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Timestamp: 2019-04-19 16:24:29+00:00

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§ 579-2 Motor vehicle nuisances prohibited.
§ 579-3 Storage of motor vehicle nuisances permitted.
§ 579-4 Inspection; notice to comply.
§ 579-5 Authority to remedy noncompliance.
§ 579-7 Violations and penalties.
§ 579-8 Remedies not mutually exclusive.
Owner, for the purpose of this chapter, when the lessor holds the lessee responsible for maintenance and repairs.
Any type of mechanical device propelled by a motor, in which persons or property may be transported upon public street or highways, and including trailers or semitrailers pulled thereby.
Broken headlamps or tail-lamps with sharp edges.
Disassembled chassis parts apart from the motor vehicle, stored in a disorderly fashion or loose in or on the vehicle.
Open or damaged floor boards, including trunk and fire wall.
Any person, owner or lessee who has one or more motor vehicle nuisances as defined in § 579-2 above may store such vehicle(s) in the Borough only in strict compliance with the regulations provided herein. Such person, owner or lessee must first apply for a permit for either temporary or permanent storage and pay a fee to the Borough such as may be provided from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council. The motor vehicle nuisance(s) must be stored within a garage or other enclosed building. In addition, all gas and oil or other flammable liquid shall be removed from the motor vehicle, and it shall be kept free of vermin infestation while being stored.
Nothing herein shall be construed to permit the storage of motor vehicle nuisances contrary to the provisions of Chapter 610, Zoning.
The Borough Health Officer and/or Police Department is hereby empowered to inspect grounds on which motor vehicles are stored to determine if there is compliance with the provisions of this chapter. If noncompliance with the provisions of this chapter constitutes a nuisance, or if any condition, structure or improvement poses a threat to the health, safety or welfare of the public, he shall issue a written notice to be served by registered or certified mail upon the owner of said premises or, if the owner's whereabouts or identity be unknown, by posting the notice conspicuously upon the offending premises.
Said notice shall specify the condition or structure or improvement complained of and shall require the owner to commence to remove or otherwise rectify the condition or structure or improvement as set forth therein within 10 days of mailing or posting of said notice, and thereafter, to fully comply with the requirements of the notice within a reasonable time.
If the owner of grounds on which motor vehicles are stored does not comply with the notice to abate the conditions within the time limit prescribed, the Borough shall have the authority to take measures to correct the conditions and collect the cost of such corrections plus 10% of all costs. The Borough, in such event and pursuant to its statutory or otherwise authorized police powers, shall have the right and power to enter upon the offending premises to accomplish the foregoing.
Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Borough Health Officer and/or Police Officer may request and shall then be granted a hearing before the Borough Council, provided he files with the Borough Council within 10 days after notice of the decision of the Borough Health Officer and/or Police Officer a written petition requesting such hearing and setting forth a brief statement of the grounds therefor. The hearing shall commence not later than 30 days after the date on which the petition was filed unless postponed for sufficient cause.
After such hearing, the Borough Council shall sustain, modify or overrule the action of the Borough Health Officer and/or Police Officer.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300 and/or to undergo imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this chapter continues shall constitute a separate offense.
The remedies provided herein for the enforcement of this chapter or any remedy provided by law shall not be deemed mutually exclusive; rather they may be employed simultaneously or consecutively, at the option of the Borough Council.

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