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As used in this chapter:
Shall mean any vehicle or structure designed and constructed
in such a manner as will permit occupancy thereof as sleeping quarters
for one or more persons, or the conduct of any business or profession,
occupation or trade (or use as a selling or advertising device), 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.
Shall be construed to include persons, partnership, firm,
company, corporation, tenant, owner, lessee, or licensee, their agents,
heirs or assigns.
Shall mean any park, trailer park, trailer court, court,
camp, site, lot, parcel or tract of land designed, maintained or intended
for the purpose of supplying a location or accommodation for any trailer
coach or trailer coaches and upon which any trailer coach or trailer
coaches are parked and shall include 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.
Shall mean a section of ground in a trailer camp of unoccupied
space in an area designed as the location for only one automobile
and one trailer having a width of not less than 200 feet and a depth
of not less than 200 feet.
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a.
A Trailer Board consisting of the three Selectmen of the Town, the
Director of Health, the Chief of the East Brooklyn Fire Department,
the Chief of the Mortlake Fire Department, and the Chief of the West
Wauregan Fire Department, is hereby created with the First Selectman
as Chairman.
b.
Duties. It is hereby made the duty of the Board to enforce all provisions
of this chapter, and for the purpose of securing such enforcement,
any of the above members of the Board, or their duly authorized representative,
shall have the right and are hereby empowered to enter upon any premises
on which any automobile trailers are located or about to be located
and inspect the same and all accommodations connected therewith at
any reasonable time. The Board is further empowered to issue orders
granting, renewing and revoking such permits and licenses as are provided
for in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
a.
It shall be unlawful for any person to establish, operate or maintain,
or permit to be established, operated or maintained upon any property
owned or controlled by him, a trailer camp or tourist camp or combination
of the two within the limits of the Town of Brooklyn without first
having secured a license therefor and for each of them from the Trailer
Board. Such license shall expire one year from the date of issuance
but may be renewed under the provisions of this chapter for additional
periods of one year.
b.
The application for such license or the renewal thereof shall be
accompanied by a fee of $10.00 for each unit and plot in the existing
or proposed camp and license bond in the sum of $1000.00 to guarantee
compliance with the terms of this chapter. The application for a license
or renewal thereof shall include the name and address of the owner
in fee of the tract (if the fee is vested in some person other than
the applicant, a duly verified statement by that person, that the
applicant is authorized by him to construct or maintain the trailer
or tourist camp and make the application), and such a legal description
of the premises, upon which the trailer or tourist camp is or will
be located as will readily identify and definitely locate the premises.
The application shall be accompanied by two copies of the camp plan
showing the following, either existing or as proposed:
1.
The extent and area used for camp purposes;
2.
Roadways and driveways;
3.
Location of sites or units for trailer coaches;
4.
Location and number of sanitary conveniences, including toilets,
washrooms, laundries and utility rooms to be used by occupants of
units (in cases where trailers do not have all such facilities);
5.
Method and plan of sewage disposal;
6.
Method and plan of garbage removal;
7.
Plan for water supply;
8.
Plan for electrical lighting of units.
c.
Before such license may be issued, the premises must be inspected
by the members of the Trailer Board or their duly authorized representatives
and approved representatives and approved by the Trailer Board as
complying with all the provisions of this chapter.
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a.
No occupied trailer shall be located within 50 feet of any street
line not less than 50 feet from any other building or vehicle or the
boundary line of the tract on which located.
b.
Every trailer or tourist camp shall be located on a well-drained
area, and the premises shall be properly graded so as to prevent the
accumulation of storm or other waters.
c.
Units and trailer plots shall be clearly designated and the camp
so arranged that all units and plots shall face or abut on a driveway
of not less than 50 feet in width, giving easy access from all units
to a public street. Such driveway shall be paved and maintained in
good condition, be well lighted at night, and shall not be obstructed.
d.
The Trailer Board may order the construction of a wall or fence on
all or a part of the boundary of the tract where due to the location
of the tract or the topography of the land, such wall or fence is
necessary for the protection of adjoining property.
e.
Every trailer unit shall be furnished with an electric service outlet
which shall be approved by the Trailer Board or its duly authorized
representatives.
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a.
All waste from showers, toilets, laundries, faucets and lavatories
shall be wasted into a sewer system or other disposal means approved
by the Town Health Officer.
b.
Each faucet site shall be equipped with facilities for drainage of
waste and excess water into the sewer or disposal system. In no case
shall any waste water be thrown or discharged upon the surface of
the ground or disposed of by means other than as herein provided.
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No trailer may be inhabited by a greater number of occupants
than that for which it was designed.
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It is hereby made the duty of the attendant or person in charge,
together with the licensee to:
a.
Keep at all times a register of all guests (which shall be open at
all times to inspection by State and Federal Officers and Officers
of the Town of Brooklyn, showing for all guests: (1) Names and addresses;
(2) dates of entrance and departure; (3) license numbers of all trailers
and towing or other automobiles; (4) states issuing such licenses;
(5) place of last location and length of stay.
b.
Maintain the camp in a clean, orderly and sanitary condition at all
times.
c.
See that the provisions of this chapter are complied with and enforced
and report to the proper authorities any violations of this chapter
or any other violations of laws which may come to his attention.
d.
Report to the Town Health Officer all cases of persons or animals
affected or suspected of being affected with any communicable disease.
e.
Prevent the running loose of dogs, cats or other animals or pets.
f.
Maintain in convenient places, approved by the Fire Chief, hand fire
extinguishers in the ratio of 1:4 units.
g.
Prohibit the use of any trailer by a greater number of occupants
than that which it is designated to accommodate.
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The Trailer Board is hereby authorized to revoke any license
issued pursuant to the terms of this chapter if after due investigation
it determines that the holder thereof has violated any of the provisions
of this chapter or that any trailer camp or tourist camp is being
maintained in an unsanitary or unsafe manner or is a nuisance.
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Any person aggrieved by an order of the Trailer Board granting,
denying, renewing, or revoking a license for a trailer camp, under
this chapter, may file a written request for a hearing before the
Board within 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 days after service of the notice on the person requesting
the hearing. The Board may also give notice of the hearing to other
persons directly interested in the order in question. The Board shall
file its findings and conclusions in writing with the Secretary of
the Board.
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Any order either granting, denying, renewing or revoking any
license under the provisions of this chapter may be appealed to the
Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Windham in the same
manner as is provided for appeals from the Zoning Board of Appeals
by the Connecticut General Statutes (1955 Supplement, Sec. 379-D).
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Any person found guilty of violating any provision of this chapter
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100.00 and every day such
violation exists shall constitute a separate offense and be punishable
as such hereunder.
