Smyrna times., 1950-05-04
Betty Sue Jarman
An Ordinance
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO MOTOR
VEHICLES ABANDONED BY THEIR
OWNERS OR OTHERS ON THE
PUBLIC LANDS, STREETS
OR ALLEYS OF THE

VEHICLES ABANDONED BY THEIR
! OWNERS OR OTHERS ON THE
PUBLIC LANDS, STREETS
OR ALLEYS OF THE
/ TOWN OF SMYRNA
BE 1T ORDAINED By The Mayor and
Council OF The Town Of Smyrna in Coun-
ell Assembled:
/ SECTION /. That from and after the
effective date of this Ordinance it shall
be unlawful for any person, firm or CORP
oration being the owner of or having in
charge or control any motor vehicle. or
trailer, or part or parts thereof to aband-
on said motor vehicle, trailer or part or
parts thereof upon any of the streets.
alleys or other public land within the
corporate limits of the Town of Smyrna.
] SECTION 2. For the purpose of this
ordinance any motor vehicle, trailer or
part or parts thereof which has remained
continuously in one location for a period
be considered to be abandoned by the
owner or others having charge or control
over or being responsible therefor.
SECTION 8. Any person, firm or corp
oration being the owner of or having con-
ltrol over or being responsible for any
motor vehicle, trailer or part or parts
thereof which shall be abandoned upon
any street, alley or other public land with
in the corporate limits of the Town of
Smyrna continuously for a period of seven
CO consecutive days, or more, shall upon
written demand addressed to the owner or
others having in charge or being respon-
sible therefor at Smyrna. Delaware, and
deposited in U. S. Post Office in Smyrna,
Delaware, and duly registered, and upon
failure within three go days after the date
of the mailing of such registered mail not
ice by a member of the Police Department
of the Town of Smyrna, or the Town of
Smyrna through its employees, may remove
such motor vehicle, trailer, or part or parts
thereof and place the same in storage at
such place in the Town of Smyrna, at its
discretion, at the expense of the owner
or person being in charge or being respon-
sible therefor and upon the failure of
such owner or others having charge of
or the responsibility therefor to pay the
cost of removing and the cost of storage,
the Town of Smyrna shall have the right
to sell such motor vehicle, trailer or part
or parts thereof by such notice and in
such manner as it deems sufficient and
shall apply the sale proceeds first to the
expense of removing and storing, secondly
to the payment of any lien existing
against such motor vehicle. trailer. part
or parts thereof, upon proof of such lien
to the satisfaction of the Town of Smyr-
ma, and the residue, if any, shall be paid
to the owner thereof or to other person
entitled to such surplus.
SECTION A. Any person or persons
being the owner, or the members of any
firm which is the owner, or the officers
of any corporation which may be the
owner, or having charge or being respon-
sible for any motor vehicle, trailer or
Ipart or parts thereof abandoned upon the
lstreets, alleys and other public land with
in the Town of Smyrna, shall upon viola
tion of this ordinance and upon convic-
ton therefor be fined not less than SIS
nor more than $50 for each offense, and
upon failure to pay such fine and the
costs of prosecution within three (3l days,
shall be imprisoned for a period not ex-
ceeding five (5) days. or shall be both
fined and imprisoned, at the discretion of
the Alderman of the Town of Smyrna.
Passed April 28. 1850.
Effective May is. 1850.