[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Islip 5-10-55.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Department of Building and Housing — See Ch. 6.
Building Code — See Ch. 7.
Fire Prevention Code — See Ch. 18.
Garbage and rubbish — See Ch. 21.
Issuance of licenses and permits — See Ch. 31.
Abandoned vehicles and vessels — See Ch. 60.
Department of Waste Disposal — See Ch. 63.
Water rules and regulations — See Ch. 64.
Water pollution — See Ch. 66.
Zoning — See Ch. 68.
HOUSE TRAILER — For the purpose of this ordinance, is
any vehicle so designed, constructed, reconstructed or added to by means of
portable accessories in such manner as will permit the occupancy thereof as
a "temporary dwelling or sleeping place" for one (1) or more persons, and
having no foundation other than wheels, jacks or skirtings so arranged as
to be integral with or portable by said "house trailer."
As used herein, means the occupancy by any person or persons of a
"house trailer" for a period not in excess of one hundred eighty (180) days
within a twelve-month period, such twelve-month period to begin when the "house
trailer" was first occupied in the Town of Islip. A change in ownership or
occupant shall not affect the one-hundred-eighty-day period in any way. Any
"house trailer" which shall have been occupied more than one hundred eighty
(180) days in any twelve-month period in the Town of Islip shall no longer
be considered a "house trailer" but shall be a dwelling and must conform with
the Building Code and Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Islip.[1]
[Added 4-15-58]
For the purpose of this ordinance, is any site, lot, field or tract
of land upon which three (3) or more occupied "house trailers" are harbored
or located, whether or not a charge is made for such harboring or locating,
and shall include any building, structure, vehicle or enclosure used or intended
for use as a part of the equipment of such "house trailer park."
No person, firm, corporation or association shall establish, maintain,
conduct or operate any house trailer park within the limits of the Town of
Islip without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Town Board of the
Town of Islip.
The Town Board of the Town of Islip is hereby authorized to grant a
permit to any person, firm, partnership or corporation desiring to engage
in the business of establishing, maintaining, conducting or operating any
house trailer park, upon compliance with the provisions of this ordinance
and other ordinances applicable thereto and upon certification thereof by
the Assessor of the Town of Islip and the Chief of Police of the Town of Islip.
The application for the permit shall state the exact location of the site,
lot, field or tract of land upon which it is proposed to establish such house
trailer park, and shall contain an agreement on the part of the applicant
that in accepting such permit he will permit entry into such house trailer
park premises and into any building, structure, trailer, vehicle or enclosure
upon such park premises at any time that a request is made by an authorized
inspector or peace officer of the Town of Islip.
No occupied house trailer shall be parked in any street, road, avenue,
boulevard or parkway in the Town of Islip.
No occupied house trailer shall be parked on any premises in the Town of Islip other than in a house trailer park duly authorized pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance, except as hereinafter provided in § 54-23 of this ordinance.
A.
The Town Board of the Town of Islip may at any time,
after proper hearing, suspend or revoke any permit granted under this ordinance,
and may, as a result of such suspension or revocation, order any trailer park
closed.
B.
A permit may be refused if the applicant shall have been
convicted of a misdemeanor or felony which in the judgment of the Town Board
renders the applicant unfit or undesirable to carry on the operation of a
trailer park. The Town Board shall have the power to revoke any permit if
the permittee shall at any time be convicted of a misdemeanor or felony which
in the judgment of the Town Board renders the permittee unfit or undesirable
to carry on the operation of a trailer park.
C.
If the permittee or applicant considers himself aggrieved
by any decision of the Town Board with respect to the suspension or revocation
of the said license or the refusal of the Town Clerk to issue such license,
he may avail himself of his right to review any such suspension or revocation
by certiorari proceedings pursuant to Article 78 of the Civil Practice Act
in the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
Each house trailer park shall be provided with a custodian's office
where each house trailer entering such park shall be assigned to a plot location
and each such trailer shall be furnished with a copy of the park rules and
a copy of this ordinance. Every occupant upon entering such park shall be
registered. Said registration shall include the name and address of every
occupant of said trailer; the license numbers of all units; the state issuing
such licenses; and a statement indicating the exact location at which such
house trailer was last parked, including the state, City, Town or Village
where such last parking occurred. A copy of such registry shall be kept at
the custodian's office and shall be available for inspection by any person
at all times. Said registration records shall be neatly and securely maintained,
and no registration record shall be destroyed until sixty (60) months have
elapsed following the date of such registration. The park permit and an approved
copy of the plot plan of said park shall be conspicuously posted in the park
custodian's office at all times.
Every such house trailer park shall be well drained and kept clean and
sanitary at all times.
[Amended 1-16-73, effective 2-3-73]
A.
