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Borough of Saxonburg, PA
Butler County
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[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 1]
The following words and terms as used in this Part shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(a) 
The word "person" shall mean any natural person, partnership, firm, association, or corporation.
(b) 
The word "trailer" shall mean 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.
(c) 
The term "trailer park" shall mean any parcel or tract of land of not less than five acres, designated, 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.
In this Part, the singular shall include the plural and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 2]
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 Saxonburg, except as provided in this Part.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 3]
No person shall allow any trailer to stand upon any of the streets or alleys in the Borough of Saxonburg, without being attached to a motor vehicle.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 4]
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.[1] 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.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Chapter 16.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 5, as amended by Ord. 281, 2/27/1975]
No person shall occupy any trailer in the Borough of Saxonburg for sleeping or living purposes except in a trailer park licensed under this Part; provided, however; 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. Provided further: that trailers parked on private property for short visits may be occupied for a continuous period of no more than two weeks.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 6]
No person shall operate or occupy any trailer park within the Borough except as provided in this Part.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 7]
No person shall establish or operate any trailer park within the Borough until a permit shall have been secured from the Mayor. Any person desiring to establish or to operate a trailer park shall make application for a permit to the Mayor. With every such application, there shall be submitted a plan of such trailer park or proposed trailer park showing the following:
(a) 
The name and address of the applicant.
(b) 
The extent and area to be used for trailer park purposes.
(c) 
The location of all roadways and driveways.
(d) 
The location and proposed size of all lots intended for the parking of trailers.
(e) 
The location and number of all existing or proposed facilities to be used by the occupants of trailers, including sanitary conveniences, washrooms, toilets, laundries and utility rooms.
(f) 
The method and plan of sewage disposal.
(g) 
The method and plan of garbage and refuse disposal.
(h) 
The plan for water supply, and proposed location of fire hydrants.
(i) 
The plan for electric lighting of trailers.
(j) 
The location of fire extinguishers.
(k) 
Such application shall be accompanied by a fee of $20 to cover the cost of the services of Borough officers and employes in making the necessary studies and investigations in connection with such application.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 8]
(a) 
The minimum area of lot required for each mobile home shall be a minimum of 3,600 square feet.
(b) 
The minimum width of each lot in feet shall be 40 feet.
(c) 
The minimum width of each side yard shall be 10 feet from the furthest projected part of or addition to each mobile home.
(d) 
The minimum setback line from street right-of-way shall be 20 feet.
(e) 
The minimum rear yard setback line from other lots shall be 10 feet.
(f) 
All streets for vehicle traffic within the park shall be a minimum of 20 feet in width and shall be maintained by the owner of the park.
(g) 
No streets shall dead-end within the park or otherwise. Turnarounds shall be 50 feet.
(h) 
All parks shall be furnished with streetlighting as is customary on Borough streets, and the owner of the park shall provide and pay for the same.
(i) 
All streets shall be provided with a smooth, hard and dust-free surface.
(j) 
No part of any park shall be used for any other purpose except such uses as are required for the direct servicing and maintenance of the park.
[1]
Editor's Note: This heading and the headings of §§ 15- 9 to 15-13 of this chapter are part of this ordinance as enacted.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 9]
(a) 
Only Borough water may be used to service said mobile homes.
(b) 
Well water may not be used.
(c) 
Each individual mobile home and service building must and shall be connected into the public water line. Wastewater must be disposed of in accordance with existing ordinances of the Borough.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 10]
(a) 
Each individual mobile home and service building must and shall be connected into a public sewage disposal system such as any public sewer authority.
(b) 
No septic tanks shall be used.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 11]
(a) 
Each individual mobile home and service building must and shall be connected into an electrical distribution system in accordance with recognized practice and procedure.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 12]
(a) 
Fire hydrants, as designed and approved by the public water company, shall be installed and located within 600 feet of all mobile homes or other buildings, and the cost of construction and maintenance and rental shall be paid by the park owner.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 13]
(a) 
Before any mobile home is placed and/or [parked] in a mobile home park, the park owner shall file an application for a parking permit with the Mayor.
(b) 
The fee for the parking permit shall be $5 for each mobile home.
(c) 
The application shall contain such information as required by the Borough, including but not limited to the following:
The name and address of the park owner.
The names and ages of all occupants of the mobile home.
The size of the mobile home.
The placement on the lot, etc.
