[Ord. No. 343 §2, 2-11-1959]
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to them:
Any river, pond, canal, railroad, levee, embankment, fence
or hedge.
Any structure designed and intended to accommodate more than
one (1) family and shall include but is not limited to duplex buildings,
group houses and apartment buildings.
Trailer coach park.
Any portable structure or vehicle so constructed and designed
as to permit human occupancy thereof for dwelling or sleeping purposes.
Any plot of ground upon which two (2) or more trailer coaches,
occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located, regardless
of whether a charge is made for such accommodation.
A plot of ground within a trailer coach park designed for
the accommodation of one (1) trailer coach.
[Ord. No. 343 §3, 2-11-1959]
It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or operate within
the City any trailer coach park unless such person shall first obtain
a license therefor.
[Ord. No. 343 §§4, 5, 2-11-1959]
The annual license tax for each trailer coach park shall be
five dollars ($5.00) for each trailer coach space in said park, whether
said space is occupied or not. The fee for the transfer of such license
shall be five dollars ($5.00).
[Ord. No. 343 §4, 2-11-1959]
The license provided for in this Section shall be due and payable
on January first (1st) of each year and shall be delinquent if not
paid before February fifteenth (15th) of such year.
[Ord. No. 343 §5, 2-11-1959]
A.
Application
for a trailer coach park license shall be filed with and issued by
the City Council. Applications shall be in writing, signed by the
applicant and shall contain the following information:
1.
The
name and address of the applicant.
2.
The
location and legal description of the trailer coach park.
4.
Plans
and specifications of all buildings and other improvements constructed
or to be constructed within the trailer coach park.
5.
Such
further information as may be requested by the City Council to enable
it to determine whether the proposed park will comply with legal requirements.
B.
The application
and all accompanying plans and specifications shall be filed in triplicate.
The City Council shall investigate the applicant and inspect the proposed
plans and specifications. If the applicant is found to be of good
moral character, and the proposed trailer coach park will be in compliance
with all provisions of this Chapter and all other applicable ordinances
and Statutes, the Council shall approve the application and upon completion
of the park according to the plans shall issue the license.
C.
Upon
application for a transfer of the license, the City Council shall
issue a transfer provided the transferee is of good moral character.
[Ord. No. 343 §16, 2-11-1959]
The City Council may revoke any license to maintain and operate
a trailer coach park when the licensee has been found guilty by a
court of competent jurisdiction of violating any provision of this
Chapter. After such conviction, the license may be reissued if the
circumstances leading to conviction have been remedied and evidence
given that the park will be maintained and operated in full compliance
with law.
[Ord. No. 343 §17, 2-11-1959]
The license certificate shall be conspicuously posted in the
office of or on the premises of the trailer coach park at all times.
[Ord. No. 343 §6, 2-11-1959]
A.
The trailer
coach park shall conform to the following requirements:
1.
Drainage. The park shall be located on a well-drained site,
properly graded to ensure rapid drainage and freedom from stagnant
pools of water.
2.
Space sizes, trailer location. Trailer coach spaces shall
be provided consisting of a minimum area of thirty by fifty (30 x
50) feet for each space which shall be at least thirty (30) feet wide
and clearly defined. Trailer coaches shall be so harbored on each
space that there shall be at least a fifteen (15) foot clearance between
trailer coaches. No trailer coach shall be located closer than ten
(10) feet from any property line bounding the park.
3.
Access to streets; driveways. All trailer coach spaces shall
abut upon a driveway of not less than twenty-five (25) feet in width
which shall have unobstructed access to a public street, alley or
highway. All driveways shall be hard surfaced, well marked in the
daytime and lighted at night with twenty-five (25) watt lamps at intervals
of one hundred (100) feet located approximately fifteen (15) feet
from the ground.
4.
Walkways. Walkways not less than two (2) feet wide shall
be provided from the trailer coach spaces to the service buildings.
The walkways shall be hard surfaced, well-marked in the daytime and
lighted at night with twenty-five (25) watt lamps at intervals of
one hundred (100) feet located approximately fifteen (15) feet from
the ground.
5.
Service building. Each park may provide service buildings
to house toilet, bathing, laundry and other sanitary facilities as
herein more particularly prescribed.
6.
Electrical outlets. A waterproof electrical outlet supplying
at least one hundred ten (110) volts shall be provided for each trailer
coach space.
7.
Patios. Each trailer coach space shall have a concrete patio
of at least seven (7) feet width by twenty-two (22) feet long adjacent
to the parked trailer coach.
8.
Buildings attached to trailers. There shall be no building
attached to the trailer coach with the exception of aluminum cabanas
or porches.
9.
Sewer line connecting. Main sewer lines at least eight (8)
inches in diameter shall be constructed from the public sewer or septic
tank along the trailer park roads to a point opposite each trailer
coach space and a six (6) inch pipe shall be installed from main sewer
line to a convenient place in each trailer coach space at which point
shall be installed a four (4) inch P trap so as to permit connection
to the trailer coach.
