This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "House Trailer Ordinance of the Town of Cortlandville."
It is the purpose of this chapter to regulate
house trailers and house trailer parks within the Town of Cortlandville;
to require that such parks be laid out and constructed in accordance
with approved plans; to prescribe regulations for said parks; to require
the registration of occupants thereof; to regulate the parking and
location of house trailers outside of such parks.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
HOUSE TRAILER
Any vehicle, or combination thereof, used, designed for use
or capable of being used as sleeping or living quarters, whether propelled
by its own power or by the power of another vehicle to which it may
be attached. This definition shall not include any house trailer,
as defined herein, located outside of a trailer park, if the wheels
of such trailer are removed and such trailer is or is intended to
be permanently affixed or attached to the realty upon which it is
situate.
PARK UNIT
The lot or space in any park which shall be assigned to or
used and occupied by any one house trailer, by any one tent or by
any one house tent.
TRAILER PARK
Any lot, piece or parcel of ground whereon two or more house
trailers, tents or tent houses used, designed for use or capable of
being used as living or sleeping quarters are parked or located and
for which use said premises are held open to the public, a fee being
collected for such use.
No person, firm or corporation being the owner
or occupant of any land or premises within the Town of Cortlandville
shall use or permit the use of said land or premises as a trailer
park without obtaining a permit therefor as hereinafter provided.
The owner or operator of each trailer park shall
keep a permanent record, in writing, of all persons occupying or using
the facilities of such trailer park, which record shall include the
following:
A. The name and address of each occupant of each house
trailer.
B. The date of arrival at and departure from said park
of each trailer and occupant of each trailer.
C. The name and address of owner of each house trailer.
D. If registered, the registration number of each house
trailer, state in which registered and year of registration.
E. The name and address of owner of each automobile or
other motor vehicle used to propel such trailers.
F. The make and registration number of each motor vehicle
with state in which registered and year of registration.
G. The name, address and date of arrival at and departure
from said park, of each occupant of a tent house or facility other
than a house trailer. If such occupant travels by automobile or other
motor vehicle, the name and address of the owner of such vehicle,
its registration number, the state in which registered, the year of
registration and its make and description.
The police officers of the Town of Cortlandville,
the Cortland County Health Department and any other duly authorized
agent of said Town shall have the right at any reasonable time to
enter any trailer park or other premises used for the parking or location
of a house trailer, and shall have the right at all times to inspect
all parts of said premises, and to inspect the registration records
required to be kept in any trailer park.
If a police officer, health officer or any authorized
representative of the Town of Cortlandville finds that any trailer
park is not being maintained in a clean and sanitary condition, or
is not being conducted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter,
such facts shall thereupon be reported to the Town Board, and the
said Town Board may direct the Town Clerk to serve an order, in writing,
upon the holder of the permit or the person in charge of said park,
directing that the conditions therein specified be remedied within
five days after the date of service of such order. If such conditions
are not corrected after the expiration of said five-day period, the
Town Board may cause a notice, in writing, to be served upon the holder
of the said permit or the person in charge of such trailer park, requiring
the holder of the permit to appear before the Town Board of the Town
of Cortlandville at a time to be specified in such notice and show
cause why such trailer park permit should not be revoked. The Town
Board may, after a hearing at which testimony of witnesses may be
taken and the holder of the permit shall be heard, revoke such permit
if said Town Board shall find that said park is not being maintained
in a clean and sanitary condition, or if they find that any provisions
of this chapter have been violated, or for other sufficient cause.
Upon the revocation of such permit, the premises shall forthwith cease
to be used for the purpose of a trailer park, and all house trailers,
tents and tent houses shall forthwith be removed therefrom.
[Amended 8-5-1998 by L.L. No. 2-1998]
Application for the renewal of any trailer park permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be submitted to the Town Clerk on or before the first day of December next preceding the expiration of said permit. The application for renewal shall be in writing and signed by the applicant and shall contain the same information is required by §
151-5A of this chapter in the case of original application for permits, except that such renewal application need not be accompanied by a plan of the trailer park unless some change in the plan or layout of the park is contemplated by the applicant, nor is it necessary that the said renewal application be accompanied by the lease of the premises unless a new lease of the premises has been entered into subsequent to the time of filing the previous application, in which event the original or photostatic copy of the new lease shall be attached to the application for a renewal, nor shall it be necessary to attach to such application for renewal the written consent of the owners of the premises that the same may be used for the purposes of a trailer park unless there shall have been a change in the ownership since the filing of the previous application, in which event such written statement signed by all of the new owners of the premises must accompany the application for a renewal of the permit. Upon the approval of said application for a renewal of the permit by the Cortland County Health Department and the Town Board, the Town Clerk shall issue a renewal permit which shall become effective upon the expiration of the prior permit and continue in force for the term specified therein, but in no event longer than for a period of one year. Such renewal permit shall not be transferred or assigned. The applicant shall, at the time of issuance of such renewal permit, pay to the Town Clerk the same fee provided in §
151-5E of this chapter covering the original issuance of trailer park permits.
[Amended 8-5-1998 by L.L. No. 2-1998]
This chapter shall apply to all existing trailer parks located in the Town of Cortlandville on the date of its adoption, except that the owner or operator of any such existing park shall have 30 days after this chapter becomes effective to make an application for a temporary permit to operate such park until the following December 31, which permit shall be issued upon payment of the minimum annual fee hereinabove provided in §
151-5E hereof. An application may be made to extend such temporary permit for the period of one year, such application to be made 30 days before expiration of such temporary permit, and, if granted by the Town Board, such extended temporary permit shall be issued by the Town Clerk upon payment of the fee as herein provided. A park operating under such temporary permit shall be maintained and operated in compliance with all of the provisions of this chapter, except as the provisions of this section make compliance with the provisions of §
151-6 impossible with respect to furnishing adequate park unit areas. The owner or operator of any such trailer park shall have a period of one year from the expiration date of a temporary permit within which to rearrange such park to conform to the provisions of §
151-6 of this chapter upon payment of the fee otherwise required by this chapter.
[Amended 8-5-1998 by L.L. No. 2-1998]
A. Highway parking prohibited. No house trailer shall
be parked or allowed to remain upon any public highway or private
way in the Town of Cortlandville.
B. Permit required; area requirements. No house trailer shall be parked or located on any land or premises within the Town of Cortlandville, other than a trailer park, without a permit therefor. Such land or premises must have conveniently accessible to such house trailer adequate sanitary facilities and approved water supply. Each trailer located outside a trailer park must be located on a lot which conforms to the provisions of Chapter
178, Zoning, of the Town of Cortlandville with respect to width, depth and total lot area size. Front and side yard area requirements of said chapter must also be complied with in respect to the location of a house trailer. Except for a temporary period of not to exceed 10 days, not more than one house trailer shall be parked or otherwise located on each such separate lot or parcel of land. The area of each lot so used for the location of a house trailer outside a trailer park must be computed independent of any yard areas required for adjoining residential premises as prescribed in Chapter
178, Zoning.
[Amended 8-5-1998 by L.L. No. 2-1998]
Anyone violating any of the provisions of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of
not more than $250 or by imprisonment for a term of not more than
15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The application of
the above penalty or penalties or the prosecution for the violation
of the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to prevent the
revocation of any permit issued pursuant thereto, or the enforced
removal of conditions prohibited by this chapter.
None of the provisions of this chapter shall
be applicable within the limits of any incorporated village located
in the Town of Cortlandville, Cortland County, New York nor to any
house trailers stored or garaged where such house trailers are not
being used or occupied as living or sleeping quarters.