The purpose and intent of this chapter is:
A. To provide certain minimum standards, provisions and requirements
for safe, sanitary and suitable methods of construction and operation
of present and future trailer parks within the Borough of Springdale.
B. To assure that trailer parks shall not become a menace to public
health, morals, safety or welfare.
The following terms, phrases and words, as used in this chapter,
shall have the following respective definitions:
COTTAGE or CABIN
Any portable or movable building or structure hired, rented
or leased to any person or persons for purposes of bed or board, or
both, either temporarily or permanently, and included in a trailer
camp.
HOUSE CAR
Any vehicle for and used as sleeping or living quarters,
mounted on wheels and propelled by its own power.
OWNER or MANAGER
Any persons, firm, corporation, association, partnership
or society who has the control, direction, maintenance or supervision
of a trailer park, whether as owner or otherwise. Executors, administrators,
guardians, receivers or trustees may also be regarded as owners.
PERSON
Includes both singular and plural and means a human being,
his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, and also includes
a firm, partnership, association, corporation or society, and its
or their successors or assigns and their agents, servants and employees.
STREET
Includes any street, alley, avenue, lane, boulevard, drive,
public place or highway commonly used for the purpose of travel within
the corporate limits of the Borough of Springdale.
TRAILER COACH or TRAILER
Any vehicle which is being used as sleeping or living quarters,
which is or may be mounted on wheels and is or may be propelled, either
by its own power or by another power-driven vehicle to which it is
or can be attached. The term "trailer coach" also covers and includes
a trailer car, automobile trailer and house trailer.
TRAILER PARK and TRAILER CAMP
Any lot, tract or parcel of land where two or more trailer
coaches are parked by the day, week or for a longer period of time,
either for or without compensation, and shall include any building,
structure, tent, vehicle or enclosure used or intended for use as
a part of the equipment of such trailer park.
UNIT
Any section or plot of ground used for the purpose of locating
thereon one cabin, one cottage, one trailer, or one house car.
Each application for a license or renewal thereof shall be accompanied
by four copies of a park plan clearly showing the following, either
existing or as proposed:
A. The extent and area to be used for trailer park purposes.
B. Driveways at entrances and exits; location, dimensions and kind of
roadways.
C. Locations and dimensions of sites for trailer coaches.
D. Location and number of sanitary facilities, including toilets, lavatories,
toilet rooms, showers, washrooms and laundry-drying space.
E. Method, plan and location of sewage disposal.
F. Method and plan of garbage collection and removal.
H. Plan of electric lighting.
A sufficient supply of Borough water not more than 200 feet
from any trailer coach shall be provided. Waste from this supply shall
be emptied into a drain connected to the Borough sewerage system.
No common drinking cup or vessel shall be provided or used. Trailer
parks shall not be required to furnish drinking fountains. A sufficient
supply of hot and cold water shall be provided at all times for bathing,
washing and laundry facilities. No facilities solely for drinking
water shall be located in the toilet compartments.
Liquid and other waste from shower, lavatories, toilets, bathtubs,
also slop sinks and other plumbing fixtures, shall be emptied into
the Borough sewer system.
The owner and/or operator of the trailer park shall provide
supervision and equipment sufficient to prevent covering and/or littering
the ground with garbage, rubbish, waste and debris. Flytight metal
containers or other garbage receptacles with tight-fitting covers
as provided by valid Borough ordinances shall be conveniently located
in or on the trailer park at a central point. The owner and operator
of the trailer park shall keep such containers and receptacles in
a sanitary condition at all times. No garbage is to be burned in or
on any part of said trailer park. The owner and/or operator of said
park shall, and he is hereby required to, dispose of such garbage
in a lawful manner at his expense at least twice weekly. It shall
be unlawful for anyone to empty, pour, drop, spill, throw or drain
wastewater, garbage or other refuse on, over or upon the surface of
any trailer park.
Upon receipt by the Borough Secretary of the application for
a trailer park license or a renewal thereof, said officer or his duly
authorized representatives shall enter upon the premises described
in said application and inspect same for the purpose of ascertaining
that the provisions of this chapter and any and all ordinances of
said Borough and the laws and statutes of the State of Pennsylvania
and the United States of America have been and are being complied
with by said applicant. Upon being satisfied that the applicant is
complying with all the requirements set forth above, the Borough Secretary
shall issue a license to the applicant to operate the trailer park
applied for, provided the license fees described herein have been
fully paid and the improvements to said trailer park have been made
in accordance with the terms and provisions of this chapter. Should
such application be refused, then the applicant shall, within 10 days
thereafter, be notified in writing by the Borough Secretary of the
reasons for the refusal, and he shall have the right to appeal from
such decision as herein provided.
The Borough Council or any other duly authorized employee of
the Borough shall have the right and authority to enter upon the trailer
parks at any and all reasonable times for the purpose of inspecting
same and to see that no legal violations are being made. If the licensee
violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or if upon the aforesaid
inspection it shall be found that the lessee or any of his agents,
representatives or employees are violating any provision of this chapter
or any other ordinances of the Borough of Springdale or the laws of
the State of Pennsylvania, such violations shall be reported to the
Borough Secretary, and, upon receipt thereof, said officer shall have
the right, power and authority to revoke, or suspend for any period
of time, any license or renewal thereof issued hereunder, after written
notice to the licensee and proper hearing concerning the matter.
The Borough Secretary shall, upon refusing to issue a trailer
park license or a renewal thereof, or upon revoking or suspending
any such license, notify, in writing, the licensee of the reasons
therefor.
[Amended 11-20-2018 by Ord. No. 1277]
Any person or persons, corporations, or organizations found
guilty of violating any provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof by the Magisterial District Judge, be fined the sum of not
less than $300 nor more than $600 and, upon failure to pay, incarcerated
in the Allegheny County Jail for a period not exceed 30 days. Every
violation of this chapter and each day that such violation continues
shall constitute a separate and distinct offense and shall be subject
to separate and distinct penalty hereunder without further notice
or additional citation to the offender.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion
of this chapter is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional
by any court of competent jurisdiction, such section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase or portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct
and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions thereof.