[Amended 5-13-2002 by Ord. No. 1999-02]
It is the intent of the Township Council to:
A. Establish responsibility, throughout the Township
of Moorestown, for maintenance of the area within a public right-of-way
between private property lines and the cartway of a street.
B. Place certain standards for maintenance on commercial,
industrial, institutional and certain residential and Town Center
properties located within the Township of Moorestown.
As used in this chapter the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
COMMERCIAL PREMISES
A lot or tract of land on which or on any part of which commercial
activity of any kind takes place or is intended to take place. Commercial
activity shall include but is not limited to gasoline stations, parking
lots, retail sales, offices, professional activities, including but
not limited to medical, dental, legal, architectural and accounting,
personal services, including real estate, insurance, barbershops and
hairdressers, and repair shops of all kinds.
DESIGNATED RESIDENTIAL PREMISES
A lot or tract of land on which or on any part of which is used or intended to be used for residential purposes, which lot or tract of land is located completely or partially within any of the following zones under Chapter
180 of the Code of Moorestown: RTC 1 Residence Town Center 1; RTC 2 Residence Town Center 2; CHS Commercial Highway Service; CIO Commercial Industrial Office; or CRO Commercial Retail Office.
EXTERIOR OF PREMISES
Those portions of a building which are exposed to public
view and the open space of any premises outside of any building erected
thereon.
INDUSTRIAL PREMISES
A lot or tract of land on which or on any part of which industrial
activity of any kind takes place or is intended to take place.
INSTITUTIONAL PREMISES
A lot or tract of land on which or on any part of which institutional
tax-exempt activity of any kind takes place or is intended to take
place, which shall include but not be limited to schools, houses of
worship and firehalls.
Every commercial, industrial, institutional and designated residential premises and any building situated thereon in the Township of Moorestown used or intended to be used as such a premises shall comply with the provisions of this chapter, whether or not such building shall have been constructed, altered or repaired before or after the enactment of this chapter. Failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be unlawful conduct by the record owner of the premises. This chapter establishes minimum standards for the initial and continued occupancy and use of all such buildings and does not replace or modify standards otherwise established for the construction, repair, alteration or use of such commercial buildings or premises contained therein. Where there is mixed occupancy with commercial or industrial or institutional and other uses on the same premises, all such uses shall be nevertheless regulated by and subject to the provisions of this chapter. The provisions of this chapter shall be in addition to the requirements found in Chapter
147 of the Moorestown Code entitled "Snow and Ice Removal."
The "Township enforcement officer" shall be
defined as the Zoning Officer or any other Township official so designated
by the Township Manager to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
All Township departments shall cooperate fully with the Zoning Officer
in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. All violation
complaints under this chapter may be brought by any resident or the
Township Zoning Officer.
[Added 5-13-2002 by Ord. No. 1999-02]
A. The record owner of any property in the Township of
Moorestown shall be responsible for the maintenance of the area within
an abutting public right-of-way between the property lines of the
premises in question, extended to the cartway line.
B. Maintenance responsibilities shall include but are
not limited to the following:
(1) Remove of any and all weeds, litter and other debris.
(2) Sweep or wash sidewalks and gutters, to keep in dust-free
condition.
(3) Repair, patch, restore, or replace all improvements,
(e.g. sidewalk, landscape area(s), curbing, etc.)
(4) Maintain all surfaces in level and safe condition
to avoid tripping hazards, (e.g. filling any depressions due to settling
of earth, repairing uneven edges of concrete, brick or other hard
surface material, etc.)
C. Responsibilities shall not include maintenance of
any streetlight, traffic signal, regulatory sign, trash receptacle,
public bench, bus shelter, bicycle rack or any equipment owned and
maintained by a public utility.