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O61-07KENNEDALE ORDINANCE NO. 61-7 AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING RULES AND REGULATIONS. FOR THE OPERATION OF TRAILER CAMPS AND PARKS, AND FOR THE USE OF MOBILE HOME TRAILERS AND OTHER VEHICLES OR MOBTT R TRAILERS AS SLEEPING OR. LIVING QUARTERS, WITHIN THE CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS; REQUIRING AN APPLICATION, FEE AND LICENSE FOR THE OPERATION OF ANY TRAILER CAMP OR PARK WITHIN THE CITY OF KENNEDALE; REQUIRING PAYMENT OF A MUNICIPAL SERVICE CHARGE ON ALL. MOBILE HOME TRAILERS AND OTHER VEHICLES PARKED AND MAINTAINED WITHIN THE CITY FOR LIVING OR SLEEPING QUARTERS; MAKING IT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF ANY TRAILER PARK OR CAMP TO COLLECT AND TRANSMIT TO THE CITY SUCH. $ ICIPAL SERVICE CHARGES; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO USE ANY VEHICLE OR MOBILE TRAILER AS LIVING OR SLEEPING QUARTERS WITHIN THE CITY, EXCEPT WITHIN AN APPROVED. AND. LICENSED TRAILER CAMP OR PARK; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION HEREOF. IN ANY SUM NOT TO EXCEED $200.00; PROVIDING EACH DAY THAT ANY VIOLATION EXISTS SHALL CONSTI- TUTE A SEPARATE OFFENSE; CONTAINING A SAVING CLAUSE AND AN -EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Kennedale, Texas, deems it necessary, in order to protect the health, Safety and morals of the city, to prescribe rules and regulations for the operation of trailer camps and parks, and for the use of vehicles, mobile home trailers and other mobile trailers for living and sleeping quarters within the city; and WHEREAS, the City Council deems it advisable and in the public interest, because of the impracticability of collecting ad valorem taxes on mobile living quarters and the expense to the city in maintaining inspection -and municipal -services to and for the occupants of such mobile living quarters, to collect regular municipal service charges from persons using mobile living units within the City of Kennedale; now, therefore: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS: 1. The following words, when used in this ordinance, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section: (a) "Mobile house trailer", as used in this ordinance, shall be defined as any vehicle used as sleeping or living quarters, mounted on wheels and propelled either by its own power or by another power -driven vehicle to which it may be attached when being moved. (b)q: A "trailer park", as used in this ordinance, shall be defined.aS any area owned or operated by Any person, firm or corporation for the purpose of -locating thereon any mobile houSe trailer or trailers used as sleeping or living quarters, as defined in this ordinance. (c) A "unit", as used in this ordinance, shall be defined as any section, plot or parcer,Of land located within a trailer park alotted for the parking Of'a-single mobile house trailer, as defined in this ordinance. 2. No person, firm or corporation, other than the City of Kennedale, Texas, shall maintain or operate any trailer park within the corporate limits of the City of Kennedale without first obtaining a license therefor, as hereinafter provided. 3. The license required by the preceding section of this ordinance shall be issued by the City Secretary, and the fee for such license shall be $25000 payable at the time of issuance. 4. Application for the license required by the preceding section shall be made in writing, and signed by the person desiring to operate such trailer park. Such application shall disclose the name and address of the operator, the address of the trailer park, the name and address of the owner of such property if the same is leased, the name under which such trailer park will be -operated, the nature and character of improve ex:its-to the real property on which the trailer camp is to be operated, the nu ber of units to beaccow4odated in such trailer park, and any Other pertinent information required by the City Secretary or the City Council, and shall be accompanied by a plat of the trailer park, showing the location of improvements thereon and the areaalloCated;toeach unit of the park, as well as plant for all permanent improvements to be erected in the trailer park. 5. No license shall be granted under the pro -visions of this ordinance until the applicant therefor shall have establithed to the satisfaction of the City7Secretary and City Health Officer that the trailer park to be licensed, complies with all state, county and mUnicipal health and sanitary regulations, and that the improvements to be erected thereon, as shown by the submitted plant, conform to all building regulations of the City of Kennedale. 6. The license required by this ordinance shall be valid for a period of one (1) year from the first day Of January in the year of its_issuance, and shall be renewed annually, and a like fee of $25.00 shall be payable upon each annual renewal. The license fee, however, shall be pro -rated from the first day of the month in which purdhased,however, if the same is purchased after January 31, such applicant paying only for the remaining months of the year of issuance at the rate of $2.10 per month. 