[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Hazlet 6-18-2002 by Ord. No. 1227-02. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 305.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A box car or mobile trailer used at a construction site where
a residential or commercial building is being undertaken and utilized
for storage, occupancy or warehousing purposes.
Any substance, solution or mixture which, because of its
quality, quantity, concentration, physical, chemical or infectious
characteristics, or any combination of the foregoing, presents, or
may present an actual or potential hazard to human health or to the
drinking water supply if such substance, solution, mixture, or combination
thereof is discharged to the land or waters of the Township of Hazlet.
"Toxic or hazardous materials" shall include:
Each and every substance, material or waste
found listed in either or both of Parts 116 and 261, Title 40 of the
Code of Federal Regulations, or the New Jersey statutes or the New
Jersey Administrative Code, or the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection rules and regulations.
Acids and alkalies beyond the pH range of 4
to 10.
Heavy metal sludges, mixtures and solutions
in excess of standards.
Petroleum products include fuels and waste oils.
Organic solvents, including petroleum solvents,
halogenated and non-halogenated hydrocarbons;
Any material listed in the State of New Jersey
regulations, in excess of the concentration standards thereof, unless
otherwise provided elsewhere in this chapter;
Any solid or semisolid material which, if left
to stand or if exposed to water, will leach out or wholly or partially
dissolve, forming a toxic or hazardous material.
Any vehicle or structure so designed and constructed in such
manner as will permit occupancy thereof as sleeping quarters for one
or more persons or the conduct of any business or profession, occupation
or trade or which is designed for transportation and/or storage of
goods, equipment and/or materials, and so designated that it is or
may be mounted on wheels and used as a conveyance on highways or streets,
propelled or drawn by other motive power.
No trailers shall be allowed to exist at any
location within the Township of Hazlet, except as set forth herein.
The following are exempt from the provisions of this chapter:
A.
Trailers located inside mobile home parks or trailer
camps conducted, maintained and licensed in full and complete compliance
with the Code of the Township of Hazlet.
B.
Trailers which are in the process of being loaded
or unloaded and which are registered with the New Jersey Division
of Motor Vehicles or the equivalent agency of any other state and
which are capable of traveling over a road or highway.
C.
Recreational vehicles.
D.
Trailers offered for sale or rent or awaiting servicing
which are located on premises owned or leased by a person in the business
of trailer sales, rental or servicing.
A trailer shall be permitted to be used temporarily
in the following circumstances:
A.
A trailer utilized for storage may be allowed upon
a site wherein there is active construction of a nonresidential building,
provided that prior Township Zoning Officer approval has been obtained
and that such trailer shall be used only in connection with such construction
and shall not remain upon the premises for longer than two weeks past
the completion of said construction. In no event will any trailer
used in connection with nonresidential development remain on said
premises for more than two years from the date of initial construction.
B.
A trailer utilized for storage shall be permitted
to be used for a period of no longer than 30 days in connection with
a commercial sale being undertaken by a commercial enterprise, provided
that such trailer is located upon the premises of such commercial
enterprise operating the sale. The provision, however, shall not be
used by a single commercial enterprise more frequently than two times
per calendar year but not more than once in any ninety-day period
with a maximum of one trailer per premises.
C.
A trailer utilized for storage may be allowed upon
a site wherein there is active construction of a residential development,
provided that prior Township Zoning Officer approval has been obtained
and that such trailer shall be used only in connection with such building
and shall not remain upon the premises for longer than two weeks past
the completion of the last residential unit. In no event will any
trailer used in connection with a residential development remain on
said premises for more than two years from the date of construction
of the first residential unit.
D.
A trailer or trailers may be allowed upon a premises
as a sale and/or construction office when said trailer is part of
the equipment of any person, persons, corporation or partnership that
is in the business of construction residential and nonresidential
buildings, provided that the use of the trailer meets the requirements
of the zoning provisions of the Development Review Ordinance and Construction
Codes of the Township of Hazlet and that said trailer is not used
for storing materials and that prior Township Zoning Officer approval
has been obtained.[1]
E.
A trailer may be allowed upon a business site wherein
there is an emergency defined as the loss or destruction of a building
which would require the use of a trailer on the site for purposes
of storage of goods, equipment, materials and/or sales. In an emergency
wherein use of a trailer is requested, the Township Zoning Officer,
upon application, shall determine whether approval is granted to use
the trailer. This approval will be granted for a period of 90 days
and is renewable at the discretion of the Township Zoning Officer
for additional ninety-day periods.
F.
A trailer may be allowed upon the premises of a one-
or two-family residential dwelling for temporary residential occupancy
in the event of a total or partial destruction of the residential
dwelling. Under the aforementioned circumstances, the Township Zoning
Officer and Bureau of Fire Prevention of the Hazlet Fire District
No. 1, upon application by the affected resident, shall determine
whether approval is granted to use the trailer. This approval will
be granted for a period of 90 days and is renewable at the discretion
of the Township Zoning Officer and Bureau of Fire Prevention for additional
ninety-day periods.
Applications for the permitted use of a trailer
may be obtained from the Fire Official and the application shall be
submitted when completed by the party requesting use of a trailer
on that form provided by the Township Zoning Officer to the Township
Zoning Officer with a sketch showing the location of the trailer on
the site, and detailing the distance of trailers from other buildings,
fire hydrants, fire department connections and/or utilities and side
and rear yard setbacks. In the instance of construction trailers,
the Township Zoning Officer shall approve the location of trailers.
Separate applications shall be submitted for each trailer requested
to be used by the applicant. The Bureau of Fire Prevention of the
fire district will approve or reject the request for a trailer within
48 hours of submission of a complete application and location sketch.
If the application is approved by the Bureau of Fire Prevention, the
permit will be issued allowing for the use of the trailer. In addition,
the applicant shall place on each approved trailer a placard supplied
by the Bureau of Fire Prevention which shall designate the contents
of the trailer. The fee for the application shall be $25, nonrefundable,
per trailer payable to the Bureau of Fire Prevention of District No.
1 and the fee for the permit shall be $75 per trailer payable to the
Bureau of Fire Prevention of Fire District No. 1.
No trailer located within the Township shall
contain toxic or hazardous materials as defined hereinabove.
All trailers shall be inspected by the Fire
Official/Inspector if the Bureau of Fire Prevention on an intermittent
basis to insure compliance.
A.
Any trailer located within the Township of Hazlet
without approval pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the
penalties as set forth below.
B.
The Bureau of Fire Prevention of the Fire District
shall have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this chapter
and the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall undertake all trailer inspections.
