[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Tilton as Ch. 5.52 of the Village Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated below:
Includes any vehicle or similar portable structure constructed
so as to permit its being used as a conveyance on a public street
and so as to permit occupancy as a dwelling by one or more persons.
Includes an area of land on which two or more occupied trailer
coaches are harbored, either free of charge or for revenue, together
with any building, structure or enclosure used as part of the equipment
of such park.
It is unlawful to establish, maintain or operate any trailer
coach park in the Village without first having obtained a license
therefor. Applications for licenses shall be made in writing to the
Clerk and shall contain the name of the applicant, the location of
the proposed park and the number of trailers to be accommodated. Each
application shall be accompanied by a plat or sketch showing the size
and location of all buildings and structures.
When issued, a trailer coach park license shall be for a term
of one year which corresponds to the fiscal year of the Village.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The annual fee for a trailer coach park license shall be set
from time to time by the Board of Trustees for each park and for each
trailer coach for which accommodations are provided. Whenever the
number of such accommodations is increased, this shall be reported
to the Clerk, and the additional fee, if any, necessitated by such
increase shall be paid before the additional spaces are put to use.
When a license is applied for, or accommodations are increased during
the license year, the fee shall be prorated on the basis of the number
of months remaining in the license year.
A.
No license shall be issued to anyone but a person of good character,
nor to any corporation if any officer thereof is not a person of good
character.
B.
It is unlawful to hire or keep as manager, superintendent or person
in charge of a trailer coach park any person who is not a person of
good character or any person who has been convicted of a felony.
Each trailer coach park, when operated, shall be in the charge
of a responsible attendant or caretaker at all times. He shall be
responsible, with the licensee, for compliance with the provisions
of this chapter relating to the conduct of such parks.
Each trailer coach shall be allotted a site of not less than
1,000 square feet. No trailer coach shall be parked closer than five
feet to the side lot lines of a trailer coach park if the abutting
property is improved property, or closer than 10 feet to a public
street, alley or building. Each trailer site shall abut or face on
a driveway or clear unoccupied space of not less than 20 feet in width,
which space shall have unobstructed access to a public highway or
alley. There shall be an open space of at least 10 feet between the
sides of every trailer coach and at least five feet between the ends
of every trailer coach.
An adequate supply of pure water for drinking and domestic purposes
from the public water supply system shall be supplied to meet the
requirements of the trailer coach park. Water shall be obtained from
faucets only, conveniently located in the park. No common drinking
cups shall be permitted. A water meter shall be installed in each
park.
Each trailer coach park shall provide toilets and baths or showers
which shall comply with the provisions of any ordinance relating thereto,
with separate accommodations for men and women. Each trailer coach
site shall be connected to the public sewer system of the Village
in compliance with statutes of the state and the applicable Village
ordinances.
It shall be the duty of the owner of the park, his agent or
caretaker to provide for the collection and removal of garbage or
other waste material and to otherwise maintain the park in a clean
and sanitary condition.
The park shall be kept properly and adequately lighted at all
times so that the grounds are safe for occupants and visitors.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
In compliance with the provisions of this chapter, it shall
be the duty of the licensee and person in charge of a trailer coach
park to comply fully with the provisions of applicable state statutes,
including, but not limited to, the Mobile Home Park Act (210 ILCS
115/1 et seq.).
A.
It is unlawful for any person to maintain any trailer coach used
for human habitation upon any plot of ground in the municipality other
than in a licensed trailer park.
B.
It is unlawful for any person to remove the wheels or other transporting
device from any trailer coach or otherwise to affix a trailer coach
permanently to the ground so as to prevent ready removal of the trailer
coach unless a permit to do so is obtained as required for the construction
of a new building. Any such alteration shall be construed as converting
the trailer coach into a building and shall be subject to the requirements
of the zoning and building ordinances.
C.
It is unlawful to occupy for sleeping or other residence purposes
any trailer coach which has been rendered immobile by the removal
of wheels, or by placement on a foundation or on the ground, unless
such trailer coach complies in construction and location with the
ordinances relating to the construction, wiring, plumbing, sewer facilities
and other regulations applicable to single-family dwellings.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the storage
of any trailer coach for any length of time when said trailer coach
is not used for living or sleeping purposes.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provisions of
this chapter shall be fined not more than $750 for each offense. A
separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on
which a violation occurs or continues.
