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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 69-22ORDINANCE NO. b ZR ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 38 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, BY REPEALING CHAPTER 38 AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW CHAPTER 38 REGULATING TRAILER PARKS; DEFINING TERMS; REQUIRING PERMITS; ESTABLISHING MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR TYPES A AND B TRAILER PARKS;. RESTRICTING LAND USES IN TRAILER PARKS, TYPE A ORB; PROVIDING FOR THE REVOCATION OF PERMITS; PROVIDING FOR AN EN- FORCEMENT OFFICER; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS TO PREVENT AND ABATE VIOLATIONS; PROVIDING THIS ORDINANCE BE CUMULATIVE OF OTHER RELATED CITY ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS: Section 1. That Chapter 38 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas, be and the same is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof the following is enacted, to wit: CHAPTER 38 - TRAILER AND TRAILER PARKS Section 38-1. Definitions. The following terms, phrases and words as used in this chapter shall have the following respective definitions: (1) Trailer Park "A". Trailer park "A" means a parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned and im- proved for the placement of trailer coaches for transient use, supplementary structures and accessory uses not prohibited by Chapter 42 of this Code of Ordinances. (2) Trailer Park "B". Trailer park "B" means a parcel of land which is (a) under multiple ownership or which may be developed under multiple ownership; (b) recorded in its entirety as a subdivision plat with the appropriate right-of-way dedi- cations for streets, alleys and/or easements, lots and blocks; and (c) for the placement of trailer coaches for non -transient use, supplementary structures and accessory uses not prohibited by Chapter 42 of this Code of Ordinances. D49- U (3) Trailer Coach. Trailer coach means a transport- able, single-family dwelling unit which is or may be mounted on wheels suitable for year-round occupancy and containing the same water supply, waste disposal and electrical conveniences as immobile housing. (4) Site Plan. Site plan means a line drawing clearly describing the mobile home park and its environs and shall include adequate labeling and dimensioning of all fundamental features of the project, the legal description of the property; north point, date, shall be drawn to engineering scale. Section 38-2. Parking Outside A Trailer Park Prohibited. (1) Parking on Public Streets. It shall be unlawful for any person to park any trailer coach on any street, high- way, alley, sidewalk, or other public place in the City for a longer period than three (3) hours. (2) Parking in Trailer Parks. No trailer coach shall be parked for use or occupancy on any tract of ground within the City Limits of Beaumont except in a duly authorized trailer park "A" or "B", provided, however, (a) that the Building Inspector may permit the parking, use and occupancy of a trailer coach outside of a duly authorized trailer park for a period of time not exceeding ten (10) days, when such coach is occupied by persons employed in the operation of a temporary recreational, amusement, or civic activity. Such temporary parking, use, and occupancy of a trailer coach shall be per- mitted only when the trailer coach is parked on the same premises on which the activity is located and only when adequate sanitary facilities are available upon the premises for the use of the occupants of the trailer coach; (b) a permit shall be required for all trailer coaches now parked outside trailer parks which were so parked prior to December 31, 1961; the annual permit renewal fee shall be a minimum of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) for -2- I , i each trailer coach and shall be paid to the Building Inspector, P r such fee shall be for the calendar year ending the 31st day of December of each year. Said authorization shall terminate and become void and of no effect upon failure of the trailer coach occupant to pay the fee hereinabove provided for prior to its expiration or upon damage to such trailer coach by fire, ex- plosion, or any act of God to the extent of twenty-five (25) per cent of the market value of such trailer coach or upon the moving of such trailer coach off of the tract of ground upon which it was.located on or before December 31, 1961. The authorization herein provided for is not transferable, and in the event the present occupant moves from the trailer coach, the authorization shall terminate and no authorization shall be permitted in the trailer coach for a new occupant; once an authorization terminates and becomes void, the Building Inspector shall not authorize the same trailer coach to be occupied un- less it is in a duly authorized -trailer park. Section 38-3. Permit. Prior to the issuance of a building permit, by the Building Inspector, the City Council shall approve a trailer park permit, "A" or "B" type. Application for a permit shall be made in writing to the Director of Planning, signed, and shall contain the name and address of the applicant, location, and address of the trailer park, legal description of the property to be used for the trailer park, and accompanied by a site plan and by the deposit of a fee of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) provided