A portable on-demand storage structure may be utilized as a temporary structure within the Township when in compliance with the standards of this article. Any use of such structures within the Township not in compliance with this article shall be unlawful. No portable on-demand storage structure or containers may be utilized for commercial purposes in a residential zone unless permitted through the Zoning Official or Board of Adjustment. Intermodal containers are prohibited.
An applicant shall register the placement of the temporary storage unit, portable storage container with the Township Code Enforcement Department if the temporary storage unit, portable storage container or shipping container is placed on a property longer than 14 days. The registration shall require the completion of a "Code Enforcement Application" form, payment of a nonrefundable registration fee of $25 in residential zones and $100 in commercial zones, and the Code Enforcement Department's written approval of the application.
Such temporary structure, container, or trailer may not exceed 8.5 feet in height, 10 feet in width or 20 feet in length.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to place or permit the placement of portable on-demand storage structures or portable storage containers within a residentially zoned location in the Township without properly registering the on-demand storage unit or portable storage container with the Code Enforcement Department or Zoning Office as provided above.
B. 
On-demand storage structures or portable storage containers shall only be placed on the property owner's driveway or a parking area or, if access exists, to the rear of the site. Required parking space(s) shall at all times be maintained if temporary storage units are placed in parking areas.
C. 
No temporary storage structure or container shall be used at any time to store solid waste, construction debris, recyclable materials, business inventory, commercial goods, goods for property other than the residential property where the temporary storage unit or container is located (i.e., used for retail sales or nonprofit sales distribution), or any other illegal or hazardous material.
A. 
A portable on-demand storage structure or portable storage container may be located as a temporary structure on a residentially zoned property within the Township for a period not exceeding 14 days in duration from time of delivery to time of removal. No more than one portable on-demand storage structure or portable storage container may be located on the specifically permitted property within the Township at one time; such structures or containers shall be individually limited to the duration time period established within. Such temporary structure or trailer may not be located on the specifically permitted residentially zoned property more than one time in any given one-hundred-eighty-day period.
An applicant may seek an extension to the fourteen-day limitation on placement of the structures or containers in residentially zoned properties by application to the Township, subject to conditions, for a reasonable time-period, not to exceed 14 days. Applicant must make arequest in writing by justifying why such extension is being requested. Any further length of time will require a zoning permit as may be allowable after application and, if necessary, approval by the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
B. 
Exceptions to these limits may occur for up to two weeks, but limited to the following conditions;
(1) 
When a homeowner is in the process of relocating to another location or locating to the subject premises;
(2) 
Upon fire/natural disaster damage.
C. 
Any portable on-demand structure or portable storage container which is not removed at the end of the time for which it may lawfully remain in place, or immediately upon the direction of a law enforcement officer for removal of such temporary structure for safety reasons, may be removed by the Township immediately, without notice, and the cost of such removal, together with the cost of administration of its removal, may be assessed against the property on which the temporary structure was located and may be filed as a lien against such property by the Township Clerk. Such lien shall be superior in dignity to all other liens or encumbrances upon the property, including the lien of a mortgage, and shall be equal in dignity to the lien of ad valorum taxes.
Except as provided herein, violations of this article shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, Article III, General Penalty, § 1-17, Subsection B.