[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Egg
Harbor 8-11-1975.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Private campgrounds — See Ch. 86.
Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 89.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 111.
Garbage, rubbish and refuse — See Ch. 118.
Licensing — See Ch. 142.
Zoning — See Ch. 225.
[1]
Editor's Note: This chapter is derived from Section 5-8 of Chapter
V of the former Revised Ordinances, adopted 8-11-1975, as amended.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A one-family dwelling unit of vehicular, portable design built on
a chassis and designed so as to be capable of being moved from one site to
another.
Any river, pond, canal, railroad, levee, embankment, fence or hedge.
Includes a mobile home, a trailer coach or the land upon which such
are located, in a use that does not conform to the ordinances of the Township.
Use of a mobile home, a building or land that does not conform to
the regulations of the ordinances of the Township.
Trailer coach park.
Includes all mobile homes or trailer coaches whether located in licensed
parks or in licensed nonconforming uses and connected or hooked up to power
or water or approved sanitation facilities.
Any portable structure or vehicle so constructed and designed as
to permit occupancy thereof for dwelling or sleeping purposes.
Any plot of ground upon which two or more trailer coaches, occupied
for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located, regardless of whether or not
a charge is made for the accommodation.
A plot of ground within a trailer coach park designed for the accommodation
of one trailer coach.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or permit
to be parked any trailer coach, as herein defined, for living purposes, either
temporarily or permanently, upon any lot or land in the Township or to maintain
or operate within the limits of this Township any trailer coach park, unless
such persons shall first obtain a license therefor.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any trailer
or camp car for any period exceeding two hours on any street in the Township
or on any premises within the limits of the Township, unless said trailer
or camp car displays current motor vehicle tags.
[Amended 6-9-1982 by Ord.
No. 38-1982]
The base annual license fee for each trailer coach park or mobile home
park shall be as follows:
A.
Trailer coach parks or mobile home parks with the following
number of trailer coach improved spaces or mobile home stands:
[Amended 4-8-1987 by Ord.
No. 19-1987]
(1)
Zero to 20: $125.
(2)
Twenty-one to 40: $175.
(3)
Forty-one to 60: $225.
(4)
Sixty-one to 80: $275.
(5)
Eighty-one to 100: $325.
(6)
One hundred one to 120: $375.
(7)
One hundred twenty-one to 140: $425.
(8)
One hundred forty-one to 160: $475.
(9)
One hundred sixty-one to 180: $525.
(10)
One hundred eighty-one to 200: $575.
(11)
Two hundred one to 220: $625.
(12)
Two hundred twenty-one to 240: $675.
B.
The aforesaid base annual license fees shall be paid
at the time of the issuance of the license for the trailer coach or mobile
home park.
[Amended 12-8-1982 by Ord.
No. 70-1982; 4-8-1987 by Ord.
No. 19-1987]
C.
[1]The annual license fee for each trailer coach or mobile home now
located on a private parcel or lot, prior to adoption of Ordinance No. 4-1959
on March 23, 1959, and which is considered a nonconforming mobile home or
trailer coach, shall be $156 annually, payable quarterly in advance on the
10th day of January, April, July and October of each and every year.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 207-3C, regarding a weekly fee per unit, as amended, and former § 207-3D, regarding the payment of said weekly fee, as amended, were repealed 9-10-1997 by Ord. No. 36-1997. Said ordinance also provided for the redesignation of former §§ 207-3E through I as §§ 207-3C through G, respectively. See now § 207-20, Municipal service fee.
D.
[2]The fee for the transfer of a license of a mobile home park or
trailer coach park shall be $200.
[2]
Editor's Note: Former § 207-3C, regarding a weekly fee per unit, as amended, and former § 207-3D, regarding the payment of said weekly fee, as amended, were repealed 9-10-1997 by Ord. No. 36-1997. Said ordinance also provided for the redesignation of former §§ 207-3E through I as §§ 207-3C through G, respectively. See now § 207-20, Municipal service fee.
In addition to the information required by § 142-2 of Chapter 142, Licensing, the application shall indicate:
A.
The location and legal description of the trailer coach
park or the trailer coach, together with the land upon which it is proposed
to be parked.
C.
