[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Clementon
7-5-1949 by Ord. No. 49-2. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 9-28-1992 by Ord.
No. 92-13]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any vehicle used or intended for use as a conveyance upon the public
streets or highways and duly licensed as such, including self-propelled and
non-self-propelled vehicles, including storage trailers, tractor-trailers
and vehicles designed, constructed or reconstructed or added to by means of
accessories in such manner as to permit the occupancy thereof as a temporary
dwelling or sleeping place for one or more persons and having no foundation
other than wheels, jacks or skirtings so arranged as to be integral with or
portable by said trailer or camp car.
[Amended 9-20-1971 by Ord.
No. 71-19]
It is unlawful for any person to park any trailer or camp car on any
street in the Borough of Clementon or on any premises within the Borough limits,
except that trailers or camp cars which do not exceed 16 feet in length may
be parked in the rear or side yard of a residential property, and except for
the purpose of repair or storage or when used by the personnel of an act or
troupe engaged in the fulfillment of an amusement act at Clementon Lake Park,
at which time said trailer or camp car shall be parked only on the premises
of said Clementon Lake Park. Any such trailer or camp car undergoing repair
or being stored shall not during such period of repair or storage be used
by any person as a dwelling or sleeping place.
A.
All persons, firms and corporations engaged in the business
of selling trailers or camp cars, as defined above, shall be excepted from
the provisions of this chapter when displaying said trailers or camp cars
for rental or selling purposes. However, any of said trailers or camp cars
on display for rental or selling purposes shall not be used as a dwelling
or sleeping place. Motor vehicles which are ordinarily used for passenger
purposes, but in which motor vehicle seats can be converted into beds or cots
for sleeping purposes, are expressly excepted from the provisions of this
chapter, except that said motor vehicles shall not be used for sleeping purposes.
B.
The Mayor of the Borough of Clementon shall have emergency
powers to suspend the application of the provisions of the within
chapter for a period not to exceed one year to permit any resident of the
Borough of Clementon, who has been compelled to vacate his or her residence
due to damage from fire, flood, storm or other similar disorders, to reside
temporarily at or near his or her original residence in a trailer or mobile
home within the Borough of Clementon. The Mayor shall have the right to terminate
said suspension of the provisions of this chapter on 30 days' written notice
to any such resident prior to the expiration of said one-year period if the
Mayor, after a public hearing, determines that said resident is not making
a bona fide effort to restore or rebuild said original residence.
[Added 2-24-1975 by Ord.
No. 75-2]
Any person who shall violate this chapter or any provisions shall, upon
conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding $200 or imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both.
