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Cover page to Ordinance 266
The full text of the ordinance follows this cover page.
AN ORDINANCE OF TEE TO!. OF r.7TKW LA WAa113 7 GTON,
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1 ZHI VIOLATION THERROP. AIND REP NO. 200.
Ordinance 266 was amended or repealed by the
following ordinances.
358 §5 2355
577 §2, 3
ORDINANCE NO.' 6 0
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON,
REGULATING THE PARKING AND LOCATION OF TRAILERS;
ESTABLISHING iViINIM`UM STANDARDS GOVERNING THE
CONSTRUCTION, OCCUPATION AND tiAINTENANCE OF TRAILra
PARKS; ESTABLISHING I`r1I11HUIvi STANDARDS GOVERNING
THE PROVIDED UTILITIES AND FACILITIES AND PROVIDING
FOR THE LICENSING OF TRAILER PARKS, FIXING THE
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF 011NERS AND OPERATORS
OF SAID TRAILER PARKS; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR
THE VIOLATION THEREOF. AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 200.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF TUKWILA AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION I: DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this Ordinance,
the following words and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed
to them in this section:
a. License, shall mean a written permit issued by the
Tukwila Town Clerk permitting the trailer park to oper-
ate under this ordinance and the regulations promul-
gated thereunder.
b. Trailer, also known as "mobile home coach', means any
vehicle or structure so designed and constructed in
such manner as will permit occupancy thereof, with
sleeping quarters for one or more persons, having no
permanent or other foundation than wheels jacks, or
substitutes therefor of a temporary nature, and con-
structed on such a manner as to permit its being used
as a conveyance upon the public streets or highways and
duly licensable as such.
c. Trailer Parks, or 'mobile home park," means any park,
trailer park, trailer court, camp, site, lot, parcel
or tract of land designed, maintained or intended for
the purpose of supplying a location or accomodations
upon which two or more trailers are parked and shall
include all buildings used or intended for use as a Dart
of the equipment thereof whether a charge is made for
the use of the trailer park and its facilities or not.
d. Trailer park, shall not include automobile or trailer
sales lots on which unoccupied trailers are narked for
purposes of inspection and sale only.
e. Dependent trailer or mobile home coach, shall mean a
trailer which does not have a private toilet and bath-
tub or shower.
f. Independent trailer or mobile home coach shall mean a
trailer that has a toilet, bathtub or shower.
g. Trailer space or mobile home space, shall mean a plot
of ground within a trailer park designed for the accomo-
dation of any trailer.
h. Service building,shall mean a building housing toilet
facilities for men and women, with slop water closet
and laundry facilities, and with separate bath or shower
accomodations.
SECTION II: ENFORCEMENT. The Tukwila Town. Council shall
enforce all provisions of this ordinance as prescribed herein,
or such provisions as may hereafter be anacted, and for the pur-
pose of securing such enforcement any of the above members of
the Tukwila Town Council, or their duly authorized representatives
and agents, shall have the right and are hereby empowered to
enter upon any premises on which any trailers as above defined
or trailer courts are located, or are about to be located, and
inspect the same and all accomodations connected therewith at all
reasonable times, and is further empowered to issue orders, granting,
renewing, and revoking such permits and licenses as are provided
for in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION III: LICENSES. It shall be unlawful for any person
to establish, operate, maintain or permit to be established,
operated or maintained upon any property owned or controlled
wholly or in part by him a trailer park within the limits of the
Town of Tukwila without first securing a license therefor and
for each of them from the Town of Tukwila, granted and existing;
in compliance with the terms of this ordinance. Such license
will expire December 31st after the date of issuance but may be
renewed under the provisions of this ordinance for additional
periods of one year each. All applications for licenses shall be
made to the Town Council which may issue a license upon compli-
ance by the applicant with the provisions of this ordinance and
of any regulations adopted pursuant tihevetn. No license shall
be transferable. Every person holding such a license shall give
notice in writing to the Town Council at least forty -eight (L;8)
hours before selling, transferring, giving away or otherwise
disposing of his interest in or control of any trailer par1L. Such
notice shall include the name and address of the persons desiring
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to succeed to the ownership or control of such trailer park.
The application for license shall_ be in writing, sued b;r
the applicant and shall be filed with the Town Clerk which appli-
cation shall be accompanied by an affidavit of the applicant
containing the following information and data:
a. The name and address of the applicant;
b. The location and legal_ description of the trailer
park;
c. Such further information as may be reauested by the
Planning Commission and Tukwila Council to enable
it to determine that the proposed trailer park will
comply with all legal requirements.
d. A complete plan of the premises including the area
and dimensions of the tract of land, the number,
location, size of all trailer spaces, the location
of service buildings and any other proposed structures,
the location of water and sewer lines and street
lighting and all plans and specifications of all
building and other improvements constructed or to be
constructed within the trailer park. The plan will
also show location of Fire Hydrants, Fire Extingui-
shers, Stand Pipes and any other fire prevention
equipment as set forth in this ordinance. Such plan
shall be submitted in quintuplicate.
The Application for such license or the renewal thereof
shall be accompanied by a fee of $5.00 a year for each trailer
space unit in the existing or proposed trailer park, to be paid
annually in advance together with the license bond in the sum of
$2500.00 in favor of the Town of Tukwila to guarantee compliance
with the terms of this ordinance. The fee for a license ori-
ginally issued after July 1st of any year shall be $2.50 per
year for each trailer space for the remainder of the year of
issuance.
Before such license may be issued., there should be a favor-
able recommendation by a majority of the Planning Commission of
the Town of Tukwila.
The premises must be inspected by the Town Council or their
duly authorized representatives. Approval can only be granted by
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a majority of the members of the Town. Council as complying with
all the provisions of this ordinance and all other applicable
ordinances of the Town of Tukwila. Licenses issued under the
terms of this ordinance convey no right to the applicant to erect
any buildings, nor to do any pl'_imbing work nor to do any electrical
work.
SECTION IV: LOCATION, SPACE AND GENERAL TRAILER PARK PLAN,
The trailer park shall be located on a well drained area and
the premises shall be properly graded so as to prevent the accu-
mulation of storm or other waters. All such trailer park areas
shall be free from any marshes, swamps or other potential breeding
places for rodents. Any such trailer park areas shall be large
enough to aecomodate:
a. The designated number of trailer spaces;
b. The necessary streets and roadways;
c. The parking areas for motor vehicles and playgrounds
and additional service areas;
Each trailer space area must be at least three times the
square footage of the trailer size but no less than 1500 square
feet and shall be at least thirty (30) feet wide, and shall abut
on a driveway or other clear area with unobstructed access to a
public street. Such space shall be clearly defined and trailers
shall be parked in such spaces so that there will be a minimum
of fifteen (15) feet between trailers and no trailer shall be
less than five (5) feet from the exterior boundary of the trailer
park.
No trailer shall be parked less than (20) feet from any
street or highway to which the trailer park driveway provides
access and no trailer shall obstruct any roadway, driveway or
walkway of the adequate range of vision thereat. It shall be
illegal to allow or permit any trailer to remain in the trailer
park unless a proper space is available for it.
Hard surface access roads shall be provided to each trailer
space and each such access road shall be continuous and shall
connect with the street or highway and shall have a minimum width
of twenty (20) feet. No parking shall be allowed on access roads
and they shall be kept open for use of emergency vehicles at all
times. Adequate areas shall be provided for the parking of motor
vehicles and such area shall accomodate at least the number of
vehicles equal to the number of trailer spaces provided.
Playground areas shall be provided and shall be restricted
to such use and areas shall be protected from the main highway
and from parking areas. A minimum of one hundred (100) square
feet per trailer space shall be made available in one or raore
places within the trailer park for such playground purposes.
SECTION V: NO TRAILER. OR MIOBILE HOME COACH may be parked
outside a duly approved trailer park. Any trailer or mobile
home coach used as a dwelling, and not located in a duly approved
trailer park, shall be deemed a nuisance and if not removed in
72 hours after written notice, shall be impounded and the owner
shall be subjected to the fines and penalties of this ordinance.
SECTION VI: SERVICE BUILDINGS. Each trailer nark shall be
provided with one or more service buildings adequately equipped
with flush type toilet fixtures. No service buildings shall
contain less than two toilets for females, one toilet for males,
one lavatory and shower for each sex, and one urinal for males,
one laundry tray and one slop water closet. Dependent trailers
shall be parked not more than two hundred (200) feet from the
service building and the walkways to such buildings shall be paved
and well lighted at night.
Such service buildings shall further:
a. Be located fifteen (15) feet, or more, from any trailer
space, be of permanent construction and be adequately
lighted;
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b. Be of moisture- resistant material, to permit frequent
washing and cleaning;
c. Have adequate heating facilities to maintain a tempera-
ture of seventy (70) degrees F. during cold wea.tber, and
to supply a minimum of three (3) gallons of hot water
per hour per trailer space during time of peak demands;
d. Have all rooms well ventilated with all openings effect-
ively screened;
e. Have at least one slop water closet supplied with hot
and cold water.
