[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of
the Town of Stanley 10-10-1973 as Ch. 16 of the 1973 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 87.
Licensing — See Ch. 122.
Noise — See Ch. 128.
Nuisances — See Ch. 133.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 146.
Sewers — See Ch. 157.
Naming of streets, roads and subdivisions — See
Ch. 161.
Streets, sidewalks and public places — See Ch. 165.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 170.
Zoning — See Ch. 215.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to
them by this section:
Any building or structure used for living or sleeping purposes
and equipped with wheels or other means to facilitate movement from
place to place, and automobiles or trucks when used for living or
sleeping purposes. The term "auto trailer" shall also include any
building or structure used for living or sleeping purposes, whether
or not equipped with wheels or other means to facilitate movement,
of the type or kind commonly known as "trailer," "auto trailer," "mobile
home" or any other term of like meaning or import, or which shall
be of similar design, type, construction or appearance to such trailer,
auto trailer, mobile home or like building or structure commonly moved
over roads, streets or highways.
Any lot or parcel of land used or intended to be used for
the accommodation of two or more auto trailers.
See definitions in Chapter 215, Zoning.
Any auto trailer approved for limited parking within the
Town.
A plot of land in an auto trailer court used or intended
to be used for the accommodation of not more than one auto trailer.
A.
No auto trailer shall be placed, located or kept on any property, private or public, within the Town except within an auto trailer court duly authorized and licensed by the Town pursuant to this chapter or except as provided in Subsection B of this section or as provided in § 183-4 with respect to temporary auto trailers.
B.
An auto trailer approved or sanctioned by the Town
as of August 31, 1971, shall be permitted to remain in place, provided
that:
(1)
It remains permanently occupied.
(2)
It is not moved from its present lot, tract or parcel
of land.
(3)
It meets all local, state and federal requirements
for public health.
(4)
It is not in violation of any other chapter of this
Code or other Town ordinance or of any state law or of any rule or
regulation promulgated pursuant to state law.
C.
If any auto trailer is found located in the Town in
violation of this section, it shall be the responsibility of the Town
to notify, in writing, by registered mail, return receipt requested,
the owner or occupant of such trailer or the owner of the lot, tract
or parcel of land on which the trailer is located that the trailer
is to be removed from the Town or to a duly licensed auto trailer
court within the Town within 30 days from receipt of such notice.
[Added 1-19-1974]
In the event that an existing trailer, as described in § 183-2B of this chapter, shall be damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, windstorm or other acts of God, the owner shall have the right to replace the same.
A.
Temporary parking of an auto trailer on private property
where the owner or occupants of such trailer are guests of the owner
of the property shall be permitted under the following conditions:
(1)
The owner or occupants of the trailer or the owner
of the property on which the trailer is parked must obtain a permit
from the Town Clerk within 48 hours from the time the trailer is parked.
(2)
No waste or water from toilets and sinks of the trailer
shall be allowed to flow to the ground.
(3)
The trailer and occupants shall be subject to all
provisions of this Code and other ordinances currently in effect in
the Town.
(4)
Parking of such trailer is limited to 30 days, and
the trailer will not be permitted to park on the same lot or parcel
of land during the 11 months following the departure date.
B.
Each application for a permit for a temporary auto trailer as provided for in Subsection A of this section shall be accompanied by a permit fee of $1.
C.
Upon conviction of any person for a violation of this
section, the vehicle which is the subject of such violation shall
immediately be removed from the Town either by the party or parties
involved or by the Town at the expense of the party or parties involved,
which expense shall be recovered, if necessary, by distress and sale
or such other appropriate method as may be provided by law.
The owner of any lot, tract or parcel of land
upon which an auto trailer is located in violation of this chapter,
or the agent of such owner who may be absent from Town, and all persons
occupying such auto trailer shall each be regarded as violating this
chapter and shall be so charged jointly in any warrant issued for
the violation thereof, and conviction of the owner or the agent of
the owner shall not preclude conviction of the occupants of such trailer
for the violation thereof.
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable as provided
in § 1-21 of this Code.
Upon the conviction of the owner of any lot,
his agent or the occupants of an auto trailer for any violation of
this chapter, the trailer shall be removed at once from within the
limits of the Town or to a duly licensed auto trailer court within
the Town. Upon failure of the owner of the lot, his agent or the occupants
of such trailer to remove the trailer at once, it shall be done by
the Town at the expense of the owner of the lot or the owner of the
trailer, jointly or severally, which expense shall be recovered, if
necessary, by distress and sale or such other appropriate method as
may be authorized by law.