(d) 
Upon receipt of a duly completed application and payment of the required fee the Mayor shall issue a parking permit for said mobile home.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 14]
Following the receipt of the application for a permit as provided above, the Mayor shall cause an investigation to be made of the premises to which such application relates, in order to assure himself before issuing such permit, that all requirements of this Part applicable to trailer parks are conformed with. In connection with such investigation, the Building Inspector, the Health Officer and any other Borough officer or employe requested to do so by the Mayor shall visit the premises in order to determine whether requirements as to which they have particular knowledge and understanding are adhered to.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 15]
Immediately following the investigation required under § 15-14 of this Part, when the Mayor shall be satisfied that all the applicable requirements of this Part have been adhered to, or are to be adhered to according to the plans for a proposed trailer park, the Mayor shall, upon receipt of $50, issue a permit to establish and operate such park for a period of one year after the issuance thereof. In the event of any violation of this Part, the right to continue to operate said trailer park shall be suspended during the remainder of the then current permit period; and further, no permit shall be issued for the ensuing year.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 16]
Whenever the ownership or management of any trailer camp shall have been changed, the new owner or manager thereof shall forthwith notify the Mayor, who shall amend the permit for such trailer camp, as well as the pertinent records of the Borough, to indicate such change.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 17]
No permit issued under this Part shall be transferable to a different location. No person, holding a permit under this Part, shall extend or reduce the area of any trailer camp, add any new facilities or structure or permit the same to be done, or eliminate any existing facility or structure, until notice of such proposed change shall have been given to the Mayor and the Mayor 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 Part and other relevant Borough ordinances, and shall have signified that fact by his approval.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 18]
Prior to the date of expiration of any permit issued under this Part the holder thereof may apply to the Mayor for renewal thereof, such application to be accompanied by a fee of $50 Following any investigation deemed necessary by the Mayor to ascertain whether all the requirements of this Part continue to be adhered to, the Mayor shall renew such permit for a further period of one year.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 19]
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. 237, 7/24/1968, § 20]
In each trailer park toilet facilities shall be connected to the sanitary sewer system as now provided by ordinance[1] for individual residences. Minimum requirements shall be as follows:
There shall be separate toilet rooms for each sex located not more than 200 feet from a lot for an individual trailer. Such toilet rooms shall be provided with one flush toilet for each sex for each ten-trailer lots or fraction thereof; and, in addition, one urinal for each toilet room [provided for males].[2]
[Each toilet room] shall include lavatories with hot and cold water in the ratio of one lavatory to every two or less toilets.
Toilet rooms shall be adequately heated when the outside temperature renders it necessary.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Chapter 19.
[2]
Editor's Note: As enacted, it appears that there was an inadvertent typographical error in this portion of the section. The correction is provided as it seems to have been intended.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 21]
In each trailer park, there shall be provided separate bathing facilities for each sex, with one shower or tub bath, enclosed in a compartment at least four feet square, for each sex for each ten-trailer lots, or fraction thereof. Each shower compartment shall be supplemented by an adjacent individual dressing compartment. Bathing facilities for each sex shall be located not more than 200 feet from any lot for an individual trailer. Bathing rooms shall be adequately heated when the outside temperature renders it necessary. Such facilities shall use only public water and sewage connections in accordance with this Part and other controlling Borough ordinances.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 22]
In each trailer park, there shall be provided a laundry room, with laundry trays, in the ratio of one double tray for each ten individual trailer lots. Said room to use only public water and sewage connections in accordance with this Part and other controlling Borough ordinances.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 23]
Floors of toilet rooms, bathing rooms and laundry rooms in each trailer park shall be of concrete, tile or similar material impervious to water and easily cleaned, and pitched to a floor drain. Liquid wastes from toilets, baths, lavatories, office and laundry rooms shall be disposed of in accordance with controlling Borough ordinances.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 24]
No cooking shall be permitted in any trailer not furnished with a sink and a connection with a sanitary sewer.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 25]
Any plumbing, electric, building or other work in the premises of any trailer park located in the Borough of Saxonburg shall be in accordance with any other ordinances of the Borough regulating such subjects; provided, however: if there is any conflict between any such ordinance and any of the provisions of this Part, the provisions of this Part shall control as to trailer parks only.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 26]
All ordinances of the Borough applicable to the accumulation, collection, segregation and disposal of garbage[1] shall be applicable to trailer parks located in the Borough, and shall be adhered to strictly by persons owning and operating trailer parks and by persons occupying trailers therein.
[1]
See Chapter 10.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 27]
In every trailer park there shall be an office 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 Part, and of this Part, shall at all times be posted in such office, and the register of such trailer park shall at all times be kept therein.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 28]
Every person holding a permit under this Part 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 park, 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 park and the date of departure therefrom.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 29]
Each person holding a permit under this Part 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 violations which may come to his attention.
(c) 
He shall report to the Council 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.
(d) 
He shall maintain in convenient places, designated by the Fire Chief of the Borough, hand fire extinguishers, in good working order, in the ratio of one to every eight trailer lots or fraction thereof.
(e) 
He shall prohibit the lighting of any open fire upon the premises.
(f) 
He shall prohibit the use of any trailer by a greater number of occupants than that which it is designed to accommodate.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 30]
Any person operating a trailer park within the Borough of Saxonburg at the time of adoption of this Part shall cause the same to conform to the requirements of this Part and shall make application for, and secure a permit to operate such trailer park within three months from the effective date of this Part.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 31]
It shall be the duty of the Mayor to enforce the provisions of this Part and, to that end, he shall from time to time make or cause to be made, by the police or any other Borough officer or employe, an inspection to ascertain any trailer park continues to operate strictly under the provisions of this Part.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 32, as amended by Ord. 281, 2/27/1975]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Part shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300 and costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than 30 days, provided each day's continuance of a violation shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. 237, 7/24/1968, § 33]
The provisions of this Part shall be severable and if any of the provisions thereof shall be declared unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of this Part. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Borough Council that the remaining provisions thereof would have been enacted notwithstanding such unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity.