[Amended 3-9-2009 by L.L. No. 7-2009; 10-24-2022 by L.L. No. 7-2022]
No tourist camp shall be established, maintained or operated
in any district, nor shall any tent, tent house, camp cottage, house
car or trailer, to be used or occupied as a place for living, sleeping
or eating, whether charge is or is not made, be erected or placed
therein, unless authorized by the Board of Appeals as hereinafter
provided.
An applicant to the Board of Appeals, as hereinafter provided,
for the use of any land or premises as a tourist camp or the erection
or placing therein of any tent, tent house, camp cottage, house car
or trailer, shall first obtain from the Department of Health of the
County of Suffolk a statement in writing as to its approval for the
establishment of sanitation facilities and water supply for each such
proposed tourist camp, together with a plan showing clearly the extent
and area to be used for the camp proposed, a legal description of
the camp property, methods for disposing of sewage and plans for water
supply, electricity and other necessary conveniences. In determining
the suitability of such use, the Board of Appeals as hereinafter provided
shall give consideration to the effect of the proposed tourist camp
on adjoining property, and further, no such permit shall be granted
for a tourist camp or for trailers in any residence district. The
applicant shall be required to give written notice of the public hearing
before the Board of Appeals on such application to all owners of property
situated within 800 feet of the proposed tourist camp, and file same
at such hearing with proof that such notice was given.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place, keep or maintain any trailer or camp car on any land within the Village of Patchogue without written permission of the owner of such land, and no person shall allow, suffer or permit any trailer or camp car to be placed, kept and maintained as a dwelling on any land owned, leased or controlled by him, except in a tourist camp for which a permit has been issued by the Building and Housing Department; provided, however, that the occupant of any single-family dwelling may allow, upon such consent of the owner, not more than one trailer or camp car of a guest to be placed, kept or maintained thereon for a period of not exceeding three months in any calendar year by securing a permit as provided under § 435-49 hereof and otherwise complying with the provisions of this chapter. The permit shall not be renewable during any calendar year.
Any person desiring a permit to place or maintain a single trailer
or camp car shall file with the Building and Housing Department application
therefor within 48 hours after said trailer is placed upon the premises
of said single-family dwelling, on a form to be furnished by the said
Building and Housing Department. Such application, among other things,
shall contain a sworn statement by the applicant that any toilet or
toilets in such trailer or camp car will be sealed or locked so that
it or they cannot be used during the period of its stay on said property,
and that all wastewater from sinks and lavatories in said trailer
or camp car will be disposed of in a sewer, or cesspool if there is
no sewer, but not on the ground in any event. No garbage or refuse
shall be deposited upon the ground. The Building Inspector is hereby
authorized, in the exercise of a reasonable discretion, to revoke
any permit issued if, after due investigation, he deems that the holder
thereof has violated any of the provisions of this chapter and that
said trailer or camp car is being maintained in an unsanitary or unsafe
manner or is a nuisance. Written notice of said revocation shall be
given either by personal delivery thereof to the person to be notified
or by depositing said notice in the United States mail in a sealed
envelope, postage prepaid, addressed to such person at the address
which appears on the record of the Building and Housing Department
pertaining thereto.
The fee for the private trailer permit shall be as set from
time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The current Fee Schedule is on file in
the office of the Village Clerk.
A.
This article shall not be deemed to apply to the temporary or seasonal
camp of any unit of the Boy Scouts of America or the Girl Scouts of
America or other such organizations, under the leadership provided
by said organizations, respectively.
