As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
TRAILER SPACE or MOBILE HOME SPACE
A plot of ground within a trailer court, trailer camp, trailer park
or mobile home park designed for the accommodation of one trailer or one mobile
home.
No person shall maintain or operate any trailer camp, trailer court,
trailer park or mobile home park within the township unless a license has
first been obtained.
In addition to the information required in §
112-2, the application shall include the following:
A. The name and address of the owner of the property involved
if the applicant does not own the premises. If not owned by the applicant,
the interest or right of the applicant in and to the premises shall be set
forth.
B. Plot plan showing the extent of the area to be used for
camp purposes, adjoining streets and driveways within the proposed premises,
location of sites for trailers, location and number of sanitary conveniences,
including plans and specifications therefor, method and plan of sewage disposal,
method and plan of garbage removal, plans and specifications for electrical
lighting and furnishing of electrical supply.
C. The application shall be accompanied by the annual license
fee which shall be paid on January 1 of each year, but which shall be prorated
on a monthly basis during the year when an applicant first makes application
for a license. The applicant shall be charged for a full month if the application
is filed at any time during the month.
When a license is applied for, the applicant shall be required to publish
a notice of the application once a week for two weeks in a newspaper published
within the county prior to the time the application is to be considered. When
the application is for premises upon which the required facilities have not
yet been constructed, the granting of the license shall be upon condition
that the construction of the camp follows the plans and specifications filed
with the application.
Before a license is issued, the premises shall be inspected by the Chief
of Police, a Board of Health officer and any other official of the township
designated by the Township Council for such purpose.
Applicants for licenses shall comply with all other ordinances, rules
and regulations of the Township Council or the Board of Health, requirements
of state law and rules, regulations and codes promulgated thereunder.
No person shall park or maintain a trailer or mobile home within the
township other than at a licensed trailer court, camp, park or mobile home
park, except in the following instances:
A. A trailer or mobile home may be parked in a building
that is closed on all sides.
B. A trailer or mobile home may be parked for a period of
not longer than eight hours on any public street or property within the township,
provided that the unit is legally parked and in a place where parking is lawfully
permitted.
C. A bona fide owner of any trailer or mobile home for which
a trailer license was issued by the township as of December 6, 1966, which
was on that date and has since been used by the actual owner for living purposes
for his or her family shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
That trailer may be transferred or sold together with the rights to the trailer
license by any such person entitled to a trailer license under this section
to any other person who shall occupy the trailer as a single-family residence.
D. A bona fide owner of any trailer or mobile home existing
in the township as of December 6, 1966, who also owns real property within
the township, may continue to maintain the trailer upon the real property
owned by him or her, provided that the trailer or mobile home is not used
for living or sleeping purposes.
In addition to the required license fee, the licensee shall collect
and pay a service and inspection charge as set from time to time by resolution
of the Township Council for each occupied trailer campsite. Such fee shall be paid weekly to the township at the Police Department.
Vehicles, trailers or forms of structures known as "office trailers"
may be used and maintained as business equipment for an office on sites or
parcels of land where construction work is taking place or where soil removal
or soil excavation businesses are operated, without a license or permit, provided
that these trailers or structures are not used for sleeping or living purposes,
and further provided that any such trailers or structures or equipment shall
be moved from the site or parcel of land involved in the operation immediately
following completion of the construction project or soil removal or excavation
involved.
Licenses issued for existing trailers as of December 6, 1966, and renewed
annually since that term may continue to be renewed from year to year. A fee
as set from time to time by resolution of the Township Council shall be paid
for each renewal, and written application for the renewal of a license shall
be made before the end of each calendar year. The license shall aver in the
application that all conditions upon which the license was granted remain
the same. Applications for renewal shall be submitted at least 15 days prior
to the end of the calendar year and all renewal licenses shall be issued during
the first week of the calendar year in which the renewal is sought, provided
that all conditions for renewal have been met by the licensee.
Any licensee holding a license for the maintenance of a trailer court,
camp, park or mobile home park shall permit inspection of the camp by the
Chief of Police or any member of the Police Department designated by the Chief,
or by any person authorized in writing by the Board of Health, during any
reasonable hour.