[HISTORY: Adopted by the North Wildwood City Council 5-6-2014 by Ord. No. 1647. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes, but is not limited to, any trailer that is used
for the storage of construction or demolition tools, materials or
supplies for contractors engaged in construction or demolition activities
upon a construction jobsite or a demolition jobsite.
Includes, but is not limited to, any trailer commonly used
as a mobile or temporary office in connection with construction or
demolition activities at a construction jobsite or a demolition jobsite.
Includes, but is not limited to, any trailer that is used
in connection with landscaping, grass cutting, construction, sales
and food vending which is commonly used for the storage of tools,
materials, food, equipment, sales information or supplies and equipment
for persons, contractors or vendors.
As defined in N.J.S.A. 39:1-1.
Includes, but is not limited to, any trailer that is designed
or used for carrying, hauling or transporting powerboats, sailboats,
wave runners, jet skis or any other type of craft that is used in
or on the water.
A.
Whenever,
under the terms of this chapter, it is permissible to park a trailer
upon the streets of the City of North Wildwood, the trailer shall
be parked in accordance with all standards and requirements that are
set forth in the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Code, N.J.S.A. 39:1-1 et
seq.
B.
No person
shall purposely, knowingly, recklessly or negligently damage any street
or public property or allow damage to be caused to any street or public
property by the placement of a trailer upon a street or public property.
It shall be no defense to a prosecution for an offense under this
section that a permit or mercantile license for placement of a trailer
was obtained from the City or that timber or other material had been
placed under the wheels of the trailer, it being the responsibility
of the user of the trailer to provide for further protective measures
to the street or public property if the timber or other material proves
to be insufficient to adequately protect the street or public property
from damage by reason of the weight of the trailer or any other factor
or cause.
A.
Except
as otherwise set forth in this subsection, beginning on the Friday
immediately preceding the Monday on which Memorial Day is observed
through and including the Monday next following Labor Day each year,
it shall be unlawful to park or permit to be parked a storage trailer
upon any street within the City of North Wildwood, except that, during
such period of time, landscapers and grass cutters, in the performance
of their duties and only during the period of time when the particular
landscaper or grass cutter actually is engaged in work, are permitted
to park a storage trailer in front of and adjacent to their work site.
B.
During
such periods of time when the parking of storage trailers upon the
streets is permitted, to the extent possible, they shall be located
on the work site for which the storage trailer is being used rather
than on the street. In such cases where the only practical location
for such storage trailer is on the street or highway, then the storage
trailer shall be parked in front of the work site or any property
owned by the storage trailer owner and only during the period of time
when the particular owner, contractor, landscaper or storage trailer
owner or operator is actually engaged in working on the project. All
storage trailers shall be removed from the site, street or highway
immediately following the completion of the construction, work, landscaping,
grass cutting or other project on which a particular contractor or
person was engaged.
C.
Under no circumstances shall any storage trailer that is used in connection with sales of goods or merchandise or in connection with the vending of food be parked or permitted to be parked on any street at any time unless the storage trailer is being used in connection with a special event that has been approved in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 376, of the Code of the City of North Wildwood and/or connection with an activity for which a mercantile license has been issued by the City Clerk.
[Amended 4-25-2017 by Ord. No. 1713]
A.
May 16
to September 30 prohibition. No person shall park or permit the parking
of watercraft trailers of any type or description, regardless of whether
such watercraft trailer is licensed and/or registered by any governmental
authority and regardless of whether a boat or other watercraft is
situate upon the watercraft trailer, on any street between May 16
and the next following September 30.
B.
October
1 to May 15. Between October 1 and the next following May 15, the
owner of a watercraft trailer that is less than 26 feet in length
may park the watercraft trailer directly in front of, and immediately
adjacent to, the curb or property line of any property that is owned
by the owner of the watercraft trailer. If the watercraft trailer
owner occupies the property as a tenant under a written lease, then,
prior to parking the watercraft trailer upon a street as permitted
by this subsection, the owner of the watercraft trailer shall have
obtained the written consent of the property owner allowing the watercraft
trailer to be parked directly in front of, and immediately adjacent
to, the curb or property line of the leased property. If the subject
property has been developed with a multifamily residential dwelling,
then, prior to parking the watercraft trailer upon a street as permitted
by this subsection, the owner of the watercraft trailer shall have
obtained the written consent from the association of owners responsible
for administration of the multifamily dwelling complex, and if no
such association exists, then from the owner of each unit in the multifamily
dwelling which specifically authorizes the parking of such watercraft
trailer directly in front of, and immediately adjacent to, the curb
or property line of the subject property. Between the period of October
1 and the next following May 15, no watercraft trailer shall be parked
upon the streets, collectively, in excess of five consecutive days
(120 consecutive hours).
A.
Beginning
on the Friday immediately preceding the Monday on which Memorial Day
is observed through and including the Monday next following Labor
Day each year, it shall be unlawful to park or permit to be parked
a jobsite trailer or a mobile office trailer upon any street within
the City of North Wildwood.
B.
During
such periods of time when the parking of jobsite trailers and mobile
office trailers upon the streets is permitted, to the extent possible,
they shall be located on the construction jobsite or demolition jobsite
rather than on the street. In such cases where the only practical
location for such trailers is on the street, then the trailer shall
be parked immediately in front of and adjacent to the construction
jobsite or demolition jobsite, but only during the period of actual
construction or demolition and only during the period of time when
the particular contractor utilizing the trailer is actually engaged
in working on the construction or demolition project. All such trailers
shall be removed from the site or street immediately following the
completion of the construction or demolition project or that particular
portion thereof on which a particular contractor was engaged.
A person who is convicted of a violation of this chapter shall
be subject to a fine not to exceed $1,250 or imprisonment in the county
jail for a period of not more than 90 days, or both, for each violation.
Each day said violation is continued shall constitute a separate offense.
In addition to a fine, a person who has been convicted of a violation
of this chapter may be sentenced to make restitution to the City of
North Wildwood in the event that a street or any public property has
been damaged by reason of placement of a trailer thereon.
