[1976 Code § 10-1]
As used in this chapter:
Shall mean a vehicle which is or may be used for living or
sleeping purposes and is so designed that it is or may be mounted
on wheels and used as a conveyance whether through its own or other
motive power, excepting however, such a device used exclusively upon
stationary rails or tracks.
Shall mean a tract of land designed, maintained or intended
for the purpose of supplying a location or accommodation for a trailer
but shall not include lots on which unoccupied trailers may be parked
for the purpose of sale.
[1976 Code § 10-2.1]
It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or operate within
the limits of the Borough any trailer camp for hire or without charge
unless such person shall first obtain a license thereof.
[1976 Code § 10-2.2]
The license shall be applied in writing filed with the Borough
Clerk. The application shall set forth or include the following information:
a.
The name and address of the applicant and the name and address of
the owner of the property if the applicant does not own the premises.
b.
Plot plan showing the extent of the area to be used for camp purposes,
adjoining streets and driveways within the proposed premises, location
of sites for trailers, location and number of sanitary conveniences,
including plans and specifications thereof, method and plan of sewage
disposal, method and plan of garbage removal, plans and specifications
for electrical lighting or furnishing of electric supply.
c.
The application shall be accompanied by the license fee which is
hereby fixed at $200 per year and which shall be paid on July 1 of
each year but shall be prorated during the year when any applicant
fist makes application for a license.
[1976 Code § 10-2.3]
Where a license is applied for, the applicant shall be required
to publish a notice of such application once a week for two weeks
prior to the time the license is granted and where the application
is for premises upon which the required facilities have not as yet
been constructed the granting of the license shall be upon condition
that the construction of the camp follows the plans and specifications
filed with the licensed application.
[1976 Code § 10-2.4]
Before any license is issued, the premises shall be inspected
by at least one member of the Borough Council and by the Chief of
Police and the Health Officer of the Borough.
[1976 Code § 10-2.5]
Applications for licenses must comply with regulations of the
Borough Council or the Board of Health of the Borough before a license
is issued.
[1976 Code § 10-2.6]
All trailer camps must be located on a tract which provides
a minimum of 3,250 square feet of space per trailer site with a minimum
length of 65 feet and a minimum width of 50 feet for each site. The
trailer sites shall be arranged in rows facing on a driveway not less
than 20 feet in width, which driveway shall have unobstructed access
to a public street and no trailer site shall be located within 50
feet of the edge of the public street or within 20 feet of any adjoining
property. Driveways shall not be located within 20 feet of any adjoining
property.
[1976 Code § 10-2.7]
Every trailer 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.
[1976 Code § 10-2.8]
An adequate supply of pure water furnished through a pipe distribution
system for drinking and domestic purposes shall be maintained. Supply
faucets shall be located within 100 feet of any trailer camp site
and no common drinking vessels shall be permitted and an abundant
supply of hot water shall be provided at all times, sufficient to
provide water for bathing, washing and laundry.
[1976 Code § 10-2.9]
Every trailer camp shall have erected thereon at a distance
not greater than 200 feet from the site it is designed to serve, a
suitable building for housing toilets, showers and laundry facilities
as required by this chapter. In the building, there shall be located
separate toilet rooms for each sex and there shall be provided at
least one toilet for each sex for every five trailer sites. Toilet
rooms shall contain lavatories with hot and cold water and shall be
separately enclosed from the remainder of facilities in the service
building. Separate enclosed bathing facilities for each sex with showers
shall be provided on the same ratio and the bathing compartment shall
contain a dressing room of at least 12 square feet. Bathing compartments
shall be separate from toilet facilities.
[1976 Code § 10-2.10]
Laundry facilities shall be provided at the ratio of one double
tray and one ironing board for each five camp sites proposed.
[1976 Code § 10-2.11]
Floors of toilets, showers and laundry shall be of concrete,
tile or other material impervious to water and shall be pitched to
a floor drain. Such rooms shall be cleaned at least once daily when
trailer camp sites are occupied and shall generally be kept in a clean
and sanitary condition at all times.
[1976 Code § 10-2.12]
The method of waste and garbage disposal shall be adequate to
take care of the proposed camp sites and must provide septic tank
disposal for all sewage or waste water of a size adequate to provide
for the facilities and the number of camp sites proposed. No waste
water shall be thrown or discharged upon the surface of the ground
and sanitary facilities in any trailer shall be sealed by the license
during the time when it is located at any camp site. Every trailer
camp site shall be provided with a substantial flytight metal garbage
disposal, from which the contents shall be removed once daily by the
licensee or his agents and disposed of according to the method and
plan of waste and garbage disposal.