7. No person shall place, keep ot maintain any mobile house trailer used for human habitation upon any lot Or parcel of ground -within the City of Kennedale for a period exceeding twelve (12) hours -in the day time, or four (4) hours at night time, except in a licensed-trailet park,_or in a trailer park area designated and operated by the City of Kennedale. 8. No mobile house trailer Shall be used for living quarters upon any street, alley or other public way in the City of Kennedale. 9. No person shall make any electrical connection for any mobile house trailer to any building or other source of electricity within the City of Kennedale without : the approval of the electrical inspector Of the city as to such connection, and the payment of the required fee therefor. 10. No person shall make any plumbing connection for any mobile house trailer to any building or other source of water supply or sewage disposal WithOut the apProval of the plumbing inspector of the city as to such connection, and the payment of the required fee therefor. 11. No person -shall deposit garbage or waste water or sewage from any mobile house trailer on the premises where said trailer is stationed or on any adjoining or other premises of the city. Garbage-shali be -placed in a suitable and adequate metal container equipped With a flytight and Watertight cover for collection andAisposal as otherwise provided by applicable ordinances of the City of Kennedale. 12. This ordinance shall not apply -to mobile house trailers having their running gear, wheels or other equipment designed for thatransportation of such vehicle from one lodatiOn to another, permanently replayed, So that Said' vehicle is made stationary on a permanent"or semi -Permanent foundation for living quarters, but in such event said trailer Shall be classed as a dwelling, andas such shall be subject to all of the provisiOns, reguIatiOna-and ordinances of the City of Kennedale pertaining to dwellings and living quarters. A mobile house trailer which is temporarily placed on blocks to raise the wheels or railing -equipment of the trailer Shall not be deemed within the exemption of this section. 13. All land used as a trailer park shall be located on well -drained site-3 of ample size, and shall be free from heavy or dense growth of brush or -weeds. The land shall be free from marsh or standing water, and shall be gradedso as to insure the rapid drainage of water during and following rains. 14. Every trailer park shall have and meet the following minimum requirements: (a) City water connections furnishing an ample and adequate supply of water, and connection with the municipal sanitary sewer system. (b) Adequate provisions for the collection and removal of waste and garbage. (c) Adequate laundry facilities provided for the tenants thereof. (d) A minimum of one (1) toilet and one (1) shower for each sex for the first five (5) trailer_Units, and an additional toilet and shower foreach sex for every additional ten (10) trailer units or fraction thereof. (e) AlI toilets and showers ortubs shall be placed in_properly constructed buildings located on the trailer park site not more than 300 feet from any trailer unit thereof. (f) In addition to the above toilet and bath facilities, there shall be placed a properly constructed building conveniently located to all units in the trailer park, which building shall contain one (1) -slop sing for each ten. (10) -units or fraction thereof_where slop jars are to be_cleaned. (g) A separate electtical outlet shall be provided for each unit of the trailer park, and if such outlet is of a plug-in type approved and inspected by the city upon installation, then it shall not be necessary to obtain city inspection upon connection and disconnection of individual trailers thereto. -(h) Separate water and sewer outlets may be provided to each unit of the trailer camP, and if this i8 done and the original installations are inspected and approved by the city, and the water and sewer Outlets are of such a nature in the opinion of the City Water Superintendent to safely permit Connection and disconnection by untrained persons, then it shall not be necessary to obtain futUre city inspeCtiOn'and approval Of the connection or disconnection of individual trailers thereto. (i) If individual water and sewer connections are provided to_eaCh unit of the trailer park, then itshall be sufficient to provide only the minimum above mentioned public water and toilet facilities, regardless of the number of units in the park, provided, however, the operatOr shall never permit more than a maximum Of five (5) mobile house trailers which are unable to connect with such individual outlets to locate in such trailer park at any one time. (j) Every trailer park shall have adequate and sufficient electrical lighting of the streets and areas thereof. (k) Every trailer camp shall have an adequate and ample_area set aside for a play area, if children are permitted in said trailer park, which play area shall be enclosed with a fence so that vehicles may not enter therein. 