Hamburg Village, NY Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Chapter 233, the Junked Motor Vehicle Law of the Village of Hamburg, makes it unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to store or deposit a junked motor vehicle, or part or piece of one, on private property in the village. A junked motor vehicle is one that is old, wrecked, discarded, abandoned or dismantled and in such deteriorated condition that it cannot be legally operated on a public highway without substantial repairs. For a vehicle not required to be licensed, sitting unused for more than six months and unable to move under its own power is presumptive evidence that it is junked. The term motor vehicle includes automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, snowmobiles and trailers.

Section 233-4 allows four exceptions: a legally operated junkyard; a completely enclosed building; a vehicle under repair by an owner who actually resides on the premises, limited to one vehicle at a time, kept free of safety hazards and nuisance, and gone within one month; and a vehicle awaiting service at a public garage, service station or body repair shop in a commercial or industrial district, limited to five vehicles and 30 consecutive days.

Enforcement runs through the Building Inspector under § 233-5. The Inspector serves written notice personally or by registered, certified or ordinary mail. If the owner cannot be found, the Inspector uses the assessment roll or publishes the notice once each week for two consecutive weeks in the village's official newspaper. The vehicle must come out within 10 days of the notice, or within 24 days of first publication. If it stays, the owner is summoned before the Village Court Justice for a hearing on whether the village should enter, remove and destroy the vehicle, and the expense is assessed against the property as a lien.

Chapter 238 adds a second layer. Section 238-7A bars unlicensed, inoperative or discarded vehicles from being parked or stored outside on any public or private property in the Village, with exemptions for village-owned vehicles, the Light Industrial Zone District and duly authorized new and used car agencies. Section 229-31 lists the cases where the village removes a vehicle from the street, including an abandoned vehicle within Section 1224 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.