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Village of West Haverstraw, NY
Rockland County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of West Haverstraw 3-3-1971 as Arts. I and II of Ch. 11 of the 1971 Code; amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Zoning, planning and building — See Ch. 250.
This chapter shall be known as the "House Trailer Law of the Village of West Haverstraw, New York."
It is the purpose of this chapter to promote the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Village by the more efficient regulation of the occupancy of house trailers within the Village.
When used in this chapter, unless otherwise expressly stated or unless the context or subject matter requires a different interpretation, the following definitions shall apply:
HOUSE TRAILER
Any vehicle used or intended to be used for living or sleeping quarters and designed to move from place to place on wheels and to be propelled by its own power or drawn or propelled by another vehicle.
UNIT
A house trailer designed for use by a single family.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, being the owner, lessee or occupant of any land or premises within the Village, to use or permit the use of such land or premises for the parking of any house trailer for the purpose of the same being used for living, sleeping or eating therein, unless said trailer shall have adequate sanitary facilities and access to an approved water supply system, except as provided in this chapter.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, being the owner or occupant of any house trailer, to park or otherwise locate such house trailer upon any premises within the Village for the purpose of using the same for living, sleeping or eating quarters or for any such person to use or occupy any house trailer for living, sleeping or eating therein, unless said trailer shall have adequate sanitary facilities and access to an approved water supply system, except as provided in this chapter.
No house trailer shall be permitted upon any premises other than in a camp for a longer period than two months in every 12 months, except that the time may be extended by action of the Village Board, and in no event shall more than one house trailer be permitted on a single tax lot at the same time.
Each house trailer shall not be parked or otherwise located nearer than five feet to the side of any lot or parcel, nor shall any house trailer be located within a distance of 500 feet of any residence or dwelling house, other than another house trailer.
In accordance with the tenor of this chapter, any owner or lessee of a trailer or owner or lessee of land within the Village desiring to maintain a trailer upon land in the Village must make application in writing to the Village Clerk for a permit to maintain such trailer upon such land for a period not to exceed two months, unless such period of time is extended by the Village Board of Trustees as provided in this chapter. The application for a permit and any extension thereof must be made on forms supplied by the Village Clerk and must be accompanied by cash or a certified check in the amount set forth in Chapter A255, Fees, the fee required by this chapter for such permit. Such application shall contain the following minimum information:
A. 
The name and address of the applicant; and the names and addresses of the partners, if a partnership; and the names and addresses of the principal officers, if a corporation.
B. 
The name and address of the owner or lessee of the premises upon which the trailer is to be located.
C. 
The name and address of the owner or lessee of the trailer involved.
D. 
A general description of the land or premises upon which the individual trailer is to be located, showing the boundaries and the approximate quantity of land.
E. 
A plan of the land mentioned in Subsection D showing the approximate location of all buildings upon such land and the proposed location of the trailer upon such land.
F. 
A statement showing the proposed method of sewage disposal or removal, the water supply, electric service and the location and design of toilets and all other services required by this chapter.
A. 
Upon receipt of an application for a permit under this chapter, the Village Clerk shall immediately notify the County Health Department of the receipt thereof, and an investigation of the facts shall forthwith be made by such Village Clerk and the County Health Department. Upon the approval of such application by the Village Clerk, the Village Clerk shall forthwith issue a permit to be effective from and after the date of issuance to and including the same date two months next succeeding the date of issuance. If such application is not approved by the Village Clerk, the Village Clerk shall notify the applicant of such refusal in writing, setting forth therein the reason or reasons for such refusal.
B. 
Any person deeming himself aggrieved by the action of the Village Clerk and the County Health Department may, within 30 days thereafter, apply to the Village Board of Trustees for a review of such action, whose decision shall be final.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than $250 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 15 days, or both.