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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1412 ORDINANCE NO. 1412 AN ORDINANCE defining and regulating trailers and trailer camps in the City of Bremerton, and repealing all ordinance, or parts of ordinances, in conflict herewith. THE CITY C0~ISSION OF THE CITY OF BR~RTON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. DEFINITIONS. (a) A trailer is hereby defined as being any vehicle mounted on wheels and used as sleeping, eating or living quarters. (b) A Trailer camp is hereby defined as being any plot of ground where accommodation is provided for one or more trailers. (c) A unit is hereby defined to be a section or plot of ground set aside or established for the accommodation of one automobile trailer, together with a towing vehicle, if a towing vehicle be attached thereto. Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to park a trailer, as herein defined, within the city limits of the City of Bremerton except at a regularly licensed trailer camp. Section 3. It shall be unlawful to use any vehicle from which the wheels have been removed, for sleeping, eating or living quarters within the city limits of the City of Bremerton unless the said vehicle shall in all particu- lars comply with the requirements of the city building, electrical and plumbing codes for new construction.~. Section 4. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to establish, maintain or operate within the city limits of the City of Bremerton, any trailer camp, or provide accommodation for any trailer or vehicle, in which persons eat, sleep, or live, without having applied for and received a trailer camp license in the City of Bremerton, as herein provided. Section 5. Every person, firm or corporation, desiring to operate a trailer camp, shall file with the city building inspector a preliminary application, on a form to be provided by the city building inspector, containing the name of the applicant, .the name of the owner of the real property on which said camp is to be located, a plot plan and legal description of the said real property, aud a scale drawing showing the location of buildings to be constructed thereon and the location of units of said trailer camp as herein defined; said .preliminary application shall be accompanied by a fee of $10.00, which shall be paid to the City Clerk to defray the expenses of publication and a hearing as hereinafter set forth. Section 6. Upon the filing of a preliminary application, the city Building Inspector shall examine the same, ahd if the same reveals compliance with the provisions of this ordinance, he shall notify the City Commission of the filing of such application and the City Commission shall set a date, which shall be not less than ten days and not more than twenty days from the date of. filing of said application, for a public hearing on the matter of said applica- tion, and shall cause a hotice of said hearing to be published in one issue of the official city newspaper. It shall be the d~ty of the City Clerk to advise the secretary of the City Planning Commission of the date of said hearing, and the City Planning Commission shall investigate and make a 'written report to the City Commission either before or at the time of said public hearing, either in favor of or against the granting of such application and stating the reasons for its recommendations; that at said public hearing, the City Commission shall make its findings and shall either approve or disapprove the said preliminary application. - Section ?. Upon approval by the City Commission of said preliminary application, the person or persons desiring to establish a trailer camp, shall apply to the city Building Inspector for a building permit, in compliance with the provisions of the city building code, and shall pay the fee therefor as required by city ordinance. The city Building Inspector shall issue such building permit provided the application reveals that all provisions of the city building code and all provisions of this ordinance are to be complied with so far as the actual construction is concerned. Section 8. No trailer camp may be operated in the City of Bremerton until an annual trailer camp license shall have been secured. The annual charge for such license shall be Twenty-five ($~5.00) Dollars, and no license shall be issued by the City Clerk unless and until the city Health Officer shall have examined the trailer camp after construction shall have been completed and shall Ordinance No. 1412 (cont) have certified in writing to the City Clerk that the said trailer camp complies in all respects with the provisions of this ordinance. Section 9. Each unit reserved for the accommodation of any automobile trailer in any trailer camp within the city limits of the City of Bremerton, shall contain not less than 875 square feet and shall be clearly defined by proper markers at each corner. All units shall be level, free from rocks and weeds, and well drained. Each unit shall abut or face on a driveway or clear unoccupied space of not less than 25 feet in width. There shall be a space of at least l~ feet between every automobile trailer and any other trailer, building, or other structure, and trailers shall not be placed within 12 feet from the property line of adjoining property. Section 10. Each trailer camp shall be provided with toilets, urinals, wash basins, slop basins, showers or baths, and water faucets, as follows: (a) At least one toilet fixture shall be provided For each sex, for every ten units or fraction thereof. (b) Each toilet room provided for men shall have at least one urinal in addition to such toilets. (c) Each toilet room shall be provided with at least one wash basin. (d) One shower or bathtub shall be provided for each sex for every ten units, or fraction thereof. (e) All toilets, basins and showers shall be placed in buildings constructed in conformance with city building code, and no trailers or units shall be located more than 150 feet from such building. (f) Such buildings shall be well lighted at all