[Amended 10-13-2009 by Ord. No. 4-2009]
The general purpose of this chapter is to:
A.
Protect the health, safety, morals and welfare of the citizens of
Upland Borough by regulating the removal of abandoned, illegally parked,
stored, wrecked, junked and stripped automobiles from both public
and private property and to eliminate public nuisances caused by the
storage, parking and accumulation of such abandoned or junked vehicles
which are detrimental to the health, safety, morals and welfare of
the citizens of the Borough and which constitute a peril to highway
and traffic safety; and
B.
Eliminate the potential hazards to the people of Upland Borough caused
by such vehicles which can harbor diseases, furnish shelter and breeding
places for mosquitoes and other insects, and are a breeding ground
and harbor for rats and other pests, and which can also have areas
of confinement which cannot be opened from the inside such as trunk
compartments and engine compartments and present potentially attractive
physical dangers to the safety and well-being of children and other
citizens.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms set forth herein
are defined as follows:
Any vehicle, whether covered or uncovered, that requires a registration
tag to be lawfully operated on the street, including, but not limited
to, a car, truck, motorcycle, trailer, recreational vehicle or camper,
but which vehicle is not displaying a current state inspection certificate,
if required, and/or registration tag or without a clearly discernible
vehicle identification number (VIN), and being parked or permitted
to stand on any public street or alley for a continuous period exceeding
48 hours unattended; or
Any vehicle, whether covered or uncovered, that does not necessarily
require a current registration tag to be lawfully operated, such as
a boat, snowmobile, farm or construction equipment or all-terrain
vehicle, but which vehicle is disabled, discarded, wrecked, junked
or inoperative. This definition includes cars, trucks or motorcycles
which are displaying a "classic" or "antique" tag but are inoperable
or discarded or that have not been moved for a period of six months
or longer.
Any cover/tarpaulin, constructed of any material, whether
store purchased or produced by the owner or keeper of an abandoned
or junked vehicle, used to cover such vehicles, which may or may not
be in operational condition, and is used to cover, keep, store or
leave on any vehicle, either on public or private property.
Any car, truck, motorcycle, trailer, recreational vehicle
or camper, whether covered or uncovered, which has no valid registration
tag and/or required certificate of inspection and has been stripped
or partially disassembled so that it is inoperable or immovable or
that is incapable of being utilized for its intended purpose, and
is parked or is permitted to stand on any public street or alley for
48 hours and/or on any private property for a continuous period in
excess of 30 days.
Parking, standing or storage of any abandoned or junked vehicle
on any public or private property, cartway, alley, or street within
the municipal limits of the Borough of Upland is hereby identified
as, and is declared to be, a nuisance.
A natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
or other legal entity.
