[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Tyrone 6-3-1963 by Ord. No. 629. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 6-8-1998 by Ord. No. 1139; 2-11-2019 by Ord. No. 1427]
The following words and terms, as used in this chapter, shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section unless
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
A windowless cargo van usually built on a truck chassis frequently
used as a delivery vehicle and also often used by construction and
maintenance contractors.
A motor vehicle designed to transport 16 or more passengers,
including the driver; or a motor vehicle, other than a taxi cab or
limousine, designed to transport not more than 15 passengers, including
the driver, and used for the transportation of persons for or not
for compensation.
A trailer so constructed that no part of its weight rests
upon the towing vehicle. A semi-trailer attached to a towing vehicle
by means of an auxiliary front axle or dolly shall be deemed to be
a full trailer.
A vehicle, whether or not self-propelled, which is designed,
constructed and equipped as a dwelling place, living abode or sleeping
place (either permanently or temporarily) and is equipped for use
as a conveyance on streets and highways; or a trailer containing a
chassis and exterior shell designed and constructed for use as a house
trailer but which is used permanently or temporarily for advertising
sales, display or promotion of merchandise or services for any other
commercial purposes except for the transportation of property.
A type of trailer for hauling construction equipment with
reduced ground clearance that facilitates loading of machinery with
or without an auxiliary ramp.
A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent
occupancy, contained in one unit, or in two or more units designed
to be joined into one integral until capable of again being separated
for repeated towing, which arrives at a site complete and ready for
occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations,
and constructed so that it may be used without a permanent foundation.
Permanent parking of a mobile home and location of mobile home parks
is regulated by other Borough ordinances including subdivision and
zoning.
A motor vehicle designed or adapted for use as a mobile dwelling
or office.
The halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except
momentarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the loading
or unloading property or passengers.
Any natural person, partnership, film, association or corporation.
A motor vehicle which:
A trailer so construed that some part of its weight rests
upon or is carried by the towing vehicle.
The halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except
momentarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving
or discharging passengers.
A motor vehicle equipped for towing away other wrecked or
disabled motor vehicles. A tow truck shall include, but not be limited
to, a truck having a flatbed tilt tray.
A vehicle designed to be towed by a motor vehicle.
Any premises designed or used as a parking space for more
than one house trailer. "Trailer camp" shall not include an automobile
or trailer showroom or any open spaces on the same lot therewith where
less than three unused house trailers are displayed. Nor shall "trailer
camp" mean any motor vehicle parking lot on which any trailer shall
remain for 12 hours or less. The term "trailer camp" shall mean "trailer
park" and "trailer court" interchanged as those terms are commonly
used.
A motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other
vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part
of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.
[Amended 6-8-1998 by Ord. No. 1139; 2-11-2019 by Ord. No. 1427]
No person shall park or locate any box panel truck, tow truck,
low boy truck, bus, mobile home, house trailer, motor home, school
bus, full trailer, trailer, semi-trailer or truck trailer, or allow
it to stand, upon any street, alley or other public place, or upon
any tract of land, occupied or unoccupied, within the Borough of Tyrone,
except as provided in this chapter.
[Amended 6-8-1998 by Ord. No. 1139]
No person shall allow any house trailer, full trailer, semi-trailer
or trailer to stand upon the streets or alleys of the Borough of Tyrone
without being attached to a motor vehicle.
[Amended 6-8-1998 by Ord. No. 1139; 3-8-2010 by Ord. No. 1291; 8-16-2010 by Ord. No. 1301; 2-11-2019 by Ord. No. 1427]
No person shall park any box panel truck, tow truck, low boy
truck, bus, motor home, school bus, full trailer, semi-trailer or
house trailer attached to a motor vehicle, truck trailer or alone
on any street or alley in the Borough of Tyrone at any time. Any person
who shall violate this section shall be subject to the penalties specifically
provided in such laws and ordinances as the case may be. Exception:
It shall not be a violation of this section for a contractor to park
any of the aforementioned vehicles, whether connected to a towing
vehicle or not, on the public street while actively engaged in construction
or remodeling work at a property adjacent to the parking location
provided that such vehicle is removed by them at the end of each day
during the job.
