631ORDINANCE NO. 631
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE
NO. 550 AND ORDINANCE NO. 285 OF
THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA
RELATING TO TRAILER PARKS AND
ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE RELATING
TO MINIMAL REQUIREMENTS FOR
TRAILER PARKS OR MOBILE HOME
PARKS WITHIN THE CITY OF EDGEWATER,
FLORIDA, AND SETTING FORTH AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER,
FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. Application for license or permit; pre-
requisites.
Applications for a license or permit to operate a trailer
park or mobile home park shall be withheld for a period of ten
(10) days from date of application to the City in order that
the building inspector may determine the location of the park,
elevations, rights of ingress and egress and size of plot of
ground to be encompassed by said park. The building inspector
shall, within the aforesaid ten (10) days period, make
recommendations to the City Council advising whether the
application for license or permit shall be accepted or rejected.
SECTION 2. Minimum requirements.
All trailer parks or mobile home parks shall meet the
following minimum requirements:
(1) Streets are required to be not less than eighteen
(18) feet wide if double lane and black topped or
topped with other suitable topping. Any one way"
street to be not less than nine (9) feet wide
and to be black topped or topped with other
suitable topping. All streets, either single
or double lane, are to be provided with adequate
drainage facilities.
(2) Streets and park area to be illuminated properly
all night.
(3) Size of plot for each trailer to be not less than
forty (40) feet by eighty (80) feet with patio of
cement slab not less than nine (9) by thirty (30)
feet on entrance side of trailer.
(4) All electric wiring to the trailer to be under
ground and comply with the National Fire Protection
Association Electrical Code, as amended.
(5) All plumbing to comply with the Southern Standard
Plumbing Code, as amended.
(6) The owners or operators of said trailer parks or
mobile home parks are required to install a sewage
system within said park and also required to hook
into and use the City sewage system where available,
as defined by Ordinance No. 538 and amendments
thereto of the City of Edgewater, Florida. Any
owner or operator of a trailer park shall bear the
cost of hooking into said City sewage system. All
said sewage systems must meet the specifications
and requirements of the State Board of Health.
(7) The owners or operators of said trailer parks or
mobile home parks are required to install a water
system within said park and also required to hook
into and use the City water system where available,
as defined by Ordinance No. 539 and amendments
thereto of the City of Edgewater, Florida. Any
owner or operator of a trailer park shall bear
the cost of hooking into said City water system.
All said water systems must meet the specifications
and reauirements of the State Board of Health.
(8) There shall be one central toilet and shower for
each sex, where accommodations are available for
over night campers or trailers.
(9) City water shall be piped to each trailer with
not less than 3/4" piping.
(10) Each trailer space shall be numbered with
directory at the office of said trailer park
or mobile home park.
SECTION 3. No occupational license to operate a trailer
park shall be issued until the completion of all improvements
and compliance with all requirements and regulations as above
set forth and, in case of an extension or addition to an already
existing trailer park, the occupational license to operate the
already existing trailer park may be suspended or revoked by
the City Council unless and until such time as the said
extension or addition complies with the requirements and
regulations as above set forth.
SECTION 4. License fees.
The annual occupational license tax for a trailer park
shall be as follows:
1 to 10 trailer spaces.............$25.00
10 to 20 trailer spaces ............. 35.00
20 or more trailer spaces........... 45.00
said license year to begin October 1. and end September 30
of the following year.
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SECTION 5. Any person operating a trailer park without
a license or who is found guilty of violating any of the
provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the penalties
provided by Section 1-8, Code of Ordinances of the City of
Edgewater, Florida.
SECTION 6. That Ordinance No. 285 and Ordinance No. 550
of the City of Edgewater are hereby revoked and repealed
effective as of the date of this Ordinance; provided however,
that the rights and obligations held by and imposed upon owners
and proprietors of existing trailer parks or mobile home parks
in the City of Edgewater shall not be affected by the repeal
of said Ordinances.
SECTION 7. That this Ordinance shall take effect
immediately .upon its passage by the City Council and approval
by the Mayor.
The above and foregoing Ordinance was read in full and
passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater,
Florida at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 4th
day of August A.D., 1969. Upon motion duly made, seconded
and carried, the requirement of reading said Ordinance upon
second reading was waived and the Ordinance was ordered put
upon final passage.
Passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater,
Florida at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 4th
day of August A.D., 1969, and approved as provided by law;
the vote of said Council being as follows:
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