[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Poquott 1-24-2008 by L.L. No. 1-2008. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Zoning — See Ch. 183.
This chapter shall be entitled "a Local Law
Regulating the Parking or Storage of Storage Containers in Residential
Districts within the Village of Poquott."
A.
Enactment of chapter. Pursuant to § 10 of
the Home Rule Law, the Incorporated Village of Poquott, County of
Suffolk, State of New York, hereby enacts this Local Law 1 of 2008
of the Incorporated Village of Poquott.
B.
When effective. This chapter shall become effective
upon filing with the New York State Secretary of State.
C.
Findings. The Village Board of Trustees hereby finds
and determines that the parking and/or storing of storage containers
on premises in residential districts within the Village have a deleterious
effect on the health, moral standards, aesthetics, quality of life,
and property values within the Village. The Village Board of Trustees
further finds that regulating the amount of time for which storage
containers may be parked or stored on residential premises will minimize
the adverse effects that storage containers have when parked or stored
on residential premises.
The purpose and intent of this chapter is to
minimize the adverse effects that are created when residents within
the Village park or otherwise store storage containers on their properties.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any premises located within the Village of Poquott having the classification of either A-Residence, B-Residence, or C-Residence, as established and defined in Chapter 183 of the Code of the Village of Poquott.
Any device whose intended use is for safeguarding personal
property and/or transporting same, which, by its design, is intended
to be hauled and/or removed from a premises by means of hauling or
towing by an automobile or commercial vehicle to another geographic
location.
Parking or storage of a storage container(s)
is permitted in residential districts on a temporary basis not exceeding
15 consecutive days, or 30 days in any given calendar year.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the
following are permitted temporary uses of storage containers:
A.
Storage containers used solely for the storage of
building/construction tools, equipment, and materials situate on a
premises where a building permit has been issued by the Village for
construction and/or related improvements that are taking place, or
are scheduled to take place, within 15 days of placing the storage
container on the premises.
B.
Storage containers used as the result of disaster,
such as fire, flooding, or infestation of the residential dwelling
on the property at which the storage container has been parked or
stored. In such an event, the storage container can remain on the
premises for a maximum duration of six months. The Village Board of
Trustees may approve an extension of this time frame after a public
hearing.
Any resident wishing to park or store a storage
container(s) on his or her premises must obtain a permit from the
Village Building Inspector and pay the appropriate fees prior to parking
and/or storing same upon his or her property. The permit must be prominently
displayed on the storage container at all times. Fees for said permit
shall be set by the Village Board of Trustees.
The parking or storage of storage container
under this chapter shall be prima facie evidence of the violation
of this chapter by the owner, tenant or other occupant of the residential
premises upon which such items are located.
Each violation of this chapter shall be punishable
by a penalty of not more than $250 or imprisonment for not more than
15 days, or both. A separate and distinct offense shall be deemed
committed on each day during which or on which a violation occurs
or continues.
