[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Lodi as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-8-1952 by Ord. No. 754]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any vehicle or structure so designed and constructed in such
a manner as will permit occupancy thereof as sleeping quarters for
one or more persons, or the conduct of any business or profession,
occupation or trade (or use as selling or advertising device), and
is so designed that it is or may be mounted on wheels and used as
a conveyance on highways or city streets, propelled or drawn by its
own or other motive power, except a device used exclusively upon stationary
rails or tracks.
Shall be construed to include person, partnership, firm,
company, corporation, tenant, owner, lessee or licensee, their agents,
heirs or assigns.
Any park, trailer park, trailer court, court, camp, site,
lot, parcel or tract of land designed, maintained or intended for
the purpose of supplying a location or accommodations for any trailer
coach or trailer coaches, and upon which any trailer coach or trailer
coaches are parked, and shall include all buildings used or intended
for use as part of the equipment thereof, whether a charge is made
for the use of the trailer camp and its facilities or not. "Trailer
camp" shall not include automobile or trailer sales lots on which
unoccupied trailers are parked for purposes of inspection and sale.
A section of ground in a trailer camp of not less than 600
square feet of unoccupied space in an area designated as the location
for only one automobile and one trailer.
A.
It shall be unlawful, within the limits of the Borough of Lodi, for
any person to park any trailer on any street, alley or highway or
other public place or on any tract of land owned by any person, occupied
or unoccupied, within the Borough of Lodi, except as provided in this
article.
B.
Emergency or temporary stopping or parking is permitted on any street,
alley or highway for not longer than one hour, subject to any other
and further prohibitions, regulations or limitations imposed by the
traffic and parking regulations or ordinances for that street, alley
or highway.
C.
No person shall park or occupy any trailer on the premises of any
occupied dwelling or on any lot which is not a part of the premises
of any occupied dwelling, either of which is situated outside an approved
trailer camp.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to establish, operate, maintain
or enlarge or permit to be established, operated, maintained or enlarged
upon any property owned or controlled by him a trailer camp within
the Borough of Lodi without having first secured a license therefor
from the Mayor and Council, granted and existing in compliance with
the terms of this article. Such license shall expire on December 31
of each year but may be renewed under the provisions of this article
for additional periods of one year, application for the renewal to
be made not later than December 1.
B.
All fees, permits and charges set forth in this article shall be for the purpose of raising revenue. The annual license fee shall be as provided in Chapter 235, Article IV, Fee Schedule, for each unit space aggregating 80% of the number of unit spaces to be licensed. The application for such license or renewal thereof shall be filed with the Clerk of the Borough of Lodi and shall be accompanied by 1/4 of said fee. The remaining 3/4 of said fee shall be paid to the Borough Clerk in three equal installments on or before the succeeding first days of April, July and October. Application for increase in number of unit spaces licensed may be made at any time, but the applicant shall be required to pay the full quarterly fee for the quarter that the application is granted and shall make each subsequent quarterly payment in the manner hereinbefore specified. The application for a license or renewal thereof, or for an increase in unit spaces to be licensed, shall be made on printed forms furnished by the Mayor and Council and shall include the name and address of the owner in fee of the tract (if the fee is vested in some person other than the applicant, a duly verified statement by that person that the applicant is authorized by him to maintain the trailer camp and make the application) and such a legal description of the premises upon which the trailer camp is located as will readily identify and definitely locate the premises. The application shall be accompanied by four copies of the camp plan showing the following:[1]
(1)
The extent and area used for camp purposes.
(2)
Roadways and driveways.
(3)
Location of sites and unit spaces for trailer coaches.
(4)
Location and number of sanitary conveniences, including toilets,
washrooms, laundries and utility rooms to be used by occupants of
units.
(5)
Method and plans of sewage disposal.
(6)
Method and plan of garbage removal.
(7)
Plan for water supply.
(8)
Plan for electrical lighting of units.
(9)
The number of unit spaces for which a license is requested.
C.
Before such license may be issued, the premises must be inspected
and approved by the Mayor and Council or duly authorized representatives
as complying with all the provisions of this article and other applicable
ordinances of the Borough of Lodi.
D.
Licenses issued under the terms of this article convey no right to
erect any building, to do any plumbing work, or to do any electrical
work.
A.
Every trailer camp shall be located on a well-drained area, and the
premises shall be properly graded so as to prevent the accumulation
of stormwater or other waters.
B.
Units shall be clearly designated and the camp so arranged that all
units shall face or abut on a driveway of not less than 16 feet in
width, giving easy access from all units to a public street. Such
driveway shall be paved and maintained in good condition, having natural
drainage into a Borough street or catch basin, be well lighted at
night and shall not be obstructed.
C.
The camp shall be so laid out that no unit shall be located farther
than 200 feet from the toilets and service buildings provided for
herein, and walkways to such buildings shall be paved and well lighted
at night.
