[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Old
Bridge as Sec. 4-15 of the 1973 Revised General Ordinances. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any real property, either public or private, 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 purpose 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 on any street, highway or property
within the Township, and no person shall leave a vehicle at any such place
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 in the Township or on any property except as provided in § 463-4.
No person in charge or control of any property, whether as owner, tenant,
occupant, lessee or otherwise, shall allow partially dismantled, nonoperating,
wrecked, junked, unlicensed or discarded vehicles to remain on the property
longer than 48 hours, and no person shall leave such vehicles exposed to public
view on any property for a longer time than 48 hours. This section 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 Chief of Police or any member of the Police Department designated
by him is authorized to remove or have removed any vehicle left at any place
within the Township which appears to be present in violation of this chapter.
Such vehicle shall be impounded until lawfully claimed or disposed of in accordance
with applicable statutes. The Chief of Police or any member of the Police
Department acting for him 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 $20 for each day that the vehicle is retained and
impounded.