15. The operator ofevery trailer park within the City of Kennedale, Texas, shall pay a municipal Service charge upon every Mobile house trailer occupying his trailer park of $.10 per day or fraction thereof,- or $,-.50 per week or fraction theredf, or $2.00 per month L or fraction thereOf, depending upon the length of time such mobile housetrailer is located in said trailer park without being permanently removed therefrom, which service charge shall be for the municipal fire and police protection, and other municipal services provided for the benefit of occupants of -said trailer park, as well as the municipal inspection -necessary to see that such trailer park is main- tained in'a-safe and sanitary condition. -Such service charge may be levied by the operator aS-a separate charge, in addition -to -his usual rental fee; td the trailer park occupant, but it'shall be the responsibility of the operator to collect such feesand transmit and pay them -Over to the CitySecretary. Adequate records shall be -maintained by the operator of every trailer park, so that the city or its officials can at any time deterMine the nUMber-Of-mbbiie hOuse-trailers occupying the park during any given period. The operator shall pay tO the city, - on or before the 10th OfeeVery month, the municipal service Charges owing for the previous calendar month, and such payment shail-be accompanied by a written statement shOWing the number of mobile house trailers occupying and using said trailer park during such calendar month, and the -length of time that each trailer remained therein or thereat. 16. Any person, firm or Corporation violating any of the provisions Of this -ordinance, shall be:deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sumnot to exceed $200.00; and each day that any violation hereof-continues.shall constitute a separate and distinct Offense. 17. Every section of this-ordinapde and every provisiOn of each section, is hereby declared to be an individual section or provision, and the holding of any section or proviSion of any section to be void, ineffective or unconstitutional for any reason whatsoever, shall not be deemed td affedt any other Section -Or proviSiOn hereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would haVe-passed each and all -parts of this ordinance which are valid, and would have Liomitted any parts hereOf which may be held to be void, ineffective or unconstitutional, even had it known that such parts were void, ineffective or unconstitutional at the time of the passage hereof. 18. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect iiioedietely upon its passage, and publication as by law prO vided. ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 14th day of July, 1961. APPROVED: (2) % Mayor, City of Kennedale, Texas ATTEST: City -Secretary (CITY SEAL) THE STATE OF COUNTY OF TA—NT: CITY OF EDAT,R: LEGAL NOTICE 4 KNOW ALL E PRESENTS: I, Susie A. Langford, City Secretary of the City of Kennedale, Texas, do hereby certify that the City Council of the City of Kennedale, Texas, at a special meeting held on the 14th day of July, 1961, adopted Kennedale Ordinance No. 61-7, the caption of said ordinance being as follows: An ordinance Prescribing Rules and Regulations For The Operation Of Trailer Camps and Parks, and For The,Use Of Mobile Home. Trailers and Other Vehicles Or Mobile Trailers As Sleeping OrLiving Quarters, Within The City of Kennedale, Texas; Requiring An Application, Fee and License For the Operation of Any Trailer Camp Or Park Within The City of Kennedale; Re- quiring Paymentof A Municipal Service Charge On All Mobile Home Trailers and Other Vehicles Parked and Main- tained Within The City For Living Or Sleeping Quarters; Making It The Responsibility Of The Owner -and Operator Of Any Trailer Park Or Camp To Collect and Transmit To the City Such Municipal Service Charges; Making. It Unlawful To Use Any Vehicle Or Mobile Trailer As Living Or Sleeping Quarters Within The City, Except Within An Approved and Licensed Trailer Camp Or Park; Providing A Penalty For Violation_Of Any Provision Hereof In Any Sum Not to,Exceed $200.00; Providing Each Day...That Any Violation Exists Shall Constitute a Separate Offense; Containing A Saving Clause and An Effective Date." The purpose of the ordinance is to set forth rules and -regulations for theoperation of trailer parks in the City of Kennedale, and for the use of mobile house trailers and other mobile vehicles as sleeping quarters or living quarters within the City of Kennedale, to ,,require a license in order to operate a trailer park, to provide municipal service charges for the use of any vehicle for living and sleeping quarters in the City of Kennedale, and to forbid the parking' 4,Acid Use for habitation of any mobile house trailer or other mobile vehicle within the City of Kennedale except in a licensed trailer park. Penalties for violations of the ordinance are set forth in Section 16.thereof as follows: " Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance,. shall be deemed guilty of a-misdemeancr,.and upon conviction thereal shall be fined in any sum not to exceed $200.00; and each day that any violation hereof continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense." The ordinance is declared to be effective immediately after its passage and upon publication of this notice. IN fo: TIMONY W REOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name officially under the corporate seal of the City of Kennedale, Te s, this /4-4 day ofJuly, 1961. us e ng 'C y Secretary, City of Kennedale, Texas . (ciTy la) HERBERT C.WADE DAWSON H. DAVIS SAM J. CALLAWAY, ER, CLYDE M, MARSHALL,JR, LAW OFFICES WAD,, DAVI S . CALLAWAY & MARSHALL SUITE 2014-17 W. T. WAGGONER BUILDING FOIRT -'f/VORTH 2, TEXAS August 30 1961 Mrs. Allene Langford Kennedale City Secretary Kennedale City Hall Kennedale Texas Re: Kennedale Ordinance No. 61-7 Dear Mrs. Langford: I enclose herewith the publisher's affidavit showing publication of notice in connection with the passage of Kennedale Ordinance No. 61-7, which was the ordinance regulating house trailers and trailer camps. This publication affidavit should be attached to the original copy of this ordinance, and placed in the City's pe ,nent Ordinance File. CMM:br Encl.-publisher's affidavit Very truly yours, WADE DAVIS CALLAWAY & MARSHALL_ -tshall, Jr. Kevinedale City, Attorney /1 7 cc- Mr. Nor n T. Childres, Mayor Kennedale City Hall Kennedale, Texas NJ IS R'S AFFIDAVIT Ti STA 00UN OF TA NT: FO L, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Alfred W. White, known to me, who, being by me duly sworn, on his oath deposes and says, that he is the Publisher of The nsfield News Mirror, a weekly newspaper of general circulation published in Tarrant County, Te =s, and circulated in the City of Kennedale„ Texas; that a copy of the attached notice concer•ing the passage of Kennedale Ordinance No. 61-7, OF TEXAS: of the City of Kennedale, Texas, was published in one issue of said paper, such publication being on the following date, to -wit: a newspaper copy of such publication notice being hereto attached. of July, A.D. 1961. Alfre . WM:be D AND SWO • To before me this da y otary-Plb le, Tarrant County, texas. //' 'T LEGALIJNQTICES THE STATEzl_Ol! .NEXAS:: COUNTY OF TAR'RANT: CITY OF KENNEDALE: KNOW ALL' "MEN» BY, /:THESE PRESENTS: 1, . Susie A. Langford, City Sec- retary of the City of Kennedale, Texas, do hereby certify that the City Council of the City of 'Ken- nedale, Texas, at a special meeting held on the 14th day of July, 1961, adopted Kennedale Ordinance\ No. 61-7, the caption of said ordinance being as follows:; "An ':Ordinance PrescribingRules and Regulations For The Operation Of Trailer Camps and Parks, and,For The Use Of 'Mobile Home Trailers and Other Vehicles Or Mobile Trailers As Sleeping Or Living Quarters, Within The City of Kennedale, Texas; Requiring An Application, Fee and License For the Operation of Any Trailer Camp Or Park Within The City of -Kennedale; Requiring Payment of A ,Munici- pal Service Charge On All Mobile Home Trailers and Other Vehicles Parked and,Maintained' Within The City, For Living Or Sleeping Quart- ers; 'Making It The Responsibility Of The Owner and Operator Of Any Trailer Park Or Camp To Col- 1 lect and Transmit To the ,City Such Municipal Service Charges; Mak- ing It. Unlawful To Use Any VE- hicle Or Mobile Trailer As Liv- ing Or Sleeping Quarters Within The City, Except Within An Ap- proved and Licensed Trailer Camp Or Park; Providing A Penalty For Violation Of A n y Provision Hereof In Any Sum Not to Ex- ceed $200.00; Providing Each Day That Any Violation Exists Shall Constitute a Separate Offense; Containing A Saving Clause and An Effective Date."- The purpose of the ordinance is - to set forth" rules •and regulations for the ope- ration of trailer parks in the City of Kennedale, and for the. use - of mobile house trailers anl:other mo ' bile vehicles as slee*g quarters or living quarters within the City of Kennedale, to require a license• in order to operatte a trailer park, to provide , municipal` . - service charges for the'tise of any vehicle for living and sleeping quarters in the City of Kennedale, and to forbid the parking and use for ha- bitation of any mobile house trail- er or other mobile vehicle within the City of Kennedale except in a licensed trailer park. Penalties for violations of the ordinance are set forth in Section 16 thereof as fol- lows: "Any persou,,, f.,m or cor- poration violating any. of the pro- visions of this ordu ance, shall be deemed guilty of a 'misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not to exceed $200.00; and each day that any vio- lation ' hereof continues shall con- stitute a separate aid distinct of- fense." The ordinance is declared to be effective immediately -after its passage and " upon. 'publication of this notice. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have, hereunto subscribed my name officially under the corporate r seal of the City of Kennedale, Texas, this 14 day of July, 1961. Susie A .angford, City Secretary, City of Kennedale, Texas , .