times, day and night; shall be well ventilated with screened openings, and shall be constructed of such moisture proof material as shall permit satisfactory cleaning, scouring and washing. (g) The floor of all such buildings shall be of concrete or similar mater- ial, elevated at least six (6) inches above grade, and each room shall be pro- vided with one, or more, floor drains. (h) All floors in shower and toilet rooms shall be disinfected daily by the use of a chlorine compound or other similar and effective disinfecting material. No wooden or cloth materials, grids, boards, or wall-sways, shall be allowed in such rooms. (i) A laundry room or building constructed of such moisture proof material, as shall permit rapid and satisfactory cleaning, scouring and washing, and which shall be well ventilated with screened openings, shall be constructsd at each trailer camp, and shall be provided with laundry trays impervious to water, and provided with hot and cold running water. (j) One slop sink of sufficient size, with proper water supply, shall be provided to serve each two units. (k) All plumbing fixtures shall be properly trapped, the traps vented, and the waste pipes connected to a proper drain, and all plumbing and electrical installations must comply with city ordinances. (1) Each automobile trailer camp or park shall be under the direct manage- ment of the owner or licensee, or his agent or representative, for whose acts the owner or licensee shall be wholly responsible. The name of the person entrusted with the direct management of the camp or park shall be filed for reference with the City Health Officer and with the city police department. (m) An adequate supply of safe, potable water under at least fifty pounds pressure shall be provided at convenient places in such trailer camps, and at least one water supply outlet shall be provided for every two units, and such water supply outlet shall not be more than one hundred ~eet from any unit. Hoses used for filling of water tanks on trailers shall not be used for any other purpose, and same must not be left or stored on the ground. Adequate safeguards shall be taken to prevent contamination of all water used at such trailer camp. (n) The use of water from streams, lakes, springs or from wells for water supply purposes, shall be unlawful. (o) Due care shall be taken in the installation of plumbing fixtures to prevent water pollution. (p) All sewage including sanitary and storm waste shall be disposed of by connection with the sewer system of the City of Bremerton; and connection of such wastes with septic tanks shall be unlawful. (q) A s~wer connection of the type to be approved by the City Health Officer, and the city Plumbing Inspector, shall be available on each unit for connection to the waste outlet of each trailer. Section ll. Each unit shall be provided with a metal tightly covered garbage can. Section 12. All parts of every trailer camp shall be kept free of litter, rubbish and inflammable materials at all times. Ordinance No. 1412 (cont) Section 13. Electric outlets for each unit shall be provided and installed in compliance with city ordinance. Section 14. It shall be the duty of all trailer camp managers to report immediately all known or suspected cases of communicable disease. Section 15. It shall be the duty of the owner or manager of every trailer camp to keep a register of all persons accommodated in the said camp, which register shall include the names of all persons, their home addresses, the license number of and description of their automobiles or other vehicles, and to exhibit the said register to the Chief of Police or any police officer upon demand; and rules and regulations for the management of said trailer camp, wherein and whereby all persons using said trailer camp will be advised of the sanitary requirements necessary in order to safeguard the public health, as required by this ordinance and the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health shall be posted on all buildings on said camp. Such rules and regulations shall be subject to review by the city Health Officer who may require additions or changes to the same in order that the same may comply herewith. It shall further be the duty of the owner or manager of every trailer camp to: (a) Permit the City Health Officer to inspect the premises at any time. (b) Provide for the collection and removal of garbage and other waste material. (c) Provide for the regular cleaning, repairing and disinfecting of all buildings. (d) Provide proper signs designating men's and women's toilets. Section 16. The City Commission may revoke or suspend any trailer camp license, after ahearing, of which the licensee shall be given not less than three days noti~ by ordinary mail. Section 17. No trailer camp license shall be transferred, except with the consent of the City Commission, after the application for such transfer shall have been made in writing, and shall have been referred to the city Building Inspector for investigation. Section 18. The city Health Officer of the City of Bremerton is hereby empowered to formulate from time to time rules and regulations affecting the operation of trailer camps, for the protection of public health and, after the same have been approved by the City Commission by resolution, to enforce the same, It shall be the duty of all persons to fully comply with such rules and regulations. Section 19. Ail ordinances, or parts of ordinances, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 20. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the pro- visions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars or by imprisonment not exceed- ing thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 21. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty days after passage and publication. PASSED by the City Commission of the City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor, and attested by the City Clefs in authentication of such passage this 24th day of September, 1941. ' Attest: ~',- '"'~'~' ~" ~ '~'~-~'~-~'-'~ ~'"~ Mayor