Chapter 34 - MOBILE HOMES AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

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--- (1) --- State Law reference— Mobile home and recreational vehicle facilities and parks, G.L. 1956, § 23-21-1 et seq.; mobile and manufactured homes, G.L. 1956, § 31-44-1 et seq.

ARTICLE I. - IN GENERAL#

Secs. 34-1—34-20. - Reserved.#

ARTICLE II. - PARKING#

DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY#

Sec. 34-21. - Definitions.#

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Trailer means any structure used or intended to be used or capable of being used as permanent or temporary living quarters by any person, which is mounted upon wheels and which may be removed from place to place either by its own power or power supplied by some vehicle attached to it or to be attached to it which includes, but is not limited to, travel trailers, pickup campers or coaches, motorized dwellings, and/or recreational vehicles (RVs).

(Code 1982, § 11-7; Code 2003, § 34-21; Ord. of 10-21-2024(1), § 1(Exh. A))

Secs. 34-22—34-40. - Reserved.#

DIVISION 2. - PROHIBITED USE#

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--- (2) --- Editor's note— Ord. of 10-21-2024(1), § 1(Exh. A), repealed the former Div. 2, §§ 34-41—34-45, and enacted a new Div. 2 as set out herein. The former Div. 2 pertained to permit and derived from Code 1982, §§ 11-8—11-12; and Code 2003, §§ 34-41—34-45.

Sec. 34-41. - Prohibited use.#

No person shall park or leave any trailer on any street or public highway, nor shall any person keep or maintain any trailer upon any lot or parcel of land, for the purpose of living or dwelling therein, nor shall any person live or dwell in any trailer or use any trailer for a place of habitation in the town.

(Ord. of 10-21-2024(1), § 1(Exh. A))

Secs. 34-42—34-65. - Reserved.#

ARTICLE III. - CAMPGROUNDS, TOURIST CAMPS, AND TRAILER PARKING SITES#

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--- (3) --- State Law reference— Licensing by state, G.L. 1956, § 23-21-1 et seq.

DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY#

Sec. 34-66. - Definitions.#

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Tent and trailer mean any tent, temporary structure or automobile trailer used for or adaptable for use as living quarters.

Tourist camp and parking site mean any place where two or more tents or trailers are located or any premises designated or intended for the purpose of supplying the public with locations for two or more tents or trailers.

Unit means any section of ground in any tourist camp or parking site, used or designated for use as the location of a single tent or trailer.

(Code 1982, § 11-20; Code 2003, § 34-66)

Sec. 34-67. - Location.#

No trailer parking site or tourist camp shall be permitted to be located upon any land, park or beach owned or controlled by the town, except on such portion of land, park or beach as shall be especially provided for such site or camp.

(Code 1982, § 11-21; Code 2003, § 34-67)

Sec. 34-68. - Unit size and capacity.#

No unit in any tourist camp or trailer parking site shall contain less than 750 square feet of land, and no such unit shall be permitted to be occupied by more than one tent or trailer. This shall not be construed as to prohibit any property owner from accommodating the automobile trailers of nonpaying guests; nor to prevent any property owner from erecting, subject to any applicable ordinance of the town, overnight cabins.

(Code 1982, § 11-22; Code 2003, § 34-68)

Sec. 34-69. - Declaration of nuisance.#

Failure to comply with this article shall be deemed sufficient cause for declaring the premises a nuisance under the provision of the law.

(Code 1982, § 11-30; Code 2003, § 34-69)

Secs. 34-70—34-85. - Reserved.#

DIVISION 2. - PERMIT#

Sec. 34-86. - Required.#

It shall be unlawful for any person to establish or maintain or to permit the establishment or maintenance of a tourist camp or trailer parking site upon any property owned or controlled by such person in the town unless there exists a valid permit for such tourist camp or parking site, granted by the town council. The application for such a permit shall be accompanied by plans of the proposed or existing tourist camp or trailer parking site, showing the location of all buildings, driveways, unit layouts, toilet facilities, bath, laundry facilities, wastewater sinks and other improvements. Such permit may be granted to anyone meeting the requirements in a complete and proper manner at the discretion of the town council.

(Code 1982, § 11-23; Code 2003, § 34-86)

Secs. 34-87—34-100. - Reserved.#

DIVISION 3. - REGULATIONS#

Sec. 34-101. - Guest registration.#

The operator or management of every tourist camp or trailer parking site shall maintain a suitable register, in which all persons renting or occupying space in such camp or site shall inscribe such persons' names and home addresses and registration numbers of any motor vehicles that they shall have in their possession in or about such camp.

(Code 1982, § 11-24; Code 2003, § 34-101)

Sec. 34-102. - Water supply.#

(a)

On any tract of land designated as a camping site, a water supply of sanitary quality approved by the state department of environmental management and ample in quantity to meet the requirements of the maximum number of persons using such supply shall be provided. Such water supply shall be easily obtainable from its source or from a distributing system, located within a distance of not more than 300 feet of any camping spot within the designated tract.

(b)

On any tract of land designated as a camping site, any water found unsafe for human consumption shall be either eliminated or purified, and placards warning persons against its use shall be posted conspicuously.

(Code 1982, § 11-25; Code 2003, § 34-102)

Sec. 34-103. - Sewage disposal.#

On any tract of land designated as a camping site, flytight privies or water flushed toilets with a system of sewage disposal approved by the state department of environmental management shall be provided and shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. Separate toilets for men and women, one toilet seat for each 25 men and one for each 25 women, or fraction thereof, shall be provided. The sheltering quarters on the tract of land shall not be a greater distance than 400 feet from both men's and women's toilets. The location of all toilets shall be plainly indicated by signs.

(Code 1982, § 11-26; Code 2003, § 34-103)

Sec. 34-104. - Litter receptacle.#

On any tract of land designated as a camping site, supervision and equipment sufficient to prevent littering of the grounds with rubbish, garbage and other refuse shall be provided and maintained. Flytight depositories for such material shall be provided and conspicuously located. Every camp on such tract shall be within a distance of not over 200 feet of such depository.

(Code 1982, § 11-27; Code 2003, § 34-104)

Sec. 34-105. - Sewage and refuse sites not to constitute nuisances.#

On any tract of land designated as a camping site, the method of final sewage or refuse disposal utilized in connection with the operation of a camp shall be such as to create no nuisance.

(Code 1982, § 11-28; Code 2003, § 34-105)

Sec. 34-106. - Maintenance of facilities; ejection of violators.#

The management of every public camp shall assume responsibility for maintaining in good repair all sanitary appliances on such ground and shall promptly prosecute or eject from such ground any person who wilfully or maliciously damages such appliances, or any person who in any way fails to comply with this article.

(Code 1982, § 11-29; Code 2003, § 34-106)