SECTION VII: WATT SUPPLY. An adequate, safe and accessible
supply of pure water, furnished through a pipe distribution system
connected directly with the City water main, with supply faucets
located not more than two hundred (200) feet from any trailer shall
be furnished for drinking and domestic purposes. Such water supply
shall be capable of furnishing a minimum of one hundred twenty -five
(125) gallons per day per trailer space. Such water system of
a trailer park shall be connected by pipes to all service buildings
and all trailer spaces and such additional supply faucets as above
specified and as may be required by the Town Council.
No common drinking vessel shall be permitted nor shall any
drinking water faucets be placed near any toilet room or water
closet compartment. Drinking fountains of the type approved by
the Town Council shall be made available at suitable locations
within the boundaries of the trailer park for public use.
An abundant supply of hot water shall be provided at all
times for bathing, washing and laundry facilities. The water
system so installed shall be adequate to provide twenty (20)
pounds per square inch of pressure at all trailer connections.
Underground stop and waste cocks shall be installed on any con-
nection.
SECTION VIII: SE'UAGE DISPOSAL. Each trailer space shall be
provided with at least a four (4) inch sewer connection and such
connection shall be provided with suitable fittings so that a
water tight connection can be made between the trailer drain and
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the sewer connection. Such individual trailer connections shall
be so constructed that they can be closed when not linked to a
trailer and shall be trapped in such manner as to maintain them
in an odor free condition.
All sewer lines shall be constructed and maintained subject
to the approval of the King County Health Department, and in
accordance with its recommendations; all plumbing in the trailer
park shall comply with all state and local plumbing codes., ordin-
ances and regulations. All sewer lines shall be adequately vented
and shall be laid with sufficient earth cover to prevent breakage
from traffic.
Whenever the sewer lines of the trailer park are not con-
nected to a public sewer, a sewage treatment plant approved by the
King County Health Department may be provided. The design of such
sewage treatment plant shall be based on the ultimate maxi.
capacity of the trailer park. Sewage treatment plant effluents
shall not be discharged into any waters of the state except with
prior written approval of the appropriate state authority and the
local legislative body. Any such disposal plant shall be located
and constructed in such a manner that it will not create a
nuisance or health hazard to the park or to the owners or occupants
of any adjacent property. The approval of the King County Health
Department shall be obtained on the type of treatment proposed
and on the design of the disposal plant prior to any construction.
SECTION IX: REFUSE DISPOSAL. All waste, garbage, refuse and
swill shall be stored in flytight, watertight, rodent -proof con-
tainers which shall be located not more than one- hundred (100)
feet from any trailer space. Such containers shall be provided
in sufficient number and capacity to prevent any refuse from over-
flowing. Racks or holders shall be provided for all refuse container
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and such racks shall_ be so designed as to prevent being tipped
and to minimize spillage and container deterioration and to
facilitate the cleaning around said container units. Garbage
shall be collected at such times as may be determined by the
King County Health Department, and the Tukwila Town Council.
Incinerators shall be constructed only with the approval
of the state and local health officers. If approval is granted
for the construction of such incinerator, same shall only be fired
when attended by some qualified person to supervise its operations.
Any incinerators installed must comply with future or existing
laws or ordinances of state, county or local government concerning
air pollution. In no event shall such incinerators be used for
the disposal of garbage of any kind.
SECTION X: INSECT AND RODENT CONTROL. Insect and rodent
control measures to safeguard the public health, as recommended
by the King County Health Department shall be applied in the
trailer bark. No accumulations of debris shall be permitted
in the trailer park. In the event that rats or other rodents
are Down to be in the trailer bark, the operator or licensee
of said park shall immediately take definite action, as directed
by the King County Health Department or Tukwila Totem, Council to
exterminate them.
SECTION XI: ELECTRICITY. Electricity outlets supplying 110
and 220 volts shall be provided for each trailer space. Adequate
outside lighting shall likewise be provided and such installation
shall comply with all state and local codes, ordinances and regu-
lations.
SECTION XII: FUEL. Liouified petroleum gas for cooking
purposes shall not be used at individual trailer spaces unless the
containers are properly connected by copper or other suitable
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tubing. Liquified petroleum gas cylinders shall be securely fastened
in place and shall be adequately protected from the weather. No
cylinder containing liquified petroleum gas shall be located in
a trailer, nor within five (5) feet of any door thereof.
SECTION XIII: FIRE PROTECTION. The trailer park area shall
be subject to the rules and regulations of the Town of Tukwila
Fire Department, and all park areas shall at all times be kept
free from litter, rubbish and other flammable materials. Port-
able fire extinguishers of a type approved by the Tukwila Fire
Department shall be kept in the service building and all other
locations named by such fire prevention authority and same shall
be maintained in good operating condition. Standard fire hydrants
shall be located within four. hundred (400) feet of each trailer
unit.
