(A) PORTABLE STORAGE CONTAINERS are defined as:
(1) Containers no larger in dimension than eight feet by eight feet six inches by 16 feet and transported to a designated location for temporary storage purposes, including moving (typically known
as PODS);
(2) Containers designed or used on property zoned or used for residential property for the collection and hauling of waste or debris, including, but not limited to, roll-off containers or boxes and bin containers (construction dumpsters); and
(3) Non self-propelled, fully enclosed trailers that are designed or used to transport goods, materials and equipment and are placed on property zoned or used for residential purposes (semi-trailers).
(B) Portable storage containers may be allowed pursuant to the use table contained in § 91.74, upon compliance with all of the following.
(1) No more than two temporary storage containers shall be located on a single lot or parcel of land.
(2) No other type of container or shipping container is located on the same lot or parcel of land.
(3) Portable storage containers shall not be used to store or transport hazardous materials and substances, including, but not limited to, the following: solid waste, hazardous materials, explosives and unlawful substances and materials.
(4) Permits issued for portable storage containers will be issued incident to an active building permit. Subsequent to issuance of a certificate of occupancy all portable storage containers must be removed within 30 days. The owner(s) of a lot or parcel on which a dumpster will be placed shall be jointly responsible for providing notice to the UDO Administrator within 24 hours of the placement. The placement of the storage container will require the issuance of a permit through the town. The UDO Administrator may approve an extension by issuing an extension permit for up to 90 days if a building permit had been issued for the renovation, repair or reconstruction, if required, and remains valid beyond the initial 30 days approval, provided that the portable storage container will not be used to store nonresidential materials and equipment such as contractor’s materials and equipment during the extension. Portable storage containers shall comply with the following setbacks.
(a) If a portable storage container is placed in the required front yard, then the portable storage container shall be located only in the area primarily used for vehicular ingress and egress and must have five feet setback from the edge of the paved right-of-way, unless otherwise approved by the UDO Administrator.
(b) If a portable storage container is placed in the required rear or side yard, no setback shall be required except that no portable storage container shall encroach upon adjacent property.
(5) Portable storage containers (PODS) for the purposes of moving must be removed within 30 days.
(6) Portable storage containers shall be constructed of noncombustible materials.
(Ord. eff. 9-6-2012, § 7.3; Am. Ord. 21-1, passed 9-17-2020)