[1976 Code § 10-2.13]
Each trailer camp shall provide an electric service outlet for
each trailer camp site and shall also provide illumination of the
entire trailer camp which will keep the driveways in the trailer camp
clearly illuminated during the period from one hour after sunset until
dawn.
[1976 Code § 10-2.14]
Each year after a license is originally issued and on June 1,
the licensee shall file application for a renewal of any license heretofore
issued. In the event at any time a licensee enlarges the area licensed
or changes the facilities available at his camp, he shall first make
application for permission to do so, furnishing revised plans or specifications
where necessary. The Borough Council may prescribe forms for original
or renewal application.
[1976 Code § 10-2.15]
Each applicant for a license shall be required to deposit with
the Borough Council, a bond to secure his compliance with the terms
of this chapter, which bond shall be in the sum of $5,000. In the
event an application for a license is denied, the Borough Council
will refund 1/2 of the license fee deposited unless the amount of
the license fee prorated is less than $50 in which event the entire
deposit shall be retained by the Borough Council.
[1976 Code § 10-3.1]
In every trailer camp, there shall be an office building which
shall be attended at all times. The license issued in pursuance of
this chapter shall be posted therein and the trailer camp register
shall be kept in the office.
[1976 Code § 10-3.2]
It is hereby made and the duty of the attendant or person in
charge, as well as the licensee, to keep at all times the register
of all guests showing:
a.
Name and address;
b.
License number of all automobiles and trailers, including State of
registration. A copy of new registration information shall be delivered
to the Police Department of the Borough once each 24 hours showing
the above date with regard to any new registrations. Delivery shall
be made before 10:00 a.m. each day.
[1976 Code § 10-3.3]
The camp shall be maintained in a clean, orderly and sanitary
condition at all times.
[1976 Code § 10-3.4]
It shall be unlawful to permit dogs, cats or other animals or
pets to run at large in the camp or elsewhere.
[1976 Code § 10-3.5]
The camp shall maintain fire extinguishers at a ratio of one
to each three sites which shall be available for use by occupants.
[1976 Code § 10-3.6]
The licensee shall be obliged to collect and pay over the service charge provided for in Section 12-4.
[1976 Code § 10-4]
In addition to the license fee imposed by this section, the
licensee shall collect and pay a service and inspection charge of
$1 per day for each trailer camp site occupied. This service and inspection
charge shall be paid to the Borough daily at the Police Department.
[1976 Code § 10-5]
It shall be unlawful to park a trailer in the Borough except
for the following:
a.
A trailer may be parked in an enclosed building or a licensed camp.
b.
A trailer may be parked for any legitimate reason for not longer
than three hours on either the public streets or any property in the
Borough where parking shall be lawfully permitted.
c.
A bona fide owner of any trailer who also owns real property in the
Borough may continue to maintain the trailer upon property owner by
him provided that the trailer shall not be used for living or sleeping
purposes.
d.
All trailers existing in the Borough on May 8, 1961 used by the actual
owners thereof for living purposes, whether on premises owned by them
or not, shall be exempted from the provisions of this chapter.
[1976 Code § 10-6]
After notice and hearing, the Borough Council may revoke or
suspend the license of any licensee who shall violate the provisions
of this chapter or who shall refuse to permit the inspection of a
trailer camp by the Police Department or the Health Department of
the Borough upon request made for such inspection and the premises
licensed hereby shall be open to such inspection at all times.
[1976 Code § 10-7]
The Borough Council may issue a temporary permit not exceeding
six months in length with the privilege of renewing the same for a
further period of six months, or any portion thereof, in hardship
cases where the applicant may not be able to qualify for, or otherwise
obtain, a trailer court license as required herein. The hardship cases
upon which the temporary permit may be granted in the discretion of
the Council shall be based upon family relationships of a person owning
or renting property in the Borough and economic considerations under
which it would be financially difficult for such persons to maintain
close members of their family in nursing homes, hospitals, or outside
premises, or in cases of housing shortages where necessary to maintain
close members of a family for limited periods of time or in instances
of sale or property by the persons applying, or members of their family
requiring temporary periods to acquire other places of residence,
or for the accommodation of visiting relatives or friends for vacation
visits or periods of illness. Close members of a family shall be considered
to be wives, husbands, children, brothers, sisters, parents, or grandparents
of persons owning or renting property referred to herein.
