The Township Committee has introduced changes to two ordinances that would essentially prohibit the parking of home business commercial vehicles on residential roads. A public hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, April 14.
Introduced March 10, the new ordinances would create additional restrictions for street parking and driveway use for commercial vehicles. Officials are looking to prohibit commercial vehicles from being “kept” on the street. The prohibition would not only be for commercial trucks associated with home businesses, but also storage units on streets.
Officials said that the problem exists with the storage of vehicles and equipment, like pod storage units and trailers. The prohibitions would encompass the whole right-of-way, although driveways would be excluded from this section of the ordinance, to encourage use of the driveways for home construction.
Driveways, however, would not be a place to park a commercial truck or other large vehicle associated with a home office occupation, under the changes being proposed. The regulations would not prohibit homeowners from parking commercial vehicles in the street or driveway for a short period of time such as a lunch break, but for longer term parking, those vehicles must be stored in a garage.
