1992-078 Oro
BY-lAW NO. 92-78
A By-law of the Corporation of the Township of
Oro respecting the licensing, regulating and
governing of trailer camps.
WHEREAS provision is made under the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 302,
subsection 232(15), for licensing, regulating and governing trailer camps, and for prohibiting
the use of any lots within the trailer camp, or occupancy of trailers without licence
therefore;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Ora
enacts as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 "Building Inspector" means a Building Inspector of the Township of Oro.
1.2 "By-law Enforcement Officer" means a person who is appointed or authorized by the
Municipality to enforce the by-laws of the Municipality.
1.3 "Drinking Water" means water made available for human consumption.
1.4 "Fire Chief' means the Chief Fire Official of the Township of Oro Fire Department.
1.5 "Health U nit" means an officer of the Simcoe County District Health Unit having
jurisdiction in the area in which a trailer camp is located.
1.6 "Hydro Inspector" means the inspector of the Hydro Electric Power Commission of
Ontario having jurisdiction in the area within the Municipality in which a trailer
camp is located.
1.7 "Lot" means a parcel of land within a trailer camp which IS available for the
occupation of one trailer.
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1.8 "Municipality" means the Corporation of the Township of Oro.
1.9 "Operator" means the owner, lessee or person or persons designated by an owner
or lessee to operate trailer camps.
1.10 "Service Buildingll means those buildings and structures naturally and normally
incidental, subordinate and primarily devoted to the principal trailer camp use and
located on the same property. Such service buildings and structures include, but are
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not limited to those which house sanitary, toilet, laundry and/or cooking faciliti1
and equipment. I
'Summer Seasonl' means that period of time from and including March 15th to an
including the 1st day of November, in any year.
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"Trailerl! means any vehicle or structure other than a mobile home, having a vali
trailer licence and so constructed that it is suitable for being drawn or propelled b
a motor vehicle and notwithstanding that such vehicle may be jacked-up and ma
have its running gear removed, and is capable of being used for the purpose 0
human habitation of a temporary or short term nature, including the living, sleepin
or eating accommodation of any person or persons therein.
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"Trailer CampI! means a parcel of land or premises in or upon which one or mor~
trailers are placed, located, used or maintained for the purpose of temporary hum4
habitation, including the living, sleeping or eating accommodation of any person1i
therein.
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No person or persons shall establish or operate a trailer camp within the boundarieSI
of the Township of Oro without first having obtained a licence, issued in accordance
with this By-law which has not expired or been revoked, for the number of lots to
be made available for the occupation of trailers during the currency of the licence
and having paid the prescribed fees.
"Winter Seasonl! means that period of time from and including November 15th t
and including the 14th day of March, in the subsequent year.
LICENCES
An application for a licence to establish a trailer camp or any renewal thereof, shall
be made to the Clerk of the Municipality in the form prescribed by the Municipality.
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Every application shall be accompanied by four copies of a plan of the II
proposed trailer camp showing natural and artificial features such as:
buildings; railways; roads; water courses; drainage ditches and flooded areas
within or adjacent to the land to be developed; topography; location and
dimensions of proposed lots; service buildings; road and pedestrian walkways;
recreational and open space areas; proposed surface drainage; landscaping
including lighting and fencing; drinking water supply and sewage disposal
facilities; and the prescribed application fee; provided that with an application
for renewal of a licence, no such plan is required where no changes from the
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plan submitted previously have been made or are proposed by the applicant
or are required by the Municipality.
(b) Any trailer camp in existence at the time of passage of this by-law. and which
has not submitted a plan as referred to in clause 2.3( a) shall be required to
do so when next renewing a licence for the existing trailer camp.
(c) Nothing herein shall be deemed to prevent the continuted operation of any
trailer camp legally established prior to the passage of this By-law and such
trailer camps shall be entitled to be licensed as provided herein. Any
enlargement, expansion or extension of an existing trailer camp made after
the passage of the By-law, must comply with this By-law.
2.4 The licence application shall also show the location and provide a legal description
of the trailer camp, and shall include such other information as may be reasonably
required by the Municipality.
2.5 Every application shall be referred by the Clerk to the Chief Building Official, By-
law Enforcement Officer, the Fire Chief, the Hydro Inspector and the Health Unit
who shall report thereon.
2.6 No licence shall be issued unless and until there is recorded upon the application or
attached to it:
a) The report of the Building Inspector and By-law Enforcement Officer
showing that the trailer camp and all trailers, buildings, structures, and
facilities, or the plans for the same, are in accordance with the requirements
of this By-law and not contrary to any other applicable by-laws of the
Municipality;
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The report of the Fire Chief that the trailer camp and all trailers, buildings
structures and facilities, or the plans for the same, are in accordance with
regulations relating to fire safety and this By-law;
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The report of the Health Unit showing that the trailer camp and all trailers,
service buildings, structures and facilities, or the plans for the same are in
accordance with the provisions of The Health Protection and Promotion Act.
