As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
PERSON
Includes natural persons, partnerships, corporations or other business
associations.
TRAILER
Any vehicle used or constructed to be used as a conveyance upon public
streets, whether self-propelled or otherwise, and so designed as to permit
the occupancy thereof as a dwelling or sleeping place, and non-self-propelled
vehicles of any kind or character constructed or intended to be moved under
fuel power.
TRAILER CAMP
Any place, the owner of which permits trailers to be at rest for
the purpose of enabling one or more persons to dwell or sleep therein, whether
any fee or other compensation is required therefor or not.
No person shall operate or maintain within the Township of Florence any trailer camp until he shall have first procured a license so to do in conformity with this chapter. This section shall not apply to any person parking or keeping a trailer upon his own premises, provided that he did so prior to the taking effect of this chapter. Each day that a violation of this section shall occur shall be deemed to be a distinct offense. Any person violating this section shall be liable to a fine as provided in §
131-11 of this chapter for each such offense.
Every trailer camp shall be laid out, maintained and arranged to provide
unoccupied space of not less than 10 feet in length and 10 feet in width for
each trailer, not including the area which the trailer shall occupy. All trailers
shall be arranged in rows facing on a driveway or clear unoccupied space of
not less than 10 feet in width, leaving and providing unobstructed access
to the public street, road or highway.
No dogs shall be permitted to run at large at any trailer camp at any
time.
The Mayor and Council may, from time to time, by resolution, make, alter
and revise reasonable rules and regulations for the governing of trailer camps
and for the violation of which the licensee may suffer a suspension or revocation
of his trailer camp license.
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove the wheels of any trailer
for the purpose of having said trailer remain in a trailer camp without wheels
indefinitely. No trailer shall be permanently affixed to the ground.
All licenses issued by the authority of this chapter shall be revocable
by the Mayor and Council for any breach by the licensee of any ordinance or
regulation of the Board of Health of the Township of Florence.
[Amended 12-1-1993 by Ord.
No. 1993-22]
Any person who shall make any unlawful statement in any application
for a license under this chapter or who shall permit upon his premises more
than the maximum number of trailers for which his trailer camp shall be licensed
shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term
not to exceed 90 days or to a period of community service not to exceed 90
days, or any combination thereof.
The annual license fee shall be that sum which is equivalent to the
sum of $100 multiplied by the maximum number of trailers to be kept upon said
premises at any one time, as stated in the application. Said annual license
fee shall be divided into 12 equal parts and paid monthly, each monthly installment
to be paid on the first of each month. Each trailer camp shall be limited
to 15 trailers. No license shall be issued to any trailer camp which shall
have more than 15 trailers.
Licenses granted by the Mayor and Council by virtue of this chapter
shall be evidenced by certificates on forms prescribed by the Mayor and Council.
Each licensee shall keep and prominently display his license on his premises
while the same shall be in force.
Every application made for a license by virtue of this chapter shall,
by implication, contain as one of its statements a consent that any official
of the Township of Florence may, at any time, enter upon the trailer camp
for the purpose of making an official inspection.
All licenses granted by the Mayor and Council of the Township of Florence
may be assigned by the holder thereof, provided that said assignment has been
approved by the Mayor and Council, and provided further that all provisions
of this chapter have been fully complied with.