As used in this chapter, unless another meaning
is clearly apparent from the language or content, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
MOBILE HOME
Any structure so designated and constructed in such manner
as will permit occupancy thereof as sleeping and living quarters for
one or more persons, and so designed that it is or may be mounted
on wheels and used as a conveyance on highways or city streets, drawn
by other motive power, and is at least 40 feet in length.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Any park, mobile home park, trailer court, court, camp, site,
lot, parcel or tract of land designated, maintained or intended for
the purpose of supplying a location or accommodation for any mobile
home and upon which any mobile home is parked, and shall include equipment
therefor whether a charge is made for the use of the mobile home park
and its facilities or not. Mobile home park shall not include automobile
or trailer sales lots on which unoccupied mobile homes are parked
for purposes of inspection and sale; also not included is a resident
of the Borough of Chesilhurst who is hereinafter designated as being
permitted to park one trailer owned by said resident his home site,
provided said home site is a permanently located and established building
occupied by said resident, and provided that said trailer is not used
or occupied by anyone for living purposes while so parked.
PERSON
Includes persons, partnership, firm, company, corporation,
tenant, owner, lessee or licensee, their agents, heirs or assigns.
UNIT
A section of ground in a mobile home park of not less than
3,825 square feet of unoccupied space in an area designated as the
location for not exceeding two automobiles and one trailer.
No person owning or having custody and control
of any mobile home shall locate, park, keep or maintain same upon
any lot or tract of land within the Borough of Chesilhurst, except
in a mobile home park conducted and maintained and licensed in full
and complete compliance with all the provisions of this chapter and
a resident of the Borough of Chesilhurst who parks one mobile home
owned by said resident at his home site, provided said home site is
a permanently located and established building occupied by said resident,
and provided, further, that said mobile home is not used or occupied
by anyone for living purposes while so parked.
No person owning, leasing or having control of the use of any lot or tract of land within the Borough of Chesilhurst shall permit any mobile home to be located, parked, kept or maintained thereon unless said lot or tract is a mobile home park conducted, maintained and licensed in full and in complete compliance with all the provisions of this chapter, except in the case of a resident of the Borough of Chesilhurst who is permitted to park one trailer at his home site in accordance with the provisions of §
309-3 herein above, provided said resident shall file a duly completed application form with the Borough Clerk, establishing the right as a resident so to park a mobile home at his home site as herein permitted.
An adequate supply of pure water for drinking
and domestic purposes shall be supplied to meet the requirements of
each trailer. Such water shall be supplied by direct connection to
each trailer.
No person shall permit or suffer any mobile
home park conducted, maintained or managed by him, or situated or
located upon premises owned by him, to be used for immoral purposes,
nor permit or suffer the violation thereon or therein of any penal
law of this state or ordinance of the Borough of Chesilhurst.
No person shall conduct or maintain any mobile home park within the Borough of Chesilhurst, nor shall any person park, locate, keep, house or maintain any trailer in or upon any mobile home park premises within said Borough, unless said mobile home park is licensed as herein provided, except a trailer permanently located as provided for in §
309-3.
Upon receipt of said application in proper form,
the Borough Clerk shall refer the same to the Health Officer, Construction
Code Official, Borough Engineer and Fire Chief. Each such officer
shall forthwith review the said 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 Borough Council of the Borough of Chesilhurst for final determination
as to whether the application shall be granted for refused.
The number of mobile home parks permitted in
the Borough of Chesilhurst shall be limited to one.
In case of failure or refusal to comply with
any terms or provisions of this chapter, the Borough Council may,
after notice and hearing, refuse or revoke any licensed applied for
or granted hereunder.
Any person aggrieved by an order of the Board
of Investigators granting, denying, renewing or revoking a license
for a mobile home park under this chapter may file a written request
for a hearing before the Board within then 10 days after issuance
of such order. The Board shall give notice of a public hearing upon
this request, to be held in not less than five days after service
of the notice, on the person requesting the hearing. The Board may
also give notice of the hearing to other persons directly interested
in the order in question. At such hearing the Board shall determine
whether the granting, denial, renewal or revocation of the license
was in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and shall issue
written findings of fact, conclusions of law and an order to carry
out its findings and conclusions. These findings of fact, conclusions
of law, and order shall be filed with the Secretary of the Board and
served by the Board upon all parties appearing or represented at said
hearing.
Only mobile homes as herein defined are and
shall be permitted in the Borough of Chesilhurst, and they shall be
placed or located only in accordance with the provisions hereof. Any
such vehicles or structures not falling within the definition of "mobile
home" are or shall not be permitted in the Borough of Chesilhurst.
Any person who shall violate any terms or provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days or to a fine not exceeding $200,
or both. Each day that a violation of any of the terms or provisions
of this chapter shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.