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Vernon Township City Zoning Code

§ 330-190

Temporary permits for transportable structures; temporary housing.

[Amended 1-28-2002 by Ord. No. 02-04]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 231, Emergency Housing.
A. 
No transportable or wheel-based structure or other temporary structure used as an office, storage shed or other use incidental to and in connection with a permitted construction project or building shall be placed on a site unless the Zoning Officer shall first have issued a temporary permit therefor.
B. 
No temporary structure shall be located so as to be detrimental to the use and enjoyment of any adjoining property and shall be removed from the site prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the permitted construction project or building.
C. 
Whenever a dwelling destroyed or damaged by fire or other disaster is determined to be uninhabitable in the opinion of the Construction Official or Fire Official, a temporary permit for a trailer or similar housing unit may be issued for a period of not more than eight months and may be extended for additional sixty-day periods, if so warranted in the opinion of the Zoning Official. Such housing unit shall require the approval of the Zoning, Health and Building Departments and shall be located on the same lot as the dwelling that has been rendered uninhabitable. As per N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53, a restoration bond in the amount of $2,000 shall be posted to guarantee the removal of the trailer or similar housing unit and will be returned at the time of removal of such unit.