however the Director of Planning shall re- serve the right to refuse to examine any incomplete, unintell- igible or indefinite drawings or plans, and such proposed trailer park, type "A" or "B" plans shall conform to the minimum standards as set out in Sections 38-5 and 38-6 respectifully of this Chapter. -3- I. I r Section 38-4. Building Permit Required. No person shall erect or construct, or proceed with the erection or construction, add to, enlarge, improve, alter, re- pair, convert, extend or demolish any trailer park, type "A" or "B", trailer coach stand, building, structure, fence or any part thereof, or install any plumbing, electrical or mechanical equipment as a part of the site, building or structure, or make any other improvements to any trailer coach lot "A" or "B" or cause the same to be done within a trailer park type "A" or "B" as defined herein without obtaining a building permit from the Building Inspector, provided further that said building permit shall be granted only after a permit for a type "A" or "B" trailer park, as set out in Section 38-3 of this Code, has been granted by the City Council and that such conforms to the per- mit approved and/or granted by the City Council and on file in the Planning Department. Section 38-5. Minimum Standards Type "A" Trailer Park. (1) Any trailer park type "A" hereinafter established, constructed, erected, and in the case of existing trailer parks that portion extended, altered, expanded and/or improved, shall conform to and comply with the following minimum standards: (A) Park Area. Each trailer park shall provide a minimum of three (3) acres in area but in no case shall there be less than fifteen (15) trailer coach lots. (B) Density. Each trailer park shall not exceed a maximum density of fifteen.(15) trailer coach lots per acre as determined by the total area bounded by the trailer park pro- perty lines. (C) Private Streets. Private streets shall be pro- vided and shall extend.continuously from the public street Aght-of-way so as to provide suitable access to all trailer coach lots and other facilities or uses permitted in the trailer -4- ' r r park as well as provide adequate connection to future streets at the boundaries of the trailer coach property line. Private streets shall meet the following standards: (1) Minimum pavement widths shall be as follows: (a) Class 1 - private streets which provide direct access to five (5) or more trailer coach lots: twenty (20) feet. (b) Class 2 - private streets which provide direct access to less than five (5) trailer coach lots: fourteen (14) feet. (2) Private street intersections shall generally be at right angles, off -sets at intersections of less than 125 feet (center line to center line) should be avoided, inter- section of more than two (2) streets at one (1) point shall be avoided. (3) Dead-end private streets shall be limited to a maximum lenth of 1,000 feet and shall be provided with a vehicular turning space, with a turning circle of eighty (80) feet in diameter. (4) All private streets shall be provided with a smooth, hard, and dense surface which shall be durable and well drained under normal use and weather conditions. (5) Private streets which may connect two (2) public street rights-of-way shall by the use of curves, off -sets, location,and/or the use of two (2) or more streets be located so as to discourage through traffic. (D) Trailer Coach Lot. Each and every trailer coach lot shall conform to the following standards: (1) Be served with sanitary sewer, water, electrical power, telephone service, and natural gas. (2) Provide an average minimum width of thirty (30) feet and an average minimum depth of seventy-five (75) feet. (3) Abut and/or have access to a private street for a minimum distance of twelve (12) feet. -5- (4) Provide a minimum area of 2,250 square feet,said area to be determined by the lot lines. (5) Provide a trailer coach stand which shall provide an adequate foundation for the placement and tie -down of one (1) single family trailer coach, thereby securing the super- structure against uplift, sliding, rotation, and overturning. Said trailer coach stand shall be: (a) Impervious to plant material such as weeds, grass and shurbs. (b) Provided with anchors and tie -downs such as cast -in-place concrete "dead men", eyelets imbedded in concrete foudations or runways, screw augers, arrowhead anchors,or other devices which secure the stability of the trailer coach, and shall be placed at least at each corner of the trailer coach stand. (c) Twelve (12) teet in width and sixty (60) feet in length. (d) Located not closer than three (3) feet from the trailer coach lot line; be located at least ten (10) teet from any Class 1 private street and five (5) feet from.any Class 2 private street, and be a minimum of five (5) feet from the rear trailer coach lot line. (The end of the trailer coach stand opposite the end adjacent to the private street). (6) Setbacks for Supplementary Structure. No physical structure, dumpmaster container., carport, cabana, awning, fence, or storage locker shall be permitted within ten (10) feet of a Class 1 private street and five (5) teet from any Class 2 private street, provided further the setbacks from the sides and rear shall be three '(3) feet, save and except a fence, from any trailer coach lot line not adjacent to the private street. space. avoided. (7) Provide a minimum of one (1) off-street parking (8) Double frontage of trailer coach lots should be (9) No vehicular access to a trailer coach lot is per- mitted from a public dedicated street. M (t) Useable Open Space. Useable open space shall be provided so as to conform to the following standards: (1) Conveniently situated and containing a minimum of 2,250 square feet for the first fifteen (15) trailer coach lots or three (3) acres in the trailer park; for each additional trailer coach lot over fifteen (15), twenty-five (25) additional square feet is required. (2) Such open space may be in one (1) or more areas but shall be of such size and shape as to afford reasonable use by the occupants. (3) No portion of such required usuable open space shall be used for off-street parking, vehicular drive loading areas or accessory uses, save and except recreational uses such as swimming pools and tennis courts. (F) Off -Street Parking. Off-street parking shall be provided at a rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) spaces for each trailer coach lot. Off-street parking spaces not located on the trailer coach lot shall be located on or within the trailer park and be easily accessible to the occupants and visitors; said spaces shall: (1) have a permanent all-weather surface; (2) have dimensions of not less than 8' 6" x 18' 011; (3) be accessible to an all-weather surfaced private street; (4) be appropriately defined and marked; (5) be so located and re- gulated that no parking, or maneuvering incidental to parking, shall be on any public street or walk; (6) provide adequate barriers to keep any parked vehicle from extending into or overhanging any public dedicated street or private street; (7) be so designed that any vehicle may be parked and unparked without requiring the moving of any other vehicle. (G) Setbacks. (1) All trailer coach stands and attached trailer coaches shall be located as follows: -7- (a) A minimum of twenty-five (25) feet from any trailer park property boundary line abutting upon a public dedicated street or residen- tially used or zoned R-lA, R-1 and R-2 pro- perty, as set out in Chapter 42 of this Code of Ordinances. (b) A minimum of five (5) feet from any trailer park property boundary line, not abutting upon a public dedicated street, when the abutting property is used or zoned as indus- trial or commercial property, providing further that a six (6) foot solid permanent screening fence or wall shall be constructed along said trailer coach property boundary line. (2) All aecessory uses shall be located a minimum of ten (10) feet from any trailer coach lot line. (g) Drainage. The ground surface in all parts of every trailer park shall be graded and equipped to drain all surface water in a safe efficient manner so as not to permit water to stand or become stagnant. (I) Lighting. The private streets, parking lots, walks, and service areas shall be kept properly and adequately lighted at all times so the trailer park shall be safe for occupants and visitors, provided further all entrances and exits shall be lighted. (J) Refuse Disposal. Facilities shall be provided for the storage, collection, and disposal of refuse of the occupants of the trailer park. A refuse pick-up easement shall be granted by the owner of.the trailer park to The City of Beaumont if these facilities are located so as to require the entrance of a municipal vehicle into the trailer park. Section 38-6. Minimum Standards: Type "B" Trailer Park. A trailer park, type "B" hereinafter established, con- structed, erected, extended, altered, expanded and/or improved shall conform with the following minimum standards: (A) Park Area. Each trailer park "B" shall provide a minimum of ten (10) acres in area. (B) Layout - Streets and Blocks. Within a trailer park "B" no block shall be longer than 1320 feet in length and IRN streets shall be laid out to provide a minimum distance of two hundred and fifty (250) feet, center of street to center of street, between intersections. (C) frailer Coach Lot Standards. Each and every trailer coach lot shall conform to the following standards: (1) Be served with sanitary sewer, water, electrical power, telephone service, and natural gas. (2) Provide for the placement of one single family trailer coach with all garages, carports, enclosed rooms and porches being subordinate to this primary use. (3) No average dimension (width or depth) shall be less than fifty (50) feet. (4) Abut and/or have access to a public dedicated street for a minimum distance of twenty (20) feet. (5) Provide a minimum area of fifty four hundred (5400) square feet determined by the lot lines. (6) Prior to occupancy of any trailer coach lot, it must be provided with a trailer coach stand which shall pro- vide an adequate foundation for the placement and tie -down of one (1) single family trailer coach, thereby securing the superstructure against uplift, sliding, rotation, and over- turning. Said trailer coach stand shall be: space. (a) Impervious to plant material such as weeds, grass and shrubs. (b) Provided with anchors and tie -downs such as cast -in-place concrete 11dead men", eyelets imbedded in concrete foundations or runways, screw augers, arrowhead anchors, or other devices which secure the stability of the trailer coach, and shall be placed at least at each corner of the trailer coach stand. (c) A minimum of twelve (12) feet in width and sixty (60) feet in length or the size of the trailer coach to be placed on the lot. (7) Provide a minimum of one (1) off-street parking KIM ' � • �a -- z � .... 