[Ord. 4/10/62, A1]
As used in this chapter.
a.
ALTER - Shall mean and include major changes, replacements, or repairs
to the trailer court, lay-out and service facilities.
b.
APPROVING AUTHORITY - Shall mean the township committee of the township
of Wantage.
c.
AUTHORIZED AGENT - Shall mean the sanitary inspector of the township,
the building inspector of the township, or any other properly qualified
person who is or may be delegated or appointed by the approving authority
to act as its agent for the enforcement of this chapter.
d.
CONSTRUCT - Shall mean and include building, constructing or installing
a new trailer court or enlarging an existing trailer court or its
facilities.
e.
OWNER - Shall mean any person who alone or jointly with others shall
have legal or equitable title to any land upon which a trailer camp
or trailer court is located.
f.
OPERATOR - Shall mean any person who is in charge of or who manages
a trailer camp or court, whether or not such person is an owner.
g.
OCCUPANT - Shall mean any person who occupies any trailer in a trailer
court, including an owner or operator.
h.
TRAILER - Shall mean a vehicle which is or may be used for living
or sleeping purposes and is so designed that it is or may be mounted
on wheels and used as a conveyance whether through its own or other
motive power.
i.
TRAILER CAMP OR COURT - Shall mean lands and premises used for five
or more trailers, occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are
located or provided for.
j.
TRAILER COACH SPACE - Shall mean a plot of ground within a trailer
court, designed for the accommodation of one trailer.
[Ord. 4/10/62]
It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or operate within
the limits of the township any trailer camp or court for hire or without
charge unless such person shall first obtain a license.
The license shall be applied for in writing and filed with the
township clerk. The application shall set forth or include the following
information:
a.
The name and address of the applicant and the name and address of
the owner of the property if the applicant does not own the premises.
b.
Plot plan showing the extent of the area to be used for camp or court
purposes, adjoining streets and driveways within the proposed premises,
original grades and proposed grade changes, service buildings, or
other proposed structures, location of space for trailer coaches,
location and number of sanitary conveniences, including plans and
specifications therefor, water supply and distribution lines, method
and plan of sewage disposal, method and plan of garbage removal, plans
and specifications for electrical lighting or furnishing of electrical
lighting or furnishing of electrical supply and recreational areas.
c.
The application shall be accompanied by the license fee which is
hereby fixed at $250 per year, which shall be paid on June 1 of each
year, but shall be prorated during the year when any applicant first
makes application for a license, upon the basis of the number of months
remaining in the license year, any fraction of a month being considered
a full month.
Where a license is applied for the applicant shall be required
to publish a notice of such application once a week for two weeks
prior to the time the license is granted. Where the application is
for premises upon which the required facilities have not as yet been
constructed, the granting of the license shall be upon condition that
the construction of the new camp or court follows the plans and specifications
filed with the licensed application.
Before any license is issued the premises shall be inspected
by the township committee and the health officer of the township and
plans for installations shall be approved by the authorized agents
of the approving authority, and the approval shall be endorsed thereon.
Applicants for licenses shall comply with all other ordinances
or valid rules and regulations of the township committee or the township
board of health before a license will be issued.
Licenses shall be issued by the township clerk only upon authorization
by the approving authority by appropriate resolution adopted at a
regular meeting of the authority.
Licenses shall expire on May 31 of each year and shall be renewed
by application in the same manner in which the original license was
applied for, provided that in the event no changes have been made
since the granting of the original license, the application may refer
to the plans set forth in the original application in lieu of including
such information in the renewal application. All renewal licenses
shall be issued only upon appropriate resolution by the approving
authority in the manner in which original licenses are issued.
In the event of denial of an application by the approving authority,
the sum of $25 shall be retained from the license fee and any excess
shall be refunded, provided that if the license fee paid shall be
less than $25 no refund shall be made.
The approving authority shall prescribe appropriate forms for
applications for original and renewal licenses.
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All trailer camps or courts shall be located on a tract which
provides a minimum area of 10,000 square feet for each trailer coach
space, and access road not less than 20 feet in width which shall
afford unobstructed access to a public street or road. No trailer
coach space shall be located within 50 feet of the edge of a public
street or road or within 20 feet of any adjoining property. No driveway
shall be less than 20 feet in width.
Every trailer camp or court shall be located on a well-drained
area and the premises shall be properly graded so as to prevent the
accumulation of storm or other waters.
An adequate supply of pure water furnished through a pipe distribution
system for drinking and domestic purposes shall be maintained. No
common drinking vessels shall be permitted.
Every trailer camp or court shall have erected thereon at a
distance not greater than 200 feet from the site it is designed to
serve, a suitable building for housing toilets, showers and laundry
facilities as required by this chapter. In the building there shall
be located separate toilet rooms for each sex and there shall be provided
at least one toilet for each sex for every five trailer sites. Toilet
rooms shall contain lavatories with hot and cold water and shall be
separately enclosed from the remainder of facilities in the service
building. Separate enclosed bathing facilities for each sex with showers
shall be provided on the same ratio, and the bathing compartment shall
contain a dressing room of at least 12 square feet. Bathing compartments
shall be separate from toilet facilities.
Laundry facilities shall be provided at the ratio of one double
tray and one ironing board for each five coach sites proposed.
Floors of toilets, showers and laundry shall be of concrete,
tile or other material impervious to water and shall be pitched to
a floor drain. Such rooms shall be cleaned at least once daily when
trailer camp sites are occupied and shall generally be kept in a clean
and sanitary condition at all times.
The method of waste and garbage disposal shall be adequate to take care of the proposed camp sites and shall provide septic tank disposal for all sewage or waste water of a size adequate to provide for the facilities and the number of camp sites proposed. No waste water shall be thrown or discharged upon the surface of the ground and sanitary facilities in any trailer shall be sealed by the licensee during the time it is located at any camp site, except in the case of trailer camps or courts operating under subsection 14-3.1. Every trailer coach site shall be provided with a substantial fly-tight metal garbage disposal receptacle from which the contents shall be removed once a week by the licensee or his agents and disposed of according to the method and plan of waste and garbage disposal.
Each trailer camp or court shall provide an electric service
outlet for each trailer camp site and shall also provide illumination
of the entire trailer camp which will keep the driveways clearly illuminated
during the period from one hour after sunset until dawn.
The provisions of subsections 14-3.4, 14-3.5 and 14-3.6 shall not apply to a trailer camp or court which expressly limits its use to trailer coaches which have self-contained facilities for bathing, hot water and toilet, provided that such facilities shall be of a type equivalent to standards maintained by national trade associations of manufacturers of trailer coaches and which meet the approval of the approving authority or its authorized agent, and which has installed an approved sewage disposal system to service its trailer coach spaces or sites.
No trailer shall be placed upon a permanent foundation.
Each trailer coach site shall provide space for the accommodation
of at least one automobile for each site.
Every trailer camp or court shall maintain an office building
within or immediately adjacent to the trailer camp or court, wherein
the license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be displayed and
wherein there shall be kept a register of all occupants, showing name
and address, marital status and the serial numbers and types of all
trailer coaches and automobiles and license numbers and states of
registration, owned by the occupants and located within the trailer
camp or court and the dated of arrival and departure. This register
shall be available for inspection by public authorities at all times.
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It shall be the responsibility of the occupant of every trailer
parked on a trailer coach space in a licensed trailer court in the
township to comply with the following provisions of this chapter.
a.
The occupant shall keep the trailer coach space and the trailer over
which he has control in a clean and sanitary condition.
b.
The occupant shall dispose of ashes, garbage, combustible rubbish
and non-combustible rubbish in a suitable receptacle or can to be
provided by the owner or operator and shall place, after using such
receptacles, a cover thereon and shall be responsible for preventing
the accumulation of any waste material on any portion of any premises
over which he has control.
c.
Every occupant of a trailer shall be responsible for the extermination
of any rodents, vermin or any other pests therein or existing upon
the trailer coach space.
d.
The occupant shall maintain all plumbing fixtures used by him in
a clean and sanitary condition.
e.
Every occupant shall keep in good repair and operating condition
all heating equipment supplied by him and under his control. Use of
portable space heaters is prohibited.
The sanitary inspector of the township may summarily compel any occupant of any trailer to comply with the provisions of subsection 14-4.1 by serving a notice upon such occupant, which notice shall contain a statement of the violations existing in the trailer or on the trailer coach space and the correction thereof sought by the inspector, and requiring that such violations be corrected within a reasonable time not to exceed five days. If such violations are not eliminated within the time specified in the notice, the sanitary inspector may require the occupant either to vacate the trailer or move the trailer from the township. It shall be the duty of the owner or operator or the trailer court to assist the sanitary inspector in procuring the vacation or removal of any such trailer from the trailer court.
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Every trailer coach and the site occupied by it shall be inspected
at least once during each license year and every new trailer coach
which shall occupy a space or site in a trailer camp or court shall
be inspected within 24 hours after its arrival or as soon thereafter
as the inspector can attend to the same. The licensee shall pay a
service and inspection fee of $5 for each inspection required by this
article.
[Ord. 4/10/62]
It shall be unlawful to park, keep or maintain a trailer upon
any lot or tract of land within the township for more than 24 hours,
unless the same shall be located within a duly licensed trailer camp
or court, provided that this section shall not prohibit the keeping,
parking or storage of a trailer by the owner thereof on real property
owned by that person if the trailer shall not be used for living or
sleeping purposes.
[Ord. 4/10/62]
After notice and hearing, the township committee may revoke
or suspend the license of any licensee who shall violate the provisions
of this chapter or who shall refuse to permit the inspection of a
trailer camp by the police department or the health department of
the township upon request made for such inspection. The premises licensed
hereby shall be open to such inspection at all reasonable times.
[Ord. 4/10/62]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine as stated in chapter III, section 3-1. The fine so provided shall not prevent the imposition of revocation or suspension in accordance with this section.
[Ord. 4/10/62]
In any case where a provision of this chapter is found to be
in conflict with the provision of any zoning, building, fire, safety,
health, or trailer regulatory ordinance of the township existing on
April 10, 1962, the provision which established the higher standard
for the promotion and protection of the health and safety of the people
shall prevail and the lower standard is hereby declared to be repealed
to the extent that it is in conflict with a higher standard.
[Ord. 4/10/62]
This chapter is for regulatory and revenue raising purposes.
