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Margate City, NJ
Atlantic County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Margate City 7-22-1976 as Ch. 160 of the 1976 Code.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: Chapter 160 of the 1976 Code was originally derived from Ord. No. 879, adopted 7-5-1973, as amended.
[Added 11-3-2022 by Ord. No. 22-2022[1]]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
DUMP TRAILER or DUMPER TRAILER
As any open trailer used for transporting material (such as dirt, gravel or demolition waste) for construction. Dump trailers to include any trailer with hydraulics to lift installed trailer bed from its frame for the unloading of materials.
UTILITY TRAILER
As any trailer pulled by vehicle or towed by a powered vehicle, car or truck. The trailer can be a flatbed open-air trailer, open box or as an enclosed-box trailer with or without shelving units and/or specialty built-ins.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also renumbered former §§ 250-1 through 250-6 as §§ 250-2 through 250-7, respectively.
[Amended 9-23-1987 by Ord. No. 1987-17; 3-28-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-4; 6-15-2006 by Ord. No 2006-14; 4-17-2014 by Ord. No. 23-2014; 11-3-2022 by Ord. No. 22-2022]
No person shall park or have parked a motorboat, sailboat or other watercraft, on trailers or otherwise, on any public highway or street in the City of Margate between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. except during such times that a hurricane or severe storm warning is in effect.
[Added 6-15-2006 by Ord. No 2006-14; amended 12-3-2009 by Ord. No. 31-2009]
Licensed commercial marinas shall be permitted to store and park motorboats, sailboats or other watercraft on the upland portion of the marina property upon the review and approval of the Zoning Officer.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 250-2, Occupancy restricted, as amended, was repealed 3-28-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-4.
[Amended 9-23-1987 by Ord. No. 1987-17; 3-28-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-4]
A. 
Motorboats, sailboats, motor craft or any trailer for carrying the same may be parked on private property, provided that the owner of the motorboat, sailboat or motor craft is the occupant of the premises on which the unit is parked.
[Amended 2-17-2011 by Ord. No. 1-2011]
B. 
No motorboats, sailboats or motor craft shall be parked within five feet of the property line on either side of said property, or within 15 feet of the rear line.
C. 
No motorboat, sailboat or motor craft shall be parked in a manner so that any portion of the unit on the property shall extend closer to the street than the front of the main portion of the building used for occupancy on the same premises, excluding any porch.
[Added 11-3-2022 by Ord. No. 22-2022]
A. 
No person shall park or have parked a utility trailer or dump/dumper trailer on any public highway or street in the City of Margate between the following days/hours:
(1) 
Friday before Memorial Day through Labor Day, both dates inclusive, between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 a.m.
B. 
Any exceptions will be at the approval of the Chief of Police or designee.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 250-4, Floor area restrictions, as amended, was repealed 3-28-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-4.
No parked camper, travel trailer or house trailer shall be used for occupancy at any time while parked pursuant to this chapter, nor shall any parked trailer be used for the storage of personal property other than the ordinary implements of the trailer itself. A camper, travel trailer or house trailer shall be deemed occupied if used in any respect other than dead storage, even if no person sleeps therein.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former §§ 250-6, Length restriction, as amended, and 250-7, Number limited, as amended, were repealed 2-17-2011 by Ord. No. 1-2011.
[Amended 1-25-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-1; 11-3-2022 by Ord. No. 22-2022]
Any person who violates the terms of this chapter by parking or using and occupying a camper, travel trailer or house trailer, or by parking a utility trailer or dump/dumper trailer in violation of the terms of this chapter, or any owner or operator of a parking lot or owner of property who permits or allows the owner or operator of a camper, travel trailer or house trailer to occupy and use said vehicle within the City of Margate City in violation of the provisions of this chapter, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000 at the discretion of the Judge of the Municipal Court.