[HISTORY: Adopted by the Commissioners (now Mayor and Council) of
the Town of Leonardtown 4-11-1988 by Ord. No. 56. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Whenever used in this chapter, unless a different meaning appears from
the context, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings herein
ascribed to them:
Any pond, stream of water, railroad, embankment or an adequate fence
or hedge.
Any natural individual, firm, trust, partnership, association or
corporation in his or its own capacity or as administrator, conservator, executor,
trustee, receiver or other representative appointed by the court. Whenever
the word "person" is used in any section of this chapter prescribing a penalty
or fine as applied to partnerships or association, the word shall include
the partners or members thereof, and such word as applied to corporations
shall include the officers, agents or employees thereof who are responsible
for any violation of said section.
Any vehicle, vehicle trailer, automobile trailer, trailer coach,
mobile home or similar structure so designed and constructed as to permit
occupancy thereof as sleeping quarters for one or more persons or the conduct
of any business, trade, profession or occupation or use as a selling or advertising
device and so designed that it is or may be mounted on wheels and transported
over highways and streets, propelled or drawn by its own or other motive power.
Any park, trailer park, trailer court, trailer coach park, court,
camp, site, lot, parcel, plot or tract of land designed, maintained or intended
for the purpose of supplying a location or accommodations for any trailer
coach or trailer coaches occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes and upon
which any trailer coach or trailer coaches are parked and shall include all
buildings used or intended for use as part of the equipment thereof whether
a charge is made for the use of the trailer coach park and its facilities
or not. This shall not include automobile or trailer sales lots on which unoccupied
trailers are parked for purpose of inspection and sale.
A plot of ground within a trailer coach park designed for the accommodation
of only one automobile and one trailer coach.
It is hereby made the duty of the Commissioners of Leonardtown[1] to enforce all provisions of this chapter as prescribed herein
or such provisions as may hereafter be enacted, and, for the purpose of securing
such enforcement, any of the members of the Board of Commissioners or its
duly authorized representatives shall have the right and are hereby empowered
to enter upon any premises on which any trailer coaches are located or are
about to be located and inspect the same and all accommodations connected
therewith at any reasonable time. The Commissioners are further empowered
to issue orders granting, renewing and revoking such permits and licenses
as are provided for in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: Pursuant to the 1989 Charter, the Commissioners of
Leonardtown are now the Mayor and Council of the Town of Leonardtown.
A.
It shall be unlawful within the corporate limits of the
Town of Leonardtown for any person to park any trailer coach on any public
way, street, alley, highway, sidewalk, thoroughfare or other public place
or occupy any trailer coach on any tract of land owned by any person except
as provided in this section.
B.
Emergency or temporary stopping or parking is permitted
on any street, alley or highway for not longer than two hours, subject to
any other and further prohibitions, regulations or limitations imposed by
the traffic and parking regulations or ordinances for that street, alley or
highway.[1]
C.
No person shall park or occupy any trailer coach outside
an approved trailer coach park, except:
(1)
The parking of only one unoccupied trailer coach in a
private enclosed garage or other accessory building or in a rear yard, is
permitted, provided that no living quarters shall be maintained or any business
practiced in said trailer while such trailer is so parked or stored. The provisions
of this section shall not apply when the term of the stay does not exceed
24 hours, except that the occupants shall comply with any health regulations
that may be enforced by the town health authorities.
(2)
Upon the written permission of the Commissioners of Leonardtown for good cause shown, the Town Administrator may approve a permit for a trailer coach as defined in § 141-1 which may be used as a temporary office or shelter incidental to construction or development of the premises on which the trailer coach is located, but only during the time construction or development is actively under way or two years, whichever is shorter.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to establish, operate
or maintain or permit to be established, operated or maintained upon any property
owned or controlled by him a trailer coach park within the corporate limits
of the Town of Leonardtown without having first secured a license therefor
from the Commissioners of Leonardtown. Annual license fees for the year beginning
July 1 each and every year in the amount as hereinafter set forth shall be
due and payable on or before July 31 of the current year. Any new trailer
coach park commencing business after July 1 must obtain the required license
prior to the starting of said business.
B.
