[Ord. 67-1, 12/13/1967, § 1]
The following words and terms, as used in this Chapter, shall
have the meaning respectively ascribed thereto[1], unless the context clearly indicated a different meaning.
any natural person, partnership, firm, association or corporation.
any structure which is mounted, or designed for mounting,
on wheels, and which includes accommodations designed for sleeping
or living purposes of one or more persons, excepting a device used
exclusively upon stationary rail or tracks.
any lot, parcel or tract of land designed, maintained or
intended for the purpose of supplying a location or accommodations
for any trailer, or upon which any trailer is parked or located, whether
or not a charge is made for the use of the trailer park and its facilities,
and shall include all buildings and structures used or intended for
use as a part of the equipment thereof. The term "trailer park" shall
not include any automobile or trailer sales lot on which any unoccupied
trailer is parked for the purpose of inspection and sale.
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In this Chapter, the singular shall include the plural and the
masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
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[1]
"to term in this section" in original.
[Ord. 67-1, 12/13/1967, §§ 2 to 4]
1.
No person shall park or locate any 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 Township of Smith, except
as provided in this Chapter.
2.
No person shall allow any trailer to stand upon any of the streets
or alleys in the Township of Smith, without being attached to a motor
vehicle.
3.
No person shall park any trailer, attached to a motor vehicle, on
any street or alley in the Township for a period of time longer than
that allowed for the parking of vehicles upon such street or alley
by the applicable State laws and the ordinances of the Township applicable
to traffic and parking. 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.
[Ord. 67-1, 12/13/1967, §§ 5 and 6]
1.
No person shall occupy any trailer in the Township of Smith for sleeping
or living purposes except in a trailer park licensed under this Chapter,
unless such trailer conforms to and complies with all plumbing, electrical,
sanitary and building regulations[1] of the Township applicable to stationary dwellings. Provided,
however, the parking or storing of no more than one unoccupied trailer
in a private garage, or in a rear year, shall be permitted, on condition
that no person uses such trailer for living or sleeping purposes while
such trailer is so parked or stored.
[1]
"ordinance" in original.
2.
No person shall operate or occupy any trailer park within the Township
except as provided in this Chapter.
[Ord. 67-1, 12/13/1967, § 7]
No person shall establish or operate any trailer park within
the Township until a permit shall have been secured from the Township.
Any person desiring to establish or to operate a trailer park shall
make application for a permit to the Township. With every such application,
there shall be submitted a plan of such trailer park or proposed trailer
park showing the following:
1.
The name and address of the applicant.
2.
The extent and area to be used for trailer park purposes.
3.
The location of all roadways and driveways.
4.
The location of all lots intended for the parking of trailer.
5.
The location and number of all existing or proposed facilities to
be used by the occupants of trailer, including sanitary conveniences,
washrooms, toilets, laundries and utility rooms.
6.
The method and plan of sewage disposal.
7.
The method and plan of garbage and refuse disposal.
8.
The plan for water supply.
9.
The plan for electric lighting of trailers.
10.
The location of fire extinguishers.
11.
A statement that the premises proposed to be occupied by such trailer
park, in the case of a trailer park not established prior to the adoption
of a Zoning Ordinance of the Township of Smith, if same is applicable,
are entirely located in a district in which the establishment of trailer
parks is permitted by such Zoning Ordinance, such statement to bear
the signature of the Zoning Officer of the Township.
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Such application shall be accompanied by a fee of $25.00 to
cover the cost of the service of the Township officers and employees
in making the necessary studies and investigations in connection with
such application.
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[Ord. 67-1, 12/13/1967, § 8]
Following the receipt of the application for a permit as provided
above, the Township shall cause an investigation to be made of the
premises to which such application related, in order to assure itself,
before issuing such permit, that all requirements of this Chapter,
applicable to trailer parks are conformed with. In connection with
such investigation, the Township or any other designated Township
personnel requested to do so by the Township shall visit the premises
in order to determine whether requirements as to which they have particular
knowledge and understanding are adhered to.
