[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Totowa 11-29-2005 by Ord. No. 27-2005.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 361.
Taxicabs — See Ch. 372.
Abandoned vehicles — See Ch. 394.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 398.
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Editor's Note: This chapter was originally designated to be added as Art. IXC of Chapter 398, Vehicles and Traffic.
The following words, phrases and terms as used in this chapter are hereby defined for the purpose thereof as follows:
CAMPER
A separate vehicle designed for human habitation which is capable of being attached or detached from the body of a pickup truck.
CAMPER TRAILER
A vehicular, portable dwelling structure designed to be used for recreational purposes. This includes but is not limited to a travel trailer, a pickup camper, a folding tent trailer or a motorized camper where the dwelling portion is an integral part of the self-propelled vehicle.
MOTOR HOME
A self-contained vehicle designed for human habitation, with its own mode of power and with a passageway from the body of the home to the driver's seat.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
Includes boats, boat trailers, snowmobiles and snowmobile trailers, wave runners, all terrain vehicles, as well as campers, tent campers, motor homes, trailers and travel trailers.
TRAILER
A vehicle without mode of power, designed for carrying persons or property on its own, but required to be drawn, pulled or towed by another vehicle. Trailers shall also include but are not limited to boat trailers, snowmobile trailers, all terrain vehicle and motorcycle trailers, as well as utility trailers and construction trailers.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or store any recreational vehicle or trailer as defined in this chapter on any property in the Borough of Totowa, except as follows:
A. 
The vehicle shall be parked in a side or rear yard area of a residential property and is parked at least four feet from the boundary line of any abutting residential lot.
B. 
Any recreational vehicle parked or stored in a side or rear yard and not in an enclosed garage shall be screened from view. Such screening shall not be less than six feet in height and shall consist of either a trellis, latticework, basket-weave fencing, stockade fencing, shrubbery or other similar material approved by the Zoning Officer, except that, when such screening exceeds six feet in height, the same shall consist only of shrubbery. Shrubbery shall be of type and quantity to provide an immediate year-round screen from the adjacent properties. Any fence shall have the least objectionable side facing the adjacent property or the street. The width of the screened area shall be limited to the width of the recreational vehicle and an additional five feet. In no case shall screening exceed 16 feet in width and 40 feet in length.
C. 
Only one vehicle, inclusive of a supporting trailer, may be stored or parked at any given time.
D. 
The vehicle may only be parked or stored in a rear or side yard area of the owner's residential property.
E. 
Prohibited uses. The following uses are prohibited:
(1) 
No parked or stored recreational vehicle as defined herein shall be occupied or used for human habitation, including but not limited to sleeping, eating, resting or conducting business.
(2) 
No parked or stored recreational vehicle as defined herein which does not carry a valid current year's license and/or registration or which is in a state of external, visible disrepair or partial construction shall be parked or stored in any zone; no junk vehicles shall be permitted under this subsection.
(3) 
No major overhaul or bodywork shall be permitted on any recreational vehicle when parked on the residential premises.
(4) 
No recreational vehicle shall have fixed connections to electricity, water, gas or sanitary sewer facilities.
The use of trailers in any zone in connection with site construction shall be permitted, subject to the following restrictions and regulations:
A. 
Such trailers shall be located on the lot on which construction is progressing and shall not be located within 25 feet of the boundary line of any abutting residential lot.
B. 
Such trailers shall be used only as field offices and storage, not for any dwelling use whatsoever.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,250 for each offense or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days, or a requirement of community service not to exceed 90 days. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on the day on which a violation occurs and each day the violation continues to occur.