No portable storage or trash container or structure as defined herein shall be allowed to be located on or remain situated on any real estate within the City of Prospect without first securing a permit from the city.
(A) The City Clerk or the Clerk's designee shall provide application/permit forms for the purpose of securing a temporary portable storage or trash, container, vehicle or structure permit.
(B) A permit shall state the date of issuance and the expiration date.
(C) The effective date of the permit shall be the date on which the permit is issued, as opposed to the date the portable trash or storage container or structure is delivered to the property.
(D) The permit application shall contain:
(1) The name of the applicant, being the person to whom the portable trash or storage container or structure is supplied;
(2) The address at which the portable trash or storage container or structure will be placed;
(3) An indication of whether the applicant owns, leases, or merely occupies the property on which the portable trash or storage container or structure is placed;
(4) The delivery date and removal date;
(5) All active building permit numbers, if applicable; and
(6) A sketch graphically depicting the location and the placement of the portable trash or storage container or structure on the property.
(E) No more than one portable trash or storage container or structure may be placed at any residential property within the city at one time.
(F) No more than two temporary portable trash or storage containers or structures may be placed at any commercial property within the city at one time.
(G) Portable trash or storage containers are prohibited from being placed in streets or in the front yard of a property. In residential areas they must be kept in the driveway of the property at the furthest accessible point from the street. In commercial areas or in residential parking lots, they must be placed on paved surfaces.
(H) It shall be the obligation of the permit applicant to assure that the portable trash or storage container or structure is secured in a manner which does not endanger the safety of persons or property in the vicinity.
(I) No portable trash or storage container or structure may be placed on public property for use by a private individual.
(J) Portable storage containers may not exceed eight and one-half feet in height, ten feet in width or 20 feet in length.
(K) Portable trash containers may not exceed six feet in height, eight feet in width or 22 feet in length.
(Ord. 485-2007, passed 12-10-07)