[Amended 6-8-1998 by Ord. No. 1139; 2-11-2019 by Ord. No. 1427]
The parking and storing of no more than one unoccupied mobile
home, bus, motor home, school bus, full trailer, semi-trailer or truck
trailer in a private garage, or in a rear yard, shall be permitted,
on the condition that no person uses such trailer for living or sleeping
purposes while such trailer is so parked or stored and/or so long
as the same is not causing a sight distance problem for the travelling
public and/or so long as the same is not in violation of any other
applicable law, including nuisance laws.
No person shall operate or occupy any trailer camp within the
Borough of Tyrone except as provided in this chapter.
[Amended 2-11-2019 by Ord. No. 1427]
A.
No person shall establish or operate any trailer camp within the
Borough of Tyrone until the proposed location of said camp has been
approved by Borough Council. Any person desiring to establish or to
operate a trailer camp shall make application for a permit to the
Code Enforcement Officer. With every application there shall be submitted
a plan of such trailer camp or proposed trailer camp showing the following:
(1)
The name and address of the applicant.
(2)
The extent and area to be used for trailer camp purposes.
(3)
The location of all roadways and driveways.
(4)
The location of all lots intended for the parking of trailers, each
lot to contain a concrete slab of sufficient size and strength to
accommodate the trailers anticipated.
(5)
The method and plan of sewage disposal.
(6)
The method and plan of garbage and refuse disposal.
(7)
The plan for water supply.
(8)
The plan for electric lighting facilities for the trailer camp and
for trailers parked there.
(9)
A statement that the premises proposed to be occupied by such trailer camp, in the case of a trailer camp not established prior to the adoption of Chapter 205, Zoning, of the Code of the Borough of Tyrone, are entirely located in a district in which the establishment of trailer camps is permitted by such Chapter 205, Zoning, such statements to bear the signature of the Zoning Officer of the Borough of Tyrone.
B.
Such application shall be accompanied by a fee of $20 to cover the
cost of the services of Borough officers and employees in making the
necessary studies and investigations in connection with such application.
[Amended 2-11-2019 by Ord. No. 1427]
Following receipt of the application for a permit as provided
above, the Borough Council shall cause an investigation to be made
of the premises to which such application relates in order to assure
that all requirements of this chapter applicable to trailer camps
are complied with. In connection with such investigation, the Code
Enforcement Officer, the Health Officer and any other Borough officer
or employee requested to do so by the Borough Council shall visit
the premises in order to determine whether requirements as to which
they have particular knowledge and understanding are adhered to.
[Amended 2-11-2019 by Ord. No. 1427]
Immediately following the investigation required under § 185-8 of this chapter, when the Borough Council shall be satisfied that all of the applicable requirements of this chapter have been adhered to, or are to be adhered to according to the plans for a proposed trailer camp, the Code Enforcement Officer shall so inform the Borough Council. Upon approval of the location of the proposed trailer camp by the Borough Council at its next regular meeting, the Code Enforcement Officer shall issue a permit to establish and operate such trailer camp for a period of one year after the issuance thereof. Such permit shall be subject to suspension whenever the holder thereof shall be convicted of any violation of this chapter. A suspended permit may be reinstated by the Code Enforcement Officer, for the balance of the year for which it was issued, upon compliance of the holder thereof with all of the provisions of this chapter. No person shall operate a trailer camp in the Borough of Tyrone during the time when the permit therefor shall have been suspended.
[Amended 2-11-2019 by Ord. No. 1427]
Whenever ownership or management of any trailer camp shall have
been changed, the new owner or manager thereof shall forthwith notify
the Code Enforcement Officer, who shall amend the permit for such
trailer camp, as well as the pertinent records of the Borough, to
indicate such change.
