[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Stowe 11-9-2005 by Ord. No.
892, of the 1993 Code of Ordinances. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The following words, for the purpose of this chapter, shall
have the meanings hereby respectively ascribed thereto, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Any boxlike structure or container, made of any material,
which has as its purpose the temporary storage of residential or commercial
items on any public or private property in Stowe Township.
No person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity shall,
at any time, locate on any private or public property in the Township
of Stowe any portable on-demand (PODS®) storage container that is used for the storage of residential,
household or commercial items on public or private property in the
Township of Stowe without first having procured a license therefor
as hereinafter provided in this chapter.
Applications for the license hereby required shall be made to
the Board of Township Commissioners, through the Township Secretary.
The Board of Township Commissioners shall have the authority before
granting any such license to inspect the public or private property
on which the portable on-demand storage device is intended to be located.
The Board shall have authority to refuse to grant such license if
it shall deem such refusal to be in the interest of the health, safety,
welfare and/or morals of the Township and its inhabitants. If the
Board shall see fit to grant such license, the applicant shall pay
to the Township Secretary, for the use of the Township, a license
fee as established by resolution by the Board of Commissioners.
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, association,
firm or corporation to store a portable on-demand storage container
after the expiration of 30 days.
The Board of Township Commissioners shall have authority to
revoke any license issued thereunder under this chapter when the Board
shall deem such revocation to be in the interest of health, safety,
welfare and/or morals of the Township and the inhabitants thereof.
In case of revocation, no part of any license fee required hereunder
shall be refunded.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, firm or corporation
who shall violate any provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof for each any every such violation, be sentenced to pay a fine
of not more than $100, and costs of prosecution, provided each day
on which a violation of any provision of this chapter shall be committed
shall constitute a separate violation.
