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674.01  PARKING OR STORAGE OF ABANDONED, WRECKED, JUNKED OR STRIPPED AUTOMOBILES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
   (a)   The purpose of this section is to protect the health, safety, morals and welfare of the citizens of the Township by prohibiting the storage of abandoned, wrecked, junked or stripped automobiles on private property since their storage is detrimental to the health, safety, morals and welfare of the citizens of the Township.
   (b)   No person shall park, store or leave any vehicle of any kind in a wrecked, junked, stripped or abandoned condition in a place where its presence constitutes a hazard to the citizens of the Township. No owner or user of such a vehicle, and no owner or occupier of any property, shall allow, permit or suffer such vehicle to be left upon any privately owned property unless the same is authorized in conjunction with a business properly operated pursuant to the zoning laws of the Township of Lower Chichester.
   (c)   Upon complaint to the Board of Commissioners of a violation of this section, it shall direct the Secretary of the Township to cause a notice of the violation to be given to the owner or occupier of the land upon which the nuisance exists, notifying him or her to abandon the nuisance by removing the vehicle within ten days after the service of said notice.  Said notice shall be given personally or by registered or certified mail.
(Ord. 389.  Passed 6-21-65.)
674.02  PARKING AND STORAGE OF DISABLED MOTOR VEHICLES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
   (a)   No person in charge of or in control of any premises, whether as owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or otherwise, shall allow any disabled motor vehicle to be parked or stored on such premises for a period in excess of ten days.
   In any proceeding for a violation of this section, it shall be prima-facie evidence that the owner, tenant, lessee or occupant of the premises was in possession and control of said disabled motor vehicle.  It is not necessary under this section to proceed against the actual owner of the disabled motor vehicle.
   (b)   No person shall store or park a disabled motor vehicle on any property so as to block or partially block or impede access by fire and safety vehicles to or through the property.
   (c)   No business enterprise in the Township shall permit a disabled motor vehicle to be stored or parked on its premises for a period exceeding ten days.  During the ten day period, the disabled motor vehicle must be parked or stored in a designated parking space only on the business premises.  A designated parking space shall be an area ten feet wide and twenty feet in length with painted lines or stripes providing for orderly and safe parking.
   (d)   This section shall not apply to any disabled motor vehicle which is stored, parked or repaired within an enclosed building or garage where such storage, parking or repairing is not prohibited by the Zoning Code.
(Ord. 92-15.  Passed 4-20-92.)
674.03  ABANDONED REFRIGERATORS AND AIR-TIGHT CONTAINERS.
   (a)   No person shall leave outside of any building or dwelling, in a place accessible to children, any abandoned, unattended or discarded ice box, refrigerator or other container of any kind which has an air-tight door or a lock which may not be released for opening from the inside of said ice box, refrigerator or other container.
   (b)   No person shall leave outside of any building or dwelling, in a place accessible to children, any abandoned, unattended or discarded ice box, refrigerator or other container of any kind which has an air-tight snap-lock or other device thereon without first removing the said snap-lock or doors from said ice box, refrigerator or other container.
(Ord. 278.  Passed 10-19-53.)
674.04  SNOW AND ICE ON SIDEWALKS.
   (a)   Each owner, tenant or occupier of premises abutting on public sidewalks must remove all snow and ice accumulated on the public sidewalks abutting his or her premises within twenty-four hours after snow has ceased to fall.  In the case of multiple tenant premises, it shall be the duty of the owner to do so.
   (b)   Each twenty-four hour period or fraction thereof during which a violation of this section continues shall constitute a separate offense and be subject to separate and cumulative penalties.
(Ord. 345.  Passed 2-20-61.)
674.05  LITTERING IN STREETS.
   No person shall throw, place or drop, or cause to be thrown, placed or dropped, any rubbish, paper, dirt, trash, debris or other litter on or upon any public highway, sidewalk, public playground or other public property in the Township.
(Ord. 329.  Passed 9-21-59.)
674.06  DUMPING IN STREETS.
   (a)   No person shall shovel, deposit or place any object, material, snow, ice or dirt in the cartway of any public road, passageway or highway of the Township.
(Ord. 83-2.  Passed 3-28-83.)
   (b)   No person shall throw, cast or deposit any garbage or offal of any kind whatever into or on any gutter, street, highway, public place, vacant lot or watercourse within the limits of the Township.
(Ord. 192.  Passed 3-18-38.)
674.07  ANIMAL NUISANCES.
   The possession, custody or maintenance by any person in or upon any building, lot or premises of any animal or animals which cause, produce, result in or emit odors, fumes, smells, noises or disturbances which are offensive or detrimental to the health, safety or welfare of the public or of the peaceful enjoyment by the public of their homes or premises is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(Ord. 355.  Passed 10-16-61.)
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