If for a trailer coach park, plans and specifications
of all buildings and other improvements constructed or to be constructed within
the trailer coach park.
D.
Further information as may be requested by the Township
Committee to enable it to determine if the proposed park shall comply with
the legal requirements.
E.
Statement that applicant is not in default, indebted
or obligated to the Township for fees, taxes, assessments or real estate taxes.
[Added 9-22-1982 by Ord.
No. 54-1982]
A.
The application for a trailer coach park and all accompanying
plans and specifications shall be filed in triplicate. The Township Committee,
the Licensing Officer, the Building Inspector and the Plumbing Inspector or
any other person designated by the Township Committee shall investigate the
applicant for a trailer coach park or for parking a trailer coach and the
location proposed therefor and inspect the proposed plans and specifications,
if the application is for a trailer coach park. If the applicant is found
to be of good moral character and the application be for a trailer coach park
and the proposed trailer coach park shall be in compliance with all provisions
of this section and all other applicable ordinances or statutes or the location
of the trailer coach park and the trailer coach are not objectionable, the
Township Committee may in its discretion approve the application, and upon
completion of the park according to the plans, if the application be for a
trailer coach park, may issue the license or may approve the issuing of a
license for parking the trailer coach.
[Amended 12-8-1982 by Ord.
No. 70-1982; 7-9-1986 by Ord.
No. 28-1986]
B.
A license shall not be issued, renewed or transferred
if the licensee is in default, indebted and obligated, or either, to the Township
for fees, real estate taxes, assessments or other taxes.
[Added 9-22-1982 by Ord.
No. 54-1982]
[Amended 9-22-1982 by Ord.
No. 54-1982]
Upon application for a transfer of the license, the Township Committee
shall issue a transfer if it is found that the transferee is of good moral
character. A license shall not be issued, renewed or transferred if the licensee,
be it the transferor or the transferee, is in default, indebted and obligated,
or either, to the Township for fees, real estate taxes, assessments or real
estate taxes.
The trailer coach park shall conform to the following requirements:
A.
The park shall be located on a well-drained site, properly
graded to ensure rapid drainage and freedom from stagnant pools of water.
B.
Trailer coach spaces shall be provided consisting of
a minimum of 750 square feet for each space which shall be at least 25 feet
wide and clearly defined. Trailer coaches shall be so harbored on each space
that there shall be at least a fifteen-foot clearance between trailer coaches.
No trailer coach shall be located closer than 10 feet to any property line
bounding the park.
C.
All trailer coach spaces shall abut upon a driveway of
not less than 20 feet in width which shall have unobstructed access to a public
street, alley or highway. All driveways shall be kept in good condition, well
marked in the daytime and lighted at night with twenty-five-watt lamps at
intervals of 100 feet located approximately 15 feet from the ground.
D.
Walkways not less than two feet wide shall be provided
from the trailer coach spaces to the service buildings. The walkways shall
be kept in good condition, well marked in the daytime and lighted at night
with twenty-five-watt lamps at intervals of 100 feet located approximately
15 feet from the ground.
E.
Each park shall provide service buildings to house toilet
facilities, bathing facilities, laundry facilities and other sanitary facilities
as hereinafter more particularly described.
F.
An electrical outlet supplying at least 110 volts shall
be provided for each trailer coach space.
G.
No existing lawfully licensed trailer park in this Township
shall be enlarged, expanded and increased so that its present metes and bounds
and boundaries, or its present units or confines as lawfully licensed, shall
extend or be enlarged above or beyond its presently existing lawfully licensed
boundaries or perimeter.
Trailer coach parks may be permitted in such location or locations within
the limits as are approved by the Township Committee.
An adequate supply of pure water for drinking and domestic purposes
shall be supplied to meet the requirements of the park. No common drinking
cups shall be permitted. An adequate supply of hot water shall be provided
at all times in the service building for bathing, washing and laundry facilities.
Each park shall be provided with toilets, baths or showers, slop sinks
and other sanitation facilities which shall conform to the following requirements:
A.
Toilet facilities for men and women shall be either in
separate buildings at least 20 feet apart or shall be separated, if in the
same building, by a soundproof wall.
B.
