For the purposes of this chapter, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to
them by this section:
AUTO TRAILER
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.
AUTO TRAILER COURT
Any lot or parcel of land used or intended to be used for
the accommodation of two or more auto trailers.
TRAILER UNIT
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.
[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.
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.
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.
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.