(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, maintain, operate or alter any trailer court within the limits of the city unless he or she holds a valid permit issued annually by the Lead City Commission in the name of the person for the specific trailer court.
(B) All applications for permits shall be made to the Lead City Commission which shall issue the permit upon compliance by the applicant with provisions of this chapter and of any regulations adopted pursuant thereto. No permit shall be transferable. Every person holding a permit shall give notice in writing to the Lead City Commission within 24 hours after having sold, transferred, given away or otherwise disposed of, interest in or control of any trailer court. The notice shall include the name and address of the person succeeding to the ownership or control of the trailer court.
(C) Applications for permits shall be in writing signed by the applicant, or accompanied by an affidavit of the applicant as to the truth of the application, and shall contain the following:
(1) The name and address of the applicant;
(2) The location and legal description of the trailer court;
(3) A complete plan of the trailer court, showing compliance with all applicable provisions of this chapter and regulations promulgated thereunder; and
(4) Further information as may be requested by the Health Officer to enable him to determine if the proposed trailer court will comply with legal requirements.
(D) A complete plan for use in obtaining a permit to be issued by the Lead City Commission shall show:
(1) The area and dimensions of the tract of land;
(2) The number, location and size of all trailer coach spaces;
(3) The location and width of roadways and walkways;
(4) The location of service buildings and any other proposed structures;
(5) The location of water and sewer lines; and
(6) Plans and specifications of all buildings and other improvements constructed or to be constructed within the trailer court.
(E) Any person whose application for a permit under this chapter has been denied may request and shall be granted a hearing of the matter before the Health Officer under the procedure provided by Section 10-103 of this chapter.
(F) Whenever upon inspection of any trailer court the Health Officer finds that conditions or practices exist which are in violation of any provision of this chapter or of any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, the Health Officer shall give notice in writing to the person to whom the permit was issued; and unless the conditions or practices are corrected within a reasonable period of time to be determined by the Health Officer, the permit will be suspended. At the end of that period, the Health Officer shall reinspect the trailer court, and if he or she finds that the conditions or practices have not been corrected, he or she shall give notice in writing to the person to whom the permit is issued that the permit has been suspended. Upon receipt of notice of suspension, the person shall cease operation of the trailer court.
(G) Any person whose permit has been suspended, or who has received notice from the Health Officer that his or her permit is to be suspended unless existing conditions or practices at the trailer court are corrected, may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the Health Officer under the procedure provided by § 151.04; provided, that if no petition for the hearing is filed within ten days following the day on which the permit was suspended, the permit shall be deemed to have been automatically revoked.
(Prior Code, § 10-201) Penalty, see § 151.99