Toilet facilities for women shall consist of not less
than one flush toilet for every 10 trailer coach spaces, one shower or bathtub
for every 10 trailer coach spaces and one lavatory for every 20 trailer coach
spaces. Each toilet, shower and bathtub shall be in a private compartment.
C.
Toilet facilities for men shall consist of not less than
one flush toilet for every 10 trailer coach spaces, one shower or bathtub
for every 10 trailer coach spaces, one lavatory for every 10 trailer coach
spaces and one urinal for every 15 trailer coach spaces. Each toilet, shower
and bathtub shall be in a private compartment.
[Amended 7-9-1986 by Ord.
No. 28-1986]
D.
Service buildings housing the toilet facilities shall
be permanent structures complying with all applicable ordinances and statutes
regulating buildings, electrical installations and plumbing and sanitation
systems and shall be located not closer than 10 feet to, nor farther than
200 feet from, any trailer coach space.
E.
Each service building shall contain at least one slop
sink for each sex located in a separate compartment.
F.
The service buildings shall be well-lighted at all times
of the day or night, shall be well-ventilated with screened openings, shall
be constructed of such moistureproof material, including painted woodwork
as shall permit repeated cleaning and washing, and shall be maintained at
a temperature of at least 68º F. during the period from October 1 to
May 1. The floors of the service buildings shall be of water-impervious material
and shall slope to a floor drain connected with the sewage system of the Township
or other approved sewage disposal system.
G.
All service buildings and the grounds of the park shall
be maintained in a clean, sightly condition and kept free of any condition
that will menace the health of any occupant or the public or constitute a
nuisance.
The laundry facilities shall be provided in the ratio of one double
laundry tub and ironing board for every 20 trailer coach spaces. An electrical
outlet supplying current sufficient to operate an iron shall be located conveniently
near the ironing board. Drying spaces shall be provided sufficient to accommodate
the laundry of the trailer coach occupants. The service building housing the
laundry facilities shall be a permanent structure complying with all applicable
ordinances and statutes regulating buildings, electrical installations and
plumbing and sanitation systems.
Waste from showers, bathtubs, toilets, slop sinks and laundries shall
be discharged into a public sewer system in compliance with applicable ordinances
or into a private sewer and disposal plant or septic tank system of such construction
and in such manner as will present no health hazard. All kitchen sinks, washbasins,
bath or shower tubs in any trailer coach harbored in any park may empty into
a sanitary sink drain located on the trailer coach space.
Tightly covered metal garbage cans shall be provided in quantities adequate
to permit disposal of all garbage and rubbish. Garbage cans shall be located
not farther than 200 feet from any trailer coach space. The cans shall be
kept in sanitary condition at all times. Garbage and rubbish shall be collected
and disposed of as frequently as may be necessary to ensure that the garbage
cans shall not overflow.
Every park shall be equipped at all times with one fire extinguisher
in good working order for every 10 trailer coach spaces located not farther
than 200 feet from each trailer coach space. No open fires shall be permitted
at any place which would endanger life or property. No fires shall be left
unattended at any time.
No owner or person in charge of any dog, cat or other pet animal shall
permit it to run at large or commit any nuisance within the limits of any
trailer coach park.
A.
It shall be the duty of the licensee to keep a register
containing a record of all trailer coach owners and occupants located within
the park. The register shall contain the following information:
B.
The park shall keep the register available for inspection
at all times, by law enforcement officers, public health officials and other
officials whose duties necessitate acquisition of the information contained
in the register. The register records shall not be destroyed for a period
of three years following the date of registration.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or permit
to be placed any trailer, bus, bus body, truck, truck body, trailer van, railroad
car, temporary building or movable vehicle on a permanent foundation or piers
in the Township.
B.
No trailer, bus, bus body, truck, truck body, van, railroad
car, tractor or trailer body shall be used or permitted to be used for dwelling
purposes in the Township.
C.
No person shall park or permit to be parked any trailer
as herein defined for dwelling purposes, either temporarily or permanently
upon any street or plot of land within the Township, except in a licensed
trailer camp.
D.
Any such trailer or camp car undergoing repairs, or being
stored, shall not, during such period of repair or storage, be used by any
persons as a dwelling or sleeping place.
A.
