[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Winslow 8-28-70 by Ord. No. 0-11-70 as
Ch. 68 of the 1970 Code of the Township of Winslow.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Private campgrounds — See Ch. 107.
[1]
Editor's Note: This legislation was originally adopted
7-20-60 and amended 6-29-62.
As used in this chapter, unless another meaning is clearly apparent
from the language or context, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any vehicle or structure so designed and constructed in such
manner as will permit occupancy thereof as sleeping and living quarters
for one (1) or more persons and so designed that it is or may be mounted
on wheels and used as a conveyance on highways or city streets, propelled
or drawn by its own or other motive power, excepting a device used
exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, also excepting any body
detached from an automobile, truck, bus, trolley car, railway coach
or car.
Includes a person, partnership, firm, company, corporation,
tenant, owner, lessee or licensee, their agents, heirs or assigns.
Any park, trailer park, trailer court, court, camp, site,
lot, parcel or tract or land designated, maintained or intended for
the purpose of supplying a location or accommodations for any trailer
coach or trailer coaches and upon which any trailer coach or trailer
coaches are parked, and includes all buildings used or intended for
use as part of the equipment thereof whether a charge is made for
the use of the trailer camp and its facilities or not. "Trailer camp"
shall not include automobile or trailer sales lots on which unoccupied
trailers are parked for purposes of inspection and sale, or a resident
of Winslow Township who is hereinafter designated as being permitted
to park one (1) trailer owned by said resident at his home site, provided
that said home site is a permanently located and established building
occupied by said resident and provided further that said trailer is
not used or occupied by anyone for living purposes while so parked.
A section of ground in a trailer camp of not less than three
thousand eight hundred twenty-five (3,825) square feet of unoccupied
space in an area designated as the location for not exceeding two
(2) automobiles and one (1) trailer.
A.
A Board of Investigators, consisting of the Chairman of the Board
of Health, the Township Fire Marshal, the Chief of Police, the Building
Inspector, the Chairman of the Planning Board, the Township Engineer
and the Township Committee, is hereby created, with the Chairman of
the Township Committee designated as the Chairman. The Chairman shall,
with the approval of the members of said Board, appoint a Secretary
for the Board from among the present employees of the township.
B.
It is hereby made the duty of said Board to enforce all provisions
of this chapter as prescribed herein or such provisions as may hereafter
be enacted, and for the purpose of securing such enforcement any of
the above members of the Board or their duly authorized representatives
shall have the right and are hereby empowered to enter upon any premises
on which any automobile trailers are located or are about to be located
and inspect the same and all accommodations connected therewith at
any reasonable time.
A.
No person owning or having custody and control of any trailer shall
locate, park, keep or maintain said trailer upon any lot or tract
of land within the Township of Winslow except upon a trailer camp
conducted and maintained and licensed in full and complete compliance
with all the provisions of this chapter and except a, resident of
Winslow Township who parks one (1) trailer owned by said resident
at his home site, provided that said home site is a permanently located
and established building occupied by said resident and provided further
that said trailer is not used or occupied by anyone for living purposes
while so parked.
B.
In view of a rather significant migrant labor presence within the
Township of Winslow, seasonal housing of agricultural employees in
mobile homes shall be permitted, only as a direct accessory to an
active agricultural operation, provided that:
[Amended 4-20-93 by Ord. No. 0-6-93]
(1)
Such farm must be actively engaged in agricultural production on
a minimum of ten (10) acres, and, must be situated within the PA Zoning
District.
(2)
Such housing may be occupied only during the months from April 1
through November 30.
(3)
Between December 1 and May 31 of each year, all utilities must be
disconnected from the housing; such housing must be removed to a designated
storage area.
(4)
Such housing must be certified for occupancy by OSHA, any relevant
New Jersey governmental entities, and, all other agencies or bodies
having jurisdiction over such housing and/or the farm workers residing
therein.
(5)
Applications for the establishment of such housing must be approved
by the local construction official, comply with the relevant rules
and regulations of the Pinelands Commission, and in all other respects,
comply with any relevant health and safety standards.
No person owning, leasing or having control of the use of any lot or tract of land within the Township of Winslow shall permit any trailer to be located, parked, kept or maintained thereon unless said lot or tract is a trailer camp conducted, maintained and licensed in full and in complete compliance with all the provisions of this chapter, except in the case of a resident of Winslow Township who is permitted to park one (1) trailer at his home site, as more particularly set forth in § 266-3 hereinabove, who shall only be required to register by a duly completed application form filed with the Township Clerk, establishing the right as a resident so to park a trailer at his home site.
A.
The minimum trailer size shall be one hundred (100) square feet of
livable floor area per occupant above the age of two (2) years, provided
that there are no more than two (2) occupants under the age of two
(2) years. More than two (2) occupants under the age of two (2) years
shall cause the requirement for one hundred (100) square feet of floor
area per occupant to be enforced regardless of age.
B.
Trailers shall be arranged in rows abutting or facing on a driveway
or roadway of clear, unoccupied space of not less than twenty-five
(25) feet in width; and said driveways or roadways shall connect to
a public street. Parking shall be permitted in said driveways or roadways
only on one (1) designated side, and there shall be kept clear for
traffic at all times at least a width of sixteen (16) feet.
C.
Said driveways or roadways shall be of six (6) inches of compact
gravel base and a surface course of two (2) inches of bituminous concrete,
type FABC. Materials used and methods of construction shall be in
accordance with the current New Jersey State Highway Department Standard
Specifications.
