[Adopted 11-20-1951 (Ch. 99, Art. II, of the 1972 Code)]
[Amended 7-24-1973 by Ord. No. 40-73]
Within the limits of the Township of Jackson, in the County
of Ocean, no person, firm or corporation shall conduct or carry on
the business of the operation of a trailer park or campsite or work
in, occupy or directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever utilize
any place or premises in which is conducted or carried on a trailer
park or campsite, unless and until there is granted by the governing
body of said Township, in accordance with the terms of this article,
and shall be in force and effect, a license to conduct said trailer
park and campsite for the place and premises in or at which the same
shall be conducted and carried on. However, trailers to be used in
connection with construction projects and in connection with mining
operations are allowed within the Township of Jackson, provided that
the owner thereof notifies the Building Inspector in writing of the
fact that such trailer is to be installed within the Township of Jackson
and indicates the location of the trailer and the proposed date of
its removal, and provided further that said trailer is not to be used
for dwelling or living purposes.
[Amended 2-16-1966 by Ord. No. 2-66]
A.
The fee for each trailer park or site shall be dependent upon the
number of trailers located in said trailer park or site, payable in
advance at the time that the licensee shall obtain a license to operate
said trailer park or site, and said fees shall be as follows:
B.
Said license fee must be paid to the Township by the first day of
February of the year for which the license is being issued.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided as follows: "This ordinance shall become effective only in the event that mobile homes located in mobile home parks licensed under the provisions of Chapter 400 of the Jackson Code become taxable as real property. In the event such mobile homes are not taxable as real property, the provisions of this ordinance shall not become operative."
[Amended 9-5-1972 by Ord. No. 30-72]
Each licensee shall keep records of the number of trailers in
the park or site, and also the names and addresses of all persons
living in or occupying or owning trailers in the park or site, and
exhibit such records to any member of the Township of Jackson Police
Department and to the representatives of the Township upon demand
in order that proper charges shall be made by the Township in accordance
herewith.
[Amended 12-18-1956]
A.
Every trailer park shall have at least one male and one female toilet,
which shall be properly connected with adequate cesspools or septic
tanks, shall have a supply at all times of good water and shall be
maintained in a clean condition.
B.
The sewerage hookups for all trailers must be made by the licensee
of the parks or sites. All hookups must be watertight. The licensee
of the trailer camp or site must have hookups for all outlets.
C.
All additions to trailer parks or sites now in operation and all
new trailer parks or sites must be approved by the Township Engineer
of the Township of Jackson.
D.
The licensee must furnish at least one garbage container with cover
for each trailer on the licensed premises.
E.
Each trailer in the licensed premises must have at least 2,500 square
feet of space on which it is situate.
F.
The Board of Health shall make two inspections each month of each
licensed trailer park or site.
G.
No trailer or mobile home located in a trailer park licensed pursuant to the provisions of §§ 400-1 through 400-9, whether such trailer or mobile home is sold or rented, shall be occupied by the vendee, tenant or lessee, as the case may be, until a certificate of occupancy has been secured from the Construction Code Official of the Township of Jackson certifying that said trailer or mobile home complies with all applicable state laws and regulations as well as with all applicable provisions of the Jackson Code. Application shall be made to the Construction Code Official on a form to be provided. A fee of $5 shall accompany such application. A certificate of occupancy shall be issued if the trailer or mobile home complies with all applicable laws, regulations and ordinances as aforesaid. No trailer or mobile home shall be installed or occupied in such a trailer park unless it is properly supported by such supports as may be necessary.
[Added 10-26-1976 by Ord. No. 51-76; amended 3-22-1977 by Ord. No.
8-77]
H.
Roads, where provided, shall be designed so as to permit convenient
and safe movement of traffic and unobstructed access to a public street
or highway. All roads shall be paved and shall have a smooth, hard,
dense and dust-free surface which shall be durable and well drained
under normal use and weather conditions. Road surfaces shall be maintained
free of holes and free of snow and ice, and any such accumulation
of snow and ice shall be removed within a minimum of 24 hours after
termination of the precipitation which caused the snow or ice to accumulate.
No road, street or driveway located in a trailer park or family mobile
home park shall have a name which will duplicate the names of any
other existing public or private roads or streets located within the
Township of Jackson. All such street names shall be subject to approval
by the Township Committee.
[Added 3-14-1978 by Ord. No. 12-78; amended 4-24-1979 by Ord. No.
18-79; 11-7-1983 by Ord. No. 59-83[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided that it shall
take effect 12 months after final passage and publication as required
by law. Where the requirements for paved roadways would result in
peculiar and exceptional practical difficulties to, or exceptional
and undue hardship upon, the owner of a park, the time for compliance
therewith may be extended by the Township Committee.
Any person convicted of a violation of this article shall be
subject to imprisonment in the County Jail of the County of Ocean
for a term not exceeding 90 days or to a fine not exceeding $500,
or both.
[Amended 4-6-1960; 12-5-1972 by Ord. No. 34-72; 6-11-1974 by Ord. No. 21-74]
There shall not be more than four trailer park licenses issued
by the governing body, and no trailer park shall contain more than
60 trailers within the boundaries of the site for which the license
shall be issued.