The Township Committee may revoke any license to maintain
and operate a park when the licensee has been found guilty by a court of competent
jurisdiction of violating any provision of this section. After such conviction,
the license may be reissued if the circumstances leading to conviction have
been remedied and the park is being maintained and operated in full compliance
with the law.
B.
The license certificate shall be conspicuously posted
in the office of or on the premises of the trailer coach park at all times.
The operator or developer of the business who sells lots to be occupied
by trailer coaches on the development shall notify the Township Committee
in writing, within 10 days after a lot is sold for the placing of a trailer
on the lot for living purposes, which notice shall contain the name and address
of the owner of the lot or trailer.
[Added 9-10-1997 by Ord.
No. 36-1997[1]]
A.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:4-1.2 et seq., there shall be
an annual municipal service fee charged to each owner of a manufactured home
installed in mobile home parks. The owner of the mobile home park shall collect 1/12
of the municipal service fee from each manufactured home owner on a monthly
basis, due on the first day of each month. The Tax Collector shall collect
and maintain records of the municipal service fees paid by the mobile home
park owners.
B.
If the manufactured home owner does not pay the municipal
service fee to the mobile home park owner, the mobile home park owner shall
assess an interest penalty in an amount fixed by the Township pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 54:4-67 on the unpaid balance of the municipal service fee. The mobile
home park owner shall remit the municipal service fee and penalty to the Township
upon receipt of payment.
C.
The owner of the mobile home park shall remit the municipal
service fee quarterly to the Tax Collector on or before the 10th day of January,
April, July and October. The mobile home park owner shall provide a list of
manufactured home owners who have failed to pay the monthly municipal service
fee.
D.
If the mobile home park owner does not remit the municipal
service fees by the close of business on the 10th day of January, April,
July and October, the payment due shall then become delinquent and subject
to an interest penalty charge as fixed by the Township pursuant to N.J.S.A.
54:4-67.
E.
The municipal service fee shall be computed by November
1 and shall contain the most current figures available as of that date. The
new municipal service fee shall go into effect January 1 of each succeeding
calendar year.
[Amended 2-11-1998 by Ord.
No. 7-1998]
F.
The Tax Collector shall notify the mobile home park owner
of the new municipal service fee no later than November 15. The mobile home
park owner shall provide written notice of the new fee to the tenants no later
than November 30.
[Amended 2-11-1998 by Ord.
No. 7-1998]
G.
The municipal service fee shall be computed pursuant
to the following formulas:
(1)
Formula 1: Establish tax rate percentage for each portion
of government.
(a)
List all tax rates for each taxing entity and percentage
distribution of each as a proportion of the general rate as certified by the
Atlantic County Board of Taxation.
(b)
Determine the percentage of educational taxing entities
as a proportion of the general tax rate.
(c)
Determine the percentage of all other taxing entities
as a proportion of the general tax rate.
(2)
Formula 2: Determine the service costs for education
and other taxing entities.
(a)
Determine the local taxes raised for school district
purposes as certified by the Atlantic County Board of Taxation.
(b)
Determine the total student enrollment of the Egg Harbor
Township School District as of November 1 which shall contain the most current
figures available as of that date.
[Amended 2-11-1998 by Ord.
No. 7-1998]
(c)
Determine the total student enrollment from mobile home
parks in the Egg Harbor Township School District as of November 1 which shall
contain the most current figures available as of that date.
[Amended 2-11-1998 by Ord.
No. 7-1998]
(3)
Formula 3: Formula to determine revenue required by all
other taxing entities and deductions for services not received by manufactured
homes.
(a)
List individual percentages of noneducational taxing
entities as a proportion of the overall general tax rate.
(d)
Determine percentage of local purpose budget not benefitting mobile home parks. Add current year budget appropriations for streetlighting, fire hydrants, solid waste and road department and divide the sum by the total general appropriations. Round the percentage arrived at to the nearest whole number percentage. Multiply that percentage by the local purpose amount in Subsection G(3)(c) to determine the deduction from local purpose service costs.
(e)
Add all revenue less deductions to derive a total service
cost of all other taxing entities for services provided to mobile home parks.
(5)
Formula 5: Formula to determine total revenue required
from municipal service fees less deductions for property taxes and license
fees.