Subject to the provisions of this article, auto
trailer courts may be established and maintained in the Town.
A.
Each person desiring to operate an auto trailer court
shall apply in writing to the Town Council for a permit so to do.
Such application shall state the location, by street number and legal
description, of the property on which such auto trailer court is to
be established and maintained, the dimensions of such property, the
number of units in the court and such other information as the Town
Council may reasonably require. A plot plan, in duplicate, of such
property shall be filed by the applicant, drawn to a scale of not
less than 1/8 of an inch per foot, showing the proposed location and
dimensions of all the units, roads, buildings, sewer connections,
water connections, electric outlets and other essential requirements
of this article.
B.
After a thorough examination of the above information
and all facts pertinent to the establishment of a trailer court, the
Town Council shall notify the applicant, in writing, by registered
mail, return receipt requested, of its approval or rejection of the
permit applied for.
Each application for a permit to establish an auto trailer court shall be accompanied by a fee in the amount of $2 for each trailer unit in the proposed trailer court. Upon the issuance of such permit, the trailer court shall be subject to an annual license tax as stipulated in Chapter 122, Licensing.
The issuance of a Town permit to operate an
auto trailer court under the terms of this article conveys no right
to erect any building other than auto trailers or to do any plumbing
work or to do any electrical work. Regular building, plumbing, electrical
or other permits as required by the provisions of this Code and other
ordinances of the Town shall be procured for all such work.
A.
Minimum size; marking of boundaries. Each trailer
unit in every auto trailer court shall contain not less than 1,000
square feet of ground and shall not be less than 25 feet in width
measured at right angles to the side lines thereof. The boundary lines
of every trailer unit shall be plainly and permanently marked or otherwise
indicated.
B.
Location of vehicles within unit. There shall be not
less than five feet between any part of any auto trailer and any boundary
line of the trailer unit on which it is located. No automobile or
tow car parked on any trailer unit shall extend beyond the boundaries
of such unit.
Where no construction work is done within 90
days from date of issuance of a Town permit under this article, the
authorization for the trailer court becomes null and void.
A.
The owner or operator of every trailer court, before
allowing any auto trailers therein, shall file with the Town Clerk
the name of the person who will be in continuous responsible charge
of the court and who is authorized to act for him. Any change in such
person in charge shall be immediately reported to the Town Clerk.
B.
It shall be the duty of the owner, operator or person
in charge of any auto trailer court to:
(1)
Keep at all times a register of all persons staying
in his court, which register shall at all times be open to the officers
of the Town.
(2)
Maintain the court in a clean, orderly and sanitary
condition at all times.
(3)
Require all toilets, sinks and lavatories in any auto
trailer in the court to be connected to the Town's sewage system,
if available, or to a sanitary septic tank approved by the county
health authorities if no Town sewer is available.
(4)
See that all garbage is deposited in the garbage cans.
(5)
Report promptly to the proper authorities any violations
of law which may come to his attention.
(6)
Report promptly to the county health authorities any
case of contagious or communicable disease within the auto trailer
court which may come to his attention.
A.
Right of Town Council to revoke. The Town Council
is hereby authorized, in the exercise of reasonable discretion, to
revoke any approval and license issued pursuant to this article if,
after due investigation, it determines that the holder thereof has
violated any of the provisions of this chapter or that an auto trailer
is being maintained in an unsanitary or unsafe manner or is a nuisance.
Written notice of such revocation shall be given either by personal
delivery thereof to the person to be notified or by registered mail,
return receipt requested, addressed to such person at the address
which appears on the records on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
B.
Hearing. No auto trailer court approval or license
shall be revoked until a hearing, upon notice given by the Town Clerk,
is first had. Written notice of the time and place of such hearing
shall be given at least five days before such hearing. Such notice
may be given by personal delivery thereof to the person to be notified
or by registered mail. Such notice shall state in clear and concise
language the reasons for the pending revocation of previous approval
and the Town license and the time and place the hearing is to be held.
The Town Council may continue hearings from time to time upon good
cause being shown therefor.
C.
Procedure on appeal to Circuit Court. Any person aggrieved
by the decision of the Town Council may appeal therefrom to the Circuit
Court of Page County in any manner provided by law; and it shall be
the duty of such appellant to notify the Town Council, through the
Town Clerk, of his appeal within 10 days from the date of the decision
appealed from. Upon receipt of such notice, the Town Clerk shall promptly
notify the Mayor, the members of the Town Council and Town Attorney,
and, upon the advice of the Town Attorney, shall transmit to the Clerk
of the Circuit Court the Town's record of the hearing held by
Town Council in the premises.
