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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - No. 244ORDINANCE NO. 244 . ORDINANCE REGULATING TRE SANITATION AND CONDUCT OF CAMP CARS AND/OR TRAILERS IN THE CITY OF LODI, CALIFORNIA. TIfE CITY COUNCIL OF LODI ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. For the purpose of this ordinance certain words and phrases are defined as follows, and certain provi- sions shall be construed as herein set forth, unless it shall be apparent from their context that they have a different meaning. Words used in the singular include the plural, and the plural the singular. Words used in the present tense include the future. CAMP CAR AND/OR TRAILER "CAKP CAR AND/OR TRAILER" is any vehicle used for living or sleeping purposes and which is equipped with wheels or similar devises used for the purpose of transporting said unit from place to place, whether by motive power or other means. CANP GROUND "CAMP GROUND" is defined to be any place, area or tract of land upon which is located any camp car and/or trailer. PERMIT REQUIRED. SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to operate or maintain, or to offer for public use, within the confines of the city of Lodi, as hereinafter set forth, any camp ground without first applying for and recelving from the City Council a permit so to do, in the manner hereinafter provided, or without complying with regulations hereinafter set forth, or any rules and regulations which may be formulated by the City Council from time to time and the laws of the State of California. -1- APPLICATION FOR PERNIT, INSPECTION FEE. SECTION 3. Each application for such permit shall be in writing, upon a form provided by the City Council for that purpose. It shall state the name and address of the applicant and a description of the property, whereon or wherein, it is proposed to conduct a camp ground. It shall also contain such other information as the City Council may require and it shall be filed by the applicant. It shall be filed with the City Clerk not less than five (5) days, nor more.than twenty (20) days before said camp ground is made ready for use, and it shall be accompanied by an inspection fee of t5.00, for which the City Clerk shall issue a receipt. NONEY TO CITY TREASURER. SECTION 4. All monies received by the City Clerk as inspection fees, under provisions of this ordinance, shall be paid into the City Treasury and placed in the General F’und. Upon the filing of such application accompanied by the inspec- tion fee, it shall be the duty of the City Engineer as Building Inspector’ to investigate the premises and determine whether said proposed camp ground or the site selected therefor conforms with the requirements of this ordinance, the ordinances and regulations of the City of Lodi and tae laws of the State of California, and no permit shall be issued unless such Camp Ground or the site selected theref or complies with such requirements. SECTION 5. REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF PERNIT. Any per- init granted hereunder shall be subject to revocation or suspen- sion by the City Council in the following manner, to-wit: A notice shall be served on the person holding said permit specifying wherein he has failed to comply with this ordinance, and requiring him to appear before the City Council, at a day -2i and hour therein specified, not less than five days after the personal service of said notice on such permit holder, requb- ing him to show cause at said time and place why said permit should not be revoked or suspended. mentioned in said notice, the person holding said permit shall have the right to appear in person, or by counsel, and to intro- duce such evidence as he may desire, and the City Council shall confront said permit holder with any charges that said City Council mag have against him, and after said hearing, the City Council may, at its discretion, revoke or suspend the permit. At the time and place SECTION 6. PERMIT' FAY BE TRANSFERRED. Such permit shall be transferable upon the written application of the holder of the permit to the City Council and with its consent endorsed thereon. and unless previously revoked shall expire one calendar year following the date of issue. A permit may be granted at any time during the year, SECTION 7. PERMIT NUST BE POSTED IN CONSPICUOUS PLACE. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to establish, maintain, conduct or carry on any camp ground unless there shall be at all times posted in a conspicuous place at said camp ground the perxit obtained from the City Council in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance. SECTION 8. The provisions of this ordinance shall be applicable to every camp ground within the incorporated area of the City of Lodi and it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation maintaining, operating, conducting or carrying on any such camp ground or for any person living or sleeping in any camp car and/or trailer located in a camp ground, or any other person, to violate, or contribute in any wag to the violation, of any of the provisions of this ordinance. -3- . SECTION 9. RESPONSIBILITY OF OWNER OR OPERATOR. Every person owning or operating a camp ground shall maintain such camp ground and any toilets, baths, or bbher permanent equipment in connection therewith, in a clean and sanitary condition and shall maintain said equipment in a state of good repair, and it shall be the duty of said operator to eflorce all rules and regulations contained in this act goverri-the operation and maintenance of such camp grounds. SECTION 10. POmR OF CITY COUNCIL TO FORMULATE AND ENFORCE RULES AND REGULATIONS. The City Council is hereby em- powered to formulate from time to time and to enforce any rules and regulations that said City Council may deem advisable govern- ing the operation of camp grounds or camp cars and/or trailers bearing on any matters of sanitation or housing. SECTION 11. GROUND AREA FOR CAMP CARS AND/OR TRAIURS. Every camp ground heretofore or hereafter established shall be laid out with, and all existing camp grounds shall provide, available unoccupied space of not less than 500 square feet for each camp car and/or trailer and such available unoccupied space shall not be construed to include the space beneath any camp car and/or trailer nor to include the space within any driveway, such space to be definitely marked