Removal of vehicles from public ways - see Vehicle Code § 3352
Removal of vehicles from private property by owner - see Vehicle Code § 3353Cc)
Authority to provide for impounding of vehicles - see Vehicle Code §6109Ca)(22)
Abandoned vehicles and cargos - see Vehicle Code § 7301 et seq.
Abandoned vehicles - see TRAF. Ch. 454
Parking of commercial vehicles on public streets - see TRAF. 460.095
Junk dealers and yards - see B.R. & T. Ch. 838
The purpose of this chapter is to protect the health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the Township by causing the removal of illegally parked vehicles from the public highways of the Township and the removal of stored, wrecked, junked, stripped, partially dismantled and other motor vehicles, from both public and private property and to abate public nuisances caused by the storage, parking and accumulation of such motor vehicles which are detrimental to the health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the Township and which constitute a peril to highway and traffic safety. (Ord. 327. Passed 7-19-67.)
As used in this chapter, “motor vehicle” includes one or more motor vehicles, including trailers, semi trailers, vacation trailers, camping trailers, house trailers or parts thereof. (Ord. 357. Passed 2-16-72.)
450.03 STORAGE ON PUBLIC HIGHWAYS; REMOVAL; NONCOMPLIANCE; REMEDY OF TOWNSHIP.
(a) No person shall store a wrecked, junked, unlicensed or other motor vehicle on a public highway in the Township.
(b) The Police Department, after notice to the owner of such a vehicle to remove the same and upon the failure of such owner to do so, or in the event the owner cannot be located or ascertained, shall remove or direct the removal of the vehicle from the highway.
(c) Upon the removal of such vehicle from the public highway by or at the direction of the police, the vehicle shall be impounded by the police until the owner thereof has paid the costs incident to the removal, towing and storage of the vehicle. (Ord. 280. Passed 10-16-63; Ord. 357. Passed 2-6-72.)
(d) Upon the failure of the owner of the vehicle removed from the public highway to pay the cost incident to its removal, towing and storage, the Township Secretary shall institute suit against the owner to recover the costs.
450.04 STORAGE OF USED VEHICLES BETWEEN BUILDING LINE AND STREET; REMOVAL; NONCOMPLIANCE; REMEDY OF TOWNSHIP
(a) Except for motor vehicles used for immediate current transportation by the owners or occupiers of private grounds within the Township, no used motor vehicle, junked or otherwise, shall be stored in any open space between the building line and the street on which the property abuts. All valves on bottled gas containers mounted on or held in place on the exterior of any trailer or recreational vehicle stored on private ground within the Township shall be closed or turned off so that the containers are inoperable. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any regularly established and regulated trailer park, nor to any otherwise permissible use on any property situate in a “B” Business District or an “M’ Manufacturing District within the Township.
(Ord. 362. Passed 4-19-72.)
(b) A motor vehicle or part thereof not used for immediately current transportation and stored in an open space in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be removed by the owner or occupier of the private grounds upon which the motor vehicle is stored after notice in writing from the Township Secretary to do so. Such notice may be directed to the owner or occupier of the property by certified mail, return receipt requested, at his last known address. In the event the last known address of the owner or occupier of the private ground is not known, or in the event the certified mail notice is for any other reason not delivered to the owner or occupier, such notice may be accomplished by posting it on the property in question. Upon the owner’s or occupier’s failure to remove the motor vehicle or part thereof, after notice has been given in accordance with the provisions of this section, the Township may cause the same to be done and collect the costs thereof, together with a penalty of ten percent of such costs, in the manner provided by law for the collection of Municipal claims, or by an action in assumpsit, or may seek relief by a bill in equity.
(Ord. 357. Passed 2-16-72.)
450. 05 CONTINUOUS PARKING AND STORAGE OF JUNK VEHICLES, TRUCKS, BOATS, ETC.; REMOVAL; NONCOMPLIANCE; REMEDY OF TOWNSHIP.
(a) Motor Vehicles, Trucks, Boats, Recreational Vehicles and Trailers. No person shall permit the parking or storage on the unpaved portion of his property any wrecked, disabled, junked or partially dismantled motor vehicle, truck, boat, recreational vehicle or trailer or other kinds of vehicles between the front building line and the street on which the property abuts, unless such parking or storage is authorized in connection with the operation of a business pursuant to and in accordance with the zoning laws and regulations of the Township of Aston.
(b) Storage of Immobile Vehicles in Garages. No person shall permit a motor vehicle to remain upon any private property, unless it is in connection with the operation of a business permitted by the zoning laws and regulations, in a condition that it cannot be moved under its own power or put in such condition within eight hours; nor shall any person permit a motor vehicle to remain upon any private property without a current inspection sticker and license tag upon it, unless in either of these circumstances the same is parked, stored or kept in a garage upon such property.
(c) Jacked-Up Vehicles. No person shall permit a motor vehicle to remain upon any private property in a jacked-up position or condition with any of the wheels removed or any of the wheels off the round for any period of time unattended except in a garage upon such property.
(d) Notice to Owners. If the Police Department or other authorized agent of the Township finds that a violation of this section exists, the Department or the agent shall notify the owner of the property on which the vehicle is stored or parked, or the owner of the vehicle, or bath, of the violation, and order either or both of such owners to remove the vehicle within five days thereof, or any other reasonable time as the conditions warrant, and if the same is not then removed the owner shall be in violation of this section.
(e) Mode of Notice. Notice shall be given be personal service or registered mail to the last known address of the violator. In the event that, on diligent search, the address of either the property owner or vehicle owner cannot be ascertained, the posting of the notice or copies thereof on the real property, vehicle, structure or area immediately adjacent thereto shall constitute sufficient notice. If the vehicle with respect to which the notice has been given is not removed within the time allotted, then the Board of Township Commissioners may cause the same to be done and collect the costs thereof, together with a penalty of ten percent of such costs, in the manner provided by law for the collection of Municipal claims or by an action in assumpsit or they may seek relief by a bill in equity.
(f) Emergency Powers. Nothing in this section shall prevent duly authorized police officers from removing from private property, without notice, any attended or unattended vehicle, the presence of which constitutes a hazard or threat to the life, health, safety, welfare and morals of the residents of the Township and which is imminently dangerous, and, in the opinion of the authorized police officers, constitutes a nuisance which gives rise to the existence of emergency conditions.
(Ord. 327. Passed 7-19-67.)
In the event of a conflict between any of the provisions of this chapter and any of the provisions of Chapter 454, the provisions of Chapter 454 shall govern.
450.07 PARKING AND IDLING OF DIESEL VEHICLES FOR MORE THAN FIFTEEN MINUTES IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
No person shall park and idle any diesel vehicle for any continuous period of time greater than fifteen minutes on any residential street, drive or parking area within any Residential District, nor on any street, drive or parking area or lot that immediately abuts and is adjacent to any residential area within the Township, unless due to a safety, fire or health emergency. (Ord. 736. Passed 5-17-95.)
(EDITOR’S NOTE: See Section 410.99 for general Traffic Code penalty if no specific penalty is provided.)
Whoever violates Section 450.07 shall be fined not more than six hundred dollars ($600.00), plus costs of prosecution, for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. (Ord. 736. Passed 5-17-95.)
1997 Replacement