Source: http://ecode360.com/9507299
Timestamp: 2017-04-30 14:49:01
Document Index: 766855696

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 112', '§ 112', '§ 112', '§ 112', '§ 112', '§ 66529', '§ 112', '§ 112', '§ 112', '§ 7107']

Township of Lower Salford, PA Nuisances
Abandoned and repairable vehicles.
Notice to correct condition.
Abatement by Township.
Ch 112 Art II
Conditions to be corrected.
[HISTORY Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Lower
Salford as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Article I Waste Disposal
Article II Hazardous Highway Conditions
[Adopted 7-1-1959 by Ord. No. 59-8]
A. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms
Any natural person, an association, partnership, firm or corporation.
B. Word usage. The singular shall include the plural and
Editor's Note: See also § 112-3.
The practice of throwing, depositing or dumping any paper, trash, rubbish, ashes, junk, waste, garbage or discarded materials, carcasses or matter of any kind in or on any private or public property, vacant or occupied, within the Township of Lower Salford, or of maintaining any accumulations of such materials in or on any public or private property, vacant or occupied, within said Township, other than in accordance with regulations hereinafter set forth in § 112-5, shall be deemed to be and constitute a nuisance and is hereby prohibited.
A. The practice of storing or depositing any abandoned or
junked automobiles, vehicles, machinery or discarded equipment of any kind,
or parts thereof, in or on any public or private property, vacant or occupied
within the Township of Lower Salford shall be deemed to be and constitute
a nuisance, and is hereby prohibited.
B. Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the terms
used herein are defined as follows:[Added 5-3-1978 by Ord. No. 78-2]
Any one or more vehicles found to be on public or private property
not within a completely enclosed structure or building, such as a garage or
accessory building, which can be easily secured from the potential health
and safety hazards and which is found to be any one of the following:
(1) A vehicle for which a certificate of junk has been issued by the Pennsylvania
Secretary of Revenue or the official designated by any other state to issue
(2) Any vehicle, provided that such a vehicle is not registered with and
certified by the Police Department as a repairable vehicle, in or on which
it is found that any of the following conditions exist:
(a) Its engine or motor or any other essential parts are inoperable or have
been removed for more than 30 days.
(b) Its tires or any tire have been deflated or its wheel or wheels have
(c) It bears no registration plate and/or no official inspection sticker,
or any such sticker is not current by more than 30 days.
A motor vehicle, but not a reproduction thereof, manufactured more
than 25 years prior to the current year which has been maintained in or restored
to a condition which is substantially in conformance with manufacturer specifications.
A self-propelled vehicle, but not a reproduction thereof, manufactured
more than 10 years prior to the current year and, because of discontinued
production and limited availability, determined by the Pennsylvania Department
of Transportation to be a model or make of significant value to collectors
or exhibitors and which has been maintained in or restored to a condition
which is substantially in conformity with manufacturer specifications and
Any vehicle in or on which is found any of the conditions specified
under the definition of an abandoned or junked vehicle and has been registered
with the Township of Lower Salford as a vehicle that will be repaired, properly
licensed and inspected within 120 days' time from the date of registration.
C. Prohibition of abandoned or junk vehicles and registration
of repairable vehicles.
(1) For any abandoned or junk vehicle on private property
to be considered a repairable vehicle, an application must be made by the
owner of the vehicle to the Township of Lower Salford accompanied by a registration
fee of $5, certifying that the owner intends to repair said vehicle within
120 days from the date of registration and to have the vehicle properly inspected,
licensed and in operating condition within the allotted time. Upon application,
provided that the applicant does not already have a repairable vehicle registered
within the Township, the Police Department shall certify that the vehicle
may be registered as a repairable vehicle.
(2) Any individual or individuals that have registered a
repaired vehicle with the Township of Lower Salford may, with a fee of $1
and written proof of a requisition for necessary parts yet to be delivered,
renew his application for an additional 120 days if, and only if, the vehicle
in question can be classified as an antique or classic motor vehicle,
(3) Enforcement of this section shall be by the Police Department
of Lower Salford Township.[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 4 of this ordinance, concerning
unsafe structures, which immediately followed this section was repealed 8-4-1982
by Ord. No. 82-8.
Editor's Note: Former § 112-4, Sanitary landfills,
as amended, was repealed 2-6-1985 by Ord. No. 85-1.
[Amended 5-6-1964 by Ord. No. 64-6]
Whenever it is found that any person is maintaining a nuisance as defined in §§ 112-1 to 112-3 of this article or is operating a sanitary landfill contrary to the regulations specified in § 112-4 hereof or any of them, any officer or employee of the Township or any policeman of the Township may serve notice thereof requiring that the condition be made safe, corrected or removed, by certified mail or by personally delivering the same to the offender.
