57-07 New chpt 717 Placement of Portable Storage Containers

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ORDINANCE 57-07 AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members elected to Council otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force affer the eadies[ period allowed by law, to add Chapter 717 of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances to provide for the reasonable regulation and placement of portable storage containers WHEREAS, in the interest of the public health, safety, and welfare, the City Council of Lakewood has considered the need for reasonable regulations of the outdoor portable storage containers (also known under tradenames such as "PODS", "ReloCubes% or "SIMcontainers"), in order to maintain the esthetics of the City's residential neighborhoods and prevent unsightly or lengthy placements or misuse; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five members elected thereto determines this ordinance is an emergency measgre, and that this ordinance shall take effect at the eadie~t date possible as set forth in ARTICLE III, SECTIONS 10 and 13 of the SECOND AMENDED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, and that it is necessary to provide,for the usual daily operation of the City in that the City must assure the reasonable use of portable storage containers to preserve the quality of the City's neighborhood Now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO Section 1 That a new Chapter 717 be added to the B'usiness Regulation Code, Part Seven, of the Codified Ordinance~ of the City of Lakewood, to read as follows' "717.01 TITLE, PURPOSE, AND OBJECTIVES a) Title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Lakewood Portable Storage Container Ordinance" b) Purposeand Objectives. Itisthe purpose ofthis 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 717,02 CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY a) Coestrucdon. This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its purpose and objectives. b) Severability. If any provision of this chapter or fhe application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutiona~ by any court of competent jurisdiction, such provisioe shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and neither the remainder of this chapter nor the application of such provision to other persens or circumstances shall be affected thereby 717.03 DEFINITIONS The term "podab[e storage container" shall be defined as a t¢ansportable, fully- enclosed, box-like container that is ti) 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 truc~,. Such containers are uniquely designed for their ease of loading to and from a transport vehicle 717.04 PORTABLE STORAGE BUSINESS LICENSE REQUIRED. No person shatl place a portable storage container in the City without having first obtained a license therefor as provided ie this chapter, which license shall be designated as a "portable storage business license"