[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Catawissa as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building permits — See Ch. 136.
Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 153.
Sewers — See Ch. 267.
Storage of vehicles — See Ch. 326.
Zoning — See Ch. 345.
[Adopted 8-13-1970 by Ord. No. 195 (Ch. 14, Part 2, of the 1983 Code of Ordinances)]
A. 
The following words and terms, as used in this article, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
PERSON
Any natural person, partnership, firm, association or corporation.
TRAILER
Any structure which is mounted, or designated for mounting, on wheels, and which includes accommodations designed for sleeping or living purposes for one or more persons, excepting a device used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
TRAILER PARK
Any lot, parcel or tract of land designed, maintained or intended for the purpose of supplying a location or accommodations for any trailer or self-contained mobile unit, or upon which any trailer or self-contained mobile unit 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, which trailer park shall be laid out and improved with facilities for at least 10 units in the manner hereinafter described.
B. 
In this article, the singular shall include the plural, and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
No person shall occupy any trailer or self-contained mobile unit in the Borough of Catawissa for sleeping or living purposes except in a trailer park licensed under this article, provided 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.
Any trailer in the Borough of Catawissa suitable for sleeping or living purposes which shall have been placed on a permanent foundation or shall have been incorporated into or which forms part of an adjacent structure shall not be considered as a trailer but shall be considered, for all Borough purposes, as a dwelling or residence.
[Amended 6-9-1983 by Ord. No. 268]
A. 
No person shall establish or operate any trailer park within the Borough until a permit shall have been secured from the Mayor of the Borough. Any person desiring to establish or to operate a trailer park shall make application for a permit to the Mayor of the Borough. With every such application, there shall be submitted a plan of such trailer park or proposed trailer park showing the following:
(1) 
The name and address of the applicant.
(2) 
The extent and area to be used for trailer park purposes.
(3) 
The location of all roadways and driveways.
(4) 
The location of all lots intended for the parking of trailers.
(5) 
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.
(6) 
The method and plan of sewage disposal.
(7) 
The method and plan of garbage and refuse disposal.
(8) 
The plan for water supply.
(9) 
The plan for electric lighting of trailers.
(10) 
The location of fire extinguishers.
(11) 
A statement that the premises proposed to be occupied by such trailer park shall conform to the provisions of any zoning ordinance now in force or hereafter adopted.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 345, Zoning.
B. 
Such application shall be accompanied by a fee of $300 to cover the cost of the services of Borough officers and employees in making the necessary studies and investigations in connection with such application.
[Amended 6-9-1983 by Ord. No. 268]
Following the receipt of the application for a permit as provided above, the Mayor of the Borough 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 article applicable to trailer parks are conformed with. In connection with such investigation, the Code Enforcement Officer and any other Borough officer or employee requested to do so by the Mayor of the Borough shall visit the premises in order to determine whether requirements as to which they have particular knowledge and understanding are adhered to.
[Amended 6-9-1983 by Ord. No. 268]
Immediately following the investigation required under § 211-6, when the Mayor of the Borough shall be satisfied that all the applicable requirements of this article have been adhered to, or are to be adhered to according to the plans for a proposed trailer park, the Mayor of the Borough 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 article. A suspended permit may be reinstated by the Mayor of the Borough for the balance of the year for which it was issued upon compliance by the holder thereof of with the provisions of this article. No person shall operate a trailer park in the Borough during the time when the permit therefor shall have been suspended.
Whenever the ownership or management of any trailer park shall have been changed, the new owner or manager thereof shall forthwith notify the Mayor of the Borough, who shall amend the permit for such trailer park, as well as the pertinent records of the Borough, to indicate such change.
No permit issued under this article shall be transferable to a different location. No person holding a permit under this article 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 Mayor of the Borough and he 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 article, and shall have signified that fact by his approval.
[Amended 6-9-1983 by Ord. No. 268]
Prior to the date of expiration of any permit issued under this article, the holder thereof may apply to the Mayor of the Borough for renewal thereof, such application to be accompanied by a fee of $100. Following any investigation deemed necessary by the Mayor of the Borough to ascertain whether all the requirements of this article continue to be adhered to, the Mayor of the Borough shall renew such permit for a further period of one year.
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 stormwater or other water.
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 1,500 square feet. Each lot shall be a minimum of 25 feet in width and shall abut upon a roadway or driveway not less than 20 feet wide. Every such roadway or driveway shall be paved with blacktop, concrete, or other approved type of surface, be well drained, shall be clearly marked, adequately lighted at night, and easily accessible to a public street. Lots for individual trailers shall be so located and arranged that when the trailer is located thereon no part of a trailer shall be nearer than 10 feet to the roadway or driveway adjacent to said lot. Each trailer park shall have a separate exit and separate entrance leading to a public street or highway.
[Amended 6-9-1983 by Ord. No. 268]
In each trailer park, a sufficient supply of pure, healthful drinking water from a source and of a quality approved by the appropriate agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, not more than 50 feet from any trailer, shall be provided in convenient locations. Waste from each outlet shall be emptied into a drain connected with an approved disposal system. No common drinking vessel shall be provided. An abundant supply of hot water shall be provided at all times for bathing, washing and laundry facilities.
[Amended 6-9-1983 by Ord. No. 268]
In each trailer park, toilet facilities connected with the sanitary sewer system in the Borough of Catawissa shall be provided as follows. There shall be separate toilet rooms for each sex located not more than 200 feet from any lot for an individual trailer. Such toilet rooms shall be provided with one flush toilet for each sex for each 10 trailer lots, or fraction thereof, and, in addition, one urinal for each flush toilet provided for men. Each toilet room shall include lavatories with hot and cold water, in the ratio of one lavatory to every two toilets. Toilet rooms shall be adequately heated when the outside temperature renders it necessary. No trailer provided with an inside toilet facility not connected to the sanitary sewer system of the Borough of Catawissa shall be accommodated in any trailer park unless there shall be available, in a room separate from the other toilet rooms, a hopper with flushing facilities for the disposal of the contents of night waste containers. Adequate facilities shall be provided for the washing of such containers, and the washings and hopper wastes shall be disposed of in such manner as shall be approved by the appropriate Commonwealth agency; provided trailer units equipped with recirculatory toilets, or holding tanks, may be accommodated if the trailer park is equipped with approved pump-out facilities.
In each trailer park, there shall be provided separate bathing facilities for each sex, with each shower or tub bath enclosed in a compartment at least four feet square. For each 10 trailer lots, or fraction thereof, a separate shower or tub bath for each sex shall be provided. Each shower or tub bath 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.
In each trailer park, there shall be provided a laundry room, with laundry trays, in the ratio of one double tray for each 10 individual trailer lots.
Floors of toilet rooms, bathing rooms and laundry rooms in each trailer park shall be of concrete, quarry, tile, or similar material, impervious to water and easily cleaned, and pitched to a floor drain. Liquid wastes from toilets, baths, lavatories and laundry rooms shall be piped to and connected with the sanitary sewer system.
No cooking shall be permitted in any trailer not furnished with a sink and a connection with a sanitary sewer unless there shall be located, within 150 feet of such trailer, a hopper or a kitchen or laundry sink for the disposal of dishwater. In every case, such facilities for the disposal of dishwater shall be separate from the hopper for the disposal of sanitary sewage wastes and the washings from night waste containers.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
All plumbing, electrical, building and other work in the premises of any trailer park located in the Borough of Catawissa shall be in accordance with any other ordinances of the Borough regulating such subjects (see Chapter 153, Construction Codes, Uniform); provided, however, if there is any conflict between any such ordinance and any of the provisions of this article, the provisions of this article shall control as to trailer parks only.
All trailers parked or located in trailer parks within the Borough of Catawissa shall be subject to the applicable tax ordinances of the Borough on the use or occupancy of house trailers; and all ordinances of the 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.
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 article, and of this article, shall at all times be posted in such office, and the register of such trailer park shall at all times be kept therein.
Every person holding a permit under this article 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.
[Amended 6-9-1983 by Ord. No. 268]
Each person holding a permit under this article 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 appropriate commonwealth agency all cases of persons or animals affected or suspected of being affected with any communicable disease, when 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.
G. 
He shall collect and transmit to the Borough all taxes on the use or occupancy of house trailers under applicable Borough ordinances, and in the event of his failure to collect said taxes shall be personally liable therefor in the event the same shall not have otherwise been paid to the Borough.
