[Added 12-7-1978 by Ord. No. 356]
A. 
No person in charge or control of any property within the Borough of Kenhorst, Berks County, Pennsylvania, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise, shall allow any partially dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked, junked, discarded or abandoned motor vehicle to remain on such property longer than 15 days; except that this provision shall not apply with regard to a motor vehicle in an enclosed building; a motor vehicle on the premises of a business enterprise operated in a lawful place and manner when necessary to the lawful operation of such business enterprise; or a motor vehicle in an appropriate storage place or depository maintained in a lawful place and manner by the Borough of Kenhorst, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
B. 
No person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind shall continuously park any motor vehicle upon any highway in an unrestricted parking area for a period of time longer than three days. Said three-day period shall be computed from the date such parked motor vehicle was first observed by or called to the attention of the police force of the Borough of Kenhorst, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
The Mayor or any member of the police force of the Borough of Kenhorst, Berks County, Pennsylvania, is hereby authorized to remove and impound or to order the removal and impounding of any motor vehicle parked on or along any of the streets or highways of the Borough of Kenhorst, Berks County, Pennsylvania, in violation of any of the provisions of the law or of any ordinance of the Borough of Kenhorst, Berks County, Pennsylvania; provided, no motor vehicle shall be removed or impounded except in strict adherence to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The Mayor or any member of the police force of the Borough of Kenhorst, Berks County, Pennsylvania, or any person duly authorized by them, may enter upon private property at all reasonable hours for the purpose of inspecting motor vehicles, posting notices thereon, and removing and impounding such motor vehicle, and it shall be unlawful for any person to prevent the Mayor or any member of the police force of the Borough of Kenhorst, Berks County, Pennsylvania, or any person authorized by them, from entering on private property for purposes of carrying out his duties hereunder or to interfere with him in the lawful performance of his duties under the provisions of this article.
The removal, impounding and disposition of any motor vehicles under this article shall be accomplished in strict accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania applying to motor vehicles.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Section 90.5, Violations and penalties, which immediately followed this section, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
It is hereby declared that the enactment of this article is necessary for the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the Borough of Kenhorst, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Words and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania, as now in force, or as hereafter amended, enacted, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine shall include the feminine.