[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Babylon 12-9-1969.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Recreational areas — See Ch. 81.
Building construction — See Ch. 89.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 123.
Garbage, rubbish and refuse — See Ch. 133.
Housing standards — See Ch. 138.
Plumbing — See Ch. 170.
Sewers — See Ch. 181.
Zoning — See Ch. 213.
[1]
Editor's Note: The provisions of this chapter
are derived from Ch. 13Â 1/2 of the 1969 Unified Code of Ordinances
of the Town of Babylon.
[Amended 7-22-1986]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any vehicle so designed, constructed reconstructed or added to by means of portable accessories in such a manner as will 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 "house trailer." This definition shall not include mobile dwellings, as defined in Chapter 213, Article XX, § 213-256.
Any site, lot field or tract of land upon which one or more occupied house trailers are harbored or located, whether or not a charge is made for such harboring or locating, and shall include any building, structure, tent, vehicle or enclosure used or intended for use as a part of the equipment of such house trailer camp. This definition shall not include mobile dwelling park, as defined in Chapter 213, Article XX, § 213-256.
A.Â
No person, firm, corporation or association shall
establish, maintain, conduct or operate any house trailer camp within
the limits of the Town without first obtaining a license therefor
from the Building Inspector.
B.Â
Such license shall be issued for one year and shall
be renewed annually on or before the first day of January.
C.Â
The license fee shall be based upon the number of
individual trailer parking spaces provided, as designated by the approved
application and plot plan, and shall be established as $5 annually
for each unit trailer parking space.
D.Â
It shall be issued in the name of the owner, owners
or operators of the camp, and separate license shall be required for
each camp.
An application for a license for a house trailer
camp shall state the exact location of the site, lot, field or tract
of land upon which it is proposed to establish such house trailer
camp and shall contain an agreement on the part of the applicant that,
in accepting such license, he will permit entry into such house trailer
camp premises and into any building, structure, tent, vehicle or enclosure
upon such camp premises at any time that request is made by an authorized
inspector or peace officer of the Town.
The Chief Building Inspector is hereby authorized
to grant a license to any person, firm, partnership or corporation
desiring to engage in the business of establishing, maintaining, conducting
or operating any house trailer camp, upon compliance with the provisions
of this chapter and other ordinances applicable thereto; and upon
certification thereof by the Town Health Officer, the Town Constables
office and the Board of Assessors of the Town.
No license to establish, conduct or maintain
any house trailer camp within the limits of the Town shall be issued
until the owner, operator or person in control thereof shall file
with the application a consent in writing, signed by 65% or more of
the property owners, by numbers and area of ownership, within a distance
of 800 feet from all boundaries of the (camp site, signifying consent
to the establishment thereof.
The Town Board may, at any time after proper
hearing, suspend or revoke any license granted under this chapter
and may, as a result of such suspension or revocation, order any house
trailer camp closed.
Every house trailer camp shall be in the charge
of a responsible attendant at all times, who shall supervise the camp
and be answerable, with the licensee, for any violations of the provisions
of this chapter.
The trailer camp license and an approved copy
of the plot plan of the camp shall be conspicuously posted in the
camp custodian's office at all times.
A.Â
Every house trailer camp shall have erected thereon
a suitable building to be known as the "community building."
(1)Â
Such community building shall be provided with a sufficient
supply of pure drinking water.
(2)Â
Common drinking utensils are hereby prohibited.
(3)Â
Water faucets shall be so placed in said community
building as to be convenient for the use of all the occupants of the
camp.
(4)Â
No drinking-water faucets or outlets shall be placed
in any toilet room or water closet compartment.
(5)Â
The community building shall be provided with toilet
rooms in which shall be installed water closets with proper water
supply. Each such water closet shall be placed in a separate compartment,
properly separated from any other water closet; each such compartment
shall be not less than three feet wide and shall be enclosed with
proper partition. Such water closet accommodation shall be provided
in the ratio of one water closet for every 15 females or less and
one water closet for every 25 males or less; and, in addition, one
approved urinal for each toilet so provided for the use of males.
Such water closet accommodation shall be based on the total camp capacity,
according to the accepted plans and specifications submitted to the
Town Clerk with the application and shall be computed on the basis
of a minimum of three persons to each house trailer. For the purpose
of this computation, the sexes shall be considered as being equal
in number.
(6)Â
There shall be provided in every toilet room or within
10 feet of the entrance thereof proper facilities for washing hands
in the ratio of one lavatory or sink for every two or less water closets.
Separate facilities shall be provided for each sex.
B.Â
Every building and plumbing installation, alteration
or repair shall be in every respect in accordance with the approved
practice of the Town.
