(a) Title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Lakewood Portable Storage Container Ordinance”.
(b) Purpose and Objectives. It is the purpose of this chapter and the policy of the City to establish standards for the licensing, regulation and control of portable storage containers and the objectives of this chapter are to prevent safety and fire hazards, disruption of pedestrian or vehicular traffic, and disorderly or unsightly temporary structures within the City.
(Ord. 57-07. Passed 7-16-2007.)
(a) Construction. This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its purpose and objectives.
(b) Severability. If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and neither the remainder of this chapter nor the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall be affected thereby. (Ord. 57-07. Passed 7-16-2007.)
The term “portable storage container” shall be defined as a transportable, fully-enclosed, box-like container that is (i) designed for temporary storage of personal property household items, wares, and building materials or merchandise, (ii) typically rented to owners or occupants of property for their temporary use, and (iii) delivered and removed by truck. Such containers are uniquely designed for their ease of loading to and from a transport vehicle.
(Ord. 57-07. Passed 7-16-2007.)
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