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1. No owner or responsible person shall leave parked upon a township street, or highway or alley, on either public or private property a disabled, inoperable vehicle, and/or a vehicle that has been left parked or unattended for a period of not more than ten days.
2. For the purpose of this Part, a disabled, inoperable vehicle shall be a vehicle that is not capable of being moved under its own power, or a vehicle with deflated tire or tires; or is partially disabled, wrecked or junked; or is not displaying current registration plate(s) or inspection stickers. A left unattended vehicle is a vehicle that can be moved under its own power but is left parked in one location over ten days. The vehicle(s) described in this Part is one that is designed for the purpose of transporting people or property and it may be motorized or designed to be drawn by a motorized vehicle. This Part does not exclude that type of vehicle used in construction or farming activities.
(Ord. 1996-1, 6/13/1996, §1; Ord. 2017-4, 8/10/2017; Ord. 2018-5, 8/9/2018)
A Plains Township Police Department parking ticket shall be issued and placed on the vehicle in violation or handed to the owner or responsible person. The parking ticket will be noted with the violation of this Part. This parking ticket will allow the owner or responsible person seven days to respond by removing the vehicle and paying the ticket penalty. The officer will indicate on this parking ticket “Vehicle Must Be Moved”. The Police Department may allow additional time for the removal of a vehicle on violation of this Part if the owner or responsible person can show just cause for doing so.
(Ord. 1996-1, 6/13/1996, § 2)
1. When the owner or responsible person fails to remove any vehicle that is in violation of this Part and after receiving notice by the issuance of a Police Department parking ticket, the Plains Township Police Department shall then cause the said vehicle to be removed and stored.
2. The said vehicle may be removed immediately when it constitutes a hazard to pedestrian or vehicular traffic or is a health, safety or fire hazard.
(Ord. 1996-1, 6/13/1996, § 3)
The owner or responsible person of the vehicle in violation that has been removed or directed to be removed by the Police Department pursuant to § 10-403 of this Part shall be responsible for all costs of removal and storage of the said vehicle.
(Ord. 1996-1, 6/13/1996, § 4)
The provisions of this Part shall not apply to such a vehicle that is enclosed or stored in a building, or to a vehicle on the premises of a business enterprise when it is necessary to the operation of the business or to a vehicle in an appropriate storage place or depository unless such storage constitutes or contributes to a safety, health or fire hazard, or has become a public nuisance.
(Ord. 1996-1, 6/13/1996, § 5)
No owner or responsible person shall perform or permit another person to perform mechanical repairs upon any vehicle while it is parked or left standing on any Township streets, highways or alleys.
A. Major repairs are those that require the changing of a motor transmission, drive shafts, exhaust systems, the changing of vehicle fluids or the changing of body parts.
B. Exception: this Section does not apply to emergency repairs such as the changing of a flat tire, or to the duties of tow truck drivers and operators in order to prepare a vehicle to be moved or towed to a place of repair.
C. No vehicle shall leak fluids upon Township streets, highways, alleys or public or private properties:
(1) The owner or responsible person shall clean the roadway in the event of vehicular leakage in order to deter health and safety hazards or public nuisances. Fluids shall include gasoline, diesel fuels, transmission oils, motor oils, anti-freeze and differential fluids.
(2) Cleaning shall consist of the washing down of the roadway for some fluids and the use of sand, sawdust or other absorbent material to collect any oily based fluids and the proper disposal of the material.
(Ord. 1996-1, 6/13/1996, § 6)
No person or responsible person shall allow any violation of this Part to occur on his or her property. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this Part shall, upon conviction, pay all fines and costs set forth within this Part.
(Ord. 1996-1, 6/13/1996, § 7)
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