Storage of certain items outside of buildings
or structures and parking of certain vehicles outside buildings and
structures is permitted in all zones subject to the limitations and
restrictions of this article. Notwithstanding any provision of this
chapter to the contrary, the storage of materials which are deemed
to be flammable, explosive, radioactive or otherwise detrimental to
the public health, safety or welfare by the Zoning Officer, Construction
Official, Board of Health or Fire Department is prohibited in or outside
a structure or a vehicle regulated by this article, except for the
following:
A. Up to 15 gallons of Class I flammable liquids may
be stored or carried. Class I flammable liquids are defined as having
a flash point below 100° F. Examples include gasoline, gas/oil
mixtures, propane, acetylene, varsol, turpentine, most organic paint
thinners, etc.
B. Flammable liquids shall be stored in containers of
a type approved by the Fire Sub Code Official or Fire Official, and
the container shall have the name of the liquid displayed conspicuously.
The parking of motor vehicles used exclusively
for personal private transportation of the occupant of the premises
thereof or other members of the occupant's household may be parked
outside of a building in a permitted parking space on the premises
in question at all times in all zones without limitation except as
provided in the Borough Code for regulation of inoperable motor vehicles, and except as may be regulated by Article
XVIII.
Certain motor vehicles and other vehicles as
set forth below may be parked outside a building in a permitted parking
space on any premises devoted primarily to a residential use; provided,
however, that the vehicle is owned or operated by the occupant of
said residence, and subject to the conditions and limitations specified
below.
A. Number and type of vehicles permitted. Only the number and type of vehicle permitted in one of the following subsections may be parked on a residential premises. The parking of a vehicle from more than one of these categories such as a vehicle from Subsection
B and/or Subsection
C shall be prohibited.
B. Trucks and vans. One truck or van used for commercial
purposes with a load carrying capacity of 1.5 tons or less may be
parked on a permitted parking space on the residential premises of
the owner or operator thereof. The truck or van length shall not exceed
18 feet in length, nor 10 feet in height above the ground.
C. Self propelled recreational vehicles. One self-propelled
recreational vehicle may be parked on grass in the rear yard of the
residential premises of the owner or operator thereof. Such vehicles
shall not exceed 18 feet in length or 10 feet in height as measured
from the surface of the ground. This section shall also apply to campers,
removable or otherwise mounted on a truck.
D. Buses. One vehicle designed and licensed to transport
up to 10 people excluding the driver may be parked on the premises
of the owner or operator thereof.
E. Limousines. Two licensed limousines may be parked
on the residential premises of the owner or operator thereof. No limousine
parked on a residential premises shall exceed 25 feet in length. Any
such limousine may have a sign or signs affixed thereto if required
by law, but in no event shall the sign be more than two square feet
in origin.
F. Taxicabs. One licensed taxicab may be parked on the
premises of the owner or operator thereof. Such taxicab may have a
sign affixed thereto if required by law, but in no event shall the
taxicab contain more than two such signs. The display area of any
such sign shall not exceed two square feet in origin. Such sign(s)
shall not be mounted on the roof of the taxicab.
G. Boats. One boat may be parked or stored on the residential
premises of the owner or operator thereof. The boat, including any
trailer upon which the boat is parked or stored, shall not exceed
a height of 10 feet above the ground, nor shall the boat or trailer
exceed a length of 18 feet. The boat shall be parked or stored in
the rear yard.
H. Trailers. One trailer, including but not limited to
trailers used for carrying equipment, motor vehicles or materials,
and trailer campers, all of which are designed and intended to be
pulled behind a motor vehicle may be parked or stored outside a building
on the residential premises of the owner or operator thereof, subject
to the following requirements:
(1)
The trailer shall be properly licensed for road
use.
(2)
The trailer shall not be used in any commercial
enterprise.
(3)
The trailer shall not exceed 18 feet in length
or 10 feet in height above the ground.
(4)
The trailer shall be stored in the rear yard,
behind the principal structure and shall be screened from adjacent
properties.
I. Motorized landscape equipment or construction equipment.
No motorized landscape equipment shall be parked or stored on any
residential premises except as set forth below:
(1)
Landscape equipment such as mowers and tractors
used exclusively on the premises where they are parked or stored.
(2)
Landscape equipment of landscape contractors
performing landscape services on the premises, but only so long as
it is necessary to perform such work and such work is being actively
performed.
J. Motorized construction equipment. No motorized construction
equipment shall be parked or stored on a residential premises except
as needed to perform work on that premises and only so long as it
is necessary to perform such work and while such work is being actively
performed.
K. Equipment and materials stored in vehicles. Equipment
and materials may be stored in or on a motor vehicle regulated by
this section, subject to the following:
(1)
The equipment or materials shall not be visible
from outside the motor vehicle. In the case of equipment or materials
stored in the open bed of a truck and similar cases, this provision
shall be deemed to be complied with if the equipment and materials
are completely covered by a solid opaque tarp. Exposed ladders shall
not be permitted to remain on a vehicle overnight, but shall be required
to be removed and stored out of view.
(2)
The storage of materials which gives off offensive
odors, such as but not limited to decaying vegetation, manure, etc.,
is prohibited.
(3)
The storage of pesticides, herbicides, fertilizer
and similar materials shall comply with applicable regulations of
the NJDEP.
The following regulations shall apply to outdoor
storage in all nonresidential zone districts; provided, however, that
outdoor storage of garbage, rubbish, debris and recyclables intended
for periodic removal and stored in approved containers for pickup
shall be permitted in all nonresidential zone districts:
A. In the CC and C0 Zones no outdoor storage shall be
permitted except operable motor vehicles actually used in the business
conducted on the premises, except that on premises where the principal
use is residential, the outdoor storage permitted for residential
zones shall also be permitted for that premises. On premises containing
a mixed residential/nonresidential development, outdoor storage for
the residential use shall be limited to customary and ancillary storage
of typical household waste and recyclables for pickup.
B. In the GC Zone the following outdoor storage is permitted;
provided, however that on premises in these zones where the principal
use is residential, the outdoor storage permitted for residential
zones shall also be permitted for that premises:
(1)
Operable motor vehicles actually used in the
business conducted on the premises.
(2)
Motor vehicles held for sale, rental or repair
subject to the conditions imposed by this chapter for particular conditional
uses and further subject to the zoning regulation of the GC zone district,
as applicable.
(3)
Mobile storage structures subject to the conditions imposed by the definition of "mobile storage structures" in §
184-8.
(4)
Goods held for sale which are normally stored
outside as a matter of general practice.
C. On premises containing a mixed residential/nonresidential
development, outdoor storage for the residential use shall be limited
to customary and ancillary storage of typical household waste and
recyclables for pickup.