(A) (1) It is the intent of this section to limit, except as provided herein, the placement and use of any shipping container as an accessory building, storage building or living unit on residentially zoned, commercially zoned and other zoned land where residential uses are established.
(2) This limitation is to protect the public health and safety and the aesthetic quality of the village.
(B) No person shall place or cause to be placed or use or permit the use of any shipping container as an accessory building, storage building or living unit on residentially zoned land, commercially zoned land and/or land used for residential purposes.
(C) No trailers manufactured primarily for conveyance of goods and property shall be utilized for storage purposes in any residential or commercial zoning district of the village.
(D) This section shall apply to all trailers and or shipping containers manufactured with or without axles and wheels.
(E) (1) Whenever the Board of Trustees discovers, or it is brought to its attention, that there is a trailer or shipping container located on residential or commercial property within the village, the Village Clerk/Treasurer shall cause written notice to be served upon the owner of the property on which the trailer and or shipping container is located by registered mail or by personal service.
(2) Such notice shall state that the trailer and or shipping container shall be removed within ten business days of receipt of notice.
(F) (1) If the owner or occupant of the lot or piece of ground fails to comply with the order to abate and remove the trailer and or shipping container within ten days from receipt of the notice to abate, the village may have such work done and the cost and expense of such work shall be paid by the owner of the property.
(2) If unpaid for two months after such work is done, the village may either levy and assess the costs and expense of the work upon the lot or piece of ground so benefitted in the same manner as other special taxes for improvements are levied and assessed, or recover in a civil action the costs and expenses of the work.
(Ord. 2008-03, passed 12-2-2008) Penalty, see § 150.99