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Timestamp: 2019-04-25 21:55:20+00:00

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§ 209-3 Open storage restricted.
§ 209-5 Notice to correct.
§ 209-9 Antique or classic motor vehicles.
§ 209-10 Presumption of violation.
§ 209-11 Storage by wreckers and commercial garages.
§ 209-13 Penalties for offenses.
§ 209-14 Construal of provisions.
The outdoor storage of abandoned, junked, discarded or unlicensed vehicles upon private property within the Town of Clarence is hereby declared to be detrimental to the health, safety and general welfare of the community, aesthetically unattractive and detracting from the enjoyment of the environment by said residents, tending to depreciate neighborhood property values, and is an infringement on their properties and homes. The same also constitutes a potential nuisance to the children of the community and may imperil their safety. The fuel tanks of abandoned, junked or discarded vehicles containing gasoline or gasoline fumes constitute an ever-present danger of explosion. The abandoned, junked or discarded vehicles also contain broken glass and sharp metal edges, and such vehicles usually are stored or abandoned with batteries containing harmful acids. The control of the outdoor storage of abandoned, junked or discarded vehicles is therefore regulated for the preservation of the health, safety and general welfare of the community.
Any business licensed by the Town to repair motor vehicles or any part thereof.
A completely enclosed privacy-type structure or fence constructed of wood, metal or masonry, which shall be at least six feet in height and not more than eight feet in height and of such construction and type that an ordinary person of ordinary height and eyesight cannot see into the enclosure. Such "enclosure" shall be adequately maintained so as not to create an eyesore to the community.
The Code Enforcement Officer(s), the Zoning Officer, the Building Inspectors or any peace officer or police officer whose powers and duties are within or include the Town of Clarence.
Any place of storage or deposit licensed by the Town where two or more unlicensed, old or secondhand motor vehicles no longer intended or in condition for legal use on the public highways are held, whether for the purpose of resale of used parts therefrom; for the purpose of reclaiming for use some or all of the materials therein, whether metal, glass, fabric or otherwise, for the purpose of disposing of the same; or for any other purpose. Such term shall include any place of storage or deposit for such purposes of used parts or waste materials from motor vehicles which, taken together, equal in bulk two or more such vehicles.
Storage other than in a completely enclosed structure constructed of wood, masonry or metal.
The legal owner, contract purchaser, tenant, lessee, occupant, subtenant, trustee, bailee, receiver or assignee of premises or real property located within the Town of Clarence.
All areas within the Town of Clarence, both publicly and privately owned.
Any vehicle which has not been registered during the preceding three months or is not currently registered and does not have a current New York State motor vehicle inspection sticker affixed.
Any means of transport or conveyance operated, driven, drawn or capable and intended to be operated, drawn or driven upon a public highway by a power other than muscular power. A "vehicle" shall include but not be limited to automobiles, motorcycles, motorbikes, buses, all types of trailers, including trailers used for storage, trucks, tractors, mobile homes, other than those legally in use in an authorized mobile home park, recreational vehicles, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles and jitneys or any other contraption originally designed and intended for travel on the public highways.
Any business licensed by the Town to tow or haul other motor vehicles.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, either as a private property owner, vehicle owner, occupant, lessee, agent, tenant or otherwise, to openly store or deposit or cause or permit to be openly stored or deposited an abandoned, junked, discarded or unlicensed vehicle or vehicles or parts or pieces thereof on any private property within the Town of Clarence, except as permitted in junkyards or by this chapter, unless such vehicle or part or piece thereof is stored or deposited in a completely enclosed building or such vehicle or part or piece thereof is under repair, reconstruction or refurbishing by the owner thereof, who must actually be residing upon the premises where such repair, reconstruction or refurbishing is being done. Such vehicle or part or piece thereof must be maintained and protected so as not to create a safety hazard or nuisance to surrounding property owners and shall not remain on the premises for more than 30 days, but not on a public highway right-of-way.
The Town of Clarence Code Enforcement Officer shall have the right to enter and inspect, at any reasonable hour, any premises on which vehicle(s) are openly stored and to inspect such vehicle(s) to determine if the same are a hazard to the health and welfare of the community. This right of entry shall not be limited in any way by the existence or lack of existence of a request, authorization or other consent or approval of entry for inspection.