Should any person cause or permit the continuance of a nuisance after
20 days from the date of mailing of the notice to abate or fail to correct
the condition complained of with respect to a sanitary landfill operation
within 10 days from the date of the mailing of the notice, the Township may,
upon resolution of the Board of Supervisors, cause the removal or abatement
of the nuisance or the correction of the condition complained of by such means
as appear to it necessary. The Township shall, in such event, have the right
and power to enter upon premises causing or contributing to said nuisance
or whereon the defective condition exists to accomplish the abatement or correction
thereof. In addition thereto, the Supervisors may, upon the expiration of
the ten-day period herein specified without the correction of the condition
complained of, forthwith revoke the permit issued to conduct a sanitary landfill,
whereupon the person operating the same shall cease operations until his permit
[Amended 8-4-1982 by Ord. No. 82-8]
In the event that the Township shall have expended moneys to abate a
nuisance under the terms of this chapter or to correct a condition complained
of with respect to the operation of a sanitary landfill, it shall recover
the cost thereof, a penalty of 5% and an attorney's fee of 5% by municipal
claim proceedings under the Act of May 16, 1923, P.L. 207, as amended;[1] by summary proceedings, under the Act of May 1, 1933, P.L. 103,
Article VII, Section 702, Clause XII, as amended;[2] by an action of assumpsit in the Court of Common Pleas of any
county where jurisdiction may be obtained, under the Act of May 1, 1933, P.L.
103, Article XXI, Section 2106, as amended;[3] or by such other remedies as may be provided by law, at the election
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 66529 et seq.
In addition to such other remedies as shall be provided for herein,
the Township shall have the right to institute proceedings in equity in a
court of appropriate jurisdiction to enforce the provisions hereof.
[Amended 5-6-1964 by Ord. No. 64-6; 9-19-1996
by Ord. No. 96-3; 6-3-1998 by Ord.
No. 98-4; 11-18-1999 by Ord. No. 99-16]
Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this article
shall be subject to a criminal fine not to exceed $1,000 per violation and
imprisonment in the Montgomery County Correctional Facility to the extent
allowed by law for the punishment of summary offenses. Enforcement of any
such violations shall be by action brought before a District Justice in the
same manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania
Rules of Criminal Procedure. A new and separate offense shall be deemed committed
for each day that such violation exists.
This article shall become effective five days after enactment, as provided by law; provided, however, that persons presently operating dumps within the Township shall have a period of 30 days from the effective date of this chapter within which to either cease such operations or comply with the provisions of § 112-4 hereof.
[Adopted 10-4-1961 by Ord. No. 61-3]
A. Definitions. The following words, when used in this article,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
The entirety of a way or place, of whatever nature, open to the use
of the public as a matter of right, for purposes of vehicular travel, including
the unimproved portion of the right-of-way adjacent to the cartway.
B. Word usage. The singular shall include the plural, and
Whenever any person shall have utilized the highways of Lower Salford
Township in such a manner as to result in the deposit thereon of substantial
quantities of dirt, debris or foreign matter of any kind or in such a manner
as to have created a hazardous condition or as to have destroyed, blocked
or caused deterioration of drainage on or in drain areas adjacent to said
highways, said person shall immediately cause the correction of said condition
Should any person cause or permit the continuance of any nuisance or dangerous condition set forth in § 112-12 of this article without the commencement of corrective action immediately upon written or oral notification of conditions specified in § 112-12 or by failure to prosecute corrective action to completion within a reasonable time thereafter, the Township may cause the removal, correction or abatement of the condition, structure or improvement constituting a nuisance or danger to the public by such means as appear to it necessary, including construction or reconstruction. The Township shall, in such event, where necessary, have the right and power to enter upon the offending premises to accomplish the foregoing.
In the event that the Township shall have expended moneys to remove,
correct or abate any condition, structure or improvement constituting a nuisance
or danger to the public under the terms of this article, it shall recover
Article VII, Section 702, Clause XII, as amended;[2] by an action of assumpsit in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery
County under the Act of May 1, 1933, P.L. 103, Article XXI, Section 2106 as
amended;[3] or by such other remedies as may be provided by law, at the election
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S.
§ 7107.
In lieu of removal, correction or abatement of any condition, structure
or improvement constituting a nuisance or danger to the public by the Township
of Lower Salford, the Township may enforce the provisions of this article
by means of a complaint in equity filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery
County to compel the offender to do so and to seek such other relief as said
Court is empowered to afford.
[Amended 8-4-1982 by Ord. No. 82-8; 9-19-1996
Rules of Criminal Procedure. Each day's continuance of a violation shall
The remedies herein provided for the enforcement of the provisions of
this article or of any remedy afforded by law shall not be deemed mutually
exclusive and may be employed simultaneously or consecutively, at the discretion
of the Township of Lower Salford.