[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Union (now Barnegat) 5-13-54. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 12-21-70]
For the purpose of this chapter, certain words and phrases are
defined as follows, and certain provisions shall be construed as herein
set forth, unless it shall be apparent from their context that they
have a different meaning.
A. Word usage. Words used in the singular include the plural. Words
in the present tense include the future.
B. Definitions.
CAMP CAR AND/OR TRAILER
Is any unit used for living or sleeping purposes and which
is equipped with wheels or similar devices used for the purpose of
trans-porting said unit from place to place, whether by motive power
or other means.
A distinction is hereby made between "Camp Car" which shall
be transitory in nature and readily towed or driven along a highway
and "Camp Ground" which is a place for camp cars to stay for short
periods of time. A "Mobile Home or House Trailer" is one which is
equipped for year round or permanent living and kept in a "Mobile
Home Park" or "House Trailer Park."
It shall be the duty of the Township Committee to enforce all
of the provisions of this chapter, and for the purpose of securing
enforcement thereof the Building Inspector or any of his duly authorized
representatives shall have the right and are hereby empowered to enter
upon the premises of any campground now operating or which may hereafter
be operated within the Township of Barnegat to inspect the same and
all accommodations connected therewith.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
operate or maintain or to offer for public use within the con-fines
of the Township of Barnegat, as hereinafter set forth, any campground
without first applying for and receiving from the Township Committee
a permit so to do, in the manner herein-after provided, or without
complying with regulations herein-after set forth or any rules and
regulations which may be formulated by the Fire Department relative
to the health and safety of residents therein, and the laws of the
State of New Jersey.
[Amended 12-21-70]
Each application for such permit shall be in writing, upon a
form provided by the Township Committee for that purpose. It shall
state the name and address of the applicant and a description of the
property whereon or wherein it is proposed to conduct a campground.
It shall also contain such other in-formation as the Township Committee
may require and it shall be filed by the applicant. It shall be filed
with the Township Committee not less than five (5) days nor more than
fifteen (15) days before said campground is made ready for use, and
it shall be accompanied by a fee of five hundred dollars ($500), for
which the Township Committee shall issue a receipt. There shall be
an annual fee thereafter for a mobile home park of two hundred fifty
dollars ($250) per year plus an occupancy charge of seven dollars
($7) per month for each space to be paid by the park operator to the
Township of Barnegat. The park operator must keep his records available
to the Township of Barnegat, so that the Township Auditor or other Township
designated official may make such inspection as is required.
Upon the filing of such application accompanied by the fee,
it shall be the duty of the Township Committee or any of its duly
authorized representatives to investigate the premises and determine
whether said proposed camp or the site selected therefor confirms
with the requirements of this chapter, the rules and regulations of
the Township Committee and the laws of the State of New Jersey, and
no permit shall be issued unless such campground or the site selected
therefor complies with such requirements and meets the approval of
the Township Committee, and said Township Committee may at its discretion
approve or reject any proposed campground site.
Any permit granted hereunder shall be subject to revocation
or suspension by the Township Committee in the following manner, to
wit: A notice shall be served on the person holding said permit, specifying
wherein he has failed to comply with this chapter and requiring him
to appear before the Township Committee at a day and hour therein
specified, not less than five (5) days after the personal service
of said notice on such permit holder, requiring him to show cause
at said time and place why said permit should not be revoked or suspended
at the time and place mentioned in said notice; the person holding
said permit shall have the right to appear in person or by counsel
and to introduce such evidence as he may desire, and the Township
Committee shall confront said permit holder with any charges that
said Health Department may have against him, and after said hearing
the Township Committee may, at its discretion, revoke or suspend the
permit.
Such permit shall be transferable upon the written application
of the holder of the permit to the Township Committee and with its
consent endorsed thereon. A permit may be granted at any time during
the year, and unless previously revoked, shall expire one (1) calendar
year following the date of issue.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
establish, maintain, conduct or carry on any campground unless there
shall be at all times posted in a conspicuous place at said campground
the permit obtained from the Township Committee in accordance with
provisions of this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to every
campground within the incorporated area of the Township of Barnegat,
and it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation maintaining,
operating, conducting or carrying on any such campground, or for any
person living or sleeping in any camp car and/or trailer located in
any campground, or any other person, to violate or contribute in any
way to the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
Every person owning or operating a campground shall maintain
such campground and any toilets, baths or other permanent equipment
in connection therewith in a clean and sanitary condition and shall
maintain said equipment in a state of good repair.
The Township Committee is hereby empowered to formulate from
time to time and to enforce any rules and regulations that said Township
Committee may deem advisable governing the operation of campgrounds
or camp cars and/or trailers bearing on any matters of sanitation
or housing.
