The exterior of residential buildings and premises
shall be maintained so as to facilitate the elimination of health,
safety and fire hazards and so that the appearance of the premises
and all buildings thereon shall reflect a level of maintenance in
keeping with the standards of the neighborhood, including but not
limited to the following:
A. Storage of construction, commercial and industrial
material. There shall not be stored or used at an outside location
equipment and material relating to construction, commercial or business
uses unless there is a valid construction permit in effect for that
site.
[Amended 12-29-1997 by Ord. No. 20-97]
B. Front yard parking. No person shall park, stop or
stand any motor vehicle or permit or suffer the same to be done in
any front yard area of any building, except on driveways and parking
areas located, constructed and installed in compliance with applicable
Borough ordinances.
C. Commercial vehicles and buses. Not more than one commercial
vehicle, not exceeding 10,000 pounds in registered weight or one school
bus, Type II Van with a seating capacity of 16 or less, shall be permitted
to be parked, stored or kept on property in single-family residential
districts. No truck tractors, trailers or school buses with seating
capacity greater than 16 shall be permitted to be parked, stored or
kept on property in single-family residential districts.
[Amended 1-20-1993 by Ord. No. 1153]
D. Parking or storage of motor vehicles on private property.
[Added 10-28-2002 by Ord.
No. 09-02; amended 7-17-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-8]
(1) Findings. It is hereby determined and declared that the outdoor storage,
parking, repair, or accumulation of abandoned, wrecked, junked, inoperable,
unregistered, uninspected, damaged or inoperable motor vehicles upon
private property within the Borough is contrary and inimical to the
public welfare in that the exposure to view of such motor vehicles
or parts is detrimental to the surrounding neighborhood and the community
at large due to danger of injury and hazards to children and others
attracted to such vehicles, creation of unsightly and offensive views
for adjoining residents and property owners, creating unsafe and nuisance
conditions, and contributing to the devaluation of property values.
(2) No person shall place, abandon, leave, keep, park or maintain, or
permit the placing, abandoning, leaving, keeping, parking or maintaining,
of any motor vehicle described below out of doors upon any private
land in the Borough of Leonia for more than five days if said vehicle:
(a)
Does not have a current and valid registration and inspection
sticker; or
(b)
Does not have all of its main component parts attached; or
(c)
Is wrecked, junked, stripped, inoperable, or in a state of disrepair
such that it is unsightly or unsafe; or
(d)
Is in such mechanical or physically damaged or deteriorating
condition that it could not be immediately operated in a safe manner,
or if operated on a public roadway would be subject to a violation
of N.J.S.A. 39:3-44 (unsafe vehicle).
(3) A motor vehicle shall be deemed inoperable where any of the following
conditions exist:
(a)
It is being dismantled for sale, salvage, reclamation of parts,
or repair.
(b)
It does not have all of its main component parts properly attached.
(c)
Where any other additional conditions exist which cause the
vehicle to be incapable of being driven lawfully and safety under
its own power.
(4) "Main component parts" means fenders, hood, wheels, radiator, motor,
windows, doors, muffler, body or essential parts of the engine, and
all such other parts or equipment as are necessary for the vehicle
to be lawfully driven.
(5) Exceptions.
(a)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the placing,
keeping or storage of a motor vehicle referenced above if said vehicle
is stored in an enclosed garage or building, or no more than one such
vehicle per property is stored in the driveway or backyard of the
premises under a form-fitting car cover specifically manufactured
and sold for the type of vehicle stored.
(b)
The provisions of this section shall also not apply to any lawfully
existing new or used car dealers or junkyard which otherwise complies
with all federal, state and municipal laws, nor shall it apply to
the temporary storage of registered, insured vehicles awaiting repairs
at service stations.
(6) Parking or storage of motor vehicles on public property. The parking
or storage of motor vehicles on public property shall be governed
by State law or as otherwise provided by Borough ordinance.
The exterior of nonresidential and mixed occupancy
buildings and premises shall be maintained so that the appearance
thereof shall not constitute a blighting effect upon neighboring properties
nor an element leading to a progressive deterioration and downgrading
of neighboring properties including the following:
A. Signs and billboards. All permanent signs and billboards
exposed to public view permitted by Borough ordinance and regulated
by the Sign Ordinance or other regulations shall be maintained in good repair.
Any sign or billboard which has weathered excessively or faded or
the paint on which has excessively peeled or cracked shall, with its
supporting members, be removed forthwith or put into a state of good
repair. All nonoperative or broken electrical signs shall be repaired
or shall, with their supporting members, be removed forthwith.
B. Signs or advertisements; removal.
(1) Except for "for rent" signs, any temporary sign or
other advertising material glued or otherwise attached to a window
or otherwise exposed to public view shall be removed at the expiration
of the event or sale for which it was erected or posted or within
60 days after it was erected or posted, whichever shall have occurred
sooner.
(2) Except during the course of repairs or alterations,
not more than 50% of the square footage of all windows shall be devoted
to signs or other advertising material attached thereto or within
seven inches of the window. All signs and notices placed in a window
for the promotion of events or projects sponsored by nonprofit organizations
shall be exempt from the restriction of this subsection.
[Amended 9-21-1998 by Ord. No. 16-98; 12-7-1998 by Ord. No.
98-20]
C. Windows and window display areas. All windows exposed
to public view shall be kept clean and free of marks and foreign substance.
Except when utilized for display purposes, no materials, stock or
inventory shall be permitted in window display areas exposed to public
view unless such areas are first screened by drapes, venetian blinds
or other means of making the windows opaque. All screening of interiors
shall be maintained in a clean and attractive manner and in a good
state of repair.
D. Repair and painting of exteriors of buildings. All
storefronts and the exteriors of all buildings shall be kept in good
repair, painted where required or otherwise provided with protective
treatment sufficient to prevent deterioration and shall not constitute
a safety hazard or nuisance. In the event that repairs to a storefront
become necessary, such repairs shall be made in harmony with the original
design with the same materials or materials of appearance similar
to those used in the construction of the storefront in such a manner
as to permanently repair the damaged area or areas.
E. Location of shopping carts. No shopping baskets, carts
or wagons shall be left unattended or standing in open areas and shall
be collected at the close of business each day and removed to the
interior of the building.