[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
(now Council) of the Township of Jefferson 6-17-1957 by Ord. No. 94 (Ch. 124 of the 1967 Code).[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Campgrounds — See Ch. 169.
Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 262.
Sanitary regulations — See Ch. 384.
Zoning — See Ch. 490.
[1]
Editor's Note: This chapter was amended 10-16-1996
by Ord. No. 17-96 to change the title from "Trailers" to "Trailers
and Mobile Homes."
[Amended 10-16-1996 by Ord. No. 17-96]
Whenever used in this chapter, the following
words shall have the defined meanings set forth herein:
Includes any trailer or mobile home equipped with toilet
and shower or bathtub.
A parking space in a trailer park or mobile home park on
which there is a trailer or mobile home whether such trailer or mobile
home is occupied or not.
A vehicle which is or may be used for living or sleeping
purposes and is so designed that it is or may be mounted on wheels
and used as a conveyance whether through its own or other motive power,
excepting, however, such a device used exclusively upon stationary
rails or tracks.
A tract of land designed, maintained or intended for the
purpose of supplying a location or accommodation for more than one
trailer or mobile home but shall not include lots on which unoccupied
trailers or mobile homes may be parked for the purposes of sale.
A.
Within the limits of the Township of Jefferson, no
person, firm or corporation shall conduct, nor carry on hereafter,
the business of operating a trailer park or mobile home park, nor
shall any such person, firm or corporation occupy, nor, in any direct
or indirect manner whatever, utilize any place, premises or property
in or upon which is conducted or carried on a trailer park or mobile
home park, unless and until the Township Council of the Township of
Jefferson shall grant a license in accordance with the terms and provisions
of this chapter, to conduct or operate said trailer park or mobile
home park for the place, premises or property in which or upon which
the same shall be conducted and carried on.
[Amended 10-16-1996 by Ord. No. 17-96]
B.
Any person, firm or corporation desiring to conduct
or carry on the business of operating a trailer park or mobile home
park shall make written application for said license to the Township
Clerk who shall refer the application to the Township Council of the
Township of Jefferson. The Township Council of the Township of Jefferson
shall, after being satisfied that the licensee has qualified in accordance
with the terms of this chapter, approve the application and return
the same to the Township Clerk who shall then issue the license.
[Amended 10-16-1996 by Ord. No. 17-96]
C.
Such application shall set forth the full name and
address of the applicant; the full name and address of the owner of
the premises upon which the trailer park or mobile home park is to
be located; a metes and bounds survey and plot plan locating and detailing
all boundaries, structures, trailer or mobile home sites, trailers
or mobile homes and other improvements on the site, prepared by a
professional engineer or surveyor licensed to practice in New Jersey
and bearing his seal and signature; the source of the water supply
that will be used for drinking purposes by the occupants of said trailer
park or mobile home park; the location of the municipal sewer line,
if any, to which the sewerage disposal system of the park will be
connected to carry off its sewage; the particular kind, nature or
character of the business to be carried on or conducted; and the maximum
number of trailers or mobile homes to be accommodated or parked within
said trailer park or mobile home park.
[Amended 11-21-1979 by Ord. No. 33-79; 10-16-1996 by Ord. No.
17-96]
D.
Permit for replacement of trailer or mobile home.
[Added 2-4-1981 by Ord. No. 2-81; amended 10-16-1996 by Ord. No.
17-96]
(1)
The Township Clerk shall establish a proper form for use by licensees in obtaining approval for the replacement and/or installation of any trailer or mobile home upon any trailer park or mobile home park site where the said site has previously been depicted by the licensee on a metes and bounds survey and plot plan filed with the Township Clerk in accordance with the provision of § 460-2C. Said form shall be in the nature of an application for a permit to replace the trailer or mobile home shown on the filed map and shall provide the following information:
(a)
The name of the manufacturer of the unit.
(b)
The dimensions of the unit.
(c)
Any change in the distance measurements between
the existing trailer or mobile home and any storage structure or any
side, back or front site line that will change as a result of the
installation of a replacement unit.
(d)
Identification of the site upon which the change
is to be made and the date upon which the change is to take place.
