[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 1]
The following words and terms, as used in this ordinance,[1] shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them
in this section, unless the context clearly indicates a different
meaning:
Any natural person, partnership, firm, association or corporation.
Any structure which is mounted, or designed for mounting,
on wheels, and which includes accommodations designed for sleeping
or living purposes for one or more persons, excepting a device used
exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
Any lot, parcel or tract of land designed, maintained or
intended for the purpose of supplying a location or accommodations
for any trailer, or upon which any trailer is parked or located, whether
or not a charge is made for the use of the trailer park and its facilities,
and shall include all buildings and structures used or intended for
use as a part of the equipment thereof. The term "trailer park" shall
not include any automobile or trailer sales lot on which any unoccupied
trailer is parked for the purpose of inspection and sale.
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In this ordinance, the singular shall include the plural and
masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
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[1]
Editor's Note: Sections 1 to 29 of this chapter.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 2]
No person shall park or locate any trailer, or allow it to stand,
upon any street, alley or other public place, or upon any tract of
land, occupied or unoccupied, within the Borough of Mifflinburg, except
as provided in this ordinance.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Sections 1 to 29 of this chapter.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 3]
No person shall allow any trailer to stand upon any of the streets
or alleys in the Borough of Mifflinburg, without being attached to
a motor vehicle.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 4]
No person shall park any trailer, attached to a motor vehicle,
on any street or alley in the Borough for a period of time longer
than that allowed for the parking of vehicles upon such street or
alley by the applicable State laws and the ordinances of the Borough
applicable to traffic and parking. Any person who shall violate this
section shall be subject to the penalties specifically provided in
such laws and ordinances, as the case may be.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 5]
No person shall occupy any trailer in the Borough of Mifflinburg
for sleeping or living purposes except in a trailer park licensed
under this ordinance,[1] unless such trailer conforms to and complies with all
plumbing, electrical, sanitary and building ordinances of the Borough
applicable to stationary dwellings. Provided, however: the parking
or storing of no more than one unoccupied trailer in a private garage,
or in a rear yard, shall be permitted, on condition that no person
uses such trailer for living or sleeping purposes while such trailer
is so parked or stored.
[1]
Editor's Note: Sections 1 to 29 of this chapter.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 6]
No person shall operate or occupy any trailer park within the
Borough except as provided in this ordinance.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Sections 1 to 29 of this chapter.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 7, as amended by
Ordinance 282, July 21, 1970, Section 1]
No person shall establish or operate any trailer park within
the Borough until a permit shall have been secured from the Mayor.
Any person desiring to establish or to operate a trailer park shall
make application for a permit to the Mayor. With every such application,
there shall be submitted a plan of such trailer park or proposed trailer
park showing the following:
(a)
The name and address of the applicant.
(b)
The extent and area to be used for trailer park purposes.
(c)
The location of all roadways and driveways.
(d)
The location of all lots intended for the parking of trailers.
(e)
The location and number of all existing or proposed facilities to
be used by the occupants of trailers, including sanitary conveniences,
washrooms, toilets, laundries and utility rooms.
(f)
The method and plan of sewage disposal.
(g)
The method and plan of garbage and refuse disposal.
(h)
The plan for water supply.
(i)
The plan for electric lighting of trailers.
(j)
The location of fire extinguishers.
(k)
A statement that the premises proposed to be occupied by such trailer
park, in case of a trailer park not established prior to the adoption
of the Zoning Ordinance of the Borough of Mifflinburg,[1] are entirely located in a district in which the establishment
of trailer parks is permitted by such Zoning Ordinance, such statement
to bear the signature of the Zoning Officer of the Borough.
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Such application shall be accompanied by a fee of $20 to cover
the cost of the services of Borough officers and employes in making
the necessary studies and investigations in connection with such application.
