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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE VIII, BUSINESSES AND OCCUPATIONS, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, TO CREATE CHAPTER 41, INTERMODAL CONTAINER LOT LICENSE, AND ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS.
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WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40:48-2 authorizes a municipality to make, amend, repeal, and enforce such other ordinances, regulations, rules and by-laws not contrary to the laws of this state or of the United States, as it may deem necessary and proper for the good government, order and protection of persons and property, and for the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare of the municipality and its inhabitants; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark desires to move certain regulations from the Zoning Office to the Division of Tax Abatement and Special Taxes of the Finance Department; and
WHEREAS, the City continues to acknowledge that the Port Newark Container Terminal and other on-port intermodal container companies have strict safety protocols and the concerns for intermodal containers on-port differ drastically than the intermodal containers off-port; and
WHEREAS, it has been found and declared that off-port intermodal container businesses store, rent, own, lease, and sell intermodal containers on land within the limits of the City of Newark ("City"); and
WHEREAS, the off-port businesses that have intermodal containers on site do not have adequate oversight by the City; and
WHEREAS, the City intends to regulate and bring oversight to those aforementioned businesses, as intermodal containers can be dangerous and can become an attractive nuisance without having proper safeguards inherent in the way intermodal containers are stored.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY THAT:
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