[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Blairstown as Ch. XI (Ord. No. 65) of the 1977 Revised General
Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any place, area, lot, site or tract of land occupied by two
or more trailers, or available for such occupancy or use, with or
without charge, and shall include any building, structure, tent, camp,
cottage or enclosure used or intended to be used as part of or in
connection with such trailer camp.
Any vehicle or unit used or intended for conveyance upon
the public streets or highways, so designated or constructed as to
permit occupancy of the vehicle or unit by one or more persons as
a dwelling, business place, or sleeping place or for other occupancy
or use equipped with wheels or similar devices and capable of being
transported from place to place either under its own power or by attachment
to a motor vehicle or through other means of transportation.
It shall be unlawful for any person to erect,
construct, maintain, operate or permit to be erected, operated or
offered for public use within the Township a trailer camp or tourist
camp without first obtaining a license therefor from the Township
Committee and complying with the regulation herein contained or such
regulations may be hereafter adopted.
Application for such license shall be presented
to the Township Clerk and shall set forth the following:
A.
Name and address of the owner of the premises.
B.
Name and address of the person, if different from
the owner of the premises, intending to manage and operate the trailer
camp or tourist camp.
C.
A description of the premises to be used.
D.
An agreement signed by the person intending to manage
and operate the trailer camp or tourist camp and the owner of the
premises agreeing to comply with all of the provisions and regulations
now and hereinafter promulgated by any branch of the Township government
and the laws and regulations of the State of New Jersey and of the
United States of America.
E.
Statement of sewage disposal, water and toilet facilities
to be provided.
F.
The maximum number of trailers to be accommodated.
G.
Provisions made for the disposal of trash, garbage
and other waste materials.
H.
A statement from the Health Officer of the Township
that all facilities required by this chapter and regulations of the
Township have been provided.
Each application for license shall be accompanied
by a map or plan, drawn to scale, of the land and premises to be used
for a trailer camp or tourist camp, which shall set forth the proposed
trailer sites and roadways and a diagram of the sewage disposal facilities
and fresh water supply, and other sanitary facilities.
Each application for license shall be accompanied
by an inspection fee of $25 which shall be paid into the treasury
of the Township.
Upon receipt of each application for license,
in proper form, the Township Clerk shall refer the same of the Health
Officer and Fire Chief. Each such officer shall forthwith review the
application and view the proposed site and either approve or disapprove
the application setting forth in writing his reasons therefor. The
application shall then be referred to the Township Committee for final
determination as to whether the application shall be granted or refused.
A.
The annual license fee for each trailer camp or tourist
camp shall be $200 per year, and the license period shall be the calendar
year. No apportionment of any license fee shall be made. Such licenses
shall be issued and held on condition that the licensee complies with
all reasonable rules and regulations adopted by the Township Board
of Health and all ordinances thereof. Such license fee and charge
per trailer are hereby expressly declared to be imposed to defray
cost of regulation, the annual base amount of $200 in advance. Licenses
may be renewed thereafter at the discretion of the Township Committee
on January 1, following, laws and ordinances having been complied
with. No such license shall be transferable without the permission
of the Township Committee.
B.
In addition to the annual license fee prescribed in the Subsection A, the Township shall collect from the licensee a license fee of $1 per trailer for each week or part thereof.
C.
On or before the tenth day of January, April, July and October of each year, the licensee shall file with the Township Clerk a report under oath stating the number of trailers occupying his licensed premises within the three calendar months, the duration of such occupancy, the state, territory or country which issued the license plates on each trailer and accompanying motor vehicle and the license numbers thereof, and the name and home address of each trailer owner. At the time of the filing of the return, the licensee shall pay to the Township Clerk the weekly license fee prescribed in Subsection A.
D.
The fee for transfer of the annual license shall be
$10.
A.
It shall be the duty of the licensee to keep a register
containing a record of all trailer owners and occupants with the licensed
trailer camp at all times. Such register shall contain the following
information:
B.
Such register shall be kept available for inspection
by the Township Committee, the Board of Health, as well as health
and law enforcement officers. Such records shall not be destroyed
for a period of three years following registration.
Any license granted hereunto shall be subject
to revocation or suspension by the Township Committee in the following
manner: A notice shall be served on the person holding such license
specifying wherein he/she has failed to comply with the rules, regulations,
laws and ordinances of the Township, and requiring such licensee to
appear before the Township Committee at the time and place therein
specified, not less than five days after the service of such notice,
requiring such licensee to show cause at such time and place why the
license should not be revoked or suspended. At the time and place
mentioned in the notice, the licensee shall have the right to appear
in person, or by counsel, and introduce such evidence he/she may desire,
and the Township Committee shall confront such licensee with the charges
against him/her and produce proof thereof, subject to cross-examination,
and after the hearing the Township Committee may, in its discretion,
dismiss the charges or revoke or suspend the license.
The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable
to every trailer camp or tourist camp in the Township and to any person
maintaining, operating, conducting, or permitting any such trailer
camp or tourist camp and shall be applicable to any person living
or sleeping in any such trailer camp or tourist camp, as well as the
owner of the premises and other persons violating or contributing
to the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
Dogs shall not be permitted to run at large
in any trailer camp or tourist camp at any time.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning,
operating or using any such trailer camp, tourist camp, trailer or
unit in the trailer camp or tourist camp to remove or cause to be
removed the wheels or similar transportation devices from any trailer
or unit, or otherwise permanently affix it to the ground in such a
manner as would prevent the ready removal of such trailer unit without
having first obtained a permit so to do from the Township.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place,
keep or maintain any automobile trailer, house trailer or trailer
coach upon any lot, place or a parcel of ground within the Township
except, however, this chapter shall not be construed or intended to
prevent the placing, parking or keeping of an automobile trailer,
house trailer or trailer coach within the Township for a period of
not longer than 30 days, provided that during such time an adequate
water supply, toilet facilities and other sanitary facilities are
available at all times, either day or night, to the occupants of the
automobile trailer, house trailer or trailer coach. This exception
is especially intended to provide for occupants of an automobile trailer,
house trailer or trailer coach who may be guests of inhabitants of
the Township where an adequate water supply, toilet facilities and
other sanitary facilities are available to the guests in the homes
of their hosts.