(2)
There shall be no fee charged by the Clerk for the
receipt and processing of this application for permit nor for the
issuance of a permit under this section. Where the applicant states
that there will be no change in the size of the unit to be installed
in relationship to the unit being replaced, the Clerk shall forthwith
issue the permit. Where, however, the application depicts a change
in the distances that will exist between any storage structure, the
side line, back and front site lines upon installation of the new
unit from those that previously existed, then the Clerk shall not
issue the permit until the changes described are reviewed and approved
by the Division of Construction and Housing Inspection and the Department
of Health and Welfare. The Division of Construction and Housing Inspection
and the Department of Health and Welfare shall have 10 days from the
date of the filing of the application with the Clerk to render their
determination. Should either Department or Division determine that
the variances in distance depicted on the application are in violation
of any ordinance of the Township or create a hazard to the health
and welfare of the residents of said park, it shall forthwith deny
approval and notify the applicant of the same.
(3)
It shall be the obligation of the applicant upon any
approved permit, upon placement of the new unit, to certify to the
Clerk, in writing, within 10 days of the establishment of the trailer
or mobile home upon the site, that the measurements set forth in the
application for permit are, as related to the replacement trailer
or mobile home unit in its fixed position, accurate. Should the measurements
be different in any respect from those set forth in the application,
then the applicant shall certify to the Clerk that fact and enclose
therewith a diagram depicting any difference in the measurements from
those set forth in the application.
(4)
The Clerk shall forward the certification or statement
of variance in measurements submitted by the applicant to the Department
of Health and Welfare and to the Division of Construction and Housing
Inspection for their further review and action, if required. Upon
final approval of the "as-placed" replacement unit by the Department
of Health and Welfare and the Division of Construction and Housing
Inspection, the Clerk shall forthwith forward the application form
and certification letters of the applicant to the Office of the Tax
Assessor.
E.
Each application shall be accompanied with a deposit
to cover the license fee for the current year in the amount hereinafter
provided.
F.
License fees.
[Amended 8-2-1971 by Ord. No. 15-71]
(1)
The license fees for trailer parks or mobile home
parks are established as follows:
[Amended 10-16-1996 by Ord. No. 17-96]
(a)
An annual charge of $250 shall be paid by each
licensee for the period from January 1 through December 31 of each
year.
(b)
A monthly charge of $10 for each occupied site
in the licensed trailer park or mobile home park, which sum shall
be payable to the Township Clerk on or before the fifth day of the
following month. If any such site shall be occupied for less than
the calendar month, the monthly charge therefor shall be determined
by multiplying the number of days of occupancy by $0.333.
(c)
Notwithstanding the above license fee, in the
event any mobile home park qualifies as an age-restricted park, either
under state or federal law, and receives proper certification that
it is an age-restricted park, which requires the leasing of any sites
in the park to tenants who have at least one occupant 55 years or
older and restricts, pursuant to law, the occupancy of any units by
children, the monthly charge for each occupied site shall be $5 instead
of $10, provided that the savings of $5 is directly passed on to the
tenants in the reduction of the monthly rental.
[Added 12-17-2003 by Ord. No. 42-03]
(2)
The above-stated fees are hereby expressly declared
to be imposed for revenue purposes.
G.
Where the application is for premises upon which the
required facilities have not as yet been constructed, the granting
of the license shall be upon the condition that the construction of
the camp follows the plans and specifications filed with the licensed
application.
H.
Before any license is issued, the premises shall be
inspected by at least one member of the Township Council and by the
Chief of Police and the Health Officer of the Township of Jefferson
and the Fire Bureau.[1]
I.
Applicants for licenses must comply with all other
ordinances or valid rules and regulations of the Township Council
or the Division of Health of the Township of Jefferson before a license
will be issued.
A.
All trailer parks or mobile home parks must be located
on a tract which provides a minimum of 600 square feet of space per
trailer or mobile home site, and the trailer or mobile home sites
shall be arranged in rows facing on a driveway not less than 20 feet
in width, which driveway shall have unobstructed access to a public
street, and no trailer or mobile home shall be located within 50 feet
of the edge of the public street or within 20 feet of any adjoining
property.