C.Â
Every such house trailer camp shall be provided with
conveniently located, approved shower bath compartments for both sexes.
An adequate supply of hot and cold running water shall be available
at all reasonable hours, together with soap and individual towels.
A minimum of one approved shower head shall be provided for each sex
and one additional shower head for every 20 persons for each sex or
major fraction thereof, based on the estimated population as hereinbefore
provided. In combination with each shower stall, there shall be provided
an individual dressing compartment not less than 2Â 1/2 feet by
three feet in plan so arranged as to ensure privacy and protected
by a waterproof partition or shower curtain. The floor of such compartment
shall be waterproof and elevated three inches above the floor of the
shower stall.
D.Â
There shall be provided in the community building
such laundry facilities as may be necessary for the convenience of
the patrons. Laundry trays shall not be located in toilet rooms.
Every trailer camp shall be so arranged that
the walking distance from any unit parking site to water, toilet and
shower accommodations shall not exceed 300 feet.
All excreta and liquid waste in a house trailer
camp shall be collected in proper receptacles and emptied into suitable
drains. Spilling or draining of wastewater upon the superficial area
of any house trailer camp is hereby prohibited. The camp attendant
or employees under his control shall be responsible for the supervision
of the emptying of all containers and shall furnish such services
as may be necessary to maintain sanitary conditions.
No garbage, rubbish, refuse or waste matter
of any kind shall be deposited anywhere in a house trailer camp except
in proper receptacles provided for that purpose. These receptacles
shall be provided in sufficient number and convenient locations for
the use of all occupants of the camp. Mixing of rubbish, garbage and
all other waste is prohibited.
Every house trailer camp shall be well-drained
and kept clean and sanitary at all times.
Sufficient approved hand fire extinguishers
shall be provided and installed in the custodian's office in every
house trailer camp and at such other locations within the camp as
determined by the Chief Building Inspector of the Town.
Every house trailer camp and every portion thereof
must be lighted at night.
All driveways in every house trailer camp must
be maintained in a passable and reasonably dust-free condition at
all times and shall have a minimum width of 20 feet.
Every house trailer camp site shall be subdivided
and marked into rectangular-shaped lots. The area of each such lot
shall be not less than 500 square feet. Such lots shall be grouped
in blocks with driveways at least 20 feet in width between blocks.
Motor vehicles shall not be parked on any individual trailer plot.
Separate parking space for attending cars shall be provided on the
camp site.
No occupied house trailer shall be parked on
any premises in the Town other than in a house trailer camp duly licensed
pursuant to the provision of this chapter.
Each house trailer camp shall be provided with
a custodian's office, where each house trailer entering such camp
shall be assigned to a plot location, given a copy of the camp rules
and registered according to a prescribed form. Said registration shall
include the name and address of every occupant of said house trailer;
the license numbers of all units; the state issuing such licenses;
and a statement indicating the exact location at which such house
trailer was last parked, including the state, city, Town or village
where such parking occurred. A copy of such registry shall be posted
in or on the house trailer for which it was issued, and the custodian's
copy shall be available for inspection by any person at all times.
The custodian's registration records shall be neatly and securely
maintained, and no registration record shall be destroyed until 12
months have elapsed following the date of said registration.
No occupied house trailer shall be parked on
any house trailer camp site in such manner as to be closer than 10
feet to any public street line, 20 feet to any adjacent private property
line or eight feet to any other parked house trailer. All house trailers
and cars attendant therewith shall be arranged and parked in an orderly
manner in accordance with such established camp rules as are intended
to safeguard the health, safety and convenience of the patrons and
to promote general uniformity of appearance in the camp as a whole.
Any occupied house trailer may be parked at
one or more regularly licensed house trailer camps subject to the
provisions of this chapter for an accumulated period not to exceed
90 days in any twelve-month period.
No occupied house trailer shall be parked in
any street, road, avenue, boulevard or parkway in the Town.
No animal washing, car washing or other slop-creating
practices shall be carried on at any individual house trailer site
or at any building, structure, tent, vehicle or any other place within
a house trailer camp not designed and approved for such purposes.
Every house trailer camp shall have erected
around its borders a suitable woven-wire or open metal or wooden fence
not less than five feet nor more than six feet in height, having only
necessary openings for entrance and exit facilities. Barbed wire shall
not be used in the construction of any fence.
Inspections of house trailer camps and buildings
shall be made by the Chief Building Inspector of the Town at intervals
to be determined by the Town Board.
It shall be the duty of every owner, operator
or custodian in charge of any house trailer parked in the Town, in
case a physician is not in attendance, to report to the Town Health
Officer and the Suffolk County Department of Health the full name,
age and temporary address of every person who is affected or suspected
to be affected with any reportable communicable disease.
