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Runnemede City Zoning Code

§ 395-20

Miscellaneous regulations.

A. 
No structure or building of a portable nature in excess of 150 square feet or a vehicle of any kind or trailer or tractor shall be permitted to be located or operated upon any lot in the Borough of Runnemede for dwelling purposes or for the purpose of selling food, merchandise or commodities of any kind, nor shall such portable structure, building or vehicle be permitted in the Borough of Runnemede for any other purpose without prior approval of the Joint Planning/Zoning Board of Adjustment and governing body.
B. 
It is hereby required that the owner or tenant of lands shall keep all bushes, hedges and other plant life cut, within 10 feet of any right-of-way and within 25 feet of the closest intersecting curbline, to a height that will not obstruct sight distances where the Construction Code Enforcement Agency shall deem it necessary and expedient for the preservation of the public safety. If the Construction Code Enforcement Agency shall deem such cutting necessary, it shall notify the owner or tenant to cut the same within the time provided. If the owner fails to cut same within five days after notice, the Construction Code Enforcement Agency shall direct the cutting of such bushes, hedges or other plant life and shall certify the cutting thereof to the governing body. Such costs shall be charged against the lands of the owner and become a lien upon such lands and shall be assessed and levied upon the lands as other taxes, with the same rights of collection and enforcement and in the same manner as taxes.
C. 
No internal combustion engine shall be operated except for vehicular traction or where essential for the emergency use of a public utility, but this shall not be construed to prohibit lawn mower engines and portable garden tools or the installation and operation of an internal combustion engine to generate electrical current for the sole use of the particular premises whereon the same is located, provided that same have and use proper or approved mufflers to deaden exhaust noises.
D. 
Any use or purpose which will create or which is likely to create conditions of hazard, smoke, fumes, noise, odor or dust detrimental to the health, safety or general welfare to the community is prohibited.
E. 
All outside fuel storage tanks, specifically though not limited to home fuel oil storage tanks, shall be situate in an enclosure, which enclosure shall be of such material to prevent the spillage, seepage or other contamination of the ground. Said enclosure shall meet the requirements of the applicable State Building Code requirements.
[Added 1-2-1991 by Ord. No. 90-18[1]; amended 3-2-2010 by Ord. No. 10-04]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided that any storage tank previously installed must comply with the requirements of Subsection E within six months of the effective date of this ordinance.
F. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to use or pretend to use or have any skills in physiognomy, palmistry or like crafty science or pretend to tell destinies or fortunes within the Borough of Runnemede, County of Camden and State of New Jersey.
[Added 6-3-1997 by Ord. No. 97-12]