[Amended 10-16-1996 by Ord. No. 17-96]
B.
Every trailer or mobile home camp shall be located
on a well drained area, and the premises shall be properly graded
so as to prevent the accumulation of stormwater or other waters.
[Amended 10-16-1996 by Ord. No. 17-96]
C.
An adequate supply of pure water furnished through
a pipe distribution system for drinking and domestic purposes shall
be maintained on every trailer park or mobile home park site, and
no common drinking vessel shall be permitted.
[Amended 10-16-1996 by Ord. No. 17-96]
D.
Every trailer or mobile home camp shall have erected
thereon at a distance not greater than 200 feet from the site it is
designed to serve, a suitable building for housing toilets, showers
and laundry facilities as required by this chapter. In said building,
there shall be located separate toilet rooms for each sex and there
shall be provided at least one toilet for each sex for every five
trailer or mobile home sites. Toilet rooms shall contain lavatories
with hot and cold water and shall be separately enclosed from the
remainder of facilities in the service building. Separate enclosed
bathing facilities for each sex with showers shall be provided on
the same ratio and the bathing compartment shall contain a dressing
room of at least 12 square feet. Bathing compartment shall be separate
from toilet facilities.
[Amended 10-16-1996 by Ord. No. 17-96]
E.
Floors of toilets, shower and laundry shall be of
concrete, tile or other material impervious to water and shall be
pitched to a floor drain. Such rooms shall be cleaned at least once
daily when trailer or mobile home camp sites are occupied and shall
generally be kept in a clean and sanitary condition at all times.
[Amended 10-16-1996 by Ord. No. 17-96]
F.
Any trailer park or mobile home park owner who provides satisfactory proof of the Township Council of the Township of Jefferson that he accommodates or receives for accommodation only independent trailers or mobile homes, then the provisions of Subsections D and E of this section will be waived insofar as he is concerned, provided there is a septic tank disposal for all sewage or waste water of an adequate size to provide for the facilities of the independent trailers or mobile homes in accordance with the requirements of Township ordinances.
[Amended 10-16-1996 by Ord. No. 17-96]
G.
The method of waste and garbage disposal shall be
adequate to take care of the proposed camp sites and must provide
septic tank disposal for all sewage or waste water of a size adequate
to provide for the facilities and the number of camp sites proposed.
Every trailer park or mobile home park site shall be provided with
a substantial fly-tight metal garbage disposal from which the contents
shall be removed twice weekly by the licensee or his agents and disposed
of according to the method and plan of waste and garbage disposal.
[Amended 10-16-1996 by Ord. No. 17-96]
H.
Each trailer park or mobile home park shall provide
an electric service outlet for each trailer park or mobile home park
site and shall also provide illumination of the entire trailer park
or mobile home park which will keep the driveways in said trailer
park or mobile home park clearly illuminated during the period from
one hour after sunset until dawn.
[Amended 10-16-1996 by Ord. No. 17-96]
I.
On December 1 of each year after a license is originally
issued, the licensee shall file application for renewal. In the event
at any time a licensee enlarges the area licensed or changes the facilities
available at his camp, he shall first make application for permission
to do so, furnishing revised plans or specifications where necessary.
The Township Council may prescribe forms for original or renewal application.
J.
In every trailer park or mobile home park, there shall
be an office which shall be attended at all times. The license issued
in pursuance of this chapter shall be posted therein and the trailer
park or mobile home park register shall be kept in said office.
[Amended 10-16-1996 by Ord. No. 17-96]
K.
It is hereby made the duty of the attendant or person
in charge, as well as the licensee, to keep at all times a register
of all guests showing their names and addresses, marital status and
the license numbers of all automobiles and trailers or mobile homes,
including the state of registration.
[Amended 10-16-1996 by Ord. No. 17-96]
L.
The park shall be maintained in a clean, orderly and
sanitary condition at all times.
M.
It shall be unlawful to permit dogs, cats or other
animals or pets to run at large in the park or elsewhere.
O.
All licensed trailer parks or mobile home parks shall
at all times comply with all proper police and fire regulations imposed
by the Township ordinance.
