of junked, abandoned or
discarded vehicles, trailers, boats, appliances and household furnishings
creates a hazard and danger to the health and welfare of the citizens
of the Borough;
B.
The accumulation or storage of junked, abandoned or
discarded vehicles, trailers, boats, appliances or household furnishings
provides a breeding area for rodents and other unhealthful animals;
C.
The accumulation or storage of junked, abandoned or
discarded vehicles, trailers, boats, appliances or household furnishings
creates an attractive nuisance for children who are not aware of the
danger involved in them;
D.
The accumulation or storage of junked, abandoned or
discarded vehicles, trailers, boats, appliances or household furnishings
violates all concepts of ecological and environmental principles;
and therefore that it is necessary to make such accumulations unlawful.
As used in this article, the following words
and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
Any item resting for 96 hours or more and which is inoperable
without current registration plates, certificate, or inspection, or
in such a condition as to be unusable.
A stove, refrigerator, television, furnace, water heater,
water softener, washer, dryer, mangle or household articles used to
perform any of the necessary work in a household and articles used
in business to increase production or to speed, ease or eliminate
work.
Any vessel capable of transporting a person on any river,
stream, creek, lake or ocean.
Any item resting for 96 hours or more with no known or apparent
owner.
Any item normally found and used in a home.
Items sold or to be sold for scrap, being stripped or being
used or sold for parts.
A wheeled device used as a means of carrying, hauling or
conveying any vehicle, person, animal, object or boat.
An automobile, motorcycle, motorbike, minibike, bicycle,
go cart, truck or other wheeled means of conveyance, motorized or
self-propelled.
It shall be unlawful for any person to accumulate
or store any junked, abandoned or discarded vehicle, trailer, boat,
appliance or household furnishing on private or public property within
the Borough.
Any person who violates any provision of § 183-15 shall, upon conviction for the first offense, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 and/or to imprisonment for not more than 90 days. Each day the person is in violation of § 183-15 shall constitute a separate offense, subject to the same fines and penalties set forth herein.
