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, and similar
flammable liquids.
B. Flammable liquids shall be stored in containers of a type approved
by the Fire Subcode Official or Fire Official, and the container shall
have the name of the liquid displayed conspicuously.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
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.
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 outdoor storage is prohibited in all residential
zones.
A. Construction materials, paving materials and landscaping materials
except those being used for a current, active construction or landscaping
project on the premises and for which a valid building permit or zoning
approval, as applicable, is in effect;
B. Tires, wheels, other motor vehicle parts or truck caps;
C. Appliances and machinery, such as but not limited to: refrigerators,
freezers, washing machines, dryers, dishwashers, water heaters, and
plumbing fixtures;
D. Furniture, except furniture designed and intended to be used outdoors
on the premises;
E. More than one extension ladder.
G. Garbage, waste material or debris of any kind, except for typical
household trash or recyclables generated on the premises and stored
in approved containers for pickup, and except for temporary storage,
stockpiling or composting of leaves and grass clippings generated
on the premises and more than two cords of firewood unless screened
by a solid fence or shrubbery; and
H. Unlicensed and uninsured motor vehicles of any kind.
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 nonresidential 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.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
B. In the I Industrial 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.
(3)
Mobile storage structures subject to the conditions imposed by the definition of "mobile storage structures" in Article
1.
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.