[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Lewes 5-12-1980. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall be
applicable unless the context clearly indicates some other meaning:
Any vehicle or similar portable structure constructed so
as to permit its being used as a conveyance on a public street and
so as to permit the occupancy thereof by one or more persons as sleeping
quarters or as residence quarters, whether movable under its power
or towed by another vehicle.
An area of land on which two or more occupied trailer coaches
are harbored, either free of charge or for revenue, together with
any building, structure or enclosure used as part of the equipment
of such park.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
establish, maintain or operate any trailer coach park within the corporate
limits of the City of Lewes or in any area over which the City of
Lewes has jurisdiction without first having obtained a license therefor
from the City of Lewes. Application for such licenses shall be made
in writing to the City Manager and shall contain the name of the applicant,
the location of the proposed park and the number of trailers to be
accommodated.
Each such application shall be accompanied by a plat or sketch
showing the size and location of all buildings and structures.
The annual fee for such licenses shall be $100, plus $5 for
each trailer coach over five for which accommodations exist. If the
number is increased, this shall be reported to the City Manager, and
the additional fee, if any, necessitated by such increase shall be
paid before the additional spaces are put to use. When a license is
applied for or accommodations are increased during the license year,
the fee shall be prorated on the basis of the number of months remaining
in the license year.
No such license shall be issued to any but a person of good
character nor to any corporation if any officer thereof is not a person
of good character. It shall be unlawful to hire or keep as manager,
superintendent or person in charge of a trailer coach park any person
who is not a person of good character or any person who has been convicted
of a felony.
Each trailer coach park, while operated, shall be in charge
of a responsible attendant or caretaker at all times, who shall be
responsible, with the licensee, for compliance with the provisions
of this chapter relating to the conduct of such parks.
Each trailer coach shall be allotted a site of not less than
3,000 square feet. No trailer coach shall be parked closer than six
feet to the side lot lines of a trailer coach park, if the abutting
property is improved property. Each individual trailer site shall
abut or face on a driveway or clear unoccupied space of not less than
20 feet in width, which space shall have unobstructed access to a
public highway or alley. There shall be an open space of at least
10 feet between the sides of every trailer coach and at least five
feet between the ends of every trailer coach.
An adequate supply of pure water for drinking and domestic purposes
from the City water supply system shall be supplied to meet the requirements
of each trailer coach occupying a space in said trailer coach park.
Said water shall be obtained from faucets only, conveniently located
in said park. A water meter shall be installed in each such park.
Connection to the public sanitary sewer system shall be provided
for each space which may be used by a trailer coach.
It shall be the duty of the owner, his agent or caretaker to
provide for the collection and removal of garbage or other waste material
and to otherwise maintain the park in a clean and sanitary condition.
The parks shall be kept properly and adequately lighted at all
times so that the grounds shall be safe for occupants and visitors.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use or maintain for use as
a sleeping quarter or as a residence quarter any trailer coach, used
for human habitation, upon any plot of ground in the City of Lewes
or in any area over which the City of Lewes exercises jurisdiction,
except in a licensed trailer park.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove the wheels or other transporting device from any trailer coach or otherwise to affix said trailer coach permanently to the ground so as to prevent ready removal of such trailer coach, unless a permit to do so is obtained as required for the construction of a new building. Any such alteration shall be construed as converting the trailer coach into a building and subject to the requirements of Chapter 197, Zoning, and Chapter 70, Building Code, of the Code of the City of Lewes.
C.
It shall be unlawful to occupy for sleeping or other residence purposes
any trailer coach which has been rendered immobile by the removal
of wheels or placing the same on a foundation or on the ground unless
such trailer coach in construction and location complies with the
ordinances relating to the construction, wiring, plumbing, sewer facilities
and other regulations applicable to single-family dwellings.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the storage
of any trailer coach for any length of time when said trailer coach
is not used for sleeping or residence purposes.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not
less than $25 nor more than $200 and imprisonment for a term of not
less than 10 days nor more than 30 days for the first such conviction.
For a second or subsequent conviction, any person, firm or corporation
shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than $50
nor more than $500 and imprisonment for a term of not less than 20
days nor more than 60 days for each such conviction. Each day that
a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter continues shall
be deemed and taken to be a separate and distinct violation.
