[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Sloatsburg 9-8-1959 (Ch. 27 of the 1965 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any house trailer on any street or highway in the Village for a period longer than two hours, except for the purpose of repair. Any such house trailer undergoing repairs shall not, during such period, be used by any person as a dwelling or sleeping place. No trailer shall be parked under any circumstances in such a manner as to obstruct the free flow of traffic or create a traffic, fire or safety hazard.
No house trailer being used as a residence shall be located upon any land or premises within the Village other than trailer camps, unless such land or premises has erected thereon, conveniently accessible to such house trailer, adequate sanitary facilities and an approved water supply.
No such house trailer shall be permitted to park or otherwise locate, except in a duly licensed trailer camp, on a lot or parcel of land containing less than 2,500 square feet, and such house trailer shall not be parked or located nearer than six feet to the side line of such lot or parcel of land.
No such house trailer shall be permitted to remain upon any premises other than a duly licensed trailer camp, for a longer period than two weeks in any 12 months period if the trailer is being used for residence purposes.
No person shall use or permit the use of premises for the parking, storage or location of a house trailer within the Village without a permit obtained as hereinafter provided, nor shall any person park, store or locate said house trailer upon any premises within the Village without obtaining a permit therefor as hereinafter provided.
The application for a permit shall state the name of the applicant, his residence address, the name and make of house trailer, the registration number of such house trailer, the state in which registered, the year of issue of registration, and if such house trailer be propelled by another power-driven vehicle to which it may be attached; the application for such permit shall also state the make, registration number, state and year of registration and the name of the owner of such other vehicle; the street number where such house trailer is or is to be located, a statement of the estimated duration of stay of such proposed location and whether or not such proposed location is a duly licensed trailer camp, and if not, the consent in writing of the owner of the premises to such use of the land must be presented with the application.
The Village Clerk, upon proper written application and upon receipt of the permit fee therefor, may issue a permit to continue in force for the term specified therein but in no event longer than through the 31st day of December next succeeding, and in the case of a trailer being used for residence purposes for no longer than two weeks from the date of issuance thereof, if the trailer is parked or located upon premises in the Village other than a duly licensed trailer camp.
Each such applicant shall pay at the time of issuance of such permit, a fee of $5 for each house trailer.
Any permit issued to the owner or operator of a house trailer, may be revoked by the Village Clerk for violation of any of the provisions of this chapter by the owner, operator occupant of such trailer. Notice of such revocation shall be given to the owner or operator of such house trailer and to the owner of the premises where such house trailer is located.
No person shall operate or conduct a trailer camp or tourist camp upon any premises within the Village or use or permit the use of any land or premises in the Village as a tourist camp or trailer camp without a license from the Village Clerk.
The Village Clerk, upon written application and upon receipt of the license fee, may with the written approval of the Health Officer and the Planning Board of the Village, issue a license to become effective from the date thereof and to continue in force or the term specified therein, but not in any event longer than through the 31st day of December next succeeding, for the use of premises therein specified as a trailer camp or tourist camp. Such license shall not be transferable or assignable.
The application for such license shall state the name and address of the applicant if an individual, the name and address of the partners if a partnership, and the names and addresses of the principal officers if a corporation; the name and address of the owner of the premises upon which the trailer or tourist camp is to be located and, if such applicant be not the owner of such premises, the nature of the interest of such applicant in said premises; a description of the land or premises upon which the proposed trailer camp or tourist camp is to be located; a complete plan of the proposed trailer camp or tourist camp including a plot plan of the property and a proposed layout showing the extent and area to be used for such camp purposes; the proposed roadways and driveways; the proposed location or site for each house trailer, camp cottage, tent house, cabin or other building or structure, and the construction of all proposed sanitary conveniences, laundry buildings and slop sinks, the proposed method of sewage disposal or removal; the plan for the water supply and electric light and the plan for proposed toilets, washrooms and laundry. Such application shall, when presented to the Village Clerk, be immediately referred to the Planning Board for approval or rejection. The Planning Board, within 30 days after the receipt of such application from the Village Clerk, shall approve or reject the said application, and its decision shall be filed with the Village Clerk and a copy thereof furnished to the applicant. If the Planning Board shall fail to act within such thirty-day period, the application shall be referred to the Village Board for action. Before issuing any license, the Village Clerk shall submit the application to the Health Officer for approval or rejection which shall be in writing. Any applicant, who has been refused a license by the Village Clerk may apply to the Village Board therefor.
The applicant shall, at the time of the issuance of such license, pay to the Village Clerk a fee in accordance with the following schedule:
A. 
Trailer camps having a capacity of not more than five house trailers or tourist camps with living quarters for not more than 15 persons, including children: $50.
B. 
Trailer camps having a capacity of not more than 10 house trailers or tourist camps with living quarters for not more than 30 persons, including children: $100.
C. 
Trailer camps having a capacity of not more than 15 house trailers or tourist camps with living quarters for not more than 45 persons, including children: $150.
D. 
Trailer camps having a capacity of not more than 20 house trailers or tourist camps with living quarters for not more than 60 persons, including children: $200.
E. 
Trailer camps having a capacity of more than 20 house trailers or tourist camps with living quarters for not more than 60 persons, including children: $300.
All land used as a trailer camp or tourist camp shall be well drained, of ample size, free from heavy or dense growth to ensure rapid drainage during the following rain, and shall at all times be drained so as to be free from stagnant pools of water.
Each such trailer camp or tourist camp shall provide not less than 875 square feet of land for each house trailer, camp cottage, tent house, cabin or any other building or structure, provided that each house trailer, camp cottage, tent house, cabin, or other building or structure designed for living quarters or sleeping quarters shall not be less than 10 feet from any other house trailer, camp cottage, tent house, cabin or other building and structure. A trailer camp shall be subdivided into rectangular shaped lots, grouped in blocks with camp streets at least 20 feet wide between each block. No house trailer, camp cottage, tent house, cabin or other building or structure shall be located within 30 feet of any highway or street line, nor within 20 feet of any adjacent property line. Such trailer camp or tourist camp shall be surrounded by a suitable woven-wire, open-metal or wooden fence not less than five feet nor more than six feet high, having only necessary openings for entrances and exit facilities. All entrances and exits from any trailer camp or tourist camp shall be well marked and so arranged as not to constitute a traffic hazard. All driveways within such camps shall be hard surfaced, well marked in the daytime and properly lighted at night.
Any camp cottage, tent house, cabin or other building or structure designed for living or sleeping quarters shall be so constructed and arranged as to provide broad and easy exit in case of fire or other emergency, and each such camp cottage, tent house, cabin or other building or structure designed for living quarters or sleeping quarters shall be equipped with at least one fire extinguisher for every 3,000 square feet of floor space or fraction thereof. In trailer camps, there shall be at least one fire extinguisher for each three trailers, which extinguisher shall be readily accessible to such trailers and be at all times in usable condition subject to inspection at any time.
Each trailer camp or tourist camp shall be provided with approved connections to existing public water systems of the Village or of any district therein, and shall also be provided with approved sanitary facilities. No trailer camp or tourist camp shall be permitted in any area of the town where water service and fire hydrants are not available.
Kitchens, dining rooms, mess halls and toilet facilities located in trailer camps and tourist camps shall be properly ventilated and provided with adequate methods of excluding flies.
Every trailer camp and tourist camp shall be provided with sanitary facilities in accordance with the following schedule:
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One toilet for each sex for every 20 persons or fraction thereof.
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Each toilet room for men to have one urinal stall.
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Each toilet room to have at least one sink or lavatory for every three toilets or fraction thereof.
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One shower for each sex for every 30 persons or fraction thereof.
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Laundry tubs and slop sinks or basins with water supply to serve each 30 persons or fraction thereof.
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Toilet building shall be well lighted at all times, well ventilated with screened openings and constructed of such moistureproof material as shall permit rapid and satisfactory cleaning, scouring and washing. Floors shall be of concrete or similar materials, elevated not less than four inches above grade and shall slope to a floor drain located in each room.
G. 
The use of toilets located in house trailers is prohibited.
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All plumbing installations, except as herein provided, shall be approved by the Building Inspector. Kitchen sink wastewater from any house trailer may be discharged to suitable leaching pits of such size and construction as may be approved by the Building Inspector.
I. 
No water supply not approved by the Health Officer shall be used at any trailer camp or tourist camp. A bacteriological analysis by a laboratory approved by the Health Officer shall be made weekly at the expense of the licensee and filed with the Health Officer within 24 hours of completion of analysis.
