Borough of Darby, PA
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2015-08-19
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PART II: GENERAL LEGISLATION
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Chapter 140 Vehicles, Abandoned
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Article IV Enforcement and Emergency Powers
- PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE LEGISLATION
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Auditor
- Ch 4 Authorities, Municipal
- Ch 6 Authority, Parking
- Ch 7 Elections
- Ch 8 Fire Companies
- Ch 9 Firemen's Relief Association
- Ch 10 Health Board
- Ch 11 Historical Commission
- Ch 12 Historic Preservation
- Ch 15 Manager, Borough
- Ch 17 (Reserved)
- Ch 19 Officers and Employees
- Ch 22 Planning Commission
- Ch 24 Police Department
- Ch 26 Pensions
- Ch 29 Parks
- Ch 30 Recreation Board
- Ch 31 Records
- Ch 32 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 34 Shade Tree Commission and Shade Tree Regulations
- Ch 35 Social Security
- Ch 37 Tax Collector
- Ch 39 Vacant Property Review Committee
- PART II: GENERAL LEGISLATION
- Ch 42 Alarm Systems
- Ch 42A Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 43 Amusements, Places of
- Ch 45 Animals
- Ch 47 Automobile Graveyards
- Ch 49 Block Parties
- Ch 51 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 53 (Reserved)
- Ch 58 Cemeteries
- Ch 59 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 60 Contractors
- Ch 61 Curfew
- Ch 63 Dancing
- Ch 65 Dogs
- Ch 65A Donation Boxes
- Ch 66 Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 67 Dumps and Dumping
- Ch 69 (Reserved)
- Ch 74 Fire Prevention
- Ch 75 Fire Safety Zones
- Ch 76 Fireworks
- Ch 77 Floodplain Management
- Ch 78 Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 79 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 82 Handbills and Posters
- Ch 83 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 84 Hotels, Apartments and Boardinghouses
- Ch 86 Housing Hygiene Standards
- Ch 87 Insurance
- Ch 89 Junk Dealers
- Ch 93 (Reserved)
- Ch 95 Minibikes
- Ch 97 Nuisances
- Ch 99 Obscene Materials and Performances
- Ch 101 Oil-Burning Equipment
- Ch 104 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 106 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 107 (Reserved)
- Ch 109 Poles and Wires
- Ch 110 Property Maintenance
- Ch 113 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 115 Rodents, Insects and Pests
- Ch 117 Sewers
- Ch 119 Shows and Exhibitions
- Ch 121 Smoke Detectors
- Ch 122 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 123 Speed Timing Devices
- Ch 124 Stormwater Management
- Ch 125 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 127 Structures, Dangerous
- Ch 130 Taxation
- Ch 135 Trees
- Ch 137 Trespassing
- Ch 140 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 140 Art IV Enforcement and Emergency Powers
- § 140-11 Abandoned vehicle to constitute a nuisance.
- § 140-12 Emergency powers.
- § 140-13 Violations and penalties.
- § 140-14 Impounding and storage.
- Ch 141 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 149 Weapons
- Ch 153 Zoning
- APPENDIX
- Ch A156 Police Code of Ethics
- Ch A157 Cable Television Franchise
- DISPOSITION LIST
- Ch DL Disposition List
Any abandoned vehicle shall constitute a nuisance. One of the
evidences, among others, of abandonment is the failure of a vehicle
to be operable and the failure to exhibit a current state inspection
sticker upon the vehicle.
Nothing in this chapter shall prevent duly authorized police
officials from removing from public or private property, without notice,
any attended or unattended automobile or vehicle, the presence of,
which constitutes an immediate hazard or threat to the life, health,
safety, welfare and morals of the citizens of the Borough of Darby
and which is imminently dangerous and, in the opinion of the authorized
police officials, constitutes a nuisance which gives rise to the existence
of emergency conditions.
[Amended 5-4-1988 by Ord.
No. 657, approved 5-4-1988]
Any person violating any section or provision of this chapter
shall be sentenced to pay a fine for a first offense of up to $100
and all costs of prosecution. For a subsequent violation by the same
person, the fine shall be no less than $100 nor more than $500 and
all costs of prosecution, or, in default thereof, the violator shall
be imprisoned for a period not to exceed five days. In the event that
the offending vehicle has been removed by the police and impounded,
the violator shall, in addition to any of the aforesaid fines and
costs and imprisonment, pay all costs of disposing of the vehicle,
in accordance with law.
The impounding and storage of any vehicle, as directed by the
Darby Police Department pursuant to this chapter, shall be with a
salvor authorized by the Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania. Said salvor shall comply with the Vehicle Code, Act
of June 17, 1976, P.L. 162, No. 81, and in particular with 75 Pa.C.S.A.
§§ 7301 through 7311, inclusive. A copy of said sections
is attached hereto, made a part hereof and marked "Exhibit A."[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: A copy of Exhibit A is on file in the office
of the Borough Secretary.