1983, and any regulations made under that Act and this By-law:
d) The Final Inspection Certificate of the Hydro Inspector that all electrical
wiring and installations proposed or installed are satisfactory; and
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e) Evidence satisfactory to the Clerk of the Municipality that sewage
systems and water supply systems, or plans therefore, have been approved
the Ministrv of the Environment and the Health Unit.
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As a condition to approval of an application and issuance of a licence,
Municipality may require the applicant to enter into an agreement respecting the
grading of interior roadways or parking spaces and construction of any
surface drainage facilities.
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Upon negotiations of any agreement that may be required pursuant to paragraph
and upon receipt of the reports and evidence referred to in paragraph 2.6 the
shall place such application on the agenda for meeting of the Council of
Township of Oro first following and, where Council is of the opinion that
proposed trailer camp meets with the provisions of the By-law and all
applicable By-laws and/or regulations, the licence or licences applied for shall
granted.
2.9 No licence may be transferred without the approval of the Council of the Township
of Oro which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, and, in reaching a
decision upon any application for the transfer of a licence, Council may require the
applicant (transferee) to submit the reports and evidence provided for in paragraph
2.6.
2.10 Ucences, together with a copy of this By-law, shall be posted in a conspicuous place
in the office or on the premises of the trailer camp at all times.
2.11 Prior to the issuance of any licence or renewal thereof, the owner of the trailer
camp shall pay to the Municipality the prescribed application fee.
2.12 A summer season licence for a trailer camp becomes effective on the 15th day of
March of the year in which it is issued, and expires on the 1st day of November, in
that same year unless suspended or cancelled.
2.13 A winter season licence for a trailer camp becomes effective on the 15th day of
November of the year in which it is issued, and expires on the 14th day of March
next following, unless suspended or cancelled.
2.14 Winter season licences shall not be issued by the Township unless there is evidence
satisfactory to the Clerk of the Township that the trailer camp is suitable for winter
camping, having regard to Sections 4, 5 and 6 of this By-law.
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3. LOCATION AND DRAINAGE
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A trailer camp shall be adequately drained and no low lying, marshy or unstabl
land shall be developed into lots. I
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Where necessary the operator shall provide surface drainage to ensure that casu~
or stagnant water is sufficiently far from buildings and lots to prevent a nuisance t~
persons accommodated in the trailer camp. 1\
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An operator shail provide an adequate supply of water for the trailer camp teste~
satisfactory for human consumption. II
Where an operator has no reason to suspect otherwise, he may assume that at th~1
point where it enters his premises, water supplied by the Municipality or a PUbli1
utility is satisfactory for human consumption. I
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Where any water supplied to a trailer camp from any source is not suitable fo
human consumption, the operator shall treat such water under the direction of th
Health Unit and the Ministry of the Environment so as to make it satisfactory fo
human consumption.
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An operator shall maintain a file during the currency of a licence or any renewal
thereof containing all water examination reports sent to him by a Ministry of Health
Laboratory and the file shall be open to inspection by the Building Inspector.
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TOILET CONVENIENCES. PLUMBING AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
5.1 The operator shall provide toilet conveniences for the use of the guests of the trailer
camp in at least the number deemed by the Municipality and the Health Unit to
be adequate for the particular trailer camp and all such toilet conveniences shall be
located, constructed and maintained in accordance with the directions of and
regulations administered by the Health Unit, the Ministry of the Environment and
the Chief Building Official.
5.2 Service buildings providing toilet, bathing, laundry or other such facilities for use in
common by guests of the trailer camp shall be located at least 15 meters from any
lot boundary and shall have floors of smooth material which is impervious to water
and properly graded to a floor drain. The inside walls of such building shall be of
a smooth, washable material and, in the case of toilet, shower and laundry rooms,
impervious to water.
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6. GARBAGE AND GARBAGE DISPOSAL
6.1 The operator shall collect on site garbage daily in the summer season and
weekly in the winter season within the trailer camp and shall provide containers
a design and construction adequate for the purpose and in locations convenient
each lot.
6.2 The contents of garbage containers shall be collected twice weekly in the
season and once weekly in the winter season and disposed of by the operator at
operator's own expense in sites approved by the Municipality.
7. GENERAL SITE REQUIREMENTS
7.1 Trailer camps shall be divided into lots and each lot shall contain a minimum
of 186 square metres and shall have a minimum frontage of at least 12 metres on
internal access road. The boundaries of all lots shall be clearly defined.
7.2 Each Trailer shall be located on each lot so that there is a side lot setback of
metres from the side lotline (10 feet); provided that where trailers on adjacent
are parked end to end, the clearance between them shall be at least 3 metres.
7.3 Each lot shall front on an interior driveway which shall be at least 3 metres in width
where one-way traffic only is permitted, or 6 metres in width where two-way
is permitted. Such driveways shall be reasonably smooth and treated to control
adequately and must support fire department vehicles.
7.4 There shall be at least one parking space for automobiles for each lot, that shall be
at least 3 metres wide and 6 metres long.
7.5 The location of every trailer shall be subject to the following minimum set-backs:
a) 15 metres from any service building located within the trailer camp;
b) Subject to paragraph 7.5(c), 4.5 metres from any adjoining property line;
c) Where a residential building is located on land that abuts a boundary of the
land on which the trailer camp is located, no lot shall be less than 30 metres
from such boundary unless buffering satisfactory to the Municipality is
provided and maintained by the operator.
d) 15 metres from the boundary of all public roads or highways;
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e) 23 metres from the centre line of any watercourse, or 23 metres from a y
embankment. the slope of which is greater than 30 degrees from horizont 1.
The maximum density of lots shall be 38 lots per net hectare. For the purpose f
this provision. net hectare shall mean the land available for the location of l'S
excluding recreation areas, open space areas, service areas and all land which s
susceptible to flooding or is otherwise unsuitable for the establishment of lots.
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Every operatar shall keep a register which shall be available for inspection at 111
times by the By-law Enforcement Officer. The register shall contain the fOllOwi~~
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OPERATING REQUIREMENTS
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The name and address of each registrant;
b) The make, model, licence number and year of the motor vehicle operated t
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each registrant;
c) The Province or State issuing such licence;
d) The date of arrival and departure of each registrant.
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An operator of a trailer camp shall have in attendance on a 24 hour basis during i
operation at least one adult employee conversant with the operation of the trail
camp who is in charge.
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An operator shall maintain all sewage disposal facilities within the trailer camp in
sanitary condition and in accordance with any directions which may be given by th
Ministry of the Environment and the Health Unit.
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An operator shall keep all buildings, equipment, facilities and furniture in the cam
in good repair and in a clean, sanitary condition.
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An operatar shall ensure that all service buildings are adequately heated during th]
season in which heat is reasonably required. ~
An operatar shall maintain interior driveways to a standard that allows reasonabl~1
and uninterrupted access to a11lots within a trailer camp during the summer seaso~
from and including March 15th to November 1st, inclusive. An operator Shalt
further maintain interior driveways to a standard that allows reasonable an9'
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uninterrupted access to all lots occupied during the winter season from and indud' g
November 15th, to March 14th of the suhsequent year, I
8.7' An operator shall ensure that no person shall deposit or discharge any solid was e
or refuse of any kind in or about a trailer camp except in a covered garbae
container.
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An operator shall ensure that no person shall deposit or discharge any liquid was
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at any location other than a location approved by the Health Unit. II
An operator shaJl attach, in a permanent manner, a clearly visihle, distinguishi4~
number or name to each lot and service building. \ I
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An operator shall ensure that no person or persons in charge of any dog, cat l
other pet animal shall permit such animal to run at large or commit any nuisan f
within the limits of the trailer camp. I
Trailers on lots within a trailer camp which are occupied during the winter seaso I,
shall be occupied on a temporary basis and, without limiting the generality of t
foregoing, during the winter season, trailers are not to be occupied by any person 4
persons for more than 14 days in total in any month during the winter season. I
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Each trailer camp shaJl have a sewage disposal system approved hy the Ministry j
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Adequate lighting shall be provided and maintained for all service buildings. \
An operator shall provide such fire extinguishing equipment as is required to satis~
all by-laws and the laws of the Province of Ontario with respect thereto and shall ~~
in force within the Municipality and the Province of Ontario from time to time an~
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all such equipment shall be kept in good working order. 1\
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Convenience establishments of a commercial nature, except for coin operate41
1aundry; dry cleaning. establishments; and sm~ll convenience type retail grocery store~1
accessory to the traIler camp use and an mtegral part of thetrni1p.camp are notl
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The By-law Enforcement Officer shall from time to time inspect trailer camps t91
ensure that they are being operated in accordance with this By-law and any pla~ I
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and agreement upon which basis the licence has been issued. Where, in thell
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Officer's opinion, a trailer camp is not being operated in accordance therewith,
Officer shall issue a notice to the operator as the Officer deems necessary to
any default. The operator shall comply with said notice. Upon the
failure to do so, in addition to any other penalty prescribed herein, the
may revoke the operator's licence.
9.2 Any operator who contravenes or permits the contravention of any provision of
By-law, upon conviction, is guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine in
amount to be determined pursuant to the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1980
400.
10. GENERAL
10.1 This By-law shall come into force on the date that it is finally passed by Council
shall apply to all trailer camps operated within the Municipality as of the
passed.
10.2 By-law No. 1328-83 of the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Oro
hereby repealed.
READ A FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1992
READ A THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER,
1992.
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DARLENE SHOEBRIDGE