[Amended 10-16-1996 by Ord. No. 17-96]
P.
No person, firm or corporation owning any trailer
or mobile home shall locate, park, keep or maintain said trailer or
mobile home upon any lot or tract of land within the Township of Jefferson
except upon a trailer park or mobile home park conducted, maintained
and licensed in full and complete compliance with all of the provisions
of this chapter and any other ordinance applicable to trailer parks
or mobile home parks. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed
to prohibit the locating, parking, keeping or maintaining, upon any
lot or tract of land in the Township of Jefferson, of any camper trailer
or mobile home within an enclosed garage or of one camper trailer
or mobile home or one construction trailer not so enclosed; provided,
however, that the following terms and conditions are complied with:
[Added 6-29-1959 by Ord. No. 113; amended 4-1-1968 by Ord. No.
227; 8-5-1968 by Ord. No. 234; 11-13-1978 by Ord. No. 17-78; 6-13-1977 by Ord. No. 13-77; 11-2-1988 by Ord. No. 22-1988; 10-16-1996 by Ord. No. 17-96]
(1)
Under no circumstances shall any such trailer or mobile
home be used for dwelling purposes, human habitation or occupancy
of any kind or nature, nor shall the same be connected to any water
source, septic or sewer, electric or other utility.
(a)
Notwithstanding the above, a construction trailer
actually used in conjunction with construction upon a construction
site may be occupied during regular business hours and may be used
for the sole purpose of supervision on a construction site. A construction
trailer may be connected to utilities, provided that any utility connection
is approved by the Township Construction Official and/or the Township
Department of Health and Welfare, when necessary. Nothing herein shall
be construed to permit the occupancy of a construction trailer, as
defined herein, to be occupied for dwelling purposes or for purposes
other than supervision of a construction site.
[Amended 2-16-2005 by Ord. No. 4-05]
(2)
No trailer or mobile home shall be parked in the front yard. Where possible, trailers or mobile homes shall be parked in the rear yards. The term "rear yard" is defined in § 490-5 of the Code of the Township of Jefferson. The Land Use Board, upon proper request from the Construction Official, shall have the authority to determine when it is not possible to park said trailer or mobile home in the rear yard. No trailer or mobile home shall be parked within five feet of any property line.
[Amended 2-16-2005 by Ord. No. 4-05; 12-18-2019 by Ord. No.
19-28]
(3)
Trailers used in connection with construction shall
receive permission to park from the Construction Official, who shall
have reasonable discretion to regulate the place of parking, use,
location and length of stay. In no event shall any construction trailer
be left on any site more than 15 days after construction is completed.
[Amended 2-16-2005 by Ord. No. 4-05]
(4)
No camper trailers or mobile homes are to be parked
in the street or roadway from sunset to sunrise.
(5)
Any provision of this chapter notwithstanding, a trailer
or mobile home may be parked, placed or located off the street for
a period of 48 hours while engaged in the process of loading or unloading.
(6)
Before a camper trailer or mobile home is parked on
a lot, a plot plan showing the location, screening, location of existing
dwellings, lot lines, relationship to adjacent properties and any
dwellings thereon shall be filed with the Construction Official. No
plot plan shall be required for the storage of a trailer or mobile
home in an enclosed garage. The plot plan may be drawn by the applicant,
provided that the same is reasonably accurate and legible so as to
allow the Construction Official to enforce this chapter. Where the
plot plan is inadequate, the Construction Official may require the
applicant to redraw and resubmit same.
[Amended 2-16-2005 by Ord. No. 4-05]
(7)
The plot plan shall be accompanied by a fee of $5.
Said fee shall entitle the applicant, upon approval of said application,
to park said trailer or mobile home. Said permit shall be deemed to
apply to the particular trailer or mobile home for which it is issued,
and any change of trailer or mobile home shall require a new permit.
The Construction Official shall have authority, after five days' written
notice of violation to the applicant, which notice shall be mailed
to the applicant's last known address, to revoke said permit for failure
to comply with any of the terms of this chapter. The fee required
herein shall not apply to a camper trailer or mobile home located
or parked within an enclosed garage.
[Amended 2-16-2005 by Ord. No. 4-05]
(8)
No camper trailer or mobile home shall be parked,
placed, kept or maintained on any lot or tract other than the lot
upon which the principal residence of the actual owner of the trailer
or mobile home is located.
(9)
No camper trailer or mobile home used in conjunction
with a summer residence shall be parked, placed, stored or kept, other
than in an enclosed garage, upon such premises at any time when said
premises are not being occupied.
(10)
Any camper trailer park or mobile home parked
or stored in accordance with the terms of this chapter must:
(a)
Be currently licensed for use upon the highways
of this state or firmly mounted or readily capable of being firmly
mounted upon a vehicle so licensed.
(b)
Comply with any and all provisions of N.J.S.A.
39:1-1 et seq., relating to trailers or mobile homes.
(c)
Be kept and maintained in current repair and
be kept painted and free from rust.
(11)
All collapsible trailers shall be stored or
parked in a collapsed condition.
(a)
As used in this section, the term "camper trailer"
shall mean and be limited to a vehicle or structure designed for mounting
upon a vehicle, primarily designed as a family camping or travel facility
and commonly known as a "travel trailer," a "truck-mounted camper"
or a "collapsible camping trailer," which shall not exceed 28 feet
in length and eight feet in width or 10 feet in height.
[1]
A "travel trailer" is defined as a fixed-form
trailer which is pulled either by car or by truck, not supplying its
mode of power.
[2]
A "truck-mounted trailer" is defined as a self-contained
unit which is, or may be, mounted upon a pickup truck.
[3]
A "collapsible camping trailer" is a trailer,
collapsible in nature, designed to be trailed behind another vehicle.
(b)
No camper trailer shall be parked so as to obstruct
the sunlight of any abutting house or to obstruct the view of any
abutting house or traffic.
[Added 6-29-1959 by Ord. No. 113; amended 11-11-1986 by Ord. No.
17-86; 10-16-1996 by Ord. No. 17-96]
No trailer park or mobile home park or parks,
in addition to those already licensed and in operation, shall be permitted
within the Township of Jefferson unless a trailer park or mobile home
park is permitted pursuant to the zoning ordinances of the Township
of Jefferson.[1]
A.
After notice and hearing, the Township Council may
revoke or suspend the license of any licensee who shall violate the
provisions of this chapter or who shall refuse to permit the inspection
of a trailer park or mobile home park by the Police Department or
the Department of Health and Welfare of the Township of Jefferson
upon request made for such inspection, and the premises licensed hereby
shall be open to such inspection at all times.
[Amended 10-16-1996 by Ord. No. 17-96]
B.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding $200 or imprisonment not exceeding 90 days, or both, and each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate offense and be punishable by such fine or imprisonment, or both. The fine so provided shall not prevent the imposition of revocation or suspension in accordance with Subsection A of this section.
[Added 10-16-1996 by Ord. No. 17-96]
A.
Establishment and membership. There is hereby established
in the Township of Jefferson a Mobile Home Tenants Advisory Board
consisting of five citizens of the Township of Jefferson who are residents
of the mobile home parks within the Township. The Board shall also
consist of one Council member. The citizen members and Council member
shall be appointed by the Township Council for a one-year term; however,
the initial appointment shall not expire until December 31, 1997.
In addition to the membership as aforementioned, the Mayor or the
Administrator, if designated by the Mayor, shall be a member of the
Board. The Board shall elect a Chairman from its members who shall
be one of the citizen members.
B.
Purpose. The purpose of the Mobile Home Tenants Advisory
Board shall be to advise the Township Council and Administration on
issues particularly affecting occupants of the mobile home parks within
Jefferson Township, including but not limited to the services provided
by said mobile home parks and the rentals and other fees which may
be charged by the mobile home parks. The Advisory Board is authorized
and encouraged to meet with the owners of the mobile home parks to
discuss any problems or proposals that might arise with reference
to the improvement of the mobile home parks for the tenants.
C.
Meetings. Meetings shall be held as needed and may
be called by the Chairperson, the Mayor or as may be directed by the
Township Council.
