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HomeMy WebLinkAboutordinance.council.005-54ORDINANCE NO. 5 (Series of 1954) AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TRAILER CAMPS AND THE USE OF HOUSE TRAILERS WITHIN THE CITY OF, ASPEN AND PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING THEREOF AND REGULATING THE USE AND PARKING OF HOUSE TRAILERS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN: Section I. DEFINITIONS. (a) The term 'house trailer" as used herein shall be construed to mean any structure built on wheels or designed to be placed on wheels and used or designed to be used by a person or per- sons for living or sleeping purposes; (b) The term "trailer camp" as used herein shall be construed to mean any premises used for the accommoda- tion of house trailers and occupants thereof. Section 2. OPERATION OF TRAILER CAMPS. It shall be unlaw- ful for any person, firm or corporation to operate any trailer camp within the corporate limits of the City of Aspen without first applying for and re- ceiving from the City Council a Iicense therefor. The application for such license shall state the name of applicant, proposed location of such trailer camp, sewage and sanitary facilities available, water service available, electrical service available and the number of house trailers to be accom- modated, as well as any other information required by the City Council. The City Council shall determine if the premises to be so used will consti-- tute a fire hazard and shall further determine if the utilities, including sewage and sanitary facilities, are satisfactory so as not to endanger the health, peace and safety of the inhabitants of the City of Aspen. If the City Council is of the opinion that these requirements have been fulfilled they shalI issue a license upon payment of a license fee of $25.00 which shall entitle the applicant to a license to operate the trailer camp from the issuance thereof until the 31st day of December following its issuance, and no rebate shall be allowed for a license used for a portion of a year or, in the case of revocation of such license prior to its expiration. Section 3. SUPERVISION OF TRAILER CAMPS. The City Council shall periodically inspect all trailer camps holding licenses and shall make such requirements as they deem advisable for the protection of the peace, health and safety of the inhabitants of the City of Aspen and in the event that the applicant shall at any time fail to comply with the requirements so made, the City Council in its discretion may suspend the applicant's li- cense or revoke the same. Section 4. PARKING OF HOUSE TRAILERS. No house trailer shall be parked on any of the streets, alleys or other public ways of the City of Aspen for a period longer than two hours out of each 24 hours and no house trailer shall be used as a store, office or as a place for the carry- ing on of a business or profession. Section 5. PERMITS FOR USE AND OCCUPANCY OF HOUSE TRAILERS. No person shall use or occupy a house trailer for living or sleeping purposes any place within the City of Aspen without first obtaining from the City Clerk of the City of Aspen a permit which permit shall be issued by the Clerk upon proper application for the permit and upon com- pliance with the requirements of this ordinance. No permit shall be issued, by the Clerk until the applicant has satisfactorily availed himself of the following minimum facilities: 1. A minimum area of 1, 250 square feet and in the event that the applicant is not the owner of the property upon which the house trailer is to be situate written permission from the owner to use said property; 2. Toilet, wash basin and bath or shower facilities incorporated in or available to the applicant, which facilities shall be properly connected to an approved type of sewage disposal facility, and also connected with hot and cold running water; 3. A fly-tight and rodent-proof refuse container of a minimum of 6 gallon capacity; 4. Laundry facilities available to the applicant either incorporated in or adjacent to the house trailer. The permit hereinabove provided for shall be issued to the appli- cant upon full compliance with the requirements herein set forth and upon payment to the City Clerk the sum of $2.00, which permit shall be effective until December 31st following the issuance of said permit. Section. 6. PENALTIES. Any person, firm or corporation found guilty of the violation of this ordinance shall be fined in an amount not to exceed $300.00 and the permit or license, as the case may be, issued hereunder may be revoked or suspended at the discretion of the City Council Section 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. fective on August 1, 1954. Introduced, read and ordered published this A.D. 1954. ATTEST: -- / p.~,-- ,l~itfytCler-~-~ r v - This ordinance shall become ef- ]~ay of ~ Mayor Finally passed, adopted and approved on the ~2ff day of ~ A.D. 1954. /~ ~ ~ /] ~ Cfty C~e~k ' STATE OF COLORADO COUNTY OF PITKIN SS. I, Ethel M. Frost, as City Clerk of lhe City of Aspen, Colorado, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance was introduced, read in full and passed fir~_t reading at the regular meeting of the City Council held /~.~. !?~ -- 1954, and published in The Aspen Times, a weekly ne~vspaper of general circulation published at the City of .~spen, Colorado, in its issue of (5~_~ ,~'/,~'~ , and was finally adopted and approved on the ~ ~ ~ay~of ~ , 19~4 and was ordered published as O~di~ance No. ~ , (S~ries of I-~4') of said City, as provided by law. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Aspen, Colorado, this __ day of A.D. 1954.