J. 
Where toilet and bathing facilities are provided for both sexes in the same building, a tight, soundproof wall shall be constructed between the male and female sections.
K. 
A covered metal flytight garbage pail and a covered metal rubbish container of adequate size shall be provided for each six persons or fraction thereof.
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Each toilet building shall be distinctly marked "MEN" or "WOMEN" in accordance with the sex for which provided.
Every trailer camp or tourist camp shall be under the management of the licensee, who must be of good character and reputation, and who shall manage such camp from an office located on the premises. There shall be maintained in such office, a bound book containing a record of the names of all persons accommodated at the camp, their home addresses, the time of their arrival and departure, and the license number and make of their automobile or other vehicle. Such record shall at all reasonable times be available for inspection by any peace officer or Village official.
It shall be the duty of the licensee of any trailer camp or tourist camp:
A. 
To provide for the collection of garbage and other waste material.
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To prohibit the placing or storing of unsightly material or vehicles of any kind.
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To provide for the cleaning, painting, repairing and disinfecting of all buildings.
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To take and effect all measures deemed necessary by the Health Officer to preserve the health, comfort and safety of all persons accommodated in the camp and of the general public.
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To prevent any animal running at large within the camp.
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To report to the Health Officer all cases of communicable diseases or suspected cases of communicable diseases affecting any inmate of the camp.
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To prevent the committing of any nuisance on the camp premises and to report immediately to the proper authorities all acts of a disorderly character committed by any persons inside of the camp, and to that end to maintain proper policing thereof.
Sleeping quarters in tourist camps shall be properly ventilated and shall have not less than 50 square feet of floor area and 500 cubic feet of space for each person.
Kitchen and dining room equipment in any trailer camp or tourist camp shall be of such material and so made or constructed as to facilitate cleaning, and shall be kept clean at all times. Adequate facilities, including a plentiful supply of hot water for the washing of dishes and utensils, shall be provided and dishes and utensils shall be washed and cleaned after each use.
The Village Building Inspector shall enforce all the provisions of this chapter, and he may at any time enter any trailer camp or tourist camp or any premises used for the parking or location of a house trailer or house trailers.
The Village Building Inspector shall serve upon the licensee or person in charge of any trailer camp or tourist camp not maintained in a clean and sanitary condition, or in accordance with this chapter, an order in writing, directing that the conditions therein specified be remedied within five days after the service of such order. If, after the expiration of such period, such conditions remain unchanged, or are not corrected in accordance with the order, such officer shall serve a notice in writing upon the licensee or person in charge requiring the holder of such license to appear before the Village Board at a time to be specified in such notice, and show cause why such license should not be revoked. The Village Board may, after a hearing, revoke such license for sufficient cause. Upon the revocation of license, the premises shall forthwith cease to be used for the purposes of a trailer camp or tourist camp and all house trailers, camp cottages, tent houses, cabins or other buildings, designed for living or sleeping quarters other than houses, buildings or structures conforming to other applicable ordinances shall be removed therefrom.
The permanent attachment of a house trailer, camp cottage, tent house, cabin or other structure to the ground in a manner to prevent the ready removal thereof shall not be construed as removing it from the requirements or scope of this chapter.
The owner, lessee, licensee, occupant of, or person accommodated in any trailer camp or tourist camp, or the owner, lessee or occupant of any premises upon which a house trailer is located, who commits any act in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, shall each be liable for any such violation and for the penalty therefor. Each day such violation shall continue or be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate violation.
A. 
Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100 or to imprisonment for a period of not less than one day nor more than six months, or both such fine and imprisonment. The imposition of all penalties for any violation of this chapter shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue.
B. 
The application of the above penalty or penalties or the prosecution of the violation of the provisions of this chapter shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of conditions prohibited by this chapter. When a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is continuous, each 24 hours shall thereof constitute a separate and distinct violation.
C. 
It is also ordained that a violation of this chapter shall constitute disorderly conduct and that the person violating the same shall be a disorderly person.
D. 
The Board of Trustees may also enforce obedience to this chapter by injunction.
If any section, paragraph, subdivision, or provisions of this chapter shall be invalid, such invalidity shall apply only to the section, paragraph, subdivision or provisions adjudged invalid and the rest of this chapter shall remain valid and effective.