[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township of Monroe 4-28-1976 as Ord. No. BOH 3-76 (appeared as Ch. 47 of the 1967 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Land management — See Ch. 175.
Mobile home site fees — See Ch. 200.
Campgrounds — See Ch. 279.
[Amended 4-26-1977 by Ord. No. BOH 2-7]
A. 
There is hereby adopted by the Board of Health of the Township of Monroe, County of Gloucester, State of New Jersey, for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the maintenance, control and operation of mobile home parks, Chapter 9, Mobile Home Parks (effective September 1, 1968). A copy of Chapter 9, Mobile Home Parks, of the New Jersey State Sanitary Code is annexed to this chapter, and three copies of the same have been placed on file in the office of the Township Clerk and are available to all persons desiring to use and examine the same.
B. 
Where provisions of this chapter, as hereinafter enumerated, are more restrictive than the provisions of Chapter 9, Mobile Home Parks, of the State Sanitary Code, those provisions shall apply; but where any such provisions of this chapter are in conflict with the laws of the State of New Jersey or the provisions of Chapter 9, Mobile Home Parks, of the State Sanitary Code, then provisions of Chapter 9, Mobile Home Parks, shall apply.
C. 
Where provisions of this chapter, as hereinafter enumerated, are more restrictive than or are in conflict with the provisions of the State Uniform Construction Code Act (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-119 et seq.) or the provisions of the regulations for the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code (N.J.A.C. 5:23-1.1 et seq.), then the provisions of the State Uniform Construction Code and regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall apply.
D. 
Upon adoption, a certified copy of this chapter shall be filed with the State Commissioner of Health.
All definitions set forth in Chapter 9, Mobile Home Parks, of the State Sanitary Code, except as hereinafter modified, are incorporated and made a part of this chapter by reference.
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct, operate, maintain or carry on the business of the operation of a mobile home park or work in, occupy or directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever, utilize any place or premises in which is conducted or carried on a mobile home park, unless and until there shall be granted by the Board of Health of the Township of Monroe, in accordance with the terms of this chapter, and shall be in full force and effect, a license to conduct said mobile home park for the place and premises at which the same shall be carried on and operated.
A. 
Applications for said initial license and additional site licenses shall be made upon request to the Secretary of the Board of Health upon forms approved and provided by the State Department of Health in accordance with Chapter IX, Mobile Home Parks, Section 1.
B. 
Prior to applying to the State Department of Health for approval of plans and specifications, it shall be necessary for the applicant to submit all plans and specifications as aforesaid to the Board of Health of the Township of Monroe which, if it finds said application to be in order, shall temporarily approve all initial and additional sites by way of resolution so that the applicant can apply for state approval in accordance with Regulation 1.4c of Chapter IX. Upon the submission to the Board of Health of the Township of Monroe of approved plans and proof of approval by the State of New Jersey Department of Health, the final licensing of the applicant shall be automatic by the Township Board of Health.
A. 
The license fee for a mobile home park shall be $5 per mobile home park site per year, with a minimum mobile home park license fee of $200 per year. Said license shall be issued for a period of one year commencing on January 1 of each year, and the said fee is hereby established for and in consideration of inspection, supervision, public health, general public welfare, fire, health, police protection and other governmental functions, as well as for providing revenue. The said license fee shall be payable in advance for each year.
[Amended 6-11-1986 by Ord. No. BOH 6-86]
B. 
Every license issued for a mobile home park shall be openly and conspicuously displayed in the principal office of the mobile home park at the park site.
[Amended 4-26-1977 by Ord. No. BOH 1-77]
A. 
Any initial license shall not be issued for more than 100 mobile homes in any mobile home park. However after a licensee has been in operation for a period of one year, the licensee, whenever 75% of the sites in its park last previously licensed have been occupied, may apply to the Board of Health of the Township of Monroe for an increase in its licensed capacity, up to an additional 100 mobile home sites. The Board of Health, prior to granting the increase in mobile home sites, shall conduct a public hearing, which hearing shall be advertised in the newspaper at least 10 days prior to the public hearing, and the Board of Health shall take into consideration the past operation of the licensed premises, including the general appearance of the mobile home park, the compliance or noncompliance with the provisions of this chapter and all other ordinances of the township and the effect the increase will have on municipal services and costs. Thereafter, the licensee may apply to the Board of Health for additional increases in its licensed capacity, for up to 100 sites per application, but only after it has obtained occupancy, in its park, of 75% of the sites described or otherwise referred to in the licensee's most recently approved application and 100% of all sites licensed prior to the licensee's most recently approved application. Upon each application for an increase in licensed capacity, the Board of Health shall conduct a public hearing as set forth above. The granting or denying of additional mobile home site licenses under this provision shall be at the sole discretion of the Board of Health, subject to the considerations set forth above.
