[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 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:
Any natural person, partnership, firm, association or corporation.
Any structure which is mounted, or designed for mounting,
on wheels, or which is brought to a location as substantially a single
unit by truck trailer or towing, and which includes accommodations
designed for sleeping or living purposes for one or more persons.
Any lot, parcel or tract of land used, planned, 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.
Such Council member, agent or employee appointed to such
office by the Glen Rock Borough Council.
In this Part, the singular shall include the plural and the
masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 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 Glen Rock, except
as provided in this Part.
[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 3]
No person shall allow any trailer to stand upon any of the streets
or alleys in the Borough of Glen Rock without being attached to a
motor vehicle.
[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 4]
No person shall park any trailer, attached to a motor vehicle,
on any street or alley in the Borough of Glen Rock 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
said Borough 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. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 5]
No person shall operate any trailer in the Borough of Glen Rock
for sleeping or living purposes except in a trailer park licensed
under this Part unless such trailer conforms to and complies with
all plumbing, electrical, sanitary and building ordinances of said
Borough 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 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.
[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 6]
No person shall operate or occupy any trailer park within said
Borough except as provided in this Part.
[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 7; as amended by
Ord. 490 (2017-05), 10/18/2017]
1.
No person shall establish or operate any trailer park within said
Borough until a permit shall have been secured from the Trailer Park
Officer. Any person desiring to establish or to operate a trailer
park shall make application for a permit to the Trailer Park Officer.
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 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,
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.
I.
The plan for electric lighting of trailers.
J.
The location of fire extinguishers.
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Such application shall be accompanied by a fee in an amount
as established, from time to time, by resolution of Borough Council,
to cover the cost of the services of Borough officers and employees
in making the necessary studies and investigations in connection with
such application.
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[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 8]
Following the receipt of the application for a permit as provided
above, the Trailer Park Officer 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 employee requested to do so by the
Trailer Park Officer shall visit the premises in order to determine
whether requirements as to which they have particular knowledge and
understanding are met.
[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 9]
Immediately following the investigation required under the § 14-108 of this Part when the Trailer Park Officer 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 Trailer Park Officer 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 Part. A suspended permit may be reinstated by the Trailer Park Officer, for the balance of the year for which it was issued, upon compliance of the holder thereof of all the provisions of this Part. No person shall operate a trailer park in said Borough during the time when the permit therefor shall have been suspended.
[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 10]
Whenever the ownership or management of any trailer park shall
have been changed the new owner or manager thereof shall forthwith
notify the Trailer Park Officer who shall amend the permit for such
trailer park as well as the pertinent records of said Borough to indicate
such change.
[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 11]
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 park, add any new facility
or structure, or eliminate any existing facility or structure, until
notice of such proposed change shall have been given to the Trailer
Park Officer and he shall have ascertained, after investigation as
in the case of an original application for permit, that such proposed
change is in accordance with all requirements of this Part, and shall
have signified that fact by his approval.
[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 12; as amended by
Ord. 490 (2017-05), 10/18/2017]
Prior to the date of expiration of any permit issued under this
Part the holder thereof may apply to the Trailer Park Officer for
renewal thereof, such application to be accompanied by a fee in an
amount as established, from time to time, by resolution of Borough
Council, per lot in such trailer park. Following any investigation
deemed necessary by the Trailer Park Officer to ascertain whether
all the requirements of this Part continue to be adhered to, the Trailer
Park Officer shall renew such permit for a further period of one year.
[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 13]
Every trailer park shall be located in a properly drained area,
and the premises shall be properly graded so as to prevent the accumulation
of storm or other water.
[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 14, as amended by
Ord. 199 (72-6), 5/18/1972, § 1]
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 5,000 square feet. Each lot shall abut upon a roadway or driveway,
not less than 20 feet wide. Every such roadway or driveway shall be
well drained, shall be clearly marked, adequately lighted at night,
and easily accessible to a public street.
[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/19/1970, § 15]
In each trailer park, a sufficient supply of pure, healthful
drinking water from a source and of a quality approved by the Pennsylvania
Department of Health, shall be provided for each trailer. Waste from
each outlet shall be emptied into a drain connected with a sanitary
sewer. No common drinking vessel shall be provided. An abundant supply
of hot water shall be provided at all times for laundry facilities.
[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 16]
No common toilet or bathroom facilities of any kind shall be
erected or maintained in the trailer park. No trailer not equipped
with inside toilet and bathroom facilities shall be accommodated at
any time in the trailer park.
[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 17]
Each lot for individual trailers shall be connected to a sanitary
sewer and no cesspools or septic tanks shall be constructed or maintained
at any time in the trailer park.
[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 18]
In each trailer park, there shall be provided a laundry room,
with laundry tubs, in the ratio of one double tub for each 10 individual
trailer lots.
[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 19]
Floor of 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 waste from laundry rooms shall be
piped to a sanitary sewer.
[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 20]
No cooking shall be permitted in any trailer not furnished with
a sink and a connection with a sanitary sewer.
[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 21]
All plumbing, electrical, building and other work in the premises
of any trailer park located in the Borough of Glen Rock shall be in
accordance with any other ordinances of said 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. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 22]
All ordinances of said Borough applicable to the accumulation,
collection, segregation and disposal of garbage 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.
[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 23]
In every trailer park there shall be a trailer or other 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 a copy
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. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 24]
1.
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 address 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. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 25]
1.
Each person holding a permit under this Part shall adhere to the
following additional regulations at all times:
A.
He shall maintain such trailer park 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 Pennsylvania Department of Health all cases
of persons or animals affected or suspected of being affected with
a communicable disease, where he shall have reason to believe that
medical attention has not been sought.
D.
He shall maintain on convenient places, designated by the Fire Chief
of said 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 designated to accommodate.
[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 26]
Any person operating a trailer park within the Borough of Glen
Rock at the time of adoption of this Part shall cause the same to
conform to the requirements of this Part unless same cannot be accomplished
at a reasonable expense in the judgment of the Trailer Park Officer
in which case he may allow a special exception as to such nonconformance,
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. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 27]
It shall be the duty of the Trailer Park Officer 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 employee, an inspection to ascertain whether any trailer
park continues to operate strictly under the provisions of this Part.
[Ord. 181 (70-2), 4/9/1970, § 28; as amended by
Ord. 490 (2017-05), 10/18/2017]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to a fine
of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said
fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 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.