at the corners thereof and no camp car and/or trailer shall be located nearer than four (4) feet to the sidelines of said 500 squme foot space. trailers shall be arranged in rows abutting or facing on a drive- way or clear unoccupied space of not less than 20 feet in width (in addition to the 500 square feet above-mentioned), which space shall have unobstructed access to a public street or alley; and all camp cars and/or trailers shall be set back from the property lines and/or alley lines, in the same manner and to the same extent as required for residences by said Ordinance No. 238. Camp cars and/or SECTION 12. DRAINAGE OF PREMISES. Every camp ground heretofore or hereafger established shall be located on a well-drained area and the premises of every such camp ground or any existing camp ground shall be properly graded so as to prevent the accumulation of storm or casual waters. SECTION 13. WATER SUPPLY. An adequate supply of pure water for drinking and domestic purposes shall be supplied to meet the requirements-of said camp ground. Said water supply shall be obtained from faucets only, conveniently located in said camp ground, and no dipping vessels or common cups shall be permitted. SECTION 14. RENOVAL OF WHEELS OR SIMILAR DEVICES, It shall be unlawful for any persoh, firm or corporation own- ing or operating a camp car and/or trailer located in a camp ground to remove or cause to have removed the wheels or any similar transporting devices from said camp car and/or trailer or to otherwise permanently fix it to the grouiz? in a nanner that would prevent the ready removal of said c&.p car and/or trailer without first obtaining a permit so t City Council of the City of Lodi. Any alterat!.on tc car and/or trailer as above set forth, slmll De renoving it from the requirements of this ordinr ing it into a dwelling and it shall thereupon %, rubject to the requirements of the building code of the Ci.., of Lodi and the State Housing Act of California, and Ordinance A I. 238 of said Citg. ?a, rom the Jr camp onstrued EL., ,e and convert- SECTION 15. DOGS IJOT ALLOWED AT L.dGE. -- Jogs at no the shall be permitted to run at large in any camp ground. SECTION 16. For a camp of five (5) units or less, there shall be provided one flush toilet and one shower for each sex, and one urinal. A like number of toilets, showers and urinals shall be provided for each additional five (5) units or fraction thereof. Toilets and urinals shall be located not more than one -5- hundred (100) feet from any unit. shall be installed in an approved manner and located in approved compartments which shall be well-ligbtm3, ventilated, disinfected, and screened, and the floors and walls of such compartments shall be surfaced with impervious materials. All such sanitary facilities SECTION 17. GARBAGE RECEPTABLES. There shall be provided in every camp ground heretofore or hereafter established, such number of tight receptacles with close fitting metal covers for garbage, refuse, ashes, and rubbish as may be deemed necessary by the Building Department not less than one (1) for every five (5) units, or less, and such garbage receptacles shall at all times be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition, which garbage shall be collected in accordance with provision of Lodi City ordinances, SLOP SINKS. There shall be provided in every camp ground heretofore or hereafter established one or more slop sinks properly connected with a sewer or cesspool, such sinks to be conveniently located at no greater distance than one hundred feet from any camp car and/or trailer. SECTION 18. REFUSE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL. It shall be unlaw- ful to permit any waste water or material from sinks, baths, showers or other plumbing fixtures in camp cars and/or trailers to be deposited upon the surface of the ground and all such fixtures, when in use, must be connected to the city sewer system, or the drainage therefrom must be disposed of in &manner satisfactory to the Building Department, SECTION 19. LIGHTING. Every camp ground heretofore or hereafter established shall. be provided with means of electrically lighting the same at niat and all public water closets and bath units shall be provided with sufficient electric lighting facilities and all. public water closets shall be kept lighted during the time from one-half hour after sunset until one-half hour before sunrise. - 6- SECTION 20. Any water faucets, toilets, garbage recep- tacles, or other equipment required by the provisions of this ordinance in camp grounds or which may hereafter be required by any rules and regulations of the Building Department pertaining to camp grounds shall not be construed to mean water faucets, toilets, garbage receptacles or other sq&ipment now or hereafter located in or adjacent to camp grounds and which may already or hereafter be required under provisions or other laws or ordinances. SECTION 21. EACH VIOLATION SEPARATE OFFENSE. Every person, firm or corporation violating or contributing in any way to the violation of any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day during which sueh violation continues and shall be punishable therefor as herein provided. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 22. It shall be the duty of every person, firm or corporatfon owning, leasing, renting or operating a camp ground in the City of Lodi to comply with all of the provisions of this ordinance and/or any rules and regulations formulated by the Building Department governing camp grounds, and any such person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance' or said rules and regulations or contributing in any way to the violation thereof shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300.00) or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail not exceeding three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 23. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be uncon- stitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of The City Council hereby -7- the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force at the expiration of thirty (30) days from and after its passage, and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days the same shall be published,with the names of the members voting for and against the sam9 for at least one week in a newspaper of general circu- lation published in the said City of Lodi. - 8-