[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Lopatcong 12-30-1974 by Ord. No. 250 as Ch. 101 of the 1974 Code of the Township of Lopatcong; amended in its entirety 2-19-1992 by Ord. No. 1992-02. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Abandoned vehicles; towing — See Ch. 223.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 227.
Unlicensed vehicles — See Ch. 231.
Zoning and land use — See Ch. 243.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PERSON
An individual, firm, partnership, corporation or association of persons.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
A vehicle or piece of equipment, whether self-powered or designated to be pulled or carried, intended primarily for leisure time or recreational use. Recreational vehicles or units include but are not limited to the following: travel trailers, truck-mounted campers, motor homes, autos, buses or trucks adopted for vacation use, snowmobiles, minibikes, all-terrain vehicles, go-carts, boats, boat trailers and utility trailers.
[Added 3-7-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-05]
TRAILER
Any vehicle or unit used or intended for conveyance upon the public streets or highways, so designed or constructed as to permit occupancy of the vehicle or unit by one or more persons as a dwelling, business place or sleeping place or for other occupancy or use, equipped with wheels or similar devices and capable of being transported from place to place either under its own power or by attachment to a motor vehicle or through other means of transportation.
A. 
It shall be unlawful to park any trailer upon any public street in Lopatcong Township except for the time customarily needed for shopping or to make any necessary calls for business or other proper purposes.
B. 
It shall be unlawful to park any trailer in any public street or thoroughfare in a place at which such parking would cause congestion or impede the normal flow of traffic or public use of the thoroughfare.
C. 
It shall be unlawful to park or store any recreational vehicle as described hereinabove in § 215-1, entitled "Definitions," on any street in a residential area within the township.
[Added 3-7-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-05]
It shall be unlawful to make use of any of the toilet facilities in any trailer while on any street within the limits of the Township of Lopatcong, in the County of Warren, and each such trailer, while on any street within the limits of Lopatcong Township, shall have its toilet facilities, lavatories, basins and any other contrivance from which any liquids or excreta may flow completely sealed.
It shall be unlawful to park, keep, house or maintain any trailer in or upon any street or in or upon any site, place or location in the Township of Lopatcong, in the County of Warren, except that parking for a brief time for shopping and other appropriate purposes may be permitted, pursuant to the provisions of § 215-2A of this chapter, and except also that this chapter shall not affect or prohibit the keeping or storage of any trailer on the home premises of the owner, provided that such trailer is not used for living or sleeping purposes.
Any violation of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof. Each day that a violation of any of the terms or provisions of this chapter shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.