Ord 1323 6/23/1941 �,�4_4
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ORDINXICE 1qO.,4WPV
AN OIMULUiCE D31FINDTG AWOMOBILE TIUMILMS AM 17RAILER C�UTS; RZIGULkTING AND LIJEENTS.MG
TIED, USE ill M11,C112Y OF, "aCHITA F.IUZZ; MOVIDING A PMUTY FOR THE VIOUTION "LHMEOF.
VEMM�, publ I c necessity and convenience and the ,eneral health and w-el-
I fare rec.uires that the use of automobile trailers and trailer camps in the City of
chita Falls be re6ullated, NG.V., TIEMUOXE,
BE r2 OMILMPED BY '11.71M (CMIT COUNCU, OF TFLl CITY OF -i'1ICHZLA FAIIS., naus:
SECTION I
D_EFI.1,,TITLIOJ1LTSS:
(A) An ItAutomobile trailer" shall. be defined -as any vehicle used
as sleel.oin,�,, or living qv%rters., mounted on wheels and pro-
pelled either by its own power or by another power-driven
vehicle to which it may be attached.
(b) A "Trailer camp" shall be any area owned or operated by any
person, firm or corporation for the purpose of locating there-
on any automobile trailer used as defined in paragr4ph (a)
above.
(c) A "Unit" in this ordinance ip hereby defined to be any section
Dlot or-parcel of I-and located vrithin a trailer camp alloted
for the parkin.01 of -an automobile trailer.
SE CTION 2
PZSTMICTIONTS TO AUTQ1'QQBI1Z- TXLEMS:
(a) No person., firm 'or corporation shall place., keep or LLUntain
any automobile trailer used for human habitation u:.)oyi any lot
or parcel of ground within the City of Uichita Falls for a
period exceeding one week in any one year,, except in a licensed
tr,iiler ca;a,.D or in a municipal park area de3_i,.-,,1'1ated by the Board
of Allden-ien as a trailer park.
(b) Automobile trailers having the-.*Lr running gear, w-heels or other
ec�uipraent desigmed for the transportation of said vehicLes from
one location to another removed or blocked up or otherwise made
stationary and in use for living quarters shall be classed as
dwel I I n"�, and as such shall be subject to ill of the provisions
of ordinances of the City Of "Tichita Falls pertainin,,-, to &.Iell-
i).i,-,,s and 'Livin,� -�uarters.
(c) No automobile trailer shall be used for livIng quarters upon
wV street,, alley or other public wky in the City of "Pichita
Falls.
(d) No person., firm or corporation shall make any electric a�,_coa
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nection for any automobile trailer to any buildin,,,, or other
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source of electricit ,i�vath6ut the approval of the electrical 11 ,
inspector -as to the iaetho'd of such connection.
�e) Wo person., firm or corporation shall deposit v arbar,,e or waste
,water from any automobile trailer on -the preni-ises W�Ihere the
trailer is stationed or on adjoining premises
Q, , and the garbage
shall be placed in a suitable and adequate ;-_aetal container
eq�uipped ii-iith a fly tight and water -Light cover for collection.
122MUCTIONS APPLICABM TO Mlk= CXWS:
(a) All land used as a trailer camp shall be located on well
drained sites of ample size., free from heavy or dense growth
of brush or weeds. The land shall be free from marsh and
shall be graded to insure rapid drainage during and follow-
i ng rains.
(b) Every trailer camp shall have city water connections furnish-
ng
, an ample -and adequate supply of water and shall be contriec-
ted Yrith the sanitar;y sevier., and adeoluate provision shall be
made for the collect-ion and removal of waste and SarbaJe.
(c) 'Every trailer camp shall have a minimum of one toilet for each
sex and every ten units or fraction thereof.,and one shower or
bath tub for each sex -and each ten units or fraction thereof,
provided ra -n
, however., that when not -,ore tha. five units are used
the toilet and bath facilities located in the home or other
buildin�_--s on the premises where said trailer camp is being
o,perated., may be used if avallal:)le and approved by the Health
Department, all toilets and showers or tubs shall be placed
in properly constructed buildinggs not more than three hundred
feet from any unit.
(d) In addition to the �Cbove toilet and bath facilities there shall
be placed a properly constructed building conveniently located
to all units., which shall contain one slop sink for each ten
units or fraction thereof
Lo , where can toilets are to be cleaned
unless such facilities -are available in the home or other build-
JnZs owned b, -the operators of said trzLLler camjps' and 1,dthin
three hw-,dred feet from c-my unit.
SECTION IV
LICEI,,ISE:
(a) No person., firm or corporation., other than the City of Wich-
ita Falls shall maintain or operate -any trailer camp within
the corporate limits of the City of Wichita Falls vrithout
first obtaining therefor a license., said license to be is-
sued by the City Clerk upon the approval by the Department of
Public Health a-ad 1,7elfarej and the payment of a fee therefor
of Five �:AOO) Dol 1ars for the first three units or fraction
thereof, =.Ld Ten .(""46.00) Dollars for the next seven units or
fraction thereof., vaid the sum of One Dollar for each
additional unitJ such peimt shall not be granted until said
applicant shall have established to the satisfaction of the
Department of Public Health and "�'Ielfare that said trailer
cwap complies viith all sanitary and health regulations -and
provisions of th�is ordinance, said license s1lball expire on
December 31 of the year in whi ch the same is issued. The
cost of any license secured having less than a year to run
before the expiration period as herein provided., shall be
prorated., provided., however., that no license shall ever be
issued for less than a minimum, fee of Five 1 35.00) Dol I ars.
SECTION V
(a) It shall be the duty of the Health Department to assist in
the enforcement of all of the provisions of this ordinance,
and for the purpose of securing enforcement thereof., the
Health Officer., or axV of his dully authorized representatives.
shall have the right and are hereby empowered to enter upon the
premises of �any --utomob-ile tra!Ller now operating, or which
may hereafter be operated within the City of I'llichita Fe0-Is to
inspect same -and all accormodations comnected theresith.
SECTION 6.
REVOCATION CRI SUSPENSION OF PER11IT:
(a) Any permit granted hereunder shall be subject to revocation
or suspension by the Health Department in the following man-
ner., to-wit: A notice shall be served on the person holding
sa.
-1d peruLit specif.,,ring him to appear before the Health De-
pa-�Lrie,nt at a day and hour therein specified., not less than
five (5) days after the personal sex*vice of said notice on
such permit holderp re(�!,uiring him to show cause at said time
and place why said permit should not be revoked or suspended.
At the time and place mentioned in said notice., the person
holding said permit shall have the right to appear iii person.,
or by council, =- d to introduce such evidence as lie may desireP
and the Health Department shall confront said permit holder
with any char,�,es that said department rfia'y have aggainst him,
and after said he!arin,,r,,, the Health Department may, at its dis-
cretion, revoke or suspond the permit.
SECTIgU.
PE11ALTY
(a) Any person, firm or corporation irrho shall vio1ate or fail
to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance shall
be punished by a fine of not less than Five (5,00) Dollars
nor more than Tvio Hundred Dollars.
SECTION 8
This ordinance shall be in effect from and after its passage and
publication as required by law.
PASSED AND APP-1-107,17D., this the day of June, A. D.,$ 1941.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLMK