[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the City of Harrington 5-1-2006 by Ord. No. 06-02. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Amended 12-15-2008 by Ord. No. 08-07]
It shall be unlawful for a portable storage container to be placed or used in the City without a permit and payment of a fee as set forth in Chapter 180, Municipal Fees, for each such portable storage unit. The lessee of the portable storage container shall be responsible for obtaining the permit. No such permit shall be required for portable units used by building contractors during the active construction phase of a building project.
The City Manager and/or his/her designee shall,
unless specifically provided otherwise, supervise the enforcement
of this chapter and have authority to grant, deny and revoke permits.
The City Manager and/or his/her designee shall:
A.
Collect all permit fees, issue permits to all qualified
persons and maintain all permit records in the name of the City .
B.
Promulgate and enforce all reasonable rules and regulations
necessary to the operation and enforcement of this chapter.
C.
Adopt all forms and prescribe the information to be
given therein as to character and other relevant matter for all necessary
papers.
D.
Notify any applicant of the acceptance or rejection
of his/her application and, upon the refusal of any permit and at
the applicant's request, state in writing the reasons therefor and
deliver them to the applicant.
A.
Every applicant for a permit under the provisions
of this chapter shall make an application for such permit upon forms
provided by the City Manager and/or his/her designee, which shall
include the following information:
(1)
The name and address of the applicant and the address
where the portable storage container(s) will be placed;
(2)
A statement that the applicant has complied and will
continue to comply with all ordinances of the City.
(3)
Such other information as the City Manager and/or
his/her designee deems necessary.
B.
The proper permit fee shall accompany the application.
Upon proper application and payment of the prescribed
fee, a permit shall be issued to each such applicant, signed by the
City Manager and/or his/her designee. Each such permit shall be valid
and effective for a period of 30 days. A record of all permits issued
and permit fees paid shall be maintained at City Hall.
A.
The applicant for the renewal of a permit shall submit
an application for that permit to the City Manager and/or his/her
designee, along with the required fee.
B.
The City Manager and/or his/her designee may grant one thirty-day extension of an initial permit. The fee for the renewal of the permit shall be as set forth in Chapter 180, Municipal Fees. Any further extensions of the permit must be approved by the Council.
[Amended 12-15-2008 by Ord. No. 08-07]
C.
The City
Manager and/or his/her designee may grant one fifteen-day extension
of an initial permit without an additional fee.
[Added 4-16-2012 by Ord. No. 12-06]
A.
The amount of any unpaid fee, the payment of which
is required pursuant to this chapter, shall constitute a debt due
the City.
B.
The City Solicitor shall, at the direction of the
City Manager and/or his/her designee, institute civil suit in the
name of the City to recover any unpaid fee.
C.
No civil judgment or any act by the City Solicitor,
the City Manager and/or his/her designee, or the violating permittee
shall bar or prevent a criminal prosecution for each violation of
this chapter.
The permit must be conspicuously posted on the
portable storage container in such a manner as to protect the permit
from inclement weather while maintaining readability.
[Amended 4-16-2012 by Ord. No. 12-06
A.
Any person found to be in violation of this chapter, regardless of corrective actions taken, shall be punished for that violation by a fine as set in Chapter 180, Fees, Municipal. Any such fine shall be in addition to any charges or assessments imposed upon the violator pursuant to this chapter. All fines imposed shall be in accordance with the minimum fine schedule set forth in Chapter 180, Fees, Municipal.
B.
Every day that a violation of this chapter continues
shall be considered a separate offense, for which the violator may
be fined without necessity of further notice.
C.
In determining
the applicable minimum fine, an offense shall be considered a recurring
offense only if the owner of the property has previously been found
to have caused or permitted the same violation at the same location
within the past 18 months, or for every day that the violation of
this chapter continues.
