[Adopted 10-19-2005 by L.L. No. 36-2005]
It is the intention of the Huntington Town Board pursuant to § 64 (5-A) and § 130 (5) and (15) of the Town Law, and all other applicable and successor laws and rules, to maintain a clean, wholesome, attractive community and to guard against the creation of nuisances and conditions that may endanger the health, safety and welfare of Town residents; spread disease; create fire hazards; reduce the value of property; interfere with the use and enjoyment of adjoining properties and interfere with the comfort and well being of the public.
A. 
No temporary storage facility, generally referred to as a Portable on Demand Storage Unit (P.O.D.), shall be kept or maintained in a residentially-zoned or residentially-utilized lot or tract of land for more than one hundred twenty (120) days without the prior written approval of the Director of Public Safety, and in no event shall the Director permit the unit to be kept for more than one hundred eighty (180) days on the subject property.
B. 
A Portable on Demand Storage Unit (P.O.D.) or other temporary storage facility kept or maintained in a residentially-zoned or residentially-utilized lot or tract of land improved by a building structure shall be located behind the front line of the main building structure, projected to the side lines of the lot. The Director of Public Safety, at his discretion, may approve another location for placement of the unit on the property as long as no hazard or nuisance is created thereby. At no time shall the Portable on Demand Storage Unit (P.O.D.) or other temporary storage facility be located or maintained on any sidewalk, street, roadway or public right-of-way.
A Portable On Demand Storage Unit (P.O.D.) or other temporary storage facility placed, located or maintained on a sidewalk, street, roadway or public right-of-way shall be deemed abandoned and a hazard to the general public, and the Director of Public Safety shall be authorized to impound such units without notice to the owner or occupier of the property and/or the owner of the storage unit. Such owners and/or occupiers shall be jointly and severally liable to the town in the sum of One Hundred Fifty ($150.) Dollars for each unit impounded and a storage fee of Ten ($10.) Dollars per unit for each day, or part thereof, the unit(s) are stored by the Town.
[Amended 11-6-2019 by L.L. No. 56-2019]
(A) 
A person or business entity who commits or permits any acts in violation of any provisions of this Article shall be deemed to have committed an offense against this Article and shall upon conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not less than One Hundred Fifty ($150.) Dollars and not more than One Thousand Five Hundred ($1,500.) Dollars. Each day or part thereof such violation continues or is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense punishable in like manner. Any person or entity found by the Bureau of Administrative Adjudication to have violated any provision of this article shall likewise be subject to a monetary penalty in an amount within the range of fines authorized herein for any offense or continuing offense.
(B) 
In addition to the penalties set forth above, the Town Attorney may maintain an action in the name of the Town in a court of competent jurisdiction for civil penalties in the sum of not less than One Hundred Fifty ($150.) Dollars and not more than One Thousand Five Hundred ($1,500.) Dollars per day for each violation of this article.
(C) 
In addition to the penalties set forth above and any other remedy available to the Town, the Town Attorney may maintain an action or proceeding in the name of the Town in a Court of competent jurisdiction to compel compliance with or to restrain by injunction a violation of this article and/or to recover legal fees.