(6)
Formula 6: Formula to determine value ratio between manufactured
homes and site-built single-family dwellings.
(a)
Divide average sales price of a new manufactured home
for the Northeast Region by the average sales price of new one-family houses
in the Northeast Region as determined by the Manufacturing and Construction
Division, United States Bureau of the Census for each of the five full calendar
years preceding the November 15 computation of each year.
H.
Example of how Formulas 1 through 7 are calculated (using
1996 calculations as illustrations):
(1)
Formula 1:
(a)
General tax rate breakdown:
|
Taxing Entity
|
Rate
|
Percent of Total
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
County tax
|
0.507
|
23.22%
| |
|
County Library tax
|
0.041
|
1.88%
| |
|
Local health service tax
|
0.028
|
1.28%
| |
|
Open space tax
|
0.003
|
0.14%
| |
|
Local School District tax
|
1.343
|
61.52%
| |
|
Local purpose tax
|
0.261
|
11.96%
| |
|
General tax rate
|
2.183
|
100.00%
|
(b)
School District: 61.52%.
(c)
All other taxing entities: 38.48%.
(2)
Formula 2, cost calculation of School District and other
government services:
(3)
Formula 3, revenues required by all other taxing entities
less deductions for services not received by mobile homes:
|
(a) Total
|
(b) Other
|
(c) Amount
|
(d) Deduct 12%
|
(e) Total
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
County tax
|
23.22%
|
60.34%
|
582,916
|
0
|
582,916
| |
|
Library
|
1.88%
|
4.89%
|
47,240
|
0
|
47,240
| |
|
Health
|
1.28%
|
3.33%
|
32,169
|
0
|
32,169
| |
|
Open space
|
0.14%
|
0.36%
|
3,478
|
0
|
3,478
| |
|
Local purpose
|
11.96%
|
31.08%
|
300,249
|
36,029
|
264,220
| |
|
Total revenues
|
38.48%
|
100.00%
|
966,052
|
36,029
|
930,023
|
(4)
Formula 4, total educational and service costs for mobile
home parks:
|
School District
|
$1,544,695
| |
|
Other taxing entities
|
930,023
| |
|
Total revenue (all entities)
|
$2,474,718
|
(5)
Formula 5, monthly municipal service fee before value
ratio adjustment:
|
Type
|
Amount
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
(a)
|
Balance of revenue required
|
$2,474,718
| |
|
(b)
|
Less: property taxes
|
-329,077
| |
|
(c)
|
Less mercantile fees
|
-7,250
| |
|
(d)
|
Total revenue required from municipal service fees
|
2,138,391
| |
|
(e)
|
Number of occupied manufactured homes
|
1,952
| |
|
(f)
|
Annual municipal service fee
|
1,095
| |
|
(g)
|
Divided by 12 months
|
91.25
|
(6)
Formula 6, manufactured home-residential home value ratio:
(a)
Year.
|
1991
|
1992
|
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
1991 through 1995
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mobile homes
|
30,400
|
30,900
|
32,000
|
33,900
|
37,600
|
32,960
| |
|
Site-built homes
|
188,800
|
194,900
|
183,600
|
200,500
|
216,600
|
196,880
| |
|
Percent of mobile- residential value
|
16.10%
|
15.85%
|
17.43%
|
16.91%
|
17.36%
|
16.74%
|
(b)
Value ratio mobile home-residential home: 16.74%.
(7)
Formula 7, multiply unadjusted monthly municipal service
fee by value ratio to derive current year monthly municipal service fee:
[Amended 12-9-1987 by Ord.
No. 60-1987; 4-12-2006 by Ord. No. 20-2006]
Violation of any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof,
be punished by a minimum fine of $100 or a maximum of $2,000 or by imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days or by a period of community service not exceeding
90 days. Each and every violation shall be considered a separate violation.
Any person who is convicted of violating the provisions of this chapter within
one year of the date of a previous violation and who was fined for the previous
violation may be sentenced by the Court to an additional fine as a repeat
offender. The additional fine imposed as a repeat offender shall not be less
than the minimum or exceed the maximum fine provided herein, and same shall
be calculated separately from the fine imposed for the violation of this chapter.
