This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Oxford Township Mobile Home Park and Campground Ordinance."
Each and every person who owns, leases, operates,
maintains or offers to the public the use of any campground or mobile
home park shall comply with the following regulations in the operation
of the facility:
A. Public toilets, baths, showers or other appurtenances
shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition and in a good
state of repair.
B. Each campsite may accommodate no more than three camping
units, including a single camping vehicle occupied by persons within
the same party, but in no case shall the total number of overnight
occupants exceed a density of 40 persons per acre.
C. Campsites for camping units may be equipped with permanent
platforms, constructed by the owner. With the exception of canvas
awnings or screened enclosures, which are normal camping equipment,
and temporary platforms, all of which must be removed when the camping
unit is removed, construction of this nature may not be done by campsite
occupants. Permanent or semipermanent huts or other living room additions
to camping units shall not be permitted.
D. Only camping units and camping vehicles, as defined
above, and camper's automobiles shall be permitted on campsites.
E. Only camping units, as defined, shall be accommodated
at a campground.
F. Occupancy of any campsite in a particular campground
by the same person or persons shall not be permitted for more than
15 consecutive days in any month during the period from October 1
to May 1.
G. Except during June, July, August and September, unoccupied
camping units and equipment shall not be permitted to remain on any
campsite.
H. Every campground shall be under the supervision of
a caretaker, who shall be a resident of the Township and, if not a
resident of the campground, shall visit the campground each day the
campground is occupied.
I. No owner or person in charge of a dog, cat or other
pet animal shall permit it to run at large or commit any nuisance
within limits of any mobile home park. All dogs shall be licensed
in accordance with the Township's ordinance.
J. No person shall remove or cause to be removed or permit
the removal of wheels or similar transportation devices from any trailer
or unit or otherwise permanently affix it to the ground in such a
manner as would prevent the ready removal of such trailer or unit
without first having obtained a permit to do so from the Construction
Official of Oxford Township.
K. No wastewater or materials from sinks, baths, showers,
toilets or other plumbing fixtures shall be deposited or permitted
to flow upon the surface of the ground or into any pipe or conduit
which leads into a stream; and all fixtures, when in use, shall be
connected with an approved sanitary disposal system.
L. Every campground shall be provided with means of lighting
the same at night; and all water closets, bathing units and similar
facilities shall be provided with sufficient lighting, and the same
shall be kept lighted during the hours of darkness.
M. Each mobile home park shall provide refuse containers, having a capacity of one cubic yard for each four mobile homes, located so that no mobile home is farther than 150 feet from such a container. Refuse collection may be provided on an individual basis if two metal or plastic containers with tight-fitting lids, complying with Chapter
280, Article
I, Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse, §
280-8, are provided for each mobile home.
[Amended 10-21-1993 by Ord. No. 93-11]
N. There shall be provided in every such mobile home park or campground an adequate number of garbage receptacles with close-fitting metal covers for refuse, ashes and rubbish, in such numbers as shall be determined necessary by the Board of Health or its representatives, and such garbage receptacles shall at all times be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition and shall comply with all the applicable provisions of Chapter
280, Article
I, Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse.
[Amended 10-21-1993 by Ord. No. 93-11]
O. All rules and regulations hereafter promulgated by
the Board of Health, which additional rules and regulations may be
passed by resolution of the Board of Health.
[Amended 9-7-1976 by Ord. No. 76-7; 10-4-1976 by Ord. No.
76-8; 12-19-1991 by Ord. No. 91-15; 10-21-1993 by Ord. No. 93-11]
A. Mobile home parks. The annual license fee for mobile
home parks shall be the sum of the following:
(1) A basic fee, payable to the Township Clerk on or before
issuance of the license, in the sum of a minimum of $1,000 for any
mobile home park of up to 40 mobile home sites, plus $25 per site
for all sites over 40.
[Amended 6-20-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-04; 3-18-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-04]
(2) An amount equal to $225 per year per mobile home site,
which such amount shall be payable to the Tax Collector in four equal
installments, due and payable on September 30, December 31, March
31 and June 30 of each year. Any quarterly payment made more than
10 days after the due date shall bear interest at the rate of 8% per
annum for all amounts due up to $1,000 and 12% per annum on amounts
due in excess of $1,000.
B. Campgrounds. The annual license fee for campgrounds
shall be a minimum of $450 for any campground having up to 20 campsites,
plus $10 per campsite for all campsites over 20.
The license certificate shall be conspicuously
posted in the office of or on the premises of each mobile home park
or campground at all times, as shall the rules and regulations of
the facility. Copies of the rules and regulations shall be given to
all occupants upon registration.
No license issued pursuant to this chapter shall
be transferable without the permission of the governing body.
[Amended 10-21-1993 by Ord. No. 93-11]
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of up to
$2,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days or a period
of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof,
for each offense, and each day that a violation is permitted to exist
shall constitute a separate offense. This fine is in addition to any
revocation or nonrenewal proceedings as set forth herein.