This article shall be known as "The 1957 House Trailer Ordinance
of the Village of Oakfield."
A.
It is the purpose of this ordinance to regulate house trailers and
house trailer camps within the Village of Oakfield to require that
such camps shall be laid out and established in accordance with approved
plans, to prescribe regulations for such camps, to require the registration
of the occupants thereof and prescribe a time limit on the duration
of a stay of persons and house trailers outside of such camps.
B.
The Village Board does hereby declare that this ordinance is adopted
in the interest of public health and safety of the inhabitants of
the Village of Oakfield to prevent nuisances and generally protect
the welfare of the people of the Village of Oakfield.
As used in this ordinance, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A calendar month or any part of a calendar month.
A lot or space which shall be assigned to, used and occupied
by one house trailer or by one tent or by any one house tent.
Any vehicle used, designated for use, or capable of being
used as sleeping and living quarters whether propelled by its own
power or by the power of another vehicle to which it may be attached.
Any lot, piece or parcel of land whereon two or more house
trailers, tents or tent houses used, designed for use, or capable
of being used as living or sleeping quarters are placed, parked or
located.
This ordinance shall apply to all house trailers and house trailer
camps which in the future may be located in the Village of Oakfield
and shall apply equally to all existing house trailer camps located
in said Village on the date of the enactment of this ordinance, except
that the operator or owner of any house camps shall have a period
of 60 days after the effective date of this ordinance in which to
comply with the provisions of this ordinance.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
store, park or otherwise locate house trailers for a longer period
than 10 days in every twelve-month period when used or occupied as
living quarters in any part of said Village of Oakfield.
A.
It shall be unlawful within the Village of Oakfield for any person,
corporation or association to establish, construct, maintain or operate
a trailer camp without securing annually a license from the Village
Board of the Village of Oakfield. The application for a license or
the renewal of a license shall be accompanied by a fee as set from
time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees for each trailer
unit or plot in the existing or in a proposed trailer camp and shall
be filed with the Village Clerk-Treasurer.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
B.
Licenses and permits.
(1)
Licenses
and permits for trailer camps shall be issued for a period of a calendar
year and shall expire at 12:00 midnight on December 31 of the calendar
year for which they had been issued.
(2)
Applications
for the renewal of a license and of a permit shall be in the same
manner as for the initial license and initial permit. The applicant
shall provide the Village Board with such information, facts and plans
as may be required by the Village Board. The form and contents of
the application shall be as determined by a resolution of the Village
Board.
C.
Fees.
(1)
For
each trailer located or placed in a licensed trailer camp, there shall
be charged a fee of $6 for a permit for each calendar month or portion
thereof for the period for which the house trailer, tent, or tent
house is located in the camp.
(2)
The
fees for permits shall be paid by the person to whom the license was
issued, to the Village Clerk-Treasurer, on or before the fifth day
of each month for each of the trailers, tents or tent houses located
or placed in the camp during the preceding calendar month.
D.
Except that for each trailer, tent or house tent on which the owner
or lessee of the premises has paid state, county and town taxes and
assessments, the permit fees for the months of March, April, May,
June, July, August and September shall not be charged and the permit
issued without payment of the fee. Also except that for each trailer,
tent or tent house on which the owner or lessee of the premises has
paid local school taxes, the permit fees for the months of October,
November, and December of the current calendar year and of January
and February of the following year shall not be charged and the permit
issued without charge.
E.
In making an application for a trailer camp license, there shall
be submitted a layout of the premises, drawn to scale, showing areas
designated for playground and recreation; streets for the circulation
of vehicles within the camp; streetlighting; fire protection; size
and arrangement of individual sites; that the land is of such character
that it can be safely used for camp purposes without danger to health,
or peril from fire, flood or other menace; that the streets will be
adequately graded, surfaced and drained; that a potable water supply
and the method of disposal or treatment of household and human wastes
has received the approval of the state or county health and sanitation
agency having jurisdiction relative to such installations; and that
an adequate fence will be placed on each property boundary line so
as to prevent trespass upon adjacent lands.
F.
The plot plan shall be subject to review by the Village Board. The
Village Board shall not issue a license for the operation of a trailer
camp until the provisions of this ordinance have been met.
G.
The plots for each camp unit shall have an area not less than 7,500
square feet, a width of not less than 50 feet and a depth of not less
than 150 feet.
H.
In making application for such license for a trailer camp, the applicant
shall state the facilities to be provided for garbage receptacles,
collections and disposal, the method of keeping records and registration
of persons, vehicles and trailers using or occupying the facilities
of the camp. It shall be the duty of the licensee to keep the premises
in clean and sanitary condition at all times and to report the occurrence
of any communicable disease to the Health Officer of the Village of
Oakfield.
I.
Wheels
shall not be removed from any trailer, and the exterior of a trailer
shall not be altered so as to extend the floor area of the trailer
by the addition of other structures.
J.
No trailer shall be located or placed nearer than 15 feet to the
boundary line of the plot on which it is located. No trailer shall
be located or placed nearer than 25 feet to any property boundary.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision of
this article shall be subject to a fine of not more than $250 or to
imprisonment for a period of not less than 15 days, or both such fine
and imprisonment, and, in addition, the violation of this article
or any of the provisions thereof shall subject the person, firm or
corporation violating the same to a civil penalty in the sum of $50,
and when the violation of this article is continuous, each 24 hours
thereof shall constitute a separate and distinct violation; said penalty
to be recovered by the Village of Oakfield in a civil action. The
application of the above penalty or penalties or the prosecution for
the violation of the provisions of this article shall not be deemed
to prevent the revocation of any license or permit issued pursuant
thereto or the enforced removal of conditions prohibited by this article.
A.
None of
the provisions of this ordinance shall be applicable to any house
trailers stored or garaged within a building where such trailers are
not being used or occupied as living or sleeping quarters.
B.
The issuance
of a trailer camp license pursuant to this ordinance shall not be
deemed to waive compliance of the holder thereof, by the property
owner, or by any occupant of said camp with any law, ordinance or
health regulation applicable to said trailer camp.
A.
Any police officer or health officer having jurisdiction, any member
of the Village Board and any other duly authorized agent or employee
of the Village of Oakfield shall have the right at any time to enter
any trailer camp or other premises used for the parking or location
of a house trailer and shall have the right at all times to inspect
any part of said premises and to inspect the records required to be
kept in any trailer camp.
B.
If any officer, agent or employee authorized to make an inspection
as provided in this section finds that the premises of a trailer camp
is not being maintained in a clean and sanitary condition, or is not
being conducted in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance,
such facts shall be reported to the Village Board and the Village
Board may direct the Village Clerk-Treasurer to serve an order, in
writing, upon the holder of the license or the person in charge of
the camp directing that the conditions specified therein be remedied
within five days of the date of service of such order. If such conditions
are not corrected after the expiration of said five-day period, the
Village Board may cause a notice, in writing, to be served upon the
holder of the license or the person in charge of the camp requiring
such person to appear before the Village Board at a time to be specified
in the notice not less than 24 hours after service thereof and show
cause why such trailer camp license should not be revoked. The Village
Board may, after hearing at which testimony of witnesses may be taken
and the holder of the license shall be heard, revoke such license
if said Village Board shall find that the camp is not being maintained
in a clean and sanitary condition, or if they find that any provisions
of this ordinance have been violated, or for other sufficient cause.
Upon the revocation of a license, the premises shall cease to be used
for the purpose of a trailer camp, and all house trailers, tents and
tent houses shall be removed therefrom.