Any person operating a trailer park within the Borough of Catawissa at the time of the adoption of this article shall cause the same to conform to the requirements of this article and shall make application for, and secure, a permit to operate such trailer park within three months from the effective date of this article. Any person having a trailer parked or located within the Borough of Catawissa at the time of the adoption of this article other than a trailer park required to be licensed under the terms of this article shall immediately conform with the provisions of this article.
It shall be the duty of the Mayor of the Borough to enforce the provisions of this article, 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 article.
The Mayor of the Borough may designate such persons as shall be selected by him to act as the issuing officer for permits under the provisions of this article and to perform such other duties as may be proper.
[Amended 6-9-1983 by Ord. No. 268]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300 and/or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days. Every day that a violation of this article continues shall constitute a separate offense.
[Adopted 8-13-1970 by Ord. No. 196 (Ch. 14, Part 1, of the 1983 Code of Ordinances)]
All mobile homes hereinafter located in the Borough of Catawissa shall comply with the terms of this article and any other ordinances or regulations of the Borough now in force or hereafter passed, governing the construction, erection, maintenance and/or improvement of residences within the Borough.
[Amended 12-13-1973 by Ord. No. 220]
Mobile home parks shall be established in compliance with the following minimum lot and yard and maximum density requirements:
A. 
Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
MOBILE HOME PARK
Any lot, parcel or tract of land upon which two or more mobile homes are placed, constructed, or erected.
B. 
Lot area and width.
(1) 
Area: two acres.
(2) 
Width: 300 feet.
C. 
Yards:
(1) 
Front yard: 50 feet deep.
(2) 
Each side yard: 10 feet deep.
(3) 
Rear yard: 20 feet deep.
D. 
Density. Six mobile home spaces per gross acre, provided that no mobile home shall be placed closer than 20 feet to an adjoining mobile home or structure. (Gross acreage includes the total mobile home park area, including, but not limited to, mobile home spaces, driveways and recreation areas.)
All mobile home parks not served by a public or other off-lot sewage system shall be provided with an adequate internal sewage collection and treatment system (as determined and approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection) to serve the design capacity of the park; however, the collection system may be installed as the park is developed.
A planting strip, not less than 20 feet wide, shall be provided and maintained along all lot lines of a mobile home park; provided, however, that required trees and shrubs shall be set back at least 30 feet from the front lot line. Screen planting shall be composed of at least one row of deciduous and/or evergreen trees, spaced not more than 40 feet apart, and not less than two alternating rows of shrubs, spaced not more than eight feet apart.
The sale of mobile homes, provided that such is incidental to the mobile home park, and convenience uses such as a commissary and laundry facilities, providing that such serve the residents of the park only, shall be permitted accessory uses to mobile home parks, and providing further that no permitted accessory use shall be located within any required yard area.
All mobile home spaces shall abut upon a driveway of not less than 20 feet in width, and walkways not less than two feet in width shall be provided from the mobile home spaces to service buildings, provided that such driveways and walkways shall be hard surfaced and lighted with lamps not less than 25 watts each, spaced at intervals of not less than 100 feet.
Every mobile home park shall contain a minimum of 200 square feet of common open areas for recreational purposes for every mobile home space installed, or intended to be installed, for the use of the residents of the park.
[Amended 12-13-1973 by Ord. No. 220; 6-9-1983 by Ord. No. 268]
A. 
No person shall establish or operate any mobile home park within the Borough until a permit shall have been secured from the Code Enforcement Officer. With every application for a permit, there shall be submitted a scale drawing showing the layout of mobile home spaces, accessory building, access drives, recreation and planting areas and the sanitary sewerage system, having the approval of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection as part of the required plot plan, and such plan shall be approved by the Borough Engineer and Borough Council before any permit shall be issued by the Code Enforcement Officer.
B. 
The application must also contain a statement that the premises proposed to be occupied by such mobile home park shall conform to the provisions of any zoning ordinance now in force or hereafter adopted.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 345, Zoning.
C. 
Such application shall be accompanied by a fee of $300 to cover the cost of Borough officers and employees in making the necessary studies and investigations in connection with such application.
[Added 12-13-1973 by Ord. No. 220; 6-9-1983 by Ord. No. 268]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300 and/or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days. Every day that a violation of this article continues shall constitute a separate offense.