[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Mount Arlington as Chapter VIII of the 1982 Compilation. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes trailer coach or mobile home; also, any vehicle
or structure so designed and constructed in such manner as will permit
its being used as a conveyance upon the public streets or highways
and shall include self-propelled and non-self-propelled vehicles so
designed, constructed, reconstructed or added to by any means in such
a manner as will permit the occupancy thereof as a dwelling or sleeping
place for one or more persons and having no foundation other than
wheels, jacks or skirtings when located in a duly licensed trailer
park. This shall also include any of the above vehicles or structures
which have been altered by placing such vehicle or structure upon
a concrete or block foundation or by removing the wheels.
Any plot of ground upon which two or more trailers used for
dwelling or sleeping purposes are located.
A plot of ground within a trailer park for the accommodation
of one trailer. A "trailer space" shall be measured using a plot width
which shall be the perpendicular distance between side plot lines
and a plot depth which shall be the actual distance along the side
plot line and need not be perpendicular to the street.
A.Â
Required. No person shall construct or operate a trailer park within
the borough without first obtaining a license from the Borough Council
on or before January 1 of each year.
B.Â
Fee. The license fee for each trailer park shall accompany the application
therefor and shall be as follows:
[Amended 3-17-1982 by Ord. No. 82-3]
(1)Â
The sum of $600 per annum for each trailer park with not more than
20 trailer spaces; for each trailer park with 20 or more trailer spaces,
the sum of $600 per annum, plus the additional sum of $30 per annum
per trailer space in excess of 20 trailer spaces.
[Amended 3-15-1995 by Ord. No. 95-11]
(2)Â
The annual license fee computed in the manner as aforesaid shall
be for the period of one year or any part expiring on December 31
of each year, except that the first license issued shall be prorated
on a monthly basis.
(3)Â
In addition to the aforementioned annual license fee the licensee
shall pay the sum of $6 per week for each trailer space rented for
any part of the preceding calendar month. Such amounts shall be paid
to the Borough Clerk quarterly for the preceding three months, together
with a statement showing the number and location of the trailer spaces
which were rented for any part of the preceding quarter. Payments
shall be made within 10 days after the end of each quarter.
[Amended 3-15-1995 by Ord. No. 95-11]
(4)Â
Any license fee or monthly payment or portion thereof which is not
paid when due shall be subject to interest at the rate of 8% per annum.
(5)Â
Failure to pay the aforementioned license fee and monthly payments
within 10 days after the due date shall constitute a violation of
this chapter.
C.Â
Approval. No license shall be issued until the Health Officer and
Construction Official have certified that they know of no violation
of any law, regulation or ordinance applicable to trailers or trailer
parks.
D.Â
Park registry. Each licensee shall maintain a park registry and submit
a copy of the same each quarter so far as it pertains to the previous
calendar quarter. The registry shall contain the name of the owner
or tenant of each trailer, the serial number, body type and license
number of each trailer, the date of arrival, whether it is still apart
and the number of the trailer spaces rented. The copy shall be delivered
to the Borough Clerk by the 10th day of the month following the end
of the reporting quarter.
E.Â
Application for license. Each application for a license shall be
in writing and contain the following information:
(1)Â
The name and address of the applicant and of the owner of the premises.
(2)Â
The exact location of the trailer park, accompanied by a park plan.
On renewal applications, a park plan need not be submitted if there
has been no change from the plan previously submitted, provided that
the applicant files a sworn certificate that there has been no change
from the park plan previously filed with the borough.
(3)Â
A written agreement to comply with all provisions and regulations
of this chapter.
(4)Â
A description of water and sewage facilities provided in the trailer
park.
(5)Â
The number of trailer spaces in the trailer park.
(6)Â
A written agreement that the applicant will permit entry to the trailer
park at any time during daylight hours by any authorized state, county
or borough police officer or other law enforcement official and by
the Health Officer, Construction Official and Zoning Officer of the
borough or any agent designated by resolution of the Council.
A.Â
Preparation.
(1)Â
The trailer park plan shall be prepared by a licensed engineer of
New Jersey, shall provide a legal description and shall show the following
information as to the existing trailer park:
(a)Â
The extent and area used for trailer park purposes to be designated
to total acreage and area dimensions by feet.
(b)Â
The location and width of all roadways, driveways and walkways.
(c)Â
The location of trailer spaces with identifying lot numbers.
(d)Â
The location and number of sanitary facilities, including park
toilets, washrooms, laundries and utility rooms.
(e)Â
The method and plan of sewage disposal.
(f)Â
The method and plan of garbage disposal.
(g)Â
A plan of water supply.
(h)Â
A plan for electrical lighting of trailers and the trailer park,
including roadways and driveways.
(i)Â
The location of recreation building.
(j)Â
The location of recreation areas.
(2)Â
The plan shall specifically set forth the square footage and area
dimensions of all trailer spaces, the trailer park, recreation building
and recreation area.
B.Â
Requirements for operating trailer park. No trailer park shall be
operated in the borough which does not meet the minimum requirements
set forth in the New Jersey State Sanitary Code and made part of this
chapter and the following requirements:
(1)Â
An existing lawful trailer park shall not have more trailer spaces
than was permitted under prior ordinances.
(2)Â
The trailer park shall provide a trailer space for each trailer,
boundaries to be indicated by corner markers and shall be adequate
for the type of facility occupying the space. Each trailer space shall
have a minimum width of 40 feet and a depth of 70 feet and a minimum
size of 3,750 square feet.
(3)Â
Sufficient area for clothes drying and trash and garbage storage
shall be provided and shall be properly screened.
(4)Â
The park shall be located on a well-drained site suitable for the
purpose; shall have an entrance and an exit clearly marked and easily
controlled and supervised; and shall have nondedicated interior streets
at least 20 feet wide easily accessible to all trailers.
(5)Â
Streetlights shall be installed at every street intersection and
every 300 feet along the interior streets. The lights shall be at
least 1,000 lumens and shall be illuminated from 1/2 hour after sunset
until 1/2 hour before sunrise.
(6)Â
All trailers shall be connected to a septic system constructed in
accordance with the ordinances of the borough, except that if there
are more than 20 trailer spaces in a trailer park, a package sanitary
sewer plant must be constructed, erected and maintained by the owner
of a size sufficient to accommodate all trailer spaces in the trailer
park until public sewers are available.
[Amended 3-15-1995 by Ord. No. 95-11]
The New Jersey State Sanitary Code, as amended and supplemented,
is hereby declared to be a part of this chapter in its entirety. The
trailer park shall conform to the requirements of such code, except
when the Borough Zoning Ordinance or other ordinances or this chapter
have requirements exceeding those of the state code, in which event
the Borough Zoning Ordinance or any other ordinances or this chapter
shall apply.[1]
A.Â
No person shall park any trailer on any street, alley or highway
or other public place or on any tract of land owned by any person,
occupied or unoccupied, within the borough except as provided in this
chapter. Emergency or temporary stopping of a trailer shall be permitted
on any street, alley or highway for not longer than one day, subject
to any other and further prohibitions, regulations or limitations
imposed by the traffic and parking regulations or ordinances for that
street, alley or highway.
B.Â
No person shall park or occupy any trailer on the premises of any
occupied dwelling or on any lot which is not a part of the premises
of any occupied dwelling, either of which is situated outside an approved
trailer park, except the parking of only one unoccupied trailer in
any accessory private garage building or in a rear yard shall be permitted,
provided that no living quarters are maintained or any business practiced
in the trailer, and provided further that such parking shall not be
in violation of the Borough Zoning Ordinance.[1]
