[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Chesilhurst 1-14-1971 by Ord. No. 70-8; amended in its entirety
at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, unless another meaning
is clearly apparent from the language or content, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
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.
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.
Includes persons, partnership, firm, company, corporation,
tenant, owner, lessee or licensee, their agents, heirs or assigns.
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.
A.
A Board of Investigators is hereby created consisting
of the Chief of Police, the Construction Code Official, the Chairman
of the Planning Board, the Borough Engineer and the members of the
Borough Council, with the Mayor designated as the Chairman. The Chairman
shall, with the approval of the members of said Board, appoint a secretary
for the Board from among the present employees of the Borough.
B.
It is hereby made the duty of said Board to enforce
all provisions of this chapter as prescribed herein or such provisions
as may hereafter be enacted, and, for the purpose of securing such
enforcement, any of the above members of the Board or their duly authorized
representatives shall have the right and are hereby empowered to enter
upon any premises on which any mobile home is located or is about
to be located and inspect the same and all accommodations connected
therewith at any reasonable time.
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.
A.
The minimum mobile home size shall be 250 square feet
of livable floor area per occupant above the age of two years. Not
more than two occupants under the age of two years are permitted in
one mobile home.
B.
Mobile homes shall be arranged in rows abutting or
facing on a driveway or roadway of clear, unoccupied space of not
less than 25 feet in width; said driveways or roadways shall connect
to a public street. Parking shall be permitted in said driveways or
roadways only on one designated side, and these shall be kept clear
for traffic at all times for a width of at least 16 feet.
C.
Said driveways or roadways shall be constructed so
as to contain six inches of compact gravel base and a surface course
of two inches of bituminous concrete, type FABC. Materials used and
methods of construction shall be in accordance with the current New
Jersey State Highway Department Standard Specifications.
D.
Every mobile home park shall be laid out, maintained
and arranged so that there exists a clear, unoccupied strip of land
100 feet wide along any public highway or road and a clear, unoccupied
strip of land 10 feet wide along any abutting property line.
E.
The drainage of the entire site shall be in accordance
with the state and local requirements and must be approved by the
Borough Engineer and the Camden County Board of Health.
F.
All sanitation shall be in accordance with the state,
county and local requirements for sewage disposal.
G.
The mobile home park license shall be issued only
if, in the opinion of the Borough Engineer, county and state inspectors,
the mobile home park conforms to all current requirements for sewage
disposal and all other applicable codes.
H.
No vehicle or combination of vehicles exceeding a
gross vehicle weight (GVW) of 20,000 pounds shall be operated, parked,
kept or maintained on any street or any tract of land within the mobile
home park.
I.
No vehicle or combination of vehicles having three
or more axles shall be operated, parked, kept or maintained on any
street or any tract of land within the mobile home park.
J.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit or prevent
the use of said vehicles from entering the mobile home park for the
purposes of making deliveries, removals and or the loading and unloading
of passengers.
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.
A.
Application for license to conduct or operate a mobile
home park shall be made to the Borough Clerk and shall be accompanied
by written statement setting forth the following:
(1)
Name and address of the owner of the premises.
(2)
The person intending to manage and operate the mobile
home park.
(3)
A description of the premises to be used.
(4)
Provisions made for an adequate water supply.
(5)
The provisions made for the disposal of trash, garbage
and other waste materials.
B.
The application for license shall be accompanied by
a map or plan of the land and premises to be used as a mobile home
park, setting forth the proposed trailer sites and roadways and a
plan or diagram of the sewage system and fresh water supply.
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.
A.
There shall be charged and collected for said license
an annual fee of $250 for a mobile home park having not more than
50 spaces. Those parks having more than 50 spaces shall be charged
$2 per space in excess of 50 spaces. Said license shall expire on
December 31 at 12:00 midnight of each year. Said license shall be
due and payable on January 1 of each year.
B.
Mobile home parks are to be assessed for real estate
tax purposes as to land and permanent improvements and structures
contained thereon.
C.
There shall be charged and collected by the Borough
a fee for service and inspection of $3 per week for a space occupied
by a mobile home for a week or part thereof.
D.
There shall be charged and collected by the Borough
a fee for service and inspection of $10 per month for a space occupied
for a full month. Any space not occupied for a full month shall be
paid for on the weekly basis.
E.
Fees are to be collected by the operator of the park
and paid to the Borough Clerk on a monthly basis.
A.
In every mobile home park there shall be an office
building in which shall be located the office of the person in charge
of said park. A copy of the park license and of this chapter shall
be posted therein and the park register shall at all times be kept
in said office.
B.
It is hereby made the duty of the attendant or person
in charge, together with the licensee, to keep at all times a register
of all residents (which shall be open at all times to inspection by
state and federal officers and the Board of Inspectors), showing for
all residents:
C.
The licensee shall be required to each month submit
two copies of park registry, so far as it pertains to the preceding
month, and shall deliver one copy to the Borough Clerk, together with
payment to the Borough Clerk of any and all sums which may be due
to the Borough as herein provided. No such license shall be transferable
without the permission of the Borough Council.
D.
Failure to keep a park registry or to falsify same,
and failure to submit the monthly report, shall be deemed a violation
of this chapter.
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.