[Ord. No. 343 §7, 2-11-1959]
Trailer coach parks may be located as provided in the zoning
ordinances. Each boundary of the park must be at least two hundred
(200) feet from any permanent residential building located outside
the park unless separated therefrom by a natural or artificial barrier,
or unless a majority of the property owners according to area within
said two hundred (200) feet, consent in writing to the establishment
of the park.
[Ord. No. 343 §8, 2-11-1959]
A two (2) inch water line supplying pure water for drinking
and domestic purposes shall be installed to meet the requirements
of the park. The water supply shall be obtained from faucets only.
No common drinking cups shall be permitted. Cold water supply faucets
shall be located on each trailer coach space.
[Ord. No. 343 §9(a-e), 2-11-1959]
A.
At the
direction of the owner or operator each park may be provided with
toilets, baths or showers and other sanitation facilities; but where
provided, such facilities shall conform to the following requirements:
1.
Toilet
facilities for men and women shall be either in separate buildings
at least twenty (20) feet apart or shall be separated, if in the same
building, by a soundproof wall.
2.
Toilet
facilities for women shall consist of not less than one (1) flush
toilet for every ten (10) trailer coach spaces, one (1) shower or
bathtub for every ten (10) trailer coach spaces and one (1) lavatory
for every twenty (20) trailer coach spaces. Each toilet, shower and
bathtub shall be in a private compartment.
3.
Toilet
facilities for men shall consist of not less than one (1) flush toilet
for every fifteen (15) trailer spaces, one (1) shower or bathtub for
every ten (10) trailer coach spaces, one (1) lavatory for every ten
(10) trailer coach spaces and one (1) urinal for every fifteen (15)
trailer coach spaces. Each toilet, shower and bathtub shall be in
a private compartment.
4.
Service
buildings housing the toilet facilities shall be permanent fire-resistant
structures complying with all applicable ordinances and Statutes regulating
buildings, electrical installations and plumbing and sanitation systems,
and shall be located not closer than ten (10) feet nor farther than
two hundred (200) feet from any trailer coach space.
5.
The
service buildings shall be well-lighted at all times of the day and
night, shall be well-ventilated with screened openings, shall be fire-resistant
and constructed of such moisture-proof material, including painted
woodwork, as shall permit repeated cleaning and washing, and shall
be maintained at a temperature of at least sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit
(68° F) during the period from October first (1st) to May first
(1st). The floors of the service buildings shall be of water impervious
material and shall slope to a floor drain connected with the sewage
system.
[Ord. No. 343 §9 (f), 2-11-1959]
All service buildings and the grounds of the park shall be maintained
in a clean, sightly condition and kept free of any condition that
will menace the health of any occupant or the public or constitute
a nuisance.
[Ord. No. 343 §10, 2-11-1959]
Where service buildings are maintained, the waste from the sanitary
facilities therein shall be discharged into a public sewer system
in compliance with applicable ordinances or into a private sewer and
disposal plant or septic tank system of such construction and in such
manner as will present no health hazard.
[Ord. No. 343 §11, 2-11-1959]
Tightly covered metal garbage cans shall be provided in quantities
adequate to permit disposal of all garbage and rubbish. Garbage cans
shall be located not farther than two hundred (200) feet from any
trailer coach space. The cans shall be kept in sanitary condition
at all times. Garbage and rubbish shall be collected and disposed
of as frequently as may be necessary to ensure that the garbage cans
shall not overflow.
[Ord. No. 343 §12, 2-11-1959]
Every park shall be equipped at all times with adequate fire
control facilities. No open fires shall be permitted at any place
which would endanger life or property. No fires shall be left unattended
at any time.
[Ord. No. 343 §13, 2-11-1959]
No owner or person in charge of any dog, cat or other pet animal
shall permit it to run at large or commit any nuisance within the
limits of any trailer coach park.
[Ord. No. 343 §14, 2-11-1959]
A.
It shall
be the duty of the licensee to keep a register containing a record
of all trailer coach owners and occupants located within the park.
The register shall contain the following information:
B.
The park
shall keep the register available for inspection, at all times, by
Law Enforcement Officers, Public Health Officials and other officials
whose duties necessitate acquisition of the information contained
in the register. The register records shall not be destroyed for a
period of three (3) years following the date of registration.
[Ord. No. 343 §15, 2-11-1959]
It shall be the duty of the licensee to report, on forms provided
by the City, which forms shall be signed, by both the licensee and
occupant, within ten (10) days of registration, the name and make
of any automobile, and the name, make, length and width of any trailer
occupying any space in said trailer coach park. If within thirty (30)
days of occupancy, any occupant has failed to abide by the ordinances
of the City pertaining to automobile and trailer coach license fees
it shall be the duty of the licensee to refuse further occupancy.
