[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Hewlett Bay Park 5-13-2021 by L.L. No. 1-2021. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
Outdoor storage containers are permitted on private residential properties only as provided herein. No outdoor storage containers are permitted on properties in the Village, except as provided herein. No outdoor storage container is permitted on any property not used as a single-family residence. Not more than one outdoor storage container is permitted on any private property at any one time.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place, keep or maintain any storage container on any property improved with a single-family dwelling for more than two weeks without first securing a permit as provided herein.
C. 
Any person seeking to place, keep or maintain a storage container for more than two weeks on private residential property shall file an application for a permit with the Building Department. No permit is required if the storage container shall be located on private residential property for no more than two weeks.
D. 
Whether or not subject to the permit requirement as provided herein, no storage container may be more than 100 square feet or more than eight feet in height.
E. 
Whether or not subject to the permit requirement as provided herein, any storage container shall be set back from any side property line a minimum of five feet, from the front property line a minimum of five feet, and also be a minimum of five feet away from any structures on the property.
F. 
No permit shall be granted for a storage container where it is determined by the Building Department that such proposed container, in the location proposed, will negatively impact vehicular or pedestrian traffic or unreasonably deprive light, air or a reasonable use of adjoining property.
G. 
The length of time a storage container shall be permitted to remain on the premises, pursuant to a permit, shall be 90 days. Upon written application to the Building Department, timely made before the end of such ninety-day period, the Building Department may grant one additional ninety-day period. A further extension shall require a written application to the Board of Trustees, and the Board of Trustees may grant such application only upon good cause shown.
H. 
No storage container may remain on premises beyond the authorized permit period or permitted extension period.
I. 
A storage container is not deemed to be an accessory building or structure as those terms are intended in Chapter 146.
J. 
The fee for the permit, as well as any extension period, shall be set forth in a sum as determined from time to time by the Board of Trustees.
The Building Inspector is hereby authorized, in the exercise of reasonable discretion, to revoke any permit issued hereunder if, after due investigation, the Inspector determines that the holder thereof has violated any provisions of this chapter in that the storage container is being maintained in an unsafe manner as to cause a nuisance or is being maintained in violation of the permit.
Any storage container located on private property on the date of the adoption of this chapter shall be removed within 14 days after such adoption, unless the property owner obtains a permit as required herein. Such permit shall be sought no later than 14 days after the adoption of this chapter.