D.
Every trailer unit shall be furnished with an electric service outlet.
Such outlet shall be equipped with an externally operated switch or
fuse of not less than 30 amperes' capacity and a heavy-duty outlet
receptacle.
E.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation owning or
operating a camp car and/or trailer located in a campground to remove
or cause to have removed the wheels or any similar transporting devices
from said camp car and/or trailer or to otherwise permanently fix
it to the ground in a manner that would prevent the ready removal
of said camp car and/or trailer without first obtaining a permit so
to do from the Building Inspector of the Borough of Lodi. Any alteration
to any camp car and/or trailer as above set forth shall be construed
as removing it from the requirements of this article and converting
it into a dwelling, and it shall thereupon be subject to the requirements
of the Building Code of the Borough of Lodi and the State Housing
Act of New Jersey.
A.
An adequate supply of pure water, furnished through a pipe distribution
system connected directly with the Borough water main, with supply
faucets located not more than 200 feet from any trailer, shall be
furnished for drinking and domestic purposes.
B.
No common drinking vessels shall be permitted, nor shall any drinking
water faucets be placed in any toilet room or water closet compartment.
C.
An abundant supply of hot water shall be provided at all times for
bathing, washing and laundry facilities.
A.
Every trailer camp shall have erected thereon at a distance not greater
than 200 feet away from any unit it is designed to serve a suitable
building for housing toilets, showers and laundry facilities as required
by this article, such building to be known as the "service building."
B.
There shall be provided separate toilet rooms for each sex. Flush
toilets provided with an adequate water supply shall be enclosed in
separate compartments having a minimum width of three feet six inches
and shall be provided for each sex in the ratio of one toilet for
each eight units or fraction thereof. Every male toilet room shall
have one urinal for each 16 units, but in no case shall any male toilet
be without one urinal. Toilet rooms shall contain lavatories with
hot and cold water in the ratio of one lavatory to every two or less
water closets.
C.
Separate bathing facilities for each sex shall be provided, with
one shower enclosed in a compartment at least four feet square for
each eight units or fraction thereof. Each shower compartment shall
be supplemented by an individual dressing compartment of at least
12 square feet.
D.
Laundry facilities shall be provided in the ratio of one double tray
and one ironing board for each 10 units.
E.
The above accommodations shall be based on the total camp capacity
according to accepted plans.
F.
Floors of toilets, showers and the laundry shall be of concrete,
tile or similar material impervious to water and easily cleaned and
pitched to a floor drain.
A.
All waste from showers, toilets, laundries, faucets and lavatories
shall be wasted into a sewer system extended from and connected with
the Borough sewer system.
B.
All sanitary facilities in any trailer shall comply with the Sanitary
Code of the Borough of Lodi.
C.
In no case shall any wastewater be thrown or discharged upon the
surface of the ground.
D.
There shall be provided in every trailer camp such number of fly-tight
metal garbage depositories as shall be deemed necessary by the Health
Officer, and the garbage shall be disposed of in accordance with the
regulations of the Health Officer.
A.
No trailer may be inhabited by a greater number of occupants than
that for which it was designed.
B.
In every trailer camp there shall be an office building in which
shall be located the office of the person in charge of said camp.
A copy of the camp license and of this article shall be posted therein,
and the camp register shall at all times be kept in said office.
C.
It is hereby made the duty of the attendant or person in charge,
together with the licensee, to:
(1)
Keep at all times a register of all guests (which shall be open at
all times to inspection by state and federal officers and officers
of the Borough of Lodi), showing for all guests:
(2)
Maintain the camp in a clean, orderly and sanitary condition at all
times.
(3)
See that the provisions of this article are complied with and enforced
and report promptly to the proper authorities any violations of this
article or any other violations of law which may come to his attention.
(4)
Report to the Health Officer all cases of persons or animals affected
or suspected of being affected with any communicable disease.
(5)
Prevent the running loose of dogs, cats or other animals or pets.
(6)
Maintain in convenient places approved by the Fire Department hand
fire extinguishers in the ratio of one to each eight units.
(7)
Prohibit the lighting of open fires on the premises.
(8)
Prohibit the use of any trailer by a greater number of occupants
than that which it is designed to accommodate.
All plumbing, building and other work on or at any camp licensed
under this article shall be in accordance with the ordinances of the
Borough of Lodi regulating such work, unless said ordinances are specifically
made inapplicable under the terms of this article.
The Mayor and Council, after a public hearing and determination
by that the holder of any license issued pursuant to the terms of
this article has violated any of the provisions hereof or is allowing
any trailer or trailer camp to be maintained in an unsanitary or unsafe
manner or is a nuisance, may revoke said license.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article
shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding $2,000,
imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90 days and/or a period of
community service not exceeding 90 days, in the discretion of the
Judge before whom he is convicted.