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[1]
Editor's Note: The first zoning ordinance was adopted
November 10, 1947. It was supplanted by the present zoning ordinance,
see Chapter XXIX.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 8, as amended by
Ordinance 282, July 21, 1970, Section 1]
Following the receipt of the application for a permit as provided
above,[1] the Mayor shall cause an investigation to be made of the
premises to which application relates, in order to assure himself,
before issuing such permit, that all requirements of this ordinance[2] applicable to trailer parks are conformed with. In connection
with such investigation, the Building Inspector, the Health Officer
and any other Borough officer or employe requested to do so by the
Mayor shall visit the premises in order to determine whether requirements
as to which they have particular knowledge and understanding are adhered
to.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 9, as amended by
Ordinance 282, July 21, 1970, Section 1]
Immediately following the investigation required under the eighth
section of this ordinance,[1] when the Mayor shall be satisfied that all the applicable
requirements of this ordinance[2] have been adhered to, or are to be adhered to according
to the plans for a proposed trailer park, the Mayor shall issue a
permit to establish and operate such park for a period of one year
after the issuance thereof. Such permit shall be subject to suspension
whenever the holder thereof shall be convicted of any violation of
this ordinance. A suspended permit may be reinstated by the Mayor,
for the balance of the year for which it was issued, upon compliance
of the holder thereof of all the provisions of this ordinance. No
person shall operate a trailer camp in the Borough during the time
when the permit therefor shall have been suspended.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 10, as amended by
Ordinance 282, July 21, 1970, Section 1]
Whenever the ownership or management of any trailer camp shall
have been changed, the new owner or manager thereof shall forthwith
notify the Mayor, who shall amend the permit for such trailer camp,
as well as the pertinent records of the Borough, to indicate such
change.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 11, as amended by
Ordinance 282, July 21, 1970, Section 1]
No permit issued under this ordinance[1] shall be transferable to a different location. No person,
holding a permit under this ordinance, shall extend or reduce the
area of any trailer camp, add any new facility or structure, or eliminate
any existing facility or structure, until notice of such proposed
change shall have been given to the Mayor and the Mayor shall have
ascertained after investigation, as in the case of an original application
for a permit, that such proposed change is in accordance with all
the requirements of this ordinance, and shall have signified that
fact by his approval.
[1]
Editor's Note: Sections 1 to 29 of this chapter.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 12, as amended by
Ordinance 282, July 21, 1970, Section 1]
Prior to the date of expiration of any permit issued under this
ordinance[1] the holder thereof may apply to the Mayor for renewal
thereof, such application to be accompanied by a fee of $5. Following
any investigation deemed necessary by the Mayor to ascertain whether
all the requirements of this ordinance continue to be adhered to,
the Mayor shall renew such permit for a further period of one year.
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 1 to 29 of this chapter.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 13]
Every trailer park shall be located in a well-drained area,
and the premises shall be properly graded so as to prevent accumulation
of storm or other water.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 14]
Lots for individual trailers in a trailer park shall be indicated
by corner markers, and no individual lot shall have an area of less
than 800 square feet. Each lot shall abut upon a roadway or driveway,
not less than 20 feet wide. Every such roadway or driveway shall be
well drained, shall be clearly marked, adequately lighted at night
and easily accessible to a public street. Lots for individual trailers
shall be so located and arranged that when trailers are located thereon,
the setback regulations of the Zoning Ordinance of the Borough of
Mifflinburg[1] are adhered to.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Sections 32 to 34 of Chapter XXIX.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 15]
In each trailer park, a sufficient supply of pure, healthful
drinking water from a source and of a quality approved by the Board
of Health of the Borough, not more than 50 feet from any trailer,
shall be provided in convenient locations. Waste from each outlet
shall be emptied into a drain connected with an approved disposal
system. No common drinking vessel shall be provided. An abundant supply
of hot water shall be provided at all times for bathing, washing and
laundry facilities.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 16]
In each trailer park, toilet facilities, connected to a sanitary
sewer or approved septic tank, shall be provided as follows: There
shall be separate toilet rooms for each sex, located not more than
200 feet from any lot for an individual trailer. Such toilet rooms
shall be provided with one flush toilet for each sex for each 10 trailer
lots or fraction thereof, and, in addition, one urinal for each toilet
room provided for men. Each toilet room shall include lavatories with
hot and cold water, in the ratio of one lavatory to every two or less
toilets. Toilet rooms shall be adequately heated when the outside
temperature renders it necessary. No trailer provided with an inside
toilet facility not connected to a sanitary sewer or an approved septic
tank shall be accommodated in any trailer park unless there shall
be available, in a room separate from the other toilet rooms, a hopper
with flushing facilities for the disposal of the contents of night
waste containers. Adequate facilities shall be provided for the washing
of such containers, and the washings and hopper wastes shall be disposed
of in such manner as shall be approved by the Board of Health.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: At present the Borough does not have a
Board of Health, and health laws are now administered and enforced
in the Borough by the State Department of Health.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 17]
In each trailer park there shall be provided separate bathing
facilities for each sex, with one shower or tub bath, enclosed in
a compartment at least four feet square, for each sex for each 10
trailer lots or fraction thereof. Each shower compartment shall be
supplemented by an adjacent individual dressing compartment. Bathing
facilities for each sex shall be located not more than 200 feet from
any lot for an individual trailer. Bathing rooms shall be adequately
heated when the outside temperature renders it necessary.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 18]
In each trailer park, there shall be provided a laundry room,
with laundry trays, in the ratio of one double tray for each 10 individual
trailer lots.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 19]
Floors of bathing rooms, toilet rooms and laundry rooms in each
trailer park shall be of concrete, tile or similar material impervious
to water and easily cleaned, and pitched to a floor drain. Liquid
wastes from toilets, baths, lavatories and laundry rooms shall be
piped to a sanitary sewer or a septic tank approved by the Board of
Health.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Note 13 of this chapter.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 20]
No cooking shall be permitted in any trailer not furnished with
a sink and a connection with a sanitary sewer or approved septic tank
unless there shall be located, within 150 feet of such trailer, a
hopper or a kitchen or laundry sink for the disposal of dishwater.
