[Ord. of 4-29-1958, § 1]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
indicated meanings:
Collector
shall mean the Tax Collector of the town.
Commission
shall mean the Town Planning Commission.
Health officer
shall mean the appointed Health Officer of the town or his
deputy.
Licensee
shall mean any person licensed under this chapter to operate
and maintain a trailer park.
Mobile home
shall mean a unit similar to a trailer coach, but which is
equipped with running water, bath facilities, flush toilet and appropriate
sanitary connections.
Person
shall include individuals, partnerships, corporations, owners,
lessees, licensees and the agents of each of them.
Trailer
shall mean a trailer coach not equipped with running water,
bath facilities, flush toilet and appropriate sanitary connections.
Trailer park
shall mean privately owned land upon which two or more trailers
are intended to be parked and occupied as dwellings.
[Ord. of 4-29-1958, § 3]
This chapter shall apply to all trailer parks; provided, however, the Board of Selectmen may, upon application, grant such extensions of time or waive such requirements (other than the requirements set forth in §
21-5) as may, in its judgment, be required by any specific circumstances.
[Ord. of 4-29-1958, § 2]
No occupied mobile home shall be permitted in a trailer park.
[Ord. of 4-29-1958, § 7; Ord. of 12-15-1967]
Each trailer park and extension thereof shall conform to the
following requirements:
(1) Grading; drainage. The park shall be located on
a site graded to ensure drainage of surface and subsurface water and
sewage, and freedom from stagnant pools.
(2) Lot area. A minimum of 20,000 square feet shall
be provided for each trailer lot.
(3) Lot markings. Each trailer lot shall be defined
by permanent corner stakes and shall be provided with a permanent
marker displaying the lot number corresponding with the approved plot
plan.
(4) Clearance between trailers. There shall be a minimum
of 50 feet of clearance between each trailer.
(5) Roadway width. All trailer lots shall abut on a
roadway not less than 30 feet in width.
(6) Road drainage and maintenance. All roads within
the park shall be well drained, provided with gravel or hard surface,
and shall be maintained in good condition.
(7) Required distance of trailers from public highways. No trailer shall be located closer than 100 feet to the traveled
portion of any public highway.
[Ord. of 4-29-1958, § 10]
Each licensee shall keep a register in which the following information
shall be recorded upon the letting of each trailer lot. Such information
shall be furnished to the Collector with the initial payment of the
trailer park license fee:
(1) The full name of the trailer owner.
(2) The make, model, size, serial number and year of the trailer and
the number and type of rooms.
(3) The state in which the trailer is registered and the registration
number, if any.
(4) The name and address of all occupants employed and the name and address
of such employers.
(5) The number of occupants of each trailer and whether they are adults
or children.
[Ord. of 4-29-1958, § 14]
Any person aggrieved by any provision of this chapter, or aggrieved
in the granting of or refusal to grant any license hereunder, may
appeal to the Court of Common Pleas for Litchfield County in the same
manner as is provided for appeals in civil cases.
[Ord. of 4-29-1958, § 3]
No person shall maintain or operate a trailer park or extend
an existing trailer park in the town without having first obtained
a license therefor from the Board of Selectmen pursuant to this Article.
[Ord. of 4-29-1958, § 4]
Applications for trailer park licenses shall be made to the
Board of Selectmen in writing. Such applications shall include the
following:
(1) The name and address of the applicant and the name and address of
the real party in interest if other than the applicant.
(2) A plot plan made by a licensed surveyor registered in the state,
under seal, showing the site of the trailer park, roads, location,
size, shape and identification number of the trailer lots, location
of sanitary provisions, and the name of abutting property owners according
to the land records of the town. All final plans or maps shall be
of an overall size not larger than 25 inches by 37 inches, including
the border. Such plans or maps shall be drawn or traced on good quality
white drawing paper mounted on muslin or on good quality tracing cloth,
on a scale of not more than 100 feet to the inch. The tracings or
drawings shall be made with waterproof black India ink, and four blueprints
or some other type of copies shall accompany the white drawing.
(3) Proof of ownership, option or valid lease.
(4) An application fee of $25.
[Ord. of 4-29-1958, § 9]
There shall be a fee for each trailer park license, payable
on October 1 in each year to the Board of Selectmen, at the rate of
$2 for each trailer present in the park on such date. The minimum
fee shall be $50.
[Ord. of 4-29-1958, § 11; Ord. of 12-6-1968]
On or before the tenth day of each month, each trailer park
licensee shall collect a license fee of $8 from the owner of each
trailer then located in his park and shall deposit it with the Collector,
together with a list of the owners from whom collected, showing the
lot number and number of occupants. A copy of such list shall be kept
by the licensee, which shall be available for inspection by the Health
Officer.
[Ord. of 4-29-1958, § 12]
(a) The Collector shall maintain a register showing all license fees deposited under §
21-26 and the trailer owners from whom collected, and shall hold such license fees in a separate escrow bank account.
(b) The Collector shall credit the amount of such license fees to the
total amount of taxes payable by the trailer owner on September 1
in each year; and shall credit the balance, if any, to the taxes that
will be payable on the following March 1. Both credits shall be made
by the Collector during the month of September, in which the first
installment of taxes is due. Where license fees collected exceed taxes
payable on the two tax-due dates provided for within this subsection,
each trailer owner having made written application prior to October
1 following the first tax date, the Collector shall refund the amount
of license fees shown by such register to have been collected from
the owner in excess of the total amount of taxes so assessed against
him.
(c) In October of each year, the Collector shall pay the amount remaining
unclaimed or uncredited for taxes in said escrow account into the
general fund. Such payment shall not include the license fees for
the current October if already deposited in said escrow account.
[Ord. of 4-29-1958, § 13]
Sections
21-26 and
21-27 shall not apply for 90 days in any twelve-month period to any trailer lawfully bearing current registration plates issued by any state, other than Connecticut, if all occupants of such trailer are bona fide tourists or vacationists.