(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.)
Authority is hereby established and vested in the Building Commissioner to consider applications for licenses under this chapter, conduct investigations thereon, and issue or deny issuance of such licenses based upon the criteria set forth in this chapter.
(Ord. 57-07. Passed 7-16-2007.)
Any portable storage container company must obtain a portable storage license to operate in Lakewood and must abide by the provisions of this chapter to maintain that license. The license application will be in a form approved by the Building Commissioner, but such license must include telephone and email contact information to enable the City to contact the portable storage company regarding any issues related to the placement of its portable storage containers within the City. The license shall require the portable storage company to provide written notification, including electronic email notification, to the City regarding the delivery and pickup of each portable storage container with the City. Such notification must include the customer name, address, telephone number and the scheduled delivery or pickup date of the portable storage container. The license shall require a one-time fee of fifty dollars ($50.00).
(Ord. 57-07. Passed 7-16-2007.)
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