B. 
Until otherwise provided, the Board of Health shall limit the issuance of mobile home park licenses to four in number at such locations provided by said Board of Health.
[Amended 5-10-2000 by Ord. No. BOH 2-00]
C. 
At the time that the licensee applies for an increase in its licensed capacity said licensee shall submit an affidavit, which affidavit shall be notarized, affirming that the requirement that 75% of the sites most recently licensed and 100% of all sites licensed prior thereto have been occupied, has been met.
[Amended 4-26-1977 by Ord. No. BOH 2-77]
No mobile home shall be occupied by a greater number of occupants than that for which it was designed and constructed. The minimum area of any space for a mobile home shall not be less than 3,000 square feet, and any dimension shall not be less than 40 feet. Each space shall not be located less than 25 feet from street lot lines or interior lot lines. Mobile homes shall be located on each space so that there will not be less than 15 feet to any other mobile home or building within the park.
There shall be no disposal of waste material on the ground. Said waste material must be deposited in trash cans provided by the licensee and placed in convenient locations as directed by the Township Sanitation Department so that the Township Sanitation Department may remove the same in a proper and orderly manner. Such receptacles shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition at all times. The park shall provide supervision and equipment sufficient to prevent littering the ground with rubbish and debris. Flytight depositories with tight-fitting covers shall be conveniently located as directed by the Township Sanitation Department.
Motor vehicle parking areas are provided as follows:
A. 
The motor vehicles of residents of the mobile home park shall be parked on hard-surface-base driveways adjacent to each mobile home area.
B. 
The motor vehicles of guests or visitors shall be parked in an area specifically designated for such purpose.
A. 
All mobile home parks duly licensed under this chapter shall provide and maintain the following minimum recreation area for the residents of the mobile home park:
(1) 
One acre of recreation area for up to 200 mobile homes.
(2) 
One-half acre of recreation area for every additional 100 mobile homes or part thereof.
B. 
The recreation area location or locations shall be approved by the Township Engineer. The Township Engineer shall only approve recreation areas on usable land and not on land that from an engineering standpoint is considered to be wasteland.
[Amended 6-11-1986 by Ord. No. BOH 6-86]
At all times such licensed premises shall comply with all police, fire, health or other rules and regulations imposed by the Township Council or any of the duly authorized agencies of said Township Council. Said business and premises shall be subject to examination and inspection, by day or night, by the Township Council, police, fire or health authorities or agents thereof.
The Board of Health is hereby authorized to revoke or suspend any license issued pursuant hereto after investigation shall determine that the holder thereof has violated any of the provisions of this chapter, that any mobile home park is being maintained in an unsanitary, unsafe manner or that a nuisance exists. In case of failure or refusal to comply with any of the terms or provisions of this chapter, the Board of Health may, on notice and hearing, refuse to issue or may suspend or revoke any license applied for or granted hereunder.
Such revocation or suspension of license shall be made only after a public hearing is given to such licensee. Five days' written notice of the time and place fixed and thereafter designated and determined for said hearing, containing the specifications of the said violations or violation, shall be given to said licensee.
[Amended 6-11-1986 by Ord. No. BOH 6-86]
A. 
State Sanitary Code.
(1) 
Each violation of any provision of the State Sanitary Code shall constitute a separate offense, and any person convicted of any violation shall be subject to a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100. Each day that said violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. Each such penalty shall be sued for and recovered in a civil action by the Board of Health in a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 26:1A-10.
(2) 
The penalty provided herein shall not be deemed to bar or exclude any other power or enforcement which the Board of Health, by and through its public officers, shall have in order to enforce compliance with the provisions of the State Sanitary Code.
B. 
Any person convicted of any violation of this chapter shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $500 and not less than $5. Each twenty-four-hour period of said violation shall be deemed to be a separate offense and punishable as aforesaid by said fine.