[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Slippery Rock 8-7-1962 by Ord. No. 215 (Ch. 14, Part 1, of the
1983 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.Â
PERSON
TRAILER
TRAILER PARK
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:
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 for one or more persons.
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.
B.Â
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural, and the masculine
shall include the feminine and the neuter.
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 Borough of Slippery Rock,
except as provided in this chapter.
A.Â
No person
shall allow any trailer to stand upon any of the streets or alleys
in the Borough of Slippery Rock without being attached to a motor
vehicle.
B.Â
No person
shall park any trailer, attached to a motor vehicle, on any street
or alley in the Borough 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 Borough applicable to traffic
and parking. Any person who shall violate this subsection shall be
subject to the penalties specifically provided in such laws and ordinances,
as the case may be.
No person shall occupy any trailer in the Borough of Slippery
Rock 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 ordinances of the
Borough applicable to stationary dwellings; provided, however, that
the parking or storing of no more than one unoccupied trailer in a
private garage, or in a rear yard, shall be permitted on condition
that no person uses such trailer for living or sleeping purposes while
such trailer is so parked or stored.
It shall be the duty of the Borough Council 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 police or any other Borough officer or
employee, an inspection to ascertain whether any trailer park continues
to operate strictly under the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 12-7-1983 by Ord. No. 328[1]]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
shall, upon being found liable therefor, pay a fine of not more than
$600, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by
the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. If the penalty is not
paid, the Borough shall initiate a civil action for collection in
accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day
a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each section
of this chapter that is violated shall also constitute a separate
offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under this section,
the Borough may enforce this chapter in equity in the Court of Common
Pleas of Butler County.
