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:
PERSON
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.
TRAILER COACH
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.
TRAILER COACH PARK
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.
TRAILER COACH SPACE
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 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.
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.