SECTION XIV ALTERATION AND ADDITION: RESTRICTION OF ANIMALS
AND PETS.
No permanent additions of any kind shall be built onto nor
become a part of any trailer. Skirting trailers is permissable
but such skirting shall not attach the trailer permanently to the
ground or provide a harborage for rodents or create a fire hazard.
The wheels of the trailer shall not be removed, except
temporarily when necessary for repairs. Jacks or stabilizers
may be placed under the frame of the trailer to prevent moveraent
on the springs while the trailer is barked and occupied.
No owner or person in charge of a dog, cat or other pet
animal shall permit it to run at large or to commit any nuisance
within the limits of any trailer par's.
SECTION XV: REGISTRATION OF OCCUPANTS: REPORTING OF COI IVITNI-
CA BLE DISEASES.
In every trailer park there shall be an office building in
which shall be located the office of the person in charge of said
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park. A copy of the trailer park license shall at all times be
kept in said office. It is hereby made the duty of the attendant
or persons in charge, tog ether with the licensee to:
A.Keep at all times a register of all guest:
1. Names and addresses;
2. Dates of entrances and departures;
3. License number of all trailers and towing or other
automobiles;
4- States issuing such licenses;
5. Place of last location and length of stay;
Every owner, operator, attendant or other persons operating
a trailer park shall notify the King County Health Department
immediately of any suspected communicable or contagious diseases
within the trailer park. In the case of a disease being diagnosed
by a physician as auaratinable, such owner, operator, attendant
or other persons operating a trailer parr shall not permit the
departure of a trailer or its occupants, or the removal therefrom
of clothinS or other articles which have been eXposed to infection
without the written approval of the Kind; County Health Department.
SECTION :111: SERVICE AND I? CHARGES. There is hereby
imposed a service and inspection charge of .25g per month per unit
on the occupant or occupants of each unit of trailer narks licensed
hereunder. The licensee of the trailer parks shall. collect this
service charge for the Town of Tukwila and pay it over to the Town?
Clerk in accordance with such reasonable regulations as the Town
Clerk may promulgate governing such payments.
SECTION XVII: APPLICABILITY OF ORDINANCES. All plumbing,
electrical, building and other work on or at any pa.rl: licensed under
this ordinance shall be in accordance with the ordinances of the Town
of Tukwila regulating such work unless said ordinances are specifi-
cally made inapplicable under the terms of this ordinance.
SECTION XVIII: REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION. The Town. Council
is hereby authorized to revoke any license issued pursuant to the
terms of this ordinance if after due investigation it determines that
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the owner thereof has violated any of the provisions of this ord.inanc
or that any trailer or trailer park is being maintained in an unsani-
tary or unsafe manner or is a nuisance. Such notice of revocation
shall be in writing and shall advise the licensee of the viola-
tions found and determined by the Town Council and grant unto such
licensee a period of ten (10) days in which to remedy the defects
or omissions therein specified; in the event that the licensee fails
or neglects to do so within the said ten (10) day period., the
revocation shall be final.
SECTION XIX: HEARING AND REVIEW. Any person arrgreived by an
order of the Town Council granting, denying, modifying, renewing
or revoking a license for a trailer park under this ordinance may
file a written request for a hearing before the Town. Council within
ten days after issuance of any such order. The Town. Council shall
give notice of a public hearing upon this request to be held not
less than seven days after service of the notice on the person re-
questing the hearing. The Town Council may also give notice of the
hearing to other persons directly interested in the order in questior
At such hearing the Town Council shall determine whether the grant
ing, denial, renewal or revocation of the license was in accordance
with the provisions of this ordinance and. shall issue its written
Findings of Fact, Conclusions, and an order to carry out its
Findings and. Conclusions. These Findings of Fact, Conclusions and
Order shall be filed with the Town Clerk.
SECTION XX: PENALTIES. Any person who violates any provision
of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall,
upon conviction be punished by a fine of not to exceed three hun-
dred (300) dollars or by imprisonment in the Town Jail for not more
than ninety days or by both fine andimprisonment; and each dayrs
failure of compliance with any such provision shall constitute a
separate violation under this ordinance and be punishable as such
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hereunder.
SECTION XXI: SEPARABILITY AND CONIFLICT. If any section,
subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance
is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed, a distinct
and independent provision, and such holdings shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions thereof.
SECTION XXII: ORDINANCE NO. 200 IS H111REBY RJPEALED.
SECTION XXII1:: This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, signing and posting as rrovided
by law.
Passed. the Town Council and approved by the Mayor this
day of July, 1959
Chas .O.i:�aker 1.1 A Y 0 R
ATTEST:
lAois T. Newton
C L E R K
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