Ord 2004 11/12/1962 ORDINANCE NO. 2004
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE PARKING AND LOCATION OF TRAILERS AND REGULATING
THE LICENSING, LOCATION, ERECTION, MAINTENANCE AND CONDUCT OF TRAILER PARKS
AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY,OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS
SECTION lc Definitions.
Whenever used in this ordinance, unless a different meaning appears
from the context:
(a) A 'house trailer," a°mobile home," or"trailers' means any vehicle
or structure so designed and constructed in such manner as will permit occupancy
thereof as sleeping and for living ouarters for one or more persons, or the con-
duct of any business or profession, occupation or trade (or use as a selling or
advertising device), and so designed that it is or may be mounted on wheels and
used as a conveyance on highways or city streets, propelled or drawn by its own
or other motive power, excepting a device used exclusively upon stationary rails
or tracks. Such a structure shall be considered as a prefabricated building
when its wheels are removed and when mounted upon a permanent type foundation,
and as such will be required to conform to all applicable requirements of the
building, electrical, and plumbing codes and all other applicable codes and
ordinances of the City of Wichita Falls.
(b) "Dependent mobile home" shall mean a mobile home which does
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not have a flush toilet and a bath or shower.
(c) A "Trailer Park's means any park, trailer camp, trailer court,
court, camp, site, lot, parcel, or tract of land designed, maintained or
intended for the purpose of supplying a location or accommodations for any
house trailer or trailers or upon which any trailer or trailers are parked and
shall include all buildings used or intended for use as part of the equipment
thereof whether a charge is made for the use of the trailer park and its facili-
ties or not. "Trailer Park" shall not include automobile or trailer sales lots
on which unoccupied trailers are parked for purposes of inspection and sale.
(d) A "trailer space" means a section of ground in a trailer park
of not less than 700 square feet of unoccupied space in an area designated as
the location for only one automobile and one trailer or one trailer.
(e) The word "person" shall be construed to include a person,
partnership, firm, company, corporation, tenant, owner, lessee, or licensee,
their agents, heirs or assigns.
SECTION 2. Enforcement.
It is hereby made the duty of the Building Inspector and City Health
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Officer to enforce all provisions of this Ordinance as prescribed herein or such
provisions as may hereafter be enacted, and for the purpose of securing such
enforcement, the Building Inspector and City Health Officer, or their duly
authorized representatives, shall have the right and are hereby empowered to
enter any premises on which any trailers are located, or are about to be located,
and inspect the same and all accommodations connected therewith at any reasonable
time.
SECTION 3. Location Outside Trailer Parks.
(a) It shall be unlawful, and is hereby declared to be a nuisance,
within the limits of the City of Wichita Falls, for any person to park any
trailer on any street, alley, or highway, or other public place, or any tract
of land owned by any person, occupied or unoccupied, within the City of Wichita
Falls, except as provided in this ordinance.
(b) Emergency or temporary stopping or parking is permitted on any
street, alley or highway for not longer than five hours subject to any other
and further prohibitions, regulations, or limitations imposed by the traffic and
parking regulations or ordinances for that street, alley or highway.
(c) No person shall park or occupy any trailer on the premises of
any occupied dwelling or on any lot which is not a part of the premises of any
occupied dwelling either of which is situated outside an approved trailer park;
except, the parking of only one unoccupied trailer in an accessory private
garage, building, or in a rear yard, is permitted providing no living quarters
shall be maintained or any business practiced in said trailer while such trailer
is so parked or stored.