D.
Every trailer camp shall be laid out, maintained and arranged so
that there exists a clear, unoccupied strip of land one hundred (100)
feet wide along any public highway or road and a clear, unoccupied
strip of land ten (10) feet wide along any abutting property line.
E.
The drainage of the entire site shall be approved by the Township
Engineer and the Township Board of Health.
F.
All sanitation shall be in accordance with the requirements of the
Individual Sewage Disposal System Code of the State of New Jersey.[1] A percolation test shall be made by a person licensed
so to do and shall be made where directed by the Township Engineer.
G.
The trailer camp license shall be issued only if, in the opinion
of the Township Engineer and the Board of Health, the land is adaptable
to conform to the Individual Sewage Disposal System Code of the State
of New Jersey.
Automobile trailer camps will be permitted only in an area zoned
rural by the Winslow Township Zoning Ordinance and Zone Map.[1]
An adequate supply of pure water for drinking and domestic purposes
shall be supplied to meet the requirements of each trailer. Such water
shall be supplied by direct connection to each trailer.
No person shall permit or suffer any trailer camp conducted,
maintained or managed by him, or situated or located upon premises
owned by him, to be used for immoral purposes, nor permit or suffer
the violation thereon or therein of any penal law of this state or
ordinance of the Township of Winslow.
No person shall conduct or maintain any trailer camp within
the Township of Winslow, nor shall any person park, locate, keep house
or maintain any trailer in or upon any trailer camp premises within
said township, unless said trailer camp is licensed as herein provided.
A.
Application for license to conduct or operate a trailer camp shall
be made to the Township Clerk and shall be accompanied by a written
statement setting forth the following:
(1)
Name and address of the owner of the premises.
(2)
The person intending to manage and operate the trailer camp.
(3)
A description of the premises to be used.
(4)
The provisions made for an adequate water supply.
(5)
The provisions made for the disposal of trash, garbage and other
waste materials.
B.
The application for license shall be accompanied by a map or plan
of the land and premises to be used as a trailer camp, setting forth
the proposed trailer sites and roadways, and a plan or diagram of
the sewerage system and sewage treatment facilities and fresh water
supply.
Upon receipt of said application in proper form, the Township
Clerk shall refer the same to the Health Officer, Building Inspector,
Township Engineer and Fire Marshal. Each such officer shall forthwith
review the said application and view the proposed site and either
approve or disapprove the application, setting forth in writing his
reasons therefor. The application shall then be referred to the Township
Committee of the Township of Winslow for final determination as to
whether the application shall be granted or refused.
A.
There shall be charged and collected for said license an annual fee
of one hundred dollars ($100.) for a trailer camp having not more
than fifty (50) spaces. Those camps having more than fifty (50) spaces
shall be charged two dollars ($2.) per space in excess of fifty (50)
spaces. Each license shall expire on December 31 at 12:00 midnight
of each year, and said fee is hereby expressly declared to be imposed
for revenue, and as to the base amount of one hundred dollars ($100.),
this shall be payable in advance for each year.
B.
Trailer camps are to be assessed for land and permanent improvements
and structures for purposes of taxation.
C.
There shall be charged and collected by the township a fee for service
and inspection of three dollars ($3.) per week for a space occupied
by a trailer for a week or part thereof.
A.
In every trailer or tourist camp, there shall be an office building
in which shall be located the office of the person in charge of said
camp. A copy of the camp license and of this chapter shall be posted
therein, and the camp register shall at all times be kept in said
office.
B.
It is hereby made the duty of the attendant or person in charge,
together with the licensee, to keep at all times a register of all
guests, which shall be open at all times to inspection by state and
federal officers and the Board of Inspectors, showing for all guests:
C.
The licensee shall be required each month to submit three (3) copies
of the camp registry so far as it pertains to the preceding month
and shall deliver one (1) copy to the Township Clerk, one (1) copy
to the Chief of Police and one (1) copy to the Township Tax Collector,
together with payment to the Tax Collector of any and all sums which
may be due the township as herein provided. No such license shall
be transferable without the permission of the Township Committee.
D.
Failure to keep a camp registry or falsifying the same and failure
to submit the monthly report shall be deemed a violation of this chapter.
The number of trailer parks permitted in the Township of Winslow
shall be limited to three (3).
In case of failure or refusal to comply with any terms or provisions
of this chapter, the Township Committee may, after notice and hearing,
refuse or revoke any license applied for or granted hereunder.
Any person aggrieved by an order of the Board of Investigators
granting, denying, renewing or revoking a license for a trailer camp
or tourist camp under this chapter may file a written request for
a hearing before the Board within ten (10) days after issuance of
such order. The Board shall give notice of a public hearing upon this
request, to be held in not less than five (5) days after service of
the notice, to the person requesting the hearing. The Board may also
give notice of the hearing to other persons directly interested in
the order in question. At such hearing the Board shall determine whether
the granting, denial, renewal or revocation of the license was in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter and shall issue written
findings of fact, conclusions of law and an order to carry out its
findings and conclusions. These findings of fact, conclusions of law
and order shall be filed with the Secretary of the Board and served
by the Board upon all parties appearing or represented at said hearing.
Any person who shall violate any terms or provisions of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding ninety (90) days or to a fine not exceeding
two hundred dollars ($200.), or both. Each day that a violation of
any of the terms or provisions of this chapter shall continue shall
constitute a separate offense.