[Ord. 67-1, 12/13/1967, § 9]
Immediately following the investigation required under § 105,
when the Township shall be satisfied that all the applicable requirements
of this Chapter have been adhered to, or are to be adhered to according
to the plans for a proposed trailer park, the Township shall issue
a permit to establish and operate such park 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 Township,
for the balance of the year for which it was issued, upon compliance
of the holder thereof of all the provisions of the Chapter. No person
shall operate a trailer camp in the Township during the time when
the permit thereof shall have been suspended.
[Ord. 67-1, 12/13/1967, § 10]
Whenever the ownership or management of any trailer camp shall
have been changed, the new owner or manager thereof shall forthwith
notify the Township, who shall amend the permit for such trailer camp,
as well as the pertinent records of the Township, to indicate such
change.
[Ord. 67-1, 12/13/1967, § 11]
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 an existing facility or structure, until
notice of such proposed change shall have been given to the Township
and the Township shall have ascertained, after investigation as in
the case of the 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 his approval.
[Ord. 67-1, 12/13/1967, § 12; as amended by Ord.
1985-2, 8/12/1985]
Prior to the date of expiration of any permit issued under this
Chapter, the holder thereof may apply to the Township for renewal
thereof, such application to be accompanied by a fee of $50.00. Following
any investigation deemed necessary by the Township, it shall be ascertained
whether all the requirements of this permit shall be extended for
a further period of one year.
[Ord. 67-1, 12/13/1967, § 13]
Every trailer park 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.
[Ord. 67-1, 12/13/1967, § 14]
Lots for individual trailers in a trailer park shall be indicated
by corner markers and no individual lot shall have an area of less
than 800 square feet. Each lot shall abut upon a roadway or driveway,
not less than twenty feet (20') wide. Every such roadway or driveways
shall be well drained, shall be clearly marked, adequately lighted
at night, and easily accessible to a public street.
[Ord. 67-1, 12/13/1967, § 16]
In every trailer park there shall be an official building in
which shall be located the office of the person in charge of such
trailer park. A copy of the permit issued under this Chapter, and
of this Chapter, shall at all times be posted in such office, and
the register of such trailer park shall at all times be kept therein.
[Ord. 67-1, 12/13/1967, § 17]
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 Township. Such register
shall show, for each trailer accommodated in such trailer park, the
following information:
1.
The lot number upon which such trailer is parked or located.
2.
The names and addresses of all persons using such trailer for living
or sleeping purposes.
3.
The State license number of such trailer and of the vehicle towing
the same.
4.
The date of arrival of such trailer at such trailer park and the
date of departed there from.
[Ord. 67-1, 12/13/1967, § 18]
Each person holding a permit under this Chapter shall adhere
to the following additions at all times:
1.
He shall maintain such trailer camp in a clean, orderly and sanitary
condition.
2.
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 violations which may come to his attention.
3.
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.
4.
He shall maintain in convenient places, designated by the Fire Chief
of the Township, hand fire extinguishers, in good working order, in
the ratio of one to every eight trailer lots or fraction thereof.
5.
He shall prohibit the lighting of any open fire upon the premises.
6.
He shall prohibit the use of any trailer by a greater number of occupants
than that which it is designed to accommodate.
[Ord. 67-1, 12/13/1967, § 19]
Any person operating a trailer within the Township of Smith
at the time of adoption of this Chapter shall cause the same to conform
to the requirements of this Chapter, and shall make applications for,
and secure, a permit to operate such trailer park within three months
from effective date of this Chapter.
[Ord. 67-1, 12/13/1967, § 20]
It shall be the duty of the Township to enforce the provisions
of this Chapter, and, to that end it shall, from time to time, make
or cause to be made, by the Township or any other designated Township
personnel, an inspection to ascertain whether any trailer park shall
continue to operate strictly under the provisions of this Chapter.
[Ord. 67-1, 12/13/1967, § 21; as amended by Ord.
1985-2, 8/12/1985; and by Ord. 97-5, 11/19/1997]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a district justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary
offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000.00 plus costs and,
in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each Section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
