The Town Council will vote the amendment below at their meeting on Monday, September 13, 2010.
Amend the Randolph Town bylaws – Chapter 176 – Vehicles: Junk, Unregistered, Parts of Junk, and Unregistered and Abandoned
JUNK VEHICLES/PARTS
176-1. No Person, as owner or as one in control of a premises or property within the
town, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee, registered owner, or titled
bill of sale owner, shall keep or allow to be kept any partially dismantled, non-
operating, wrecked, junked or discarded, vehicle, trailer or parts thereof to
remain in the open on such property longer than seventy-two (72) hours,
except that this section shall not apply to any property that is duly licensed
for such.
The vehicle, trailer or parts thereof shall be removed within seventy-two (72)
hours after notification or it shall be fined and impounded with any and all
charges incurred to be borne entirely by the lawful owner of the property
from which it was removed.
No person shall cause any item in this section to be stored or confined in a
non-permanent (without a foundation) enclosure that has not been duly
permitted by the State Building Code and the Town’s Building Commissioner.
UNREGISTERED VEHICLES/TRAILERS
176-2. No person, as owner or as one in control of a premises or property within the
town, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee, registered owner, or titled
bill of sale owner, shall keep or allow to be kept more than one unregistered
vehicle/trailer to remain in the open on such property longer than seventy-
two (72) hours, except that this section shall not apply to any property that
is duly licensed for such.
The vehicle/trailer shall be removed within seventy-two (72) hours after
notification or it shall be impounded with any and all charges incurred to be
borne entirely by the lawful owner of the property from which it was
removed, or in the case of public property from the rightful owner of the
removed item.
No person shall cause any item in this section to be stored or confined in a
non-permanent (without a foundation) enclosure that has not been duly
permitted by the State Building Code and the Town’s Building Commissioner.
ABANDONMENT
176-3. No person shall abandon a motor vehicle/trailer so that it blocks a public way,
private driveway, or creates a hazard for any length of time.
PUBLIC WAY
176-4. No person shall allow an unregistered and/or uninsured vehicle/trailer upon a
public way for any length of time.
IDENTIFICATION
176-5. In the event of no license plate on a vehicle, the vehicle identification number (VIN) shall be used.
ENFORCEMENT
176-6. The above sections shall be enforced by the Randolph Police Department
under the direction of the Chief of Police. The Police Chief shall be the
authority to formulate rules and regulations for the disposal of any vehicle/
trailer or parts thereof that have not been claimed and whose penalties have
no been paid. Note: the Building Commissioner is the enforcement agent
for all building violations.
FINE
176-7. Violators shall have their vehicle/trailer tagged with a violation notice and
fined Fifty Dollars ($50.00). Each day such violation is committed or
permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and shall be
punishable as such hereunder.
LIEN
176-8. Any fine or penalty imposed by this section and not paid, shall become a
municipal charge under the lien created by MGL c. 40, s. 58.
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