As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DUMPSTERS
Movable refuse container, including "roll-off" containers
intended to be used for the temporary storage of refuse from a demolition,
cleanout or construction site, but not used for any food waste.
CONSTRUCTION TRAILERS
Movable wheeled trailers not exceeding 20 feet in length
for residential and 40 feet in length for commercial that are used
in connection with the performance of construction work, and which
may be designed or intended to convey tools, equipment, construction
materials, building materials or other construction-related items
to and from a construction site by a building contractor or property
owner, and which are located on any site at which construction work
is actively being performed, has commenced and temporarily ceased,
or for which a building permit for construction work has been issued
where construction activity is not actively progressing. A single
construction trailer parked on a property by one of that property's
residents, when used in conjunction with an occupation of that resident,
shall be exempt from the requirements of this chapter (provided the
occupation is not that of a junk dealer, and provided further that
parking such a trailer does not conflict with § 20.6, Parking
of commercial vehicles). Portable classrooms shall not be considered "construction
trailers" nor any trailer used for overnight human occupation.
[Amended 1-9-2017 by Ord.
No. 1672]
PORTABLE STORAGE UNITS
Portable sheds or large movable boxes not exceeding 20 feet
in length for residential and 40 feet in length for commercial and
10 feet in height (hereinafter referred to as "PSUs") that are loaded
with materials and placed on a residential or nonresidential parcel
for purposes of temporary storage of materials, including but not
limited to household goods, building materials (prior to being used
for building purposes), and for any other storage on a limited or
temporary basis. Provided the portable storage unit is used and permitted
as provided in this chapter, such units shall not be considered an
accessory structure as provided under Title 10, Zoning Code, of the Code of Upper Moreland Township. Dumpsters shall
not be considered portable storage units.
[Amended 1-9-2017 by Ord.
No. 1672]
[Amended 12-6-2021 by Ord. No. 1726]
After the expiration of the sixty-day period for the initial
permit in the case of a PSU or construction or demolition dumpster,
and after the expiration of the six-month period for the initial permit
in the case of a construction trailer, an applicant for a portable
storage unit may submit a renewal application for an additional 60
days in the case of a PSU, or six months in the case of a construction
trailer, which same application shall not be unreasonably refused
by the Township. An applicant for a construction or demolition dumpster
may submit an application for an additional 30 days only, which application
shall not be unreasonably refused by the Township. All such applications
for extension of a permit must be accompanied by an extension fee
in an amount to be fixed by resolution of the Board of Commissioners
from time to time.
No residential parcel may have more than one PSU and one construction
or demolition dumpster at one time.