This chapter shall be known as the "House Trailer and Tourist Camp Ordinance of the Village of Boonville, New York."
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Boonville 2-6-1956 (Ch. 43 of the 1971 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is the purpose of this chapter to promote the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Village of Boonville, New York, by the more efficient regulation of the occupancy of house trailers and trailer and tourist camps within said Village.
When used in this chapter, unless otherwise expressly stated or unless the context or subject matter requires a different interpretation, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Any building of whatsoever material constructed, designed or equipped to be used for living, sleeping or eating by transient or seasonal occupants only.
Any vehicle designed or equipped to be used, or used, for living or sleeping quarters, and designed to move from place to place on wheels and to be propelled by its own power or drawn or propelled by another vehicle, whether equipped with wheels or not.
Any lot, piece or parcel of ground on which are located, or which is offered to the public for the location of, two or more tents, tenthouses, cabins, camp cottages or other buildings designed or used for sleeping facilities other than permanent homes.
Any lot, piece or parcel of ground on which are located, or which is offered to the public for the location of, two or more occupied house trailers.
A house trailer, tenthouse, tent, cabin or camp cottage designed for use by a single family.
No person or persons being the owner or occupant of any land or premises within the Village of Boonville shall use or permit the use of such land or premises for:
A.
The establishment or maintenance of a trailer or tourist camp, until a license for the establishment or maintenance of such trailer or tourist camp has been obtained as hereinafter provided; and after the issuance of such license, such camps shall not be maintained or operated other than in accordance with applicable laws and the terms of this chapter.
B.
The parking of any house trailer for the purpose of the same being used for living, sleeping or eating therein, except as hereinafter provided.
No person or persons being the owner or occupant of any house trailer shall park or otherwise locate said house trailer upon any premises within the Village of Boonville for the purpose of using the same for living, sleeping or eating quarters, nor shall any such person use or occupy any house trailer for living, sleeping or eating therein, except in a duly authorized trailer camp, except as hereinafter provided.
A license for the establishment and operation of a trailer or tourist camp in the Village of Boonville, New York, shall be issued or denied by the Village Clerk in accordance with the procedure herein specified. A verified written application for such license, executed in duplicate by the person or persons who propose to operate or maintain the said trailer or tourist camp, and if such person or persons is or are not the owner of the property upon which it is proposed to operate said camp, such application shall also be signed by the owner or owners of the property, shall be filed with the Village Clerk, accompanied by a certified check for the amount of the fee required by this chapter, and shall contain the following minimum information:
A.
The name and address of the applicant, and the names and addresses of the partners if a partnership, and the names and addresses of the principal officers if a corporation.
B.
The name and address of the owners of the premises upon which the camp is to be located.
C.
The interest of the applicant in said premises, if not the owner thereof.
D.
A description of the land or premises upon which the camp is to be located.
E.
A plan of the proposed camp, showing the parking area, permanent buildings, water supply, location of required services and proposed roadways and driveways.
F.
A complete statement showing the proposed method of sewerage disposal or removal, the water supply, electric service, and location and design of toilets, washrooms, laundry and all other services required by this chapter.
Upon receipt of each application, the Village Clerk shall immediately notify the Public Health Officer of the Village of the receipt thereof, and an investigation of the facts shall forthwith be made by said Village Clerk and Health Officer. Upon the approval of such application by both the Village Clerk and Health Officer, the Village Clerk shall forthwith issue a license, to be effective from and after the date of issuance to and including the 31st day of December next succeeding the date of issuance. If such application is not approved by the Village Clerk and Health Officer, the Village Clerk shall notify the applicant of such refusal, in writing, setting forth therein the reason or reasons for such refusal. Any person deeming himself aggrieved by the action of the Village Clerk and Health Officer may, within 30 days thereafter, apply to the Board of Trustees of the Village of Boonville for a review of such action, or the Board of Trustees of its own motion may review the same. In case any review of the action of the Village Clerk and Health Officer is to be made, the Board of Trustees should fix a date for such review and give to the applicant at least five days' written notice of the time when and place where such review will be made. The Board of Trustees may affirm, reverse or modify the determination of the Village Clerk and Health Officer and may direct the Village Clerk to issue or rescind such license. The fee is to be returned to the applicant if the license is not issued or is rescinded in accordance with the provisions of this section.
