[Amended 11-18-1986 by Ord. No. 86-33-950; 1-1-1987 by Ord. No. 86-38-955]
A. Approval required for storage of certain vehicles
with the Borough. Certain vehicles, boats, house trailers and other
conveyances as hereinafter provided shall not be parked or stored
within the Borough of Cresskill without the written authorization
and approval of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Cresskill,
which approval shall be by resolution.
B. Approval required for storage of commercial vehicles
in residential districts; exception. No owner or lessee of any premises
in a residential district as set forth in the Cresskill Zoning Ordinance
shall store a commercial vehicle on said premises without the written
authorization and approval of the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Cresskill, which approval shall be by resolution, unless it is
the only commercial vehicle stored thereat and has a body, box or
platform adapted for carrying goods or materials with a registered
gross vehicle weight of not more than 5,000 pounds.
C. Approval required for certain vehicles in residential
districts. The following vehicles shall not be parked or stored in
a residential district unless the aforementioned approval is obtained
from the governing body:
(1) Commercial vehicles with registered gross vehicle
weights of more than 5,000 pounds.
(2) Any other truck, trailer or vehicle with a registered
gross vehicle weight of more than 5,000 pounds.
(3) Any unregistered vehicles.
(4) Motorboats, sailboats or other watercraft more than
20 feet in length.
(5) House trailers, housing units, mobile homes and self-propelled
housing units.
(6) Collapsible housing units, whether assembled or disassembled.
(7) Animal conveyances, either trailer or self-propelled.
D. Permit required for temporary portable storage units
on private property. A temporary portable storage unit (PODS) not
exceeding eight feet in height, eight feet in width and 16 feet in
length can be utilized on private property only for a limited purpose.
The limited purpose is the temporary storage of furniture, clothing
or other household belongings, coming from or to a structure on the
property that is being renovated or sold. A permit from the Construction
Official is required before locating a unit on private property. The
fee is $150 per unit, payable upon issuance of a building permit,
for a ninety-day time period when a building permit issues but $50
per unit for only 30 days if no building permit issues. After the
initial thirty-day period and upon inspection by the Construction
Official, an additional thirty-day permit extension, in extraordinary
circumstances, may be granted for an additional fee of $25 per unit.
The permit will require that the location of the unit be nonobstructive
to traffic and be in an area not unnecessarily disruptive of the residential
character of the neighborhood and not in the front yard area, except
driveways.
[Added 5-16-2007 by Ord. No. 07-06-1334]
Off-street loading berths, open or enclosed,
are permitted accessory to any use, except in all residence zones.
However, no off-street loading berth shall be located in a front yard
or within 10 feet of any side or rear lot line that abuts a residence
zone. Such abutting loading berths and those across the street from
a residence zone shall be screened by an opaque fence, wall or evergreen
hedge on that part of the buffer area that is closest to the loading
berth.