Every campground hereafter established shall be laid out with
and all existing campgrounds shall provide, available unoccupied space
of not less than eighteen by twenty (18 x 20) feet for each camp car
and/or trailer, and such available unoccupied space shall not be construed
to mean the space directly under any portion of any camp car and/or
trailer. Camp cars and/or trailers shall be arranged in rows abutting
or facing on a driveway or clear, unoccupied space of not less than
twenty (20) feet in width, which space shall have unobstructed access
to a public street or alley.
Every campground hereafter established shall be located on a
well-drained area and the premises of every such campground or any
existing campground shall be properly graded so as to prevent the
accumulation of storm or casual waters.
An adequate supply of pure water for drinking and domestic purposes
shall be supplied to meet the requirements of the Township Committee.
Such water supply shall be obtained from faucets only, conveniently
located in said campground, and no dipping vessels or common drinking
cups shall be permitted.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation owning
or operating a camp car and/or trailer located in a campground, individual
plot of ground or otherwise, to remove or cause to have removed the
wheels or any similar transporting devices from said camp car and/or
trailer or to otherwise permanently fix it to the ground in a manner
that would prevent the ready removal of said camp car and/or trailer,
without first obtaining a permit so to do from the Building Inspector
of the Township of Barnegat. Any alteration to any camp car and/or
trailer as above set forth shall be construed as removing it from
the requirements of this chapter and converting it into a dwelling,
and it shall thereupon be subject to the requirements of the Building
Code of the Township of Barnegat and the State Housing Act
of New Jersey.
Dogs at no time shall be permitted to run at large in any campground.
There shall be provided in every existing campground and every
campground which may hereafter be established, one (1) water closet
for each sex: one (1) of such water closets shall be distinctly marked
"For Men," and one (1) of such water closets shall be distinctly marked
"For Women," and there shall be provided an additional water closet
for each sex for every five (5) or fractional part thereof in excess
of five (5) males or five (5) females living in said campground, and
such water closets shall be properly connected with a sewer; provided,
however, that the Township Committee may exempt any campground existing
at the time of the passage of this chapter from fully complying with
the provisions of this section when, in its discretion, such deviation
will not be detrimental to the health of persons occupying said campground
or to the proper sanitation of the premises.
There shall be provided in every campground heretofore or hereafter
established, such number of tight receptacles with close-fitting metal
covers for garbage, refuse, ashes and rubbish as may be deemed necessary
by the Township Committee, and such garbage receptacles shall at all
times be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.
[Amended 6-16-66]
No camp cars and/or trailers shall be allowed anywhere within
the Township of Barnegat without the express approval of the Township
Committee of the Township of Barnegat. This section shall not apply
to trailers or camp cars which are parked in a licensed campground
or trailer park.
[Amended 6-16-66]
In any case where the Township Committee shall have given approval
to allow an individual camp car and/or trailer to be parked within
the territorial limits of Barnegat Township and the owner of said
camp car and/or trailer park, the license fee shall be five dollars
($5) per year per person for the privilege of parking said trailer.
It shall be unlawful to permit any waste water or material from
sinks, baths, showers or other plumbing fixtures in camp cars and/or
trailers to be deposited upon the surface of the ground, and all such
fixtures, when in use, must be connected to some cesspool or septic
tank in a manner satisfactory to the Township Committee.
Every campground heretofore or hereafter established shall be
provided with means of lighting the same at night, and all public
water closets and bath units shall be provided with sufficient lighting
facilities which shall be kept lighted during the time from one-half
(1/2) hour after sunset until one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise.
In the case of an individual camp car and/or trailer, said owner
or person in custody of said camp car and/or trailer must apply to
the Building Inspector for a permit, said permit to cost five dollars
($5) per person for each person occupying said trailer and shall be
for a period of one (1) year from the date of its issuance and shall
be paid in advance, and there shall be no refund for periods of less
than one (1) year.
Every person, firm or corporation violating or contributing
in any way to the violation of any provision of this chapter shall
be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day during which such
violation continues, and shall be punishable therefor as herein provided.
[Amended 9-2-71]
It shall be the duty of every person, firm or corporation owning,
leasing, renting or operating a campground in the Township of Barnegat
to comply with all the provisions of this chapter and/or any rules
and regulations formulated by the Township Committee and/or Fire Department
governing campgrounds; and any such person, firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this chapter or said rules and regulations,
or contributing in any way to the violation thereof, shall, upon conviction
hereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500)
or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding ninety (90) days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation of
any of the terms and provisions of this chapter is continued shall
constitute a separate offense.