In every case, such facilities for the disposal of dishwater shall
be separate from the hopper for the disposal of night wastes and the
washings from night waste containers.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 21]
All plumbing, electrical, building and other work in the premises
of any trailer park located in the Borough of Mifflinburg shall be
in accordance with any other ordinances of the Borough regulating
such subjects. Provided, however: if there is any conflict between
any such ordinance and any of the provisions of this ordinance,[1] the provisions of this ordinance shall control as to trailer
parks only.
[1]
Editor's Note: Sections 1 to 29 of this chapter.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 22]
All ordinances of the Borough applicable to the accumulation,
collection, segregation and disposal of garbage shall be applicable
to trailer parks located in the Borough, and shall be adhered to strictly
by persons owning and operating trailer parks and by persons occupying
therein.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 23]
In every trailer park there shall be an office building in which
shall be located the office of the person in charge of such trailer
park. A copy of the permit issued under this ordinance,[1] and of this ordinance, shall at all times be posted in
such office, and the register of such trailer park shall at all times
be kept therein.
[1]
Editor's Note: Sections 1 to 29 of this chapter.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 24]
Every person holding a permit under this ordinance[1] shall keep, or cause to be kept, a register, which shall
at all times be open for the inspection of any official of the Borough.
Such register shall show, for each trailer accommodated in such trailer
park, the following information:
(a)
The lot number upon which such trailer is parked or located.
(b)
The names and addresses of all persons using such trailer for living
or sleeping purposes.
(c)
The State license of such trailer and of the vehicle towing the same.
(d)
The date of arrival of such trailer at such trailer park and the
date of departure therefrom.
[1]
Editor's Note: Sections 1 to 29 of this chapter.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 25]
Each person holding a permit under this ordinance[1] shall adhere to the following additional regulations at
all times:
(a)
He shall maintain such trailer camp in a clean, orderly and sanitary
condition.
(b)
He shall see that no disorderly conduct or violation of any law or
ordinance is committed upon the premises and shall immediately report
to the proper authorities any violations which may come to his attention.
(d)
He shall maintain in convenient places, designated by the Fire Chief
of the Borough, hand fire extinguishers, in good working order, in
the ratio of one to every eight trailer lots or fraction thereof.
(e)
He shall prohibit the lighting of any open fire upon the premises.
(f)
He shall prohibit the use of any trailer by a greater number of occupants
than that which it is designed to accommodate.
[1]
Editor's Note: Sections 1 to 29 of this chapter.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 26]
Any person operating a trailer park within the Borough of Mifflinburg
at the time of adoption of this ordinance shall cause the same to
conform to the requirements of this ordinance[1] and shall make application for, and secure, a permit to
operate such trailer park within three months from the effective date
of this ordinance.
[1]
Editor's Note: Sections 1 to 29 of this chapter.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 27, as amended by
Ordinance 282, July 21, 1970, Section 1]
It shall be the duty of the Mayor to enforce the provisions
of this ordinance,[1] and, to that end, he shall, from time to time, make or
cause to be made, by the police or any other Borough officer or employe,
an inspection to ascertain whether any trailer park continues to operate
strictly under the provisions of this ordinance.
[1]
Editor's Note: Sections 1 to 29 of this chapter.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 28]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance[1] shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a
fine of not more than $100 and costs of prosecution, and, in default
of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than
30 days, Provided: each day's continuance of a violation shall
constitute a separate offense.
[1]
Editor's Note: Sections 1 to 29 of this chapter.
[Ordinance 209, October 6, 1959, Section 29]
The provisions of this ordinance[1] shall be severable, and if any of the provisions thereof
shall be declared unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such unconstitutionality,
illegality or invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining provisions
of this ordinance. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Borough
Council that the remaining provisions thereof would have been enacted
notwithstanding such unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity.[2]