Each trailer installed in the Town of Islip after the
effective date of this ordinance provision must have conspicuously displayed
and permanently affixed to it a label from a nationally recognized independent
testing laboratory certifying the fire-protected construction of the trailer.
B.
Sufficient approved hand fire extinguishers shall be
provided and installed in each trailer park custodian's office and at
such other locations within the trailer park as determined by the Building
Department of the Town of Islip. Inspections of parks and buildings shall
be made by the Building Department of the Town of Islip at intervals to be
determined by the Building Department.
No garbage, rubbish, refuse or waste matter of any kind shall be disposed
of anywhere except in properly covered metal containers.
No animal washing, car washing or other slop-creating practices shall
be carried on at any individual house trailer site or at any building, structure,
tent, vehicle or any other place within the house trailer park not designed
and approved for such purposes.
[Amended 8-30-55; 6-4-74]
All roads in every trailer park must be maintained in a passable and
dust-free condition at all times and shall have a minimum width of eighteen
(18) feet. Said roads shall be kept unobstructed at all times. It shall be
the duty of the individual owners of trailers to keep sidewalks, walkways
and throughways clear of snow accumulation in areas bordering their individual
trailers. Main access roads and trailer paths within the borders of the complex
shall be kept clear of snow by the trailer park owner. The condition of the
roadways in every trailer park in the Town of Islip shall be subject to the
approval or disapproval of the Superintendent of Highways of the Town of Islip.
Every house trailer park shall be illuminated at night.
[Amended 4-15-58]
Every house trailer park site shall be subdivided and marked into rectangular
shaped lots. The area of such lot shall be not less than five thousand (5,000)
square feet with a minimum frontage of fifty (50) feet. Each lot shall be
adjacent to a roadway, except that upon approval of the Town Board, eighteen-foot
spurs from the main roadway may be permitted. Said spurs shall not exceed
sixty (60) feet in length and not more than three (3) trailers shall be permitted
around the perimeter of said spur. A separate parking space for visitors'
cars shall be provided on the park site.
All house trailers and cars attendant therewith shall be arranged and
parked in an orderly manner in accordance with such established park rules
as are intended to safeguard the health, safety and convenience of the patrons
and to promote general uniformity of appearance in the park as a whole.
The trailer park permittee shall provide a suitably enclosed drying
area. No trailer shall have an individual clothes-drying area.
Fencing and/or screening to protect neighboring properties shall be
erected to the satisfaction of the Islip Town Board.
It shall be the duty of every owner, operator or custodian in charge
of any house trailer parked in the Town of Islip, in case a physician is not
in attendance, to report to the Town Health Officer and the Suffolk County
Department of Health the full name, age and temporary address of every person
who is affected or suspected to be affected with any reportable communicable
disease.
A.
Every trailer shall have it own sanitary facilities and
bathing and washing facilities. All wires, pipes, conduits for all utility
purposes must be underground, except for the necessary connections to a utility
stanchion.
B.
No other structures or additions shall be added to any
trailer, except that suitable awnings may be attached to a trailer.
[Amended 4-15-1958]
An applicant to the Town Board for the use of any land as a trailer
park shall first obtain from the Department of Health of the County of Suffolk
a statement, in writing, as to their approval for the establishment of proper
sanitation facilities and water supply for such proposed trailer park, together
with a plan showing clearly the extent and area to be used for such park.
In determining the suitability of such use, the Town Board shall give consideration
to the effect of the proposed park site on adjacent property, and further,
no such permits shall be granted for a trailer park in any residence district
having a higher classification than Residential D.[1] No permit shall be granted until after public hearing.
Each trailer entering the park must be owned by the occupant. It is
specifically understood that no trailers shall be rented by the permittee.
Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation who shall
establish, maintain, conduct and operate a house trailer park without a permit,
and every permittee or his agent, park attendant or any occupant of any house
trailer who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not exceeding
one hundred dollars ($100.) or by imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to:
[Amended 4-15-58]
Any house trailer parks or individual house trailers now occupied or
in use at the this ordinance or any amendment thereto takes effect, which
do not conform with the provisions of this ordinance and its amendments, must
be brought to full conformity within six (6) calendar months after this ordinance
and any amendment thereto takes effect, or the use and/or occupancy of the
same must be discontinued; provided that the minimum area of any lot in a
house trailer park for which a permit was issued before January 16, 1958 shall
not be required to exceed one thousand two hundred (1,200) square feet with
a minimum frontage of thirty (30) feet.
[Amended 4-15-58]
Should any section or provision of this ordinance or any amendment thereto
be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the ordinance or any part thereof except
the part which was declared invalid.
Any provisions of any previous ordinance or any previous ordinances
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
This ordinance is to be in force and shall take effect on and after
May 30, 1955.
