The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public health, safety
and welfare by establishing minimum standards governing the maintenance, appearance
and conditions of parking areas for nonresidential use and open them to the
general public by establishing standards governing such facilities and the
conditions of said facilities and fixing penalties for the violations of this
chapter.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
OCCUPANT
A person having actual possession of any premises or any part thereof.
OPERATOR
A person who has charge, care or control of a premises.
OWNER
A person or entity who or which, alone or jointly with others, has
legal or equitable title to premises with or without accompanying actual possession,
including an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of an estate or
a mortgagee in possession.
PARKING AREA
Any place maintained for outdoor parking of motor vehicles which
is made available to patrons, customers or employees of any place of business,
which parking area is located on private property not owned by the municipality
or any Board of Education or instrumentality thereof. Included in this definition
shall be any parking area used for the patrons and employees of any industrial
use. "Parking areas" shall also include all accessways, aisleways, means of
ingress and egress to and from said parking area, landscaped buffer areas
and islands of said areas on private property and pedestrian walkways located
within the parking areas.
Areas adjacent to accessways at the intersection with other accessways
and/or streets shall be kept free from obstruction, including the piling of
snow and debris, so as to permit clear visibility at all such intersections.
Owners, occupants and operators shall have all of the duties and responsibilities
prescribed in this chapter, and no owner or occupant shall be relieved from
any duties and responsibility or be entitled to defend against any charge
or violation by reason of the fact that they contend that the other or a third
party is responsible for parking area maintenance.
Nothing herein shall prevent the administration of the Township from
closing off any parking area to the public which is deemed rendered unsafe
as a result of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter nor prevent
the municipality from entering upon said premises for the purpose of correcting
any such violation, which corrections shall be made without the assumption
of any liability and for which the owner and/or occupant of the premises shall
be responsible for the reasonable cost of said repair.
[Amended 4-2-1997 by Ord. No. 7-97]
This chapter shall be enforced by the Zoning Officer of the Township,
the Health Officer of the Township or any sanitarian in the Department of
Health and Welfare, the Director of Public Works or any police officer of
the Township of Jefferson.