After the Code Enforcement Officer has determined that an abandoned, junked or unlicensed vehicle(s) or discarded parts thereof is openly stored or deposited or is permitted to be openly stored or deposited on a parcel of property in violation of this chapter, he shall given written notice, by personal service or by registered or certified mail, on the owner of the abandoned, junked or unregistered vehicle(s) or discarded parts thereof or on the owner of any private property on which the vehicle(s) is openly stored. Such notice shall direct the person so served, regardless of the ownership of the vehicle(s) if the property owner or tenant is served, to terminate the open storage of such vehicle(s) within the Town within 10 days of receipt of said notice.
In the event of noncompliance with the provisions of this chapter and after 10 days have elapsed from receipt of the written notice provided for in § 209-5, the Code Enforcement Officer may issue an appearance ticket, returnable to the Town of Clarence Justice Court at a date and time as specified on the appearance ticket. The appearance ticket shall specify the alleged chapter violation, the date and time and a description of the vehicle(s) involved, a copy of which shall be forwarded to the Town Justice and shall be accompanied by an information form detailing the violation and attempts made by the Code Enforcement Officer to achieve compliance.
"Notice is hereby given that an abandoned, junked, discarded or unlicensed vehicle is stored or deposited on the above-described property in the Town of Clarence. This vehicle must be removed therefrom within 10 days from the date of this notice; provided, however, that if this notice is served on you by publication, said vehicle shall be removed within 24 days from the first publication date of this notice.
"If such vehicle is not removed on or before the expiration of said 10 days from the date hereof or on or before the expiration of said 24 days from the date of this notice in the event that it is served on you by publications, you are hereby summoned to appear before the Town Board of the Town of Clarence, New York, at ..... m. o'clock, on the .......... day of .................... , ....... , at which time a hearing will be held to determine why the Town of Clarence, New York, acting through its duly authorized agents, servants, officers and employees, should not enter upon said property and remove and cause said vehicle to be destroyed. In the event that the Town Board directs that said vehicle be removed and destroyed the expense incurred by the Town of Clarence shall be assessed against said property and shall constitute a lien thereon and be collected in the manner provided by law.
The Code Enforcement Officer may enforce this chapter by either issuing an appearance ticket returnable in the Town of Clarence Justice Court, pursuant to § 209-6, or by removing said vehicle pursuant to the provisions of § 209-7 or by invoking both enforcement provisions.
An antique or classic motor vehicle that is in the process of being restored may be kept out of doors upon the premises of the owner of said vehicle for a period of 12 months to allow the restoration to be completed, provided that the vehicle is stored behind the required front yard on an adequately maintained surface in the side or rear yard and is at least 10 feet from the property line, and provided further that such vehicle or any component part thereof is covered with a tarpaulin or custom cover made for vehicles or is otherwise hidden from public view with proper screening.
There shall be a presumption that a person who has received the notice prescribed by § 209-7 has openly stored or deposited or caused or permitted to be openly stored or deposited an abandoned, junked, discarded or unlicensed vehicle described in said notice.
A wrecker or commercial garage may store abandoned, junked or unlicensed vehicle(s) or part thereof on any one site within the Town of Clarence, provided that such storage is confined in an enclosed area and such vehicle(s) may not be stored for more than 30 days, and provided further that the business operation of the wrecker or commercial garage is permitted by all applicable zoning laws or regulations, including rights under any nonconforming uses and including any limitations, restrictions or conditions established according to law by the Town Board, the Board of Appeals, the Planning Board or any court of competent jurisdiction, and provided that the vehicle(s) is not stored at any time on a public highway right-of-way.
Where a repair settlement is pending in good faith, the foregoing time periods shall not start to run until a repair settlement has been made, but in no event to exceed 60 days from the date said vehicle(s) is(are) first stored upon the premises.
The vehicle is being used on private property and is being held for continuing operation on private property and is not being held primarily for nonoperating purposes.
Editor's Note: Section 4-13, Amnesty period, which immediately followed this section, was deleted 7-22-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992.
A violation of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine of at least $50 and not more than $250 per violation or by imprisonment for up to 15 days, or by both. A violation of this chapter shall also subject the violator to a civil penalty of the greater of $100 per separate violation or the Town's costs of inspection, service of notice, removal, towing and permanently disposing of such vehicle, less any criminal monetary fine which may have been imposed. Each abandoned, junked, discarded or unregistered vehicle stored in violation of this chapter shall constitute a separate violation. Each day that such separate violation shall continue or be carried on shall constitute an additional separate violation, for which the court may impose an additional fine and continuing fine until the vehicle(s) is(are) removed or enclosed.
This chapter has been enacted to supplement and to be read in conjunction with § 1224 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, as amended.

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