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SECTION 4. License for Trailer Park; Application Therefor and
Issuance Thereof.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to establish, operate or
maintain, or permit to be established, operated or maintained upon any property
owned or controlled by him, a trailer park within the limits of the City of
Wichita Falls without having first secured a license therefor and for each of
them from the Building Inspector, granted and existing in compliance with the
terms of this ordinance. Such license shall expire on December 31st of the
year in which it is issued. Application for renewal of permits shall be made
within 30 days prior to expiration and a renewal fee paid for a full 12-month
period
(b) The application for such license or the renewal thereof shall
be filed with the Building Inspector and shall be accompanied by a fee of Fifty
Dollars ($50.00) for the first twenty (20) trailer spaces or fraction thereof
and Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.50) for each additional trailer space in
the existing or proposed park. The cost of any permit secured having less than
10 months to run before the expiration date, as herein provided, shall be pro-
rated. The application for a license or a renewal thereof shall be made on forms
furnished by the Building Inspector and shall include the name and address of the
owner in fee of the tract (if the fee is vested in some person other than the
applicant, a duly verified statement by that person that the applicant is author-
ized by him to construct or maintain the trailer park and make the application),;;
and such legal description of the premises upon which the trailer park is or will
be located as will readily identify and definitely locate the premises. The
application shall be accompanied by two copies of a plan of the park showing the
following, either existing or as proposed: (1) The extent and area used for
park purposes; (2) Roadways and driveways; (3) Location of trailer spaces;
(4) Location and number of sanitary conveniences, including toilets, washrooms,
laundries and utility rooms to be used by occupants of trailer spaces;
(5) Method and plan of sewage disposal; (6) Method and plan of garbage
removal; (7) Plan for water supply; (S) Plan for electrical lighting of
park and electrical service to trailer spaces and other facilities.
(c) Before such license may be issued, the premises and park plan
must be inspected and approved by the Building Inspector or his duly authorized
representative, as complying with all the provisions of this ordinance and all
other applicable ordinances of the City of Wichita Falls.
(d) Licenses issued under the terms of this ordinance convey no
right to erect any building, to do any plumbing work, or to do any electrical
work,
SECTION 5. Location.
(a) No trailer park shall be located in the Number One Fire Zone.
(b) No trailer park shall be located within the limits of the City
of Wichita Falls unless city water and city sanitary sewer connections and fire
protection facilities are available.
(c) No occupied trailer shall be located within less than fifteen
feet of any other building or other trailer or vehicle or the boundary line of
the tract on which located, except that trailers may be located not less than
ten feet from the rear boundary line of the tract on which located when Per-
mitted by the Building Inspector. In residential areas, no trailer may be
located nearer the street than the legal front building line for the lot or
tract upon which located.
SECTION 6. Park Plan.
(a) Every trailer shall be located on a well-drained area, free
from marsh and heavy or dense growth or brush or weeds, and the premises shall
be properly graded so as to prevent the accumulation of storm or other waters
and so as to insure rapid drainage during and following rain.
(b) Trailer spaces shall be clearly designated and the park so
arranged that all trailer spaces shall abut on a driveway of not less than
twenty feet in width, giving easy access from all trailer spaces to a public
street or highway. Such driveway shall be paved to a standard at least equal
to a two course asphalt penetration treatment and maintained in good condition,
be well marked in the daytime and well lighted at night, and shall not be
obstructed. All entrances and exits shall be well marked and so arranged that
they will be easily controlled and supervised.
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(c) very trailer space shall be fdrhished with s,n electric service
outlet in compliance with the City of Wichita Falls Electrical Code. Such outlet
shall be eruipped with an externally operated switch or fuse of not less than 30
amperes capacity, and a heavy duty cutlet receptacle.
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SECTION`t 7. Water Supply.
An adequate supply of potable ablutionary and culinary watery fur-
nished through a pipe or distribution system meeting the recuirements of the
City of Wichita Falls plumbing code and connected directly with the City water
main, with supply outlet located at each trailer space shall be furnished.
SECTION 3. Sewage and Refuse Disposal.
(a) Waste from showers, bath tubs, flush toilets, urinals, lava-
tories. slop sinks, and laundries in service and other buildings within the
park shall be discharged into the public sewer system in compliance with appli=
cable ordinances.
(b) Each mobile home space shall be provided with a trapped sewer
at least four inches in diameter, which shall be connected to receive the waste
from the shower, bath tub, flush toilet, lavatory and kitchen sink of the mobile
home harbored in such space and having any or all of such facilities. The
trapped sewer in each space shall be connected to discharge the mobile home
waste into the public sewer system in compliance with applicable ordinances.