1 C� fi. (8) Double frontage of trailer coach lots should be avoided. (9) No vehicular or pedestrian access to a trailer coach lot is permitted from a public dedicated street not completely contained or located within the tract of land authorized as a trailer park, provided further no access to a trailer coach lot is permitted except when the lot directly across the public street is located in the trailer park and designated as and complying with the standards for a trailer coach lot as herein provided. (10) Be officially recorded in a subdivision plat. (D) Off -Street Parking. Off-street parking shall be provided at a minimum rate of one space for each trailer coach lot. (E) Setbacks. (1) All trailer coach stands and attached trailer coaches and all other structures shall be located as follows: (a) A minimum of twenty-five (25) feet from any trailer park property or boundary line adjacent to a public dedicated street not providing access to the trailer coach lot, fences are excluded. (b) A minimum of twenty (20) feet from the front lot line. (c) A minimum of ten (10) feet from the rear lot line. (d) A minimum of five (5) feet from the side lot line. (F) Screening. A six (6) foot permanent screening fence or wall shall be constructed along the boundary lines of the trailer park except where a public dedicated street pro- vides access to the trailer park. Section 38-7. Uses Permitted in Type "A" or "B" Trailer Parks. Upon issuance of a trailer park permit, type "A" or "B", by the City Council, no use except the following shall -10- t be permitted in any trailer park, type "A1° or "B": (1) Single family trailer coaches. (2) Accessory uses providing service to the occupants of the trailer park, such uses may include recreational fac- ilities, central or community garages, storage buildings and washaterias. (3) Supplementary structures. Section 38-8. Revocation Type "A" Trailer Park Permit. A trailer park permit type "A", as issued by the City Council, may be revoked or suspended by the Building Inspector for any period of time, after written notice to the permit holder and upon a determination by him that: (A) The permit holder, an employer, or any employee of the permit holder has violated any provision of this Chapter or any provision of Chapter 42 of this Code relating to trailer parks, within 60 days immediately preceding the date of re- vocation. (B) The permit holder or owner of the trailer park for which the permit is issued is failing to comply and maintain said trailer park in compliance with the requirements set forth in Section 38-5 providing for certain minimum standards. (C) The permit holder, an employer, or any employee of the permit holder has refused to allow the director of health or any of his inspectors, the building inspector, or any of his inspectors, the chief of police, the chief of the fire department, or any of their authorized employees, or any other duly authorized employee of the City, to enter upon the trailer park at all reasonable times for the purpose of in- specting same for compliance with the provisions of this chapter and any other applicable city ordinance. Section 38-9. Enforcing Officer. It shall be the duty of the chief building inspector, or his designated representative, to make inspections to de- Offla z termine the existence of violations of this Chapter. A com- plete report of any violation discovered shall be made to the City Manager for further handling. Sectinn 38-10_ Fnfnrcement - Actinn to Prevent and Ahata._ In case any building, structure or trailer coach is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, con- verted or maintained, or any building, structure, trailer coach or land is used in violation of Section 38-7 of this Chapter or in violation of any applicable section of Chapter 42 of this Code of Ordinances, the City Manager, in addition to other remedies, may institute any proper action or proceeding in the name of the City to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance, or use to restrain, correct or abate such viola- tions, to prevent the occupancy'of such building, structure, trailer coach, or land, or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business or use in or about such premises. Section II. This chapter shall be cumulative of and in addition to all other ordinances of the City directed to the protection of the public health, safety and welfare and shall never be construed to have repealed any provision of any such ordinance by implication or to have affected any acts or proceedings undertaken by virtue of any such other ordinance. Section III. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance or the application of the same to a particular set of persons or circumstances should, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall in no wise affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the various pro- visions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. -12- Section IV. Any person who violates any provision of this ordi- nance shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in Sec- tion 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas, and each day such violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. PASSED by the City Council this /pj- day of April, 1969. -13- - Mayor -