[Adopted 2-8-1961 by Ord.
No. 6, as amended 3-10-1993 and 9-14-1994]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
COLLECTOR
The Tax Collector of the Town of West Greenwich, Rhode Island.
LICENSEE
Any person or persons, firm or corporation receiving a license
to conduct, operate or maintain a mobile home or trailer park or individual
mobile home or trailer, as the case may be.
MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED HOME
A detached residential unit designed:
A.
For a long-term occupancy and containing sleeping accommodations,
a flush toilet and a tub or shower bath and kitchen facilities, and
having both permanent plumbing and electrical connections for attachment
to outside systems;
B.
To be transported on its own wheels or on a flatbed or other
trailer or detachable wheels; and
C.
To be placed on pads, piers or tied down, at the site where
it is to be occupied as a residence complete and ready for occupancy,
except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations
and connection to utility systems.
MOBILE HOME PARK or TRAILER PARK
Privately owned land upon which two or more mobile homes
or trailers are or are intended to be used and occupied as sleeping
or living quarters, permanent or temporary.
PERSON
Includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, owners,
lessees, licensees, and the agents of each or them.
TRAILER
Any vehicle or similar portable structure designed and constructed
so as to permit the occupancy thereof as a dwelling by one or more
persons and so designed and constructed that it is or may be mounted
on wheels and used as a conveyance on a street or highway, propelled
or drawn by its own or other motive power.
[Adopted March 1964 by Ord. No. 8]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
TRAILER, MOBILE HOME OR HOUSE CAR
A unit or any vehicle used for sleeping or living quarters,
permanent or temporary, which may or may not be equipped with running
water, bath facilities, flush toilet, and appropriate sanitary conditions.
It may be mounted on wheels and propelled by its own power, or the
power of another vehicle, attached thereto.
No person shall locate any trailer, mobile home or house car,
either for storage or for use as living quarters, on any land in the
Town of West Greenwich, except in a trailer park, without first obtaining
the written permission of the owner of the land and a permit from
the West Greenwich Town Clerk as authorized by the Town Council.
[Amended 7-11-2018; 2-12-2020]
Any person violating any of the provisions and/or regulations
pertaining to this article and any person parking, storing or occupying
a trailer, mobile home, or house car without a permit shall, upon
conviction thereof, be fined not exceeding $500 for any one offense.
Each day such violation shall continue beyond seven days from the
original conviction of said violation shall be deemed a separate and
distinct violation.