The application for such license or the renewal thereof
shall be filed with the Secretary and shall be accompanied by a fee as set
forth from time to time by the Mayor and Council for each trailer coach space
in the existing or proposed trailer coach park and a license bond in the sum
of $1,000 to guarantee compliance with the terms of this chapter. The application
for a license or renewal thereof shall be made on forms furnished by the Commissioners
and shall include the name and address of the owner in fee of the tract (if
the fee is vested in some person other than the applicant, a duly verified
statement by that person that the applicant is authorized by him to construct
or maintain the trailer coach park and make the application must accompany
the application) and such a legal description of the premises upon which the
trailer coach park is or will be located as will readily identify and definitely
locate the premises. The application shall be accompanied by four copies of
the park plan showing the following:
[Amended 3-14-1994 by Ord.
No. 78]
(1)
The extent and area for park purposes.
(2)
Roadways and driveways.
(3)
The location of sites or trailer coach spaces for trailer
coaches.
(4)
The location and number of sanitary conveniences, including
toilets, washrooms, laundries and utility rooms to be used by occupants of
units.
(5)
The method and plan of sewage disposal.
(6)
The method and plan of garbage removal.
(7)
The plan for water supply.
(8)
The plan for electrical lighting of units.
C.
No license for the operation of any type of trailer coach
park shall be issued unless all real estate taxes, personal property taxes
or any other public dues, fees or assessments levied against said premises
by the Town of Leonardtown wherein the trailer coach park business is to be
conducted are paid to and including the fiscal year immediately preceding
the year for which the license is applied.
D.
Before such license may be issued, there must be a favorable
recommendation by a majority of the Commissioners.
E.
Licenses issued under the terms of this chapter convey
no right to erect any building, to do any plumbing work or to do any electrical
work.
A.
Trailer coach parks may be located in those areas of
the town approved for such use by the Commissioners.
B.
Each boundary of a trailer coach park must be at least
200 feet from any permanent residential building located outside the park,
unless separated therefrom by a natural or artificial barrier or unless a
majority of the property owners according to area within such 200 feet consent,
in writing, to the establishment of the park.
A.
Every trailer coach park shall be located on a well-drained
site, and the premises shall be properly graded so as to ensure rapid drainage
so as to prevent the accumulation of storm or other waters and so as to ensure
freedom from stagnant pools of water.
B.
Trailer coach spaces shall be provided in each trailer
coach park and shall be clearly designated, and such spaces shall consist
of a minimum of 1,000 square feet for each space, which shall be at least
25 feet wide and clearly defined. Trailer coaches shall be so harbored on
each space that there shall be at least a fifteen-foot clearance between trailer
coaches; provided, however, that with respect to trailer coaches parked end-to-end,
the end-to-end clearance between the trailer coaches may be less than 15 feet
but shall not be less than 10 feet.
The Commissioners are hereby authorized to revoke any license issued
pursuant to the terms of this chapter if, after due investigation, they determine
that the holder thereof has violated any of the provisions of this chapter
or that any trailer coach or trailer coach park is being maintained in any
unsanitary or unsafe manner or is a nuisance.
Any person aggrieved by an order of the Commission granting, denying,
renewing or revoking a license for a trailer coach park under this chapter
may file a written request for a hearing before the Commissioners within 10
days after issuance of such order. The Commissioners shall give notice of
a public hearing upon this request to be held in not less than five days after
service of the notice on the person requesting the hearing. The Commissioners
may also give notice of the hearing to other persons directly interested in
the order in question. At such hearing, the Commissioners shall determine
whether the granting, denial, renewal or revocation of the license was in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter and shall issue a written finding
of fact, conclusions of law and an order to carry out its findings and conclusions.
These findings of fact, conclusions of law and order shall be filed with the
Secretary and served by the Commissioners upon all parties appearing or represented
at said hearing.
A.
Any person, corporation, firm, partnership or association
found guilty of violating any article, section or provision of this chapter
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of
not less than $5 and not more than $1,000 and/or imprisonment in the county
jail of St. Mary's County, Maryland, for not more than six months.
[Amended 3-14-1994 by Ord.
No. 78]
B.
Every day such violation of any article, section or provision
exists shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such
hereunder.
