[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Monroe 4-23-1990 by Ord. No. O-6-90. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The parking, storage and/or use of commercial-type
truck bodies or trailers, which shall include any truck body commonly
used for the haulage of goods and materials, whether or not such truck
body or trailer remains on wheels or is affixed to a foundation, is
prohibited in the Township of Monroe, unless said truck body or trailer
is installed on a permanent foundation upon the issuance of a valid
building permit and zoning permit in accordance with the provisions
of the Uniform Construction Code and the Monroe Township Land Use
Code.[1] This prohibition shall not apply to the loading or unloading
of said truck bodies or trailers on industrial or commercial sites
when said units are properly licensed under the motor vehicle laws
of its state of origin.
The Zoning Officer may, on application, relax
the provisions of this chapter for the use of such trailers in retail
commercial sales programs in an area properly zoned for said use for
a reasonable length of time not to exceed 60 days in any twelve-month
period. No such permit shall be issued by the Zoning Officer if the
proposed use violates the provisions of any site plan approved by
the Monroe Township Planning Board. Any such application for a special
permit or the utilization of such a truck body or trailer in a commercial
sales program shall be accompanied by a processing fee of $25.
A.
Any truck body or trailer currently existing upon
private property upon adoption of this chapter which otherwise violates
the provisions of this chapter shall not be considered a violation
of the provisions of this chapter until four months following the
effective date of this chapter, after which time any such use shall
be considered a violation. It is the intention of this section to
give all property owners sufficient time to remove any truck body
or trailer before being in violation of the terms of this chapter.
B.
Any truck body or trailer existing upon a property
occupied as a residence or for farming use located upon the premises
beyond the rear building line in an AG (Agricultural Production District)
or any RD (Rural Development Residential/Industrial/Commercial District)
at the time of passage of this chapter shall not be deemed in violation
of this section of the Township Code, subject, however, that nothing
in this section shall prohibit the enforcement of any other municipal
or state law or regulation prohibiting such use.
[Added 12-10-2008 by Ord. No. O:43-2008]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
a provision of this chapter or fail to comply therewith or who shall
violate or fail to comply with any order or regulation made thereunder
shall severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance
forfeit and pay a penalty not to exceed the sum of $1,000 or be imprisoned
for a violation of this chapter for not more than 90 days, or both.
The imposition of a penalty for a violation of this chapter shall
not excuse the violation nor permit it to continue. Such violation
shall be remedied within 10 days of the imposition of said penalty;
thereafter each additional 10 days that such violation is permitted
to exist shall constitute a separate offense. The application of the
above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of
prohibited conditions.
