[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Middlesex 9-14-1955 by Ord. No. 231.]
For the purpose of this chapter, a “trailer”
or “camp car” is hereby defined to be any vehicle used
or intended to be used as a conveyance upon the public streets or
highways and duly licensed as such, and shall include self-propelled
and non-selfpropelled vehicles so designed, constructed and reconstructed
or added to by means of accessories in such a manner as to permit
the occupancy thereof as a dwelling for one or more persons and having
no foundation other than wheels, jacks or blocks.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to park any trailer or camp car on any street in the Borough
of Middlesex, or on any premises other than at duly licensed trailer
camps within the limits of the Borough, except for the purpose of
repair, purchase of supplies or visiting. Any such trailer or camp
car undergoing repairs or being stored, the owner, driver or occupant
of which is or are purchasing supplies or visiting, shall not during
such period be used by any person as a dwelling or unless such trailer
or camp car is, while used as a dwelling, located at a trailer camp.
For the purpose of this chapter a “trailer
camp” is hereby defined to be any site or tract of land occupied
or used by one or more trailers or camp cars, or available for such
occupancy or use, with or without charge, and shall include any building,
structure, tent, camp, cottage or enclosure used or intended for use
as part of or in connection with such trailer camp.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to operate a trailer camp without first obtaining a license
therefor from the Borough Council. All applications for license shall
be in writing upon blanks to be supplied by this Borough and shall
give such information as the Borough Council may deem requisite. All
licenses issued shall expire on December 31 of the year in which they
were issued; and the fee hereinafter charged shall be the same whether
the license is issued for a full calendar year or some portion thereof.
Prior to the issuance of any license, the applicant shall also file
with the Board of Health of this Borough detailed plans and specifications
of the proposed trailer camp, which must set forth the exact location
of the proposed camp, the area thereof and whether or not there are
sanitary facilities for the furnishing of water and for sewage disposal.
These plans and specifications as to water, sewage disposal and all
sanitary conditions must be approved by and a permit obtained from
the Board of Health prior to the issuance of any such license.
The Borough Clerk, for every license issued
pursuant to this chapter, shall charge a minimum fee of $100 for the
use of lands to accommodate not more than 10 trailers and shall charge
an additional fee of $100 for the use of each additional unit of 10
trailers or any fraction thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation owning, operating or using any such camp or unit therein, to remove or cause to have removed the wheels or similar transporting devices from any tourist, trailer or camp car, or to otherwise permanently affix it to the ground in a manner that would prevent the ready removal of the said tourist, trailer or camp car, without having first obtained a permit from the Building Inspector of the Borough of Middlesex so to do. Any such alteration to any tourist, trailer or camp ear as above set forth shall be construed as subjecting the same to the requirements of Chapter 420, Zoning, and the Building Code[1] of the Borough of Middlesex and the laws of the State
of New Jersey pertaining to a dwelling house.
It shall be the duty of every person, firm or
corporation owning, leasing, renting, maintaining, operating, conducting
or using a trailer or car camp, or trailer or camp car therein, as
herein defined, within the Borough of Middlesex, to comply with all
the provisions of this chapter and any rules and regulations now or
hereafter formulated by the Board of Health of the Borough of Middlesex
governing such camps and trailers or camp cars.
Dogs at no time shall be permitted to run at
large in any campgrounds.
A.
It shall be the duty of the Board of Health and of
the Police Department to enforce the provisions of this chapter, and
for the purpose of securing enforcement thereof, the Health Officer
or other representative of the Board of Health, and the members of
the Police Department shall have the right and are hereby empowered,
subject to their detail, from time to time, to enter upon the premises
of any such camp as herein mentioned operated within the Borough of
Middlesex, and to inspect the same and all accommodations connected
therewith.
B.
The Health Officer of the Borough shall make regular
monthly inspections for the purpose of seeing that all sanitary provisions
of this chapter shall be fully complied with.
A.
Every campground heretofore or hereafter established
shall be provided with means of lighting the same at night and all
public water closets and bath units shall be provided with sufficient
lighting facilities which shall be kept lighted during the time from 1/2
hour after sunset until 1/2 hour before sunrise.
B.
The minimum required illumination for centralized
camp facilities such as public water closets and bath units shall
be 1,000 lumens per five trailers.
No license issued by virtue of this chapter
shall be transferred from place to place, or from person, firm or
corporation to person, firm or corporation, except upon application
to and permission by the Borough Council.
Any license granted hereunder shall be subject
to revocation or suspension by the Borough Council in the manner following:
A.
A notice shall be served to the person, firm or corporation
holding such license, specifying wherein he, she or it has failed
to comply with the terms hereof and requiring such license holder
to appear before the Borough Council at the time and place therein
specified, not less than five days after service of said notice, requiring
such license holder to show cause at said time and place why the said
license should not be revoked or suspended. At the time and place
mentioned in said notice, the person holding the license shall have
the right to appear in person or by counsel and introduce such evidence
as he may desire, and the Borough Council shall confront said license
holder with the charges against him, her or it, and produce proof
thereof, subject to cross-examination, and after the said hearing
the Borough Council may at their discretion dismiss the charges or
revoke or suspend the license.
No trailer or car camp shall be permitted to be established in any Residence (R-100) Zone or Residence (R-75) Zone, (R-60) (A) Zone or (R-60) (B) Zone, as provided by Chapter 420, Zoning, of the Borough of Middlesex, or any of the amendments thereto or supplements thereof.
No trailer and/or tractor (car) in any trailer
camp or park shall be located closer than 20 feet to any other trailer
and/or tractor.
Each trailer camp shall provide setbacks in
accordance with the zoning requirements in this Borough applicable
to the location of the camp site,[1] and the side yards and rear yards of trailer camp sites
shall be a minimum of 25 feet.
Individual sanitary sewer and water connections
shall comply with the Sanitary Code of the Borough of Middlesex.
Each trailer camp or park shall establish one
central point for the storage and collection of garbage.
Each trailer camp site shall enclose its curtilage
with a six-foot wire fence and shall provide curbing along any street
line on which they front to the extent of its frontage.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall
upon conviction be punished by a fine not to exceed $200, or by imprisonment
for a term not to exceed 60 days, or both, and in default of the payment
of any such fine, may be imprisoned in the county jail for a term
not exceeding 60 days.
Every person, firm or corporation violating
or contributing in any way to the violation of this chapter or any
part thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each
day during which such violation continues and shall be punishable
therefor as herein provided.
