[Ord. No. 55-2022, 11-22-2022]
(a) 
Except as otherwise permitted or required by ordinance or other law, no person shall place or cause to be placed upon any private property a construction trailer or a sales/rental trailer without having first obtained a permit therefor.
(b) 
Applications for permits for the temporary placement of construction trailers or sales/rental trailers shall be submitted to the Construction Official, or to his/her designee, for investigation and approval.
(c) 
An application for a permit shall contain the following information:
(1) 
A description of the construction trailer or sales/rental trailer to be placed on the private property;
(2) 
The estimated duration during which such construction trailer or sales/rental trailer shall be placed on the private property;
(3) 
A diagram drawn to scale showing the proposed location of the construction trailer or sales/rental trailer in relationship to surrounding curbs, streets, sidewalks, fire hydrants, driveways, walkways, principal buildings and structures, accessory structures, property lines, and such other features as may be required by the Construction Official upon the private property upon which the proposed construction trailer or sales/rental trailer will be placed and the adjoining properties thereto;
(4) 
The name, address, and phone number of the property owner or other person requesting the permit;
(5) 
The name, address, and phone number of the owner or other person exercising control of the construction trailer or sales/rental trailer and who shall be responsible for the removal of said construction trailer or sales/rental trailer.
(6) 
The application for a permit shall be submitted to the Construction Official, together with a fee as set forth in the Appendix III of Chapter 2 of the Code of the Township of Teaneck.
(7) 
The Construction Official may, in the exercise of his/her reasonable discretion, refuse to issue a permit if he/she determines that said permit cannot be issued in accordance with the rules and regulations set forth herein or cannot be issued without endangering the public's health, safety, or welfare.
(a) 
Number. No more than one construction trailer and one sales/rental trailer are permitted on a single development site at any one time.
(b) 
Duration.
(1) 
Construction trailers. A construction trailer shall be permitted during the construction phase of an approved development project. The trailer shall be removed within 10 days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) after a cessation of construction activity due to completion of the construction project. No final certificate of occupancy shall be issued until the construction trailer has been removed from the site.
(2) 
Sales/rental trailers. Sales/rental trailers shall be permitted during the construction phase of a project and until 90% of sale/rental units have been leased or sold at least once, or until a permanent sales/rental office in the building is operational.
(c) 
Location. Construction trailers and sales/rental trailers are only permitted on the development site which they are intended to support. No part of any such trailers shall be located upon the public right-of-way without the prior approval of the Township of Teaneck.
(d) 
Construction trailers and sales/rental trailers shall comply with any applicable construction code requirements, including any handicap accessibility requirements.
(a) 
The owner or other person having control of a temporary construction trailer or sales/rental trailer for which a permit has been issued shall remove said temporary storage or refuse container from the private property within the time period as set forth in § 11-79(b) of this article.
(b) 
In the event the temporary construction trailer or sales/rental trailer is not removed from the private property within the time period as set forth in § 11-79(b) of this article or in the event no permit has been issued, the Township shall have the right to remove the construction trailer or sales/rental trailer from the private property, arrange for the storage thereof and dispose of the contents thereof.
(c) 
Both the owner or person having control of the construction trailer or sales/rental trailer and the person requesting the construction trailer or sales/rental trailer on the private property shall be responsible for the cost of said removal and storage of such construction trailer or sales/rental trailer, disposal of the contents thereof, and the cost of repair or replacement of any damage to the street, curb, street trees or sidewalk resulting from the placement or removal and any construction trailer or sales/rental trailer, which may be incurred by the Township of Teaneck.
(d) 
In addition to such other remedies as may be provided by law, the cost of removal, storage, and any other cost incurred by the Township in connection with the removal and storage of such construction trailer or sales/rental trailer and disposal of the contents thereof shall constitute a lien upon the real property owned by the applicant for which the permit was requested and may be collected in the same manner as real estate tax liens.
Any person convicted of a violation any of the provisions of this article shall be subject to a minimum fine of $100 and one or more of the following penalties: a maximum fine of up to $2,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days. A separate offense shall be committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.