[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Saratoga
Spring as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted as Ch. 121, Art. I, of the 1970 Code]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any site, lot, field or tract of ground upon which five or
more trailer coaches are placed, except for sale, and shall include
any building, tent, vehicle or enclosure used or intended to be used
as part of the equipment of such park.
A lot or plot of ground in any coach park of definite size
and clearly indicated by the corner markers which shall be assigned
to one trailer coach or tow car.
Any vehicle designed for use or capable of being used as
a dwelling or sleeping quarters for one or more persons, whether propelled
by its own power or the power of another vehicle to which it may be
attached.
It shall be the duty of the Department of Public Safety to enforce
all of the provisions of this article, and, for the purpose of securing
enforcement thereof, the Health Officer or any of his duly authorized
representatives shall have the right and is hereby empowered to enter
upon the premises of any coach park now operating or which may hereafter
be operated within the City of Saratoga Springs, New York, to inspect
the same and all accommodations connected therewith.
[Amended 4-4-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994]
A.
No person, firm or corporation, being the owner or occupant of any
land in the City of Saratoga Springs, shall use or permit the use
of said land as a coach park without a license therefor as hereinafter
provided.
B.
The application for each park license shall be in writing and signed
by the applicant. It shall state:
C.
The application shall be filed with the Commissioner of Accounts,
who will transmit it to the Department of Public Safety for action.
D.
It shall be the duty of the Department of Public Safety to act promptly
on all applications and return the same to the Commissioner of Accounts,
who will issue a license if approved or notify the applicant if disapproved
and the reason therefor.
E.
The applicant for a coach park license shall, at the time of issuance
of such license, pay to the Commissioner of Accounts an annual fee
of $10 plus an additional $10 per unit/lot fee.
F.
All applications for renewal of a license will contain all the information
outlined above.
A.
The coach park shall be laid out so that no unit will be more than
300 feet from the toilets and service buildings provided for herein.
B.
Each park will be subdivided into rectangular-shaped units at least
60 feet by 80 feet, clearly marked and numbered and so arranged that
they are accessible to a well kept roadway.
C.
Each coach unit shall be furnished with an electric service outlet
conveniently located and equipped with an externally operated switch
or fuse block of capacity ample to meet the demands of the electrical
equipment used in the coach. Aerial service lines shall be at least
12 feet off the ground. Lead lines shall be at least seven feet off
the ground or buried.
A.
Wastes from showers, toilets and laundries shall be wasted into a
municipal sewage system where available; where not available, into
a private disposal plant or septic tank system approved by the State
Department of Health.
B.
All coach kitchen sinks, washbasins, lavatories, baths or shower
drains located in any coach park shall empty into an approved receptacle
or disposal system. It shall be the duty of the park operator to keep
such systems in good operating condition at all times so that they
create neither a nuisance nor menace to health. Sewer connections
in unoccupied units will be closed to prevent odors. No water or waste
will be allowed to fall on the ground from a trailer coach.
Each coach park shall be provided with substantial flytight
metal garbage containers from which the contents shall be removed
at least once each week by the park operators. Containers shall be
kept in a sanitary condition and covers kept on at all times.
A.
There shall be provided separate toilet rooms for each sex. Flush
toilets provided with an adequate water supply shall be enclosed in
separate compartments and be of standard construction and design and
shall be provided for each sex in the ratio of one toilet for each
10 units or fraction thereof. As an alternate, each male toilet room
may have one flush urinal and one flush toilet for each 20 park units
or fraction thereof.
B.
Toilet rooms shall contain lavatories in the ratio of one lavatory
to every two or less water closets.
If, upon inspection by the Department of Public Safety, the
Health Officer or his representative, it is found that the park is
not being maintained in a clean and sanitary condition or is not being
conducted in accordance with the provisions of this article, the Department
of Public Safety may revoke the license subject to a hearing before
the Health Officer.
[Amended 4-4-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994]
Every agent, engineer, builder, contractor, owner, tenant or other person who commences, takes part in or assists in any violation hereof or who constructs, maintains or uses any building, structure or premises by which any provision of this article is violated shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable as set forth in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article III, of this Code for each violation thereof. Each day that a violation of this article is committed or is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
[Adopted as Ch. 121, Art. II, of the 1970 Code]
[Amended 7-27-1981]
No person, firm or corporation shall occupy as a place or residence
or business any automobile trailer or other type of mobile home in
the Inside Tax District and that portion of the Outside Tax District
for a period longer than two hours unless such automobile trailer
or mobile home is located is a coach park approved by the Department
of Public Safety.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any vehicle used or designed to be used for business, residence
or sleeping quarters, arranged to be movable and propelled either
by its own power or the power of another power-driven source or vehicle
to which it may be attached.
Any site, lot, field or tract of ground upon which five or
more automobile trailers or mobile homes may be placed, except for
sale, and shall include any building, tent, vehicle or enclosure used
or intended to be used as part of the equipment of such park.
Any automobile trailer or mobile home now located in this City
and being used for business, residence or sleeping quarters must have
its wheels removed and be placed on a permanent foundation and connected
to the City sewer and water systems or connected with the sewer system
or a septic tank and an approved water supply and comply in all respects
with the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Codes of the City
of Saratoga Springs within 60 days from the adoption of this article
or must be removed from the premises where they are now located.
[Amended 5-19-2020]
The provisions of §§ 218-12 and 218-14 of this article shall not apply to a trailer used exclusively as a contractor's office, placed upon premises during the period of actual construction on said premises, nor to temporary dwellings used by farm workers, when such dwellings are placed on active farmland within a New York State established agricultural district. All such temporary dwellings shall remain subject to the authority of the Zoning and Building Inspector, or such other official as may be designated by the City for that purpose.
Nothing in this article contained shall be construed to affect
any suit or proceeding now pending in any court or any rights acquired
or liability incurred or any cause or causes of action accrued or
existing under any act or ordinance repealed hereby, nor shall any
right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by
this article.
[Amended 7-27-1981]
A.
It shall be the duty of the Department of Public Safety to enforce
the provisions of this article.
B.
Any person found guilty of violating any provision of this article shall be subject to the penalties set forth in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article III, of this Code. Every such violation shall constitute a separate offense and be punishable as such hereunder.
[Amended 4-4-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994]
