[Ord. #325; 1972 Code § 82-1]
As used in this Chapter:
PERSON
Shall mean any person, persons, partnership, firm, corporation
or association.
TRAILER
Shall mean any vehicle used or constructed to be used as
a conveyance upon public streets, whether self-propelled or otherwise,
and so designed as to permit the occupancy thereof as a dwelling or
sleeping place for one or more persons, or as living and business
quarters combined, and having no foundation other than wheels, jacks
or skirtings so arranged as to be integral with or portable by such
"trailer," and non-self-propelled vehicles of any kind or character
constructed and intended to be moved under fuel power.
TRAILER COURT
Shall mean any lot or parcel of land and premises where a
trailer may be parked for more than three hours.
TRAILER SPACE
Shall mean a plot of ground within a trailer court for the
accommodation of one trailer.
[Ord. #325; 1972 Code § 82-2]
a. No person shall conduct or carry on the business of the operation
of a trailer court, or work in, occupy, directly or indirectly, in
any manner whatsoever, or utilize any place or premises in which is
conducted or carried on a trailer court, unless and until there shall
be granted by the Governing Body in accordance with the terms of this
Chapter, and shall be in full force and effect, a regular or special
license to conduct a trailer court for the place and premises at which
the same shall be carried on.
b. A regular or special license to operate a trailer park shall be obtained
from the Borough Clerk on or before January 1 annually. No regular
license shall be issued until the Construction Official and the Health
Officer shall have certified that they know of no violation of any
law, regulation or ordinance applicable to trailer courts.
c. A special license shall be issued when the Construction Official
and/or the Health Officer have certified in writing to the Borough
Clerk that there are violations of the law, regulations or ordinance
applicable to trailer courts in the Borough. Any and all restrictions
placed upon the licensee under the terms of the special license shall
appear on the special license.
d. A special license shall have attached and made a part thereof a list
of all violations as certified to by the Construction Official and/or
the Health Officer.
e. A special license shall have the same force and effect as a regular
license during the first calendar year in which it is issued. Violations
attached and made a part of a special license as set forth in this
section shall be corrected by the trailer court owner prior to January
1 of the next succeeding year.
f. Upon certification in handwriting to the Borough Clerk by the Construction
Official and/or the Health Officer that there are violations as listed
and attached to the special license and any additional violations
as found by the Construction Official and/or the Health Officer as
set forth in this section which have not been corrected by the trailer
court owner prior to January 1 of the next succeeding year, a renewal
of the special license shall be issued; however no new tenants or
trailers shall be allowed to occupy any trailer space until such time
as all violations have been corrected.
[Ord. #325; 1972 Code § 82-3]
a. The license shall be applied for by written application filed with
the Borough Clerk. The application shall set forth the full name or
names and address of the applicant, the particular kind or character
of the business to be carried on, the number of vehicles to be parked
thereon, the location or place of the premises in or at which the
same is to be carried on, the total area of the ground space thereof,
a map drawn to scale, setting forth the trailer spaces, the location
and size of the utility building and the size and location of the
septic tank or tanks or connected to municipal sewerage facilities.
The map shall be accompanied by a deed or deeds showing title in the
name of the applicant, together with any lease agreements should the
applicant be someone other than the record owner of the land, same
to be returned to the applicant upon issuance of the license.
b. The application shall also be accompanied by a deposit in the sum
of $100 to cover license fee for the year.
[Ord. #325; 1972 Code § 82-4]
Trailers shall be parked on each space so that there will be
at least 15 feet side-to-side spacing between trailers; 10 feet end-to-end
spacing between trailers; 20 feet between any trailer and the adjoining
property line; 25 feet from the side lines of any public street or
highway right-of-way; and 15 feet from any building or structure.
[Ord. #325; 1972 Code § 82-5; New]
The license fee for a trailer camp shall be $200 per annum and
the sum of $10 per month, per trailer. The license shall expire on
December 31 annually. The sum of $100 shall be payable in advance,
on or before January 1 of each year.
[Ord. #325; 1972 Code § 82-6]
Each licensee shall maintain and keep a trailer register containing
a record of all trailer owners and occupants located in the park.
The record shall contain the following information:
a. Name and address of each occupant.
b. The make, model and owner of all trailers and automobiles, including
the trailer license number of the trailer, as well as the license
registration data of the automobile by which it is towed.
c. The date of arrival and departure of each trailer.
d. The trailer space assigned to each trailer.
[Ord. #325; 1972 Code § 82-7]
No trailer camp license shall be transferred without the express
approval of the Governing Body.
[Ord. #325; 1972 Code § 82-8; New]
Each licensee, on or before the 10th day of January, April,
July and October of each year, shall file in triplicate with the Borough
Clerk, on a form furnished by the Clerk, a return under oath stating
the number of trailer spaces occupied by the trailers in the trailer
park during each of the three preceding calendar months, the state
or territory which issued the license plates for each trailer coach
and accompanying motor vehicle and the license number thereof, and
the name and address of each trailer owner. At the time of filing
of the return, the licensee shall pay to the Borough Clerk $10 for
each month for each trailer space which is shown by said report as
occupied by a trailer. Failure to make payment for the three months
of any calendar year or to make the payment required on or before
January 10 shall constitute a violation of the then existing license
the same as though the license fee so required to be paid were a part
of the year for which the license is issued.
[Ord. #325; 1972 Code § 82-9]
The licensee shall provide an adequate supply of pure drinking
water, adequate sanitary facilities and garbage disposal receptacles.
Such receptacles shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition
at all times. It shall be unlawful to permit any waste matter or matter
from sinks, baths or other plumbing fixtures or means of disposal
in a trailer to be deposited on the surface of the ground, and all
such fixtures and devices, when in use, must be connected to the septic
tank system in a manner satisfactory to the Board of Health of the
Borough.
[Ord. #325; 1972 Code § 82-10]
No person shall permit any such licensed premises to be used
for immoral purposes or suffer the violation thereon or therein of
any penal law or of any ordinance of the Borough.
[Ord. #325; 1972 Code § 82-11]
Such licensed place or premises shall at all times comply with
all proper police, health and fire regulations imposed by the Governing
Body or Board of Health of the Borough. The business and the place
and premises where conducted shall be subject to examination and inspection
by day or night by the Governing Body or a committee thereof, and
by the fire, police and health authorities of the Borough.
[Ord. #325; 1972 Code § 82-12]
In the case of failure or refusal to comply with any of the
terms or provisions of this Chapter, the Borough may, on notice and
hearing, refuse or revoke any license applied for or granted hereunder.
[Ord. #325; 1972 Code § 82-13]
a. In case of failure or refusal to correct the outstanding violations of this Chapter, as set forth or attached to the special license granted under Section
11-2, and after the expiration of the second renewal of the special license, the Borough Council shall, upon notice and hearing, refuse or revoke any license applied for or granted hereunder, order the trailer court closed or order any other restrictions as may be deemed appropriate after a public hearing, during which all relevant evidence shall be presented and the holder of the license is given the opportunity to be represented and to present evidence. The trailer court owner shall receive at least 10 days' written notice of any public hearing.
b. Violators of any provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be liable to the penalty as established in Chapter
1, Section
1-5.
[Ord. #657; 1972 Code § 82-17]
No trailer shall be permitted in any area of special flood hazard
identified by the Federal Insurance Administration in a scientific
and engineering report entitled "The Flood Insurance Study for the
Borough of Brielle, Dated March 1983, With Accompanying Flood Insurance
Rate Map as Revised September 30, 1983."