[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Fredon 12-30-1964; amended in its entirety 6-5-1972 (Sec. 3-1 of the 1972 Revised General Ordinances). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meaning indicated:
Any real property within the Township which is not a street
or highway.
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
maintained, when any part thereof is open to the use of the public
for purposes of vehicular travel.
A machine propelled by other than human power, designed to
travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners or slides,
and to transport persons or property or pull machinery, including,
but not by way of limitation, an automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle,
tractor, buggy and wagon.
No person shall abandon a vehicle within the Township and no
person shall leave a vehicle at any place within the Township for
such time and under such circumstances as to cause the vehicle to
reasonably appear to be abandoned.
No person shall leave any partially dismantled, nonoperating,
wrecked or junked vehicle on a street or highway within the Township.
No person in charge or control of property within the Township,
whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise, shall allow
partially dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked, junked or discarded vehicles
to remain on the property longer than 48 hours; and no person shall
leave such vehicles on any property within the Township for a longer
time than 48 hours. This subsection shall not apply to a vehicle in
an enclosed building; a vehicle on the premises of a business enterprise
operated in a lawful place and manner, when necessary to the operation
of the business enterprise; or a vehicle in an appropriate storage
place or depository maintained in a lawful place and manner by the
Township.
The Township committee shall give notice to have removed any
vehicle left at any place within the Township which appears to be
present in violation of this section. Such a vehicle shall be impounded
until lawfully claimed or disposed of in accordance with applicable
statutes. The Township committee shall notify the registered and legal
owner in writing by personal service or by certified mail, at the
last known address of the owner, of the removal of the vehicle, the
reason for the removal, and the location of the vehicle. The vehicle
shall be retained and impounded until the owner or his authorized
agent pays the cost of such taking and removal, together with a garage
charge of $2 for each day that the vehicle is retained and impounded.
