[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
South Waverly as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 8-7-1972 by Ord.
No. 8-7-72 (Ch. 142, Art. II, of the 1992 Code)]
It shall be unlawful and a public nuisance to operate a motorcycle
or minibike, automotive go-cart, snowmobile or similar self-propelled
vehicle on the sidewalks of the Borough, and on public or private
property, other than the operator's own, within the Borough without
the written permission of the owner or person or entity in control
of said property. Those operating on public roads and highways shall
be duly licensed according to law as operators, and the vehicles operated
shall be duly licensed according to law as registered motor vehicles,
otherwise operation on roads and highways shall also be a violation
hereof.
[Added 6-2-2010 by Ord.
No. 06-02-10-02[1]]
The Borough of South Waverly contracting police force or any
other authorized agent shall have the power and duty to enforce the
provisions of this article.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for an effective
time and date of midnight on 6-30-2010, further providing that the
South Waverly Borough Police Department be disbanded at that time
contemporaneously with the commencement of police services in South
Waverly Borough by Sayre Borough Police Department pursuant to an
agreement of 3-1-2010.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon being found liable therefor, pay a fine of not less than
$100 nor more than $600, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys’
fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. If the
penalty is not paid, the Borough shall initiate a civil action for
collection in accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure.
Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and
each section of this article that is violated shall also constitute
a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under
this section, the Borough may enforce this article in equity in the
Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County.
[Adopted 7-5-1995 by Ord.
No. 7-5-95-2 (Ch. 142, Art. I, of the 1992 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any vehicle used or arranged to be used for living or sleeping,
mounted on wheels or arranged to be mounted on wheels or arranged
to be movable and propelled either by its own power or drawn by another
power-driven source or vehicle.
Any vessel or craft designed or used to transport person(s)
or cargo on the surface of the water. The term shall include a sailboat,
motorboat and rowboat.
A separate vehicle designed for human habitation and which
can be attached or detached from a pickup truck.
A vehicular, portable dwelling structure designed to be used
for recreational purposes. This includes a travel trailer, so identified
by the manufacturer; a pickup camper; a folding tent trailer; and
a motorized camper where the camping portion is an integral part of
the self-propelled vehicle.
A self-contained vehicle designed for human habitation, with
its own motive power and with a passageway from the body of the home
to the driver's and front passenger's seat.
A boat, camper, camper-trailer, motor home, trailer, automobile
trailer or house car.
A vehicle without motive power designed for carrying persons
or property on its own and to be drawn by a vehicle with motive power.
The term "trailer" shall include but shall not be limited to horse
trailer, boat trailers and skimobile trailers.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
No person, firm or corporation shall park overnight or store
a recreational vehicle upon any roadway, street or highway in any
R-1, R-2, B-1, B-2, B-3, Industrial or Public District within the
Borough of South Waverly.
It shall be unlawful to occupy any camper-trailer, automobile
trailer, house car, boat, trailer, camper, motor home or other recreational
vehicle for living or sleeping purposes or to cause any such vehicle
to be connected to electric, water, gas and use the sanitary sewer
facilities of the vehicle without properly disposing of the sewage
at an approved sanitary sewer facility. However, permission to occupy
any such recreational vehicle for living and sleeping purposes and
to connect such vehicle to electric, water, gas and properly dispose
of the sanitary sewage must be requested within 14 days of the occupancy
and may be granted by the Building Inspector or his designee for a
period not to exceed 45 days. Such permission may be renewed in the
discretion of the Building Inspector or his designee.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
No recreational vehicle shall be parked or stored by any person,
firm or corporation in any R-1, R-2, B-1, B-2, B-3, Industrial or
Public District front yard. The front yard shall include the entire
area extending beyond the front line of the building, lot line to
lot line, except for the driveway area where the recreational vehicle
may be parked only if it is done in a manner that will not create
a traffic hazard for the neighboring property.
[Added 6-2-2010 by Ord.
No. 06-02-10-02[1]]
The Borough of South Waverly contracting police force or any
other authorized agent shall have the power and duty to enforce the
provisions of this article.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for an effective
time and date of midnight on 6-30-2010, further providing that the
South Waverly Borough Police Department be disbanded at that time
contemporaneously with the commencement of police services in South
Waverly Borough by Sayre Borough Police Department pursuant to an
agreement of 3-1-2010.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon being found liable therefor, pay a fine of not less than
$100 nor more than $600, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys’
fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. If the
penalty is not paid, the Borough shall initiate a civil action for
collection in accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure.
Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and
each section of this article that is violated shall also constitute
a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under
this section, the Borough may enforce this article in equity in the
Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County.