Any license issued pursuant to the terms of this chapter shall not be assignable.
The holder of any license may, between the 15th and 31st of December of each year, apply for a renewal thereof for the following year by filing with the Village Clerk a verified application showing that there has been no change of ownership, operation or maintenance of the last license. The Clerk, upon receipt of the application, shall notify the Public Health Officer of the Village, and they shall forthwith investigate the facts and approve or disapprove the application in accordance with the procedure specified in § 233-7 hereof. If the application is approved, the Clerk shall issue a renewal license upon receipt of the proper fee, to be effective from and after the first day of January next succeeding the date of issuance.
If the Health Officer, upon inspection, finds that such camp is not being maintained in a clean and sanitary condition or that such camp is not being conducted in accordance with the regulations applicable to such camp and the provisions of this chapter, he shall serve upon the holder of such license or the person in charge of such camp an order, in writing, directing that the conditions therein specified be remedied within five days after the service of such order. If, after the expiration of such period, such conditions remain unchanged or are not corrected in accordance with the order of the Health Officer, the Health Officer shall serve a notice, in writing, upon such camp licensee or the person in charge of such camp, requiring the holder of such license to appear before the Board of Trustees of the Village of Boonville at a time and place to be specified in such notice, not less than 24 hours after such service, and show cause why such license should not be revoked. The Board of Trustees may, after a hearing at which the testimony and witnesses of the Health Officer and the holder of the license shall be heard, revoke such license if the holder of such license has violated the regulation applicable to such camp or has violated any of the provisions of this chapter. Upon the revocation of such license, the premises shall forthwith cease to be used for the purpose of a camp and all occupants shall be removed therefrom.
The Village Clerk shall receive a fee of $25 for each license or renewal license issued by him, provided that if the original license be issued on or after April 1, the fee shall be 3/4 of the fee herein provided for; and if issued on or after July 1, the fee shall be 1/2 of the fee herein provided for; and if issued on or after October 1, the fee shall be 1/4 of the fee herein provided for.
The following minimum requirements shall be maintained at all times in all house trailer or tourist camps:
A.
Location. All land used as a camp shall be well-drained, of ample size, and free from heavy or dense growth of brush or weeds. The land shall be properly graded to ensure rapid drainage during and following rain, and shall at all times be drained so as to be free from stagnant pools of water. The provisions of any zoning ordinance of the Village of Boonville, as adopted and amended from time to time, shall provide for minimum camp plan requirements and location thereof.[1]
C.
Water supply. Each unit must be supplied with sufficient pure running water from approved water service facilities, or a sufficient supply of pure water must be available in a conveniently located building from approved type of water faucets or drinking fountains, and no drinking fountain shall be placed in any toilet room.
D.
Service buildings. Each camp shall be provided with service buildings in which shall be installed water closets, placed in separate compartments properly separated from any other water closet, each compartment being not less than three feet wide enclosed with proper partitions, in the ratio of one water closet for every 15 females or less, and one water closet for every 20 males or less in addition to one urinal for every 30 males or less. No licensee shall accommodate, at any time, trailers occupied by persons of either sex in excess of the minimum toilet facilities for such sex in such camp, except that the occupants of units completely equipped with private toilet facilities connected directly to approved sanitary systems shall not be included in making such determination.
E.
Showers and water facilities. Each service building shall contain for each sex one lavatory or washbasin and one shower or tub for every 20 persons or less, and one stop sink or basin for each 60 persons or fractions thereof.
F.
Laundry service. Each service building shall contain reasonable laundry facilities in a room properly separated from the toilet facilities of such building.
G.
