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Cinnaminson Township
City Zoning Code

§ 525-35

Commercial vehicles in residential zones.

[Added 9-11-1984 by Ord. No. 1984-3; amended 2-18-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-2]
A. 
Prohibition; exceptions.
(1) 
The parking, storing or garaging of a commercial vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of 8,000 pounds or more is prohibited within all residential zones of the Township of Cinnaminson, except that this section shall not apply to public streets or roadways. Nothing herein, however, shall prohibit the parking, storing or garaging of recreational vehicles or farm vehicles; nor shall the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle for the purpose of performing services or making pickups or deliveries in the regular course of business be prohibited.
(2) 
The parking or storing of a commercial vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of 8,000 pounds or more is prohibited on all public streets or roadways within all residential zones of the Township of Cinnaminson. Nothing herein, however, shall prohibit the parking or storing of recreational vehicles or farm vehicles; nor shall the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle for the purpose of performing services or making pickups or deliveries in the regular course of business be prohibited.
B. 
Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
Any motor vehicle used for commercial purposes, in interstate or intrastate commerce, for the transportation of property, goods, wares and merchandise or for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation or profit. The display of commercial, omnibus or constructor registration plates on any motor vehicle shall, for the purposes of this chapter, be prime facie evidence that the vehicle is a commercial vehicle.
GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT
The combined weight of the vehicle and the rated payload. For the purposes of this chapter, the gross weight as stated on the vehicle's registration certificate shall be prime facie evidence of the vehicle's gross vehicle weight.
RESIDENTIAL ZONES
All areas of the Township of Cinnaminson designated on the Zone Map of Cinnaminson Township as residential districts.
C. 
Enforcement. The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the Cinnaminson Township Police Department.
D. 
Violations and penalties. Every person convicted of violation of a provision of this chapter or any supplement thereto shall be liable to a fine of not more than $50 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or both.
E. 
Construal. This section is intended to be a regulatory or penal ordinance of the Township of Cinnaminson controlling the presence of commercial vehicles as defined herein in residential zones. In the event that any article, section, paragraph, clause or provision of this chapter should be adjudged to be an ordinance in the nature of a Zoning Ordinance, by any court of competent jurisdiction, said article, section, paragraph, clause or provision shall be deemed to be incorporated within the Zoning Ordinance of the Township of Cinnaminson, formerly known as "Chapter 92" of the Code of the Township of Cinnaminson, and codified as § 525-35, to be entitled, "Commercial vehicles in residential zones."