(c) Metal garbage cans shall be provided and shall have tight
fitting covers and of not less than ten (10) gallons and not more than thirty (30)
gallons capacity and shall be provided in ouantities adequate to permit disposal
of all garbage and rubbish. Garbage cans shall be located not farther than two
hundred (200) feet from any mobile home space. Garbage and rubbish shall be •
collected and disposed of as frecuently as may be necessary to insure that the
garbage cans shall not overflow and shall be in a sanitary condition at all
times.
SF':CTION 9. Sanitation Facilities.
Each park containing dependent mobile homes shall be provided with
toilets, baths or showers;, and other sanitation facilities which shall conform
to the following reoui.rementso
(a) Toilet facilities for males shall consist of not less than one
(1) flush toilet and one (1) urinal for each fifteen (15) dependent mobile homes
or any less number thereof.
(b) Toilet facilities for females shall consist of not less than onc ,
flush toilet for each ten (10) dependent mobile homes or any less number thereof..
(c) Each sex shall be provided with not less than one (1) lavatory
and one (1) shower with individual dressing accommodations for each ten (10)
dependent mobile homes or any less number thereof.
(d) Each toilet, and each shower with individual dressing accommoda-
tions, shall be in a private compartment or stall.
(e) The toilet and other sanitation facilities for males and females
shall be either in separate buildings or shall be separated, if in the same
building, by a soundproof wall.
SECTION 10. Service Buildings.
(a) Service buildings housing sanitation and laundry facilities; or
any other such facilities; shall be permanent structures complying with all
applicable ordinances and statutes regulating buildings, electrical installations
and plumbing and sanitation systems.
(b) The service buildings shall be well lighted at all times of the
day and night, shall be well ventilated with screened openings, shall be con-
structed of such moisture-proof material. including painted woodwork, as shall
permit repeated cleaning and washing, and shall be maintained at a temperature
of at least 70 degrees Fahrenheit during the period from October 1st to May 1st.
The floors of the service buildings shall be of material impervious to water
and shall slope to a floor drain or drains connected with the sewer system.
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(c) Service buildings housing sanitation facilities shall be
located not closer than fifteen (15) feet nor farther than two hundred (200)
feet from any mobile home space upon which a dependent mobile home is located.
(d) All service buildings and the grounds. of the park shall be
maintained in a clean, sightly_condition and kept free of any condition tending
to menace the health of any occupant or the public or constitute a nuisance.
SECTION 11. Fuels.
Liquefied petroleum gas for cooking and heating purposes shall not
be used at individual mobile home spaces unless the containers are properly
connected by copper or other suitable metallic tubing. Liquefied petroleum
gas cylinders shall be securely fastened in place, and adequately protected
from the weather. No cylinder containing liquefied petroleum gas shall be
located in a mobile home: nor within five (5) feet of ingress and egress thereof.
All such installations shall comply with all applicable ordinanecz of the City
of Wichita Falls.
SECTION 12. Registration.
(a) Each trailer park shall be under the direct management of the
owner or his agent or representative for whose acts he or they shall be fully
responsible.
(b) The name of the person entrusted with the direct management of
the camp shall be filed for reference with the Building Inspector and with the
Police Department of the City of Wichita Falls. Such person or persons must be
of good reputation and character and shall satisfy the public authority as to
their experience and capacity to supervise, manage, regulate, control and main-
tain good order.
SECTION 13. management.
(a) In every trailer park there shall be an office building in
which shall be located the office of the person in charge .of said park. A
copy of the park license and of this ordinance shall be posted therein and
the park register shall at all times be kept in said office.
(b) It is hereby made the duty of the attendant or person in charge,
together with the licensee to
(1) Keep at all times a register containing a record
of all mobile home owners and occupants located
within the park. The register shall contain the
following information.