Garbage receptacles and sanitation. Each such camp shall provide equipment sufficient to prevent littering of the grounds and premises with rubbish, garbage, refuse and the like, and shall provide flytight and watertight metal depositories with tight-fitting covers at conspicuous locations upon such premises. Such depositories and campsites shall be kept at all times in sanitary conditions. No units shall be located more than 100 feet from a depository.
H.
Discharge of waste liquids. No unit shall discharge waste liquids except that the discharge outlet is connected through a proper trap to an approved sewer septic tank or septic well, and no flush toilets in any house trailer shall be used unless the discharge outlet is connected to a sewer or septic tank, and no chemically treated toilet waste shall be disposed of except directly to a sewer.
I.
Duties of licensee. Every tourist or trailer camp shall be under the management of the licensee, who must be of good reputation and character and who shall manage such camp from an office located on the premises; there shall be maintained in such office a bound book containing a record of the names of all persons accommodated at the camp, their home addresses, the license number and make of their automobile or other vehicle; such record shall be available at all times for inspection by the Village Clerk and any police officer. It shall be the duty of the licensee of any camp:
(1)
To provide for the collection and removal of garbage and any other waste material.
(2)
To prohibit the placing or storage of unsightly material or vehicles of any kind.
(3)
To provide for the cleaning, painting, repairing and disinfecting of all buildings.
(4)
To take such other measures which shall be deemed necessary by the Health Officer to preserve the health, comfort and safety of all persons accommodated in the camp and of the general public.
(5)
To provide for the removal of all garbage and refuse from the premises at least every four days.
(6)
To prevent the committing of any nuisance in the camp premises and to report immediately to the proper authorities all acts of a disorderly character committed by any person or persons inside of the camp, and to that end to maintain proper policing thereof.
(7)
To report to the Health Officer all cases of communicable diseases or suspected cases of communicable disease affecting any inmate of the camp.
(8)
To provide underground storage for any handling of gasoline.
(9)
To comply with the National Electrical Code with respect to electric wiring and equipment.
J.
Removal of wheels. It shall be unlawful to remove wheels from a house trailer or otherwise permanently affix such house trailer to the ground. Such attempted removal shall be grounds for the revocation of the permit for such camp. No addition is to be built, erected or maintained in connection with any house trailer other than the usual awning or similar weather-protective structure.
K.
Miscellaneous requirements.
(1)
All plumbing fixtures installed in such camps shall conform to any applicable sanitary requirements.
(2)
The obtaining of a license hereunder for the use of premises as a camp shall not be construed to eliminate the necessity of complying with all other applicable ordinances, resolutions and health regulations of the Village of Boonville and other regulatory authority.
(3)
Camps must be kept in a clean and sanitary condition at all times and free of physical or fire hazards.
No house trailer shall be located upon any land or premises within the Village other than camps, unless such land or premises has erected thereon, conveniently accessible to such house trailers, adequate sanitary facilities and an approved water supply system.
Not more than one such house trailer shall be permitted to park or otherwise locate on such separate lot or parcel of land other than a camp.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
No such house trailer shall be permitted to remain occupied upon any premises, other than in a camp, for a longer period than 14 days in every 12 months, and only upon issuance of a permit therefor. The time may be extended by action of the Board of Trustees.
Each house trailer shall not be parked or otherwise located nearer than five feet to the sideline of any lot or parcel of land, nor within 30 feet of the street line of such premises.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Boonville shall provide for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. The Health Officer or any other person authorized by the Board of Trustees shall have the right to enter upon such camp, or other premises used for the parking or location of a house trailer, at all reasonable times.
[Amended 12-29-1971]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished, upon conviction, by a fine not exceeding $250 for each violation. In addition, each violation of this chapter shall constitute disorderly conduct, and each person violating the same shall be a disorderly person. Each day that a violation or failure to comply with any provision of this chapter or any regulation promulgated hereunder by the Board of Trustees occurs shall constitute a separate and distinct violation.