[Added 12-7-1950]
[Amended 12-2-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
The raising, establishing or maintaining of
any tent, tent house, camp trailer, trailer, storage container or
recreational vehicle camper/mobile home or temporary habitation of
any kind to be used or occupied as a place for storing, living or
sleeping shall be forbidden in any public place in the Village or
on any ground located in any district other than Light Industrial,
Industrial or Planned Industrial.
[Amended 12-2-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
Every applicant for a permit to raise, establish
or maintain any tent, tent house, camp trailer or camp car, or temporary
habitation of any kind to be used or occupied as a place for living
or sleeping on any grounds in the Village located in a Planned Industrial,
Light Industrial or Industrial Zone, shall file with the Village Clerk
a verified statement setting forth the full name and residence of
the owner or owners of the proposed tent, tent house, camp trailer,
recreational vehicle camper/mobile home or other temporary habitation,
and showing the exact proposed location thereof, and stating the facilities
to be used by its occupants in connection with the proper sanitation
of same, and the length of time that the applicant proposes to occupy
said premises. The applicant shall be the owner of the property on
which the temporary habitation is sought to be erected, and he shall
affix his consent to the use proposed, together with a sworn statement
that no fees or rental charge is to be made for such use.
[Amended 12-2-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
Upon submission of the application set forth in § 248-296 above, the Building Inspector of the Village of Westbury shall certify that the proposed tent, tent house, camp trailer or recreational vehicle camper/mobile home or temporary habitation and its use complies in every respect with all of the ordinances of the Incorporated Village of Westbury, and that such tent, tent house, camp trailer, recreational vehicle camper/mobile home or other temporary habitation will not constitute or become a nuisance or otherwise dangerous or prejudicial to the life or health or public welfare and is constructed of fire-resistant material.
[Amended 12-2-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
A.
Upon filing the application and securing the certification of the Building Inspector as set forth in § 248-297 above, the Village Clerk shall issue a permit for the use of said premises. Said permit shall be limited to guests of the owners or lessees of the land on which such trailer or recreational vehicle camper/mobile home is maintained and shall be issued for not more than seven days. The fee for the permit shall be an amount as set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees. In the event that the applicant desires to renew his application he shall pay a fee for each seven-day renewal. No applicant shall use his land for such use for a longer period than 28 days in any one calendar year.
B.
In the event of damage to a building caused by fire,
wind, flood or otherwise such as to render said building uninhabitable
or nonuseable in the opinion of the Building Superintendent, application
to the Building Superintendent may be made for the temporary installation
of a trailer or storage container in those locations where prohibited.
Upon application, the Superintendent may, in his discretion, issue
a temporary permit to install said trailer or storage container for
a period of three months, which period may be extended for an additional
three months in the opinion of the Building Superintendent.
[Amended 12-2-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
Trailer camps or the maintenance of more than one unit (trailer, recreational camper trailer or vehicle camper/mobile home) upon any piece of land in a single ownership is hereby prohibited, and no owner, lessee or occupant of any land in the Village shall permit the use of his or her land in violation of this section except as set forth in § 248-295 or 248-296 herein.
[Amended 12-2-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
Any recreational camper trailer or vehicle camper/mobile home, when not used as habitation for which a permit is required in accordance with §§ 248-296, 248-297 and 248-298 of this article, may be stored in a private garage in any residence district, by the owner or tenant of a lot, wholly within said private garage.[1]
[Amended 12-2-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
This article shall apply to all existing tents, tent-houses, camp-trailers or recreational camper trailer or vehicle camper/mobile homes or temporary habitations located in the Village of Westbury at the date of its adoption, and any existing users of property within the Village of Westbury for temporary habitation, as defined in § 248-296 of this article, shall have a period of 15 days after this article becomes effective to conform to all provisions of this article and to make application for a permit. If no application is made within said fifteen-day period or if, after making application, a permit is refused, the existing tent, tent-house, camp-trailer or camp-car or other temporary habitation shall forthwith be removed from the premises occupied by it.