(a) The name and address of each
mobile home occupant;
(b) The name and address of the
owner of each mobile home and
motor vehicle by which it is
towed;
(c) The make, model year, and
license number of each mobile
home and motor vehicle;
(d) The state, territory, or country
issuing such licenses;
(e) The date of arrival and of
departure of each mobile home;
(f) Whether or not each mobile home
is a dependent or independent
mobile home.
(g) The gross floor area and nominal
dimensions of the mobile home.
The park shall keep the register available for
inspection at all times by law enforcement officers,
public health officials, and other public officials
whose duties necessitate acquisition of the informa-
tion contained in the register. The register record
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for each occupant registered shall not be destroyed
for a period of three years following the date of
departure of the registrant from the parka
(2) Maintain the park in a clean, orderly and sanitary
condition at all times.
(3) See that the provisions of this ordinance are com-
plied with and enforced and report promptly to the
proper authorities any violation of this ordinance
or any other violations of law which may come to his
attention.
(4) Report to the City Health Officer all cases of
persons or animals infected or suspected of
being infected with any communicable disease.
(5) Prevent the running loose of dogs, cats or other
animals or pets.
(6) Maintain in convenient places, approved by the Fire
Department, hand fire extinguishers in the ratio of
not less than one to each four trailer spaces. Fire
extinguishers shall comply with all ordinances of
the City of Wichita Falls pertaining thereto.
(7) Prohibit the lighting of open fires on the premises.
(4) Prohibit the use of any trailer by a greater number
of occupants than that which it is designed to
accommodate.
SECTION 14. Revocation and Suspension.
The Building Inspector and City Health Officer are each hereby
authorizc:d. to revoke any license issued pursuant to the terms of this ordinance
if after due investigation he determines that the holder thereof has violated
any of the provisions of this ordinance or that any trailer park is being main-
tained in an unsanitary or unsafe manner or is a nuisance.
SECTION 15. Non-conforming Trailers and Trailer Parks.
(a) Any trailer parked, used, or occupied outside a trailer park as
specified in Section 3 hereof on the date of passage of this ordinance shall be
considered a non-conforming trailer. Such trailer shall: not be eligible for the
issuance of any permit for work thereon under the building, plumbing, or electri-
cal codes of the City of Wichita Falls and no work on such trailers requiring
such a permit shall be performed. A non-conforming trailer shall be made to
conform to the provisions of this ordinance within three years from the date of
passage of said ordinance; any trailer not conforming thereto within three years
of passage thereof shall be in violation of said ordinance and shall suffer the
penalties provided herein.
(b) Any trailer park in use and/or existence on the date of passage
of this ordinance and not complying with all applicable provisions of said
ordinance shall be considered a non-conforming trailer park. Such non-conforming
trailer park shall be made to comply with all provisions of this ordinance
within three (3) years of date of passage of said ordinances and shall be re-
cuired to make substantial improvements toward conformance with said ordinance
each of the three years subsequent to date of passage of said ordinance. If at
the end of any of the three years subsequent to passage of this ordinance sub-
stantial progress toward conformity with this ordinance has not been made in the
opinion of the Building Inspector and/or City Health Officer, the license for
such trailer park shall be revoked immediately and shall not be re-issued nor new
license issued until and unless such trailer park shall conform to the provisions
of this ordinance in every respect. Any trailer park not complying with all pro-
visions of this ordinance in every respect within (3) years of the date of passage
of said ordinance shall have the license therefor revoked and shall not be issued
a new license until and unless such trailer park shall conform to the provisions
of this ordinance in every respect.
SECTION 16. Penalties for Violation of Ordinance.
Two Hundred Dollars ($200) maximum, with each day of operation in
violation constituting a separate offense.
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SECTION 17 Separability and Conflict
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of
:', his ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court
f competent jurisdiction; such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct
and ind,,pendent provision and such holding shall not affect the val idity of
the remaining portions thereof.
SECTION l3o Repealing Clause,
Any ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed :
T i.s ordinance shall be effective January 1 . 1963
PASSED AND APPROVED t.hi.- the 12th day of November A, D . 1962
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Approved as to form:
City Attorney