[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
(now Township Council) of the Township of Stafford as Secs. 5-3.1
through 5-3.13 of the 1972 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any unit used for temporary living for travel, recreation,
vacation or other short-term uses and which is equipped with wheels
or other similar devices used for the purpose of transporting the
unit from place to place, whether by motor power or other means. "Camp
car" or "trailer" does not include mobile homes or other dwellings.
[Amended 10-18-1988 by Ord. No. 88-79]
Any place, area or tract of land upon which is located any
camp car or trailer.
A place used or suitable for camping, on which temporary
shelter such as a tent, camp car or trailer may be placed and occupied
on a temporary and seasonal basis.
[Added 10-18-1988 by Ord. No. 88-79]
A dwelling unit manufactured in one or more sections, designed
for long-term occupancy and which can be transported after fabrication
to a site where it is to be occupied.
[Added 10-18-1988 by Ord. No. 88-79]
[Amended 3-4-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-31]
The Township shall enforce all the provisions
of this chapter. For the purpose of securing enforcement thereof,
the Health Officer or any of his duly authorized representatives shall
have the right and are hereby empowered to enter upon the premises
of any campground now operating or which may hereafter be operated
within the Township to inspect the same and all accommodations connected
therewith.
[Amended 3-4-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-31]
No person, shall operate or maintain or offer
for public use within the confines of the Township any campground
without first applying to and receiving from the Township a license
so to do in the manner hereinafter provided or without complying with
regulations hereinafter set forth, or any rules and regulations which
may be formulated by the Township from time to time, or any rules
and regulations formulated by the Fire Department relative to the
health and safety of residents therein and the laws of the State of
New Jersey.
[Amended 3-4-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-31]
Each application for a permit shall be in writing
upon a form provided by the Township for that purpose. It shall state
the name and address of the applicant and a description of the property
whereon or wherein it is proposed to conduct a campground. It shall
also contain such other information as the Township may require.
[Amended 3-4-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-31]
It shall be filed with the Township not less
than five days nor more than 15 days before the campground is made
ready for use.
[Amended 3-4-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-31]
The application shall be accompanied by a fee
of $100, for which the Township shall issue a receipt, and there shall
be an additional fee of $7 per month per trailer, which amount shall
be paid monthly. No permit shall be issued for any lot or premises
on which a tax is owing to the Township.
[Amended 3-4-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-31]
Upon the filing of an application accompanied
by the fee, the Township shall refer the application to the Planning
Board for its report and recommendation. Thereafter, the Township
or any of its duly authorized representatives shall investigate the
premises and determine whether the proposed camp or the site selected
therefor conforms with the requirements of this chapter, the rules
and regulations of the Township and the laws of the State of New Jersey,
and no license shall be issued unless such campground or the site
selected therefor complies with such requirements and meets the approval
of the Township, and the Township may, at its discretion, approve
or reject any proposed campground site.
[Amended 3-4-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-31]
Any license granted hereunder shall be subject
to revocation or suspension by the Township in the following manner.
A notice shall be served on the licensee specifying wherein he has
failed to comply with this chapter and requiring him to appear before
the Township at a day and hour therein specified, not less than five
days after the personal service of notice, requiring him to show cause,
at the time and place, why the license should not be revoked or suspended.
At the time and place mentioned in the notice, the licensee shall
have the right to appear in person or by counsel and to introduce
such evidence as he may desire, and the Township shall confront the
licensee with any charges that it may have against him. After the
hearing, the Township may, at its discretion, revoke or suspend the
license.
[Amended 11-11-1986 by Ord. No. 86-55]
Such license shall be transferable upon the
written application of the licensee to the Township Council and with
its consent endorsed thereon. A license may be granted at any time
during the year and unless previously revoked shall expire one calendar
year following the date of issue.
[Amended 3-4-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-31]
No person shall establish, maintain, conduct
or carry on any campground unless there is at all times posted in
a conspicuous place at the campground the license obtained from the
Township in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable
to every campground within the incorporated area of the Township,
and no person maintaining, operating, conducting or carrying on any
such campground and no person living or sleeping in any camp car or
trailer located in any campground, or any other person, shall violate
or contribute in any way to the violation of any of the provisions
of this chapter.
A.
Sanitary facilities. Every person owning or operating
a camp ground shall maintain such campground and any toilets, baths
or other permanent equipment in connection therewith in a clean and
sanitary condition and shall maintain such equipment in a state of
good repair. The Township is hereby empowered to formulate, from time
to time, and to enforce any rules and regulations that the Township
may deem advisable, governing the operation of campgrounds or camp
cars or trailers, bearing on any matters of sanitation or housing.
[Amended 3-4-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-31]
B.
Minimum land area. Every campground hereafter established
shall be laid out with, and all existing campgrounds shall provide,
available unoccupied space of not less than 30 feet by 50 feet for
each camp car or trailer, and such available unoccupied space shall
not be construed to mean the space directly under any portion of any
camp car or trailer. Camp cars or trailers shall be arranged in rows
abutting or facing on a driveway or clean unoccupied space of not
less than 20 feet in width, which space shall have unobstructed access
to a public street or alley.
C.
Drainage. Every campground hereafter established shall
be located on a well drained area, and the premises of every such
campground or any existing campground shall be properly graded so
as to prevent the accumulation of storm- or casual water, as approved
by the Township Engineer.
D.
Drinking water. An adequate supply of pure water for
drinking and domestic purposes shall be supplied to meet the requirements
of the campground. The water supply shall be obtained from faucets
only, conveniently located in the campground, and no dipping vessels
or common cups shall be permitted.
E.
Conversion to a dwelling. No person owning or operating
a camp car or trailer located in a campground shall, by removing the
wheels or any similar transporting devices from the camp car or trailer
or by otherwise permanently fixing it to the ground in a manner that
would prevent its removal, cause conversion of a camp car or trailer
to a permanent dwelling.
[Amended 10-18-1988 by Ord. No. 88-79]
F.
Dogs. Dogs at no time shall be permitted to run at
large in any campground.
G.
Toilets. There shall be provided in every existing
campground and every campground which may hereafter be established
one water closet for each sex. One of such water closets shall be
distinctly marked "For Men," and one of such water closets shall be
distinctly marked "For Women," and there shall be provided an additional
water closet for each sex for every five or fractional part thereof
in excess of five males or five females living in the campground.
Such water closets shall be properly connected with a sewer.
H.
Garbage. There shall be provided in every campground
such number of tight receptacles with close-fitting metal covers for
garbage, refuse, ashes and rubbish as may be deemed necessary by the
Township, and such garbage receptacles shall at all times be maintained
in a clean and sanitary condition.
[Amended 3-4-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-31]
I.
Wastewater. It shall be unlawful to permit any wastewater
or material from sinks, baths, showers or other plumbing fixtures
in camp cars or trailers to be deposited upon the surface of the ground,
and all such fixtures, when in use, shall be connected to some cesspool
or septic tank in a manner satisfactory to the Township.
[Amended 3-4-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-31]
J.
Lighting. Every campground shall be provided with
means of lighting the same at night, and all public water closets
and bath units shall be provided with sufficient lighting facilities
which shall be kept lighted during the time from 1/2 hour after sunset
until 1/2 hour before sunrise.
K.
Camp car. No one shall occupy a camp car for longer
than 90 days in any one calendar year.
No trailers or camp cars shall be permitted
to be brought into or occupied in the Township unless the trailer
or camp car is located in a licensed trailer park.
