Fallsburg, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 218 (eCode360 ed. 2026) § 218-14

A. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated: JUNK VEHICLE Any motor vehicle, whether automobile, bus, truck, motorcycle, trailer, mobile home, camper, construction or office trailer or any other contraption originally intended for travel on public highways, which is abandoned, stored outdoors, left or located by its owner or any other person, or is permitted or condoned to be abandoned, stored, left or located by its owner or any other person, on private property in the Town of Fallsburg and outside any junk yard establishment duly licensed by the Town pursuant to the Code of the Town of Fallsburg, which junk vehicle is unregistered by the State of New York or any other state or not in operation and does not bear a valid New York State inspection sticker in the current year or a valid inspection sticker of any other state for the current year. A vehicle that does not display a current license plate or displays an expired license plate shall be presumptive evidence of the fact that such vehicle is not currently registered. PERSON Any individual, person or persons, firm, partnership, corporation, whether business, membership, religious, charitable or otherwise, any association or other unit owning real property in the Town of Fallsburg or owning a junk or unlicensed vehicle. UNLICENSED VEHICLE Any motor vehicle intended for use on the public highways that does not display a valid license plate that matches the state registration but displays a valid/unexpired state inspection sticker on the vehicle. B. Vehicle covering. The covering of any unlicensed vehicles in the Town of Fallsburg, as defined by this section, shall be with a fitted car cover and properly secured. The use of tarps or similar materials shall be prohibited. C. Storage of unlicensed/junk vehicles. (1) The outside storage of two or more inoperable or unlicensed vehicles on any property shall be prohibited. No vehicle shall be at any time in a state of major disassembly, disrepair, or in the process of being dismantled or stripped. The painting of vehicles is prohibited unless conducted inside an approved painting booth. Inoperable or junk vehicles must be stored within an enclosed building. The storage of vehicles defined as "unlicensed" shall be prohibited outside any junkyard establishment duly licensed by the town pursuant to the Code of the Town of Fallsburg. (2) The outside storing, parking, placing, abandoning, repairing of any vehicle that is unregistered and not displaying a current state inspection sticker or is no longer intended for or in the condition for legal use on the public highways or in a major state of disrepair or disassembly and is defined as a "junk vehicle" on any property shall be strictly prohibited. Such vehicles shall be stored inside and screened from public view. The use of any such vehicles as storage shall be prohibited. The storage of vehicles defined as a "junk vehicle" shall be prohibited outside any junkyard establishment duly licensed by the Town pursuant to the Code of the Town of Fallsburg. (3) Exemptions. Recreational vehicles used for legitimate sporting events shall be exempt, including, but not limited to, stock cars, dragsters, dirt bikes, etc. and shall not exceed a total of three in any combination per property. D. Removal procedure of junk vehicles. Any "junk vehicle," as defined by this chapter, may be removed from the premises on which it is located by the Town of Fallsburg in the manner hereinafter provided: (1) The Enforcement Officer, upon detecting a junk vehicle, either abandoned, stored, placed or parked on a property within the Town of Fallsburg shall serve written notice on the person owning the property and, if known, the last registered owner of the vehicle, ordering such persons to remove the vehicle within 15 days of such service by certified, return receipt mailing. If such premises is owned by more than one person, certified, return receipt mailing on any one owner shall suffice. A violation notice shall be affixed upon the vehicle a minimum of three days prior to removal and a dated picture of the vehicle and posting are to be made part of the property's permanent file at the Office of Code Enforcement. Code Enforcement shall provide a written description of the vehicle and, if obtainable, a vehicle identification number to the Fallsburg Police Department upon removal. The 15 days to removal shall commence from the date of personal service or the date of mailing, whichever comes first. Any cost incurred for the removal of junk vehicles plus a sum equal to a 50% of such costs for inspection and other additional costs in connection therewith, thereof shall be added to the ensuing year's real property tax bill for the premises. If the Enforcement Officer has received proper notification from the property owner within the fifteen-day period that the junk vehicle was abandoned on his property by another and has been unable to identify the last registered owner, the junk vehicle shall be removed at no cost or penalty to the property owner. E. Right of entry. The Town Code Enforcement Officer and other authorized representatives of the Town have the right to enter and inspect, at any reasonable hour, any premises on which vehicles are openly stored and to inspect such vehicles.