[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough of Lansdale 7-20-1983 by Ord. No.
1284[1] (Ch. 116 of the 1972 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for the repeal
of former Ch. 116, Vehicles, Junked or Inoperative, adopted 3-2-1967
by Ord. No. 931.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A building accessory to a dwelling for the storage of not
more than three pleasure cars or two pleasure cars and one truck of
the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue R or S registration.
A building or lot used for the storage, service, care and
repair of motor vehicles but not including a gasoline filling station.
Authority for a vehicle to operate on a highway as evidenced
by the issuance of an identifying card and plate or plates in conformance
with the Motor Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania, particularly 75 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 1301 et seq.
To allow a motor vehicle to remain on his, their or its property
or on the property of which he, they or it are the tenants or in charge
or control for a period of more than 30 days if such vehicle is not
registered or does not have the ability to be registered.
A device in or upon which any person or property is or may
be transported on or upon a highway except devices used exclusively
upon rails or tracks.
B.
The Borough employee designated by the Borough Council or the Zoning
Officer and/or Code Enforcement Officer of the Borough is hereby authorized
and empowered to notify the owner or agent in charge, tenant or occupier
of any private premises within the Borough limits to remove and properly
dispose of any vehicle not registered. Such notice shall be given
by certified mail addressed to the person's last known address or
by personal service on the individual or by posting on the property.
C.
Upon failure, neglect or refusal of any owner, agent in charge, tenant
or occupier so notified to properly dispose of said vehicle within
five working days of the date of said notice, the issuing party is
authorized and empowered to commence prosecution to said violator
or violators prescribed by law.
D.
This chapter shall not apply to vehicles which are not registered
if they are removed or located to a public or private garage where
restoration can be completed safely in accordance with other ordinances.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge 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 Borough 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 and committed to the Borough lockup
for a period not exceeding 10 days or to the county jail for a period
not exceeding 30 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation
continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.