[Amended 2-11-2019 by Ord. No. 1427]
No permit issued under this chapter shall be transferable to
a different location. No person holding a permit under this chapter
shall extend or reduce the area of any trailer camp, add any new facility
or structure, or eliminate any existing facility or structure until
notice of such proposed change shall have been given to the Code Enforcement
Officer, and the Code Enforcement Officer shall have ascertained,
after investigation as in the case of an original application for
a permit, that such proposed change is in accordance with all the
requirements of this chapter, and shall have signified that fact by
approval of the permit.
[Amended 2-11-2019 by Ord. No. 1427]
Prior to the date of expiration of any permit issued under the
authority of this chapter, the holder thereof may apply to the Code
Enforcement Officer for renewal thereof, such application to be accompanied
by a fee of $5. Following any investigation deemed necessary by the
Borough Council to ascertain whether all the requirements of this
chapter continue to be adhered to, the Code Enforcement Officer shall
renew such permit for a further period of one year.
Every trailer camp shall be located in a well drained area,
and the premises shall be properly graded so as to prevent the accumulation
of storm or other water.
Lots for individual trailers in a trailer camp shall be indicated by corner markers, and no individual lot shall have an area of less than 1800 square feet. Each lot shall abut upon a roadway or driveway not less than 20 feet wide. Every such roadway or driveway shall be well drained, shall be clearly marked, adequately lighted at night, and easily accessible to a public street. In no case shall the lot for an individual trailer be less than 30 feet wide by 60 feet long, and, in the case of trailers more than 10 feet wide and 40 feet long, the lot must be enlarged to meet the minimum requirements herein prescribed. Lots for individual trailers shall be so located and arranged that when trailers are located thereon, the setback regulations of Chapter 205, Zoning, are adhered to.
Each trailer lot or location shall be served by Borough sewer
and water facilities, the charges thereof to be paid by the owner
of the trailer camp, according to the current established rates for
such service.
All plumbing, electrical, building and other work in the premises
of any trailer camp located in the Borough of Tyrone shall be in accordance
with any other ordinances of the Borough regulating such matters;
provided, however, if there is any conflict between any such ordinance
and any of the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of this
chapter shall control as to trailer camps only.
All ordinances of the Borough of Tyrone applicable to the accumulation,
collection and disposal of garbage and refuse[1] shall be applicable to trailer camps located in the Borough
and shall be adhered to strictly by persons owning and operating trailer
camps and by persons occupying trailers therein.
The owner or operator of each trailer camp shall maintain an
office or residence within the Borough of Tyrone where records and
other pertinent information is available to the Borough officers at
all times.
Every person holding a permit under this chapter shall keep,
or cause to be kept, a register, which shall at all times be open
for the inspection of any official of the Borough. Such register shall
show, for each trailer accommodated in such trailer camp, the following
information:
A.
The lot number upon which such trailer is parked or located.
B.
The names and addresses of all persons using such trailer for living
or sleeping purposes.
C.
The state license number of such trailer and of the vehicle towing
the same.
D.
The date of arrival of such trailer at such trailer camp and the
date of departure therefrom.
Each person holding a permit under the provisions of this chapter
shall adhere to the following additional regulations at all times:
A.
He shall maintain such trailer camp in a clean, orderly and sanitary
condition.
B.
He shall see that no disorderly conduct or violation of any law or
ordinance is committed upon the premises and shall immediately report
to the proper authorities any violation which may come to his attention.
C.
He shall report to the Board of Health all cases of persons or animals
affected or suspected of being affected with any communicable disease,
where he shall have reason to believe that medical attention has not
been sought.
[Amended 2-11-2019 by Ord. No. 1427]
It shall be the duty of the Code Enforcement Officer, Tyrone
Police Department or other authorized person to enforce the provisions
of this chapter, and, to that end, the Code Enforcement Officer shall,
from time to time, make or cause to be made, by the police or any
other Borough officer or employee, an inspection to ascertain whether
any trailer camp continues to operate strictly under the provisions
of this chapter.
[Amended 2-11-2019 by Ord. No. 1427]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the
provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced
to pay a fine of at least $100 and not more than $600 and costs of
prosecution and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to
imprisonment for not more than 30 days; provided, that each day's
continuance of a violation shall constitute a separate offense.
