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Home My Public Portal About1987_08_26_O025ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE: PRESENTED August 26, 1987 87-D-25 ADOPTED August 26, 1987 AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE TOWN CODE TO RE-ESTABLISH REGULATIONS FOR STORAGE, CONSTRUCTION AND SALES TRAILERS WHEREAS, the town's present regulations covering trailers and mobile offices for use during new construction are inadequate to properly control this activity; and WHEREAS, regulations are necessary to permit mobile sales offices for residential subdivisions: THEREFORE, ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows: SECTION I. Chapter 18, Trailers and Mobile Offices, is repealed and replaced by a new Chapter 18, Storage, Construction and Sales Trailers which shall read as'follows: CHAPTER 18 STORAGE, CONSTRUCTION AND SALES TRAILERS Section 18-1. General. This chapter authorizes and regulates the temporary use of mobile offices, trailers or other structures for storage and servicin~ construction sites and as temporary sales offices for new residential development. Construction and storage trailers only shall be permitted for non-residential development unless otherwise authorized by this Chapter. Section 18-2. Definitions. The followin~ definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter: (1) "Trailers" shall mean any shed or portable structure, havin~ a floor area of 120 square feet or ~reater, designed and constructed for movement on wheels. Trailers shall be pertinent and necessary to the construction of the buildings or sale or lease of housin~ units on the same lot or site as the trailer. -2- ORDINANCE - AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE TOWN CODE TO RE-ESTABLISH REGULATIONS FOR STORAGE, CONSTRUCTION AND SALES TRAILERS (2) "Storage trailer" shall mean any trailer used for the storage of tools, apparatus or building equipment used for on-site construction purposes. (3) "Construction trailer" shall mean any trailer used as on-site offices or meeting facilities for contractors or subcontractors. (4) "Sales trailer" shall mean any trailer used as an office for the sale or lease of on-site housing units. (5) "Temporary office trailer" shall mean a trailer used as a temporary office by a public service agency during construction or renovation of permanent office facilities. (6) "Public service agency" shall mean any public or semi-public agency providing services directly to the public, including but not limited to government agencies, public utilities and hospitals. Section 18-3. Permits required. It shall be unlawful for any person to park a trailer anywhere within the town without a permit issued by the town manager. A permit may be issued for any period beginning no earlier than 30 days prior to the commencement of actual construction of the pro3ect served by the trailer and shall terminate no later than 20 days after completion of construction to the pro3ect. Permits may be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months. Permits may be extended by the town manager for one additional period not to exceed 12 months. Section 18-4. Application and fees. An application form supplied by the town and completed by the applicant must accompany all requests for the issuance of a trailer permit. A processing fee shall be required at the time of submittal of a trailer permit application. The fee required for each type of trailer shall be as follows: Storage trailer - $20.00 Construction trailer - $50.00 Sales trailer - $100.00 Section 18-5. Exemptions. The town manager is authorized to issue a permit for a temporary office trailer to a public service agency when uninterrupted public service is necessary to promote public health, safety and welfare. This permit shall be exempt from the requirements of Section 18-5 and any other requirements of this Chapter deemed by the town manager to be unnecessary to protect the public interest. -3- ORDINANCE - AME~qDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE TOWN CODE TO RE-ESTABLISH REGULATIONS FOR STORAGE, CONSTRUCTION AND SALES TRAILERS Section 18-6. Location requirements. A site plam at a scale of not less than 1"=20' shall be submitted with all permit applications indicating the location of the trailer, proposed access to a public street, required parking and proposed water and sewer connections, if applicable, and all proposed landscaping and screening. Trailers shall be located in a manner which minimizes the impact on adjacent properties. Efforts should be taken to minimize storage and construction trailer visibility with natural and man-made screening and by maximizin8 distances between trailers and public roadways. Storage and construction trailers shall be located on the same lot or property where a building or structure is being erected. Sales trailers for residential subdivisions shall be located within the recorded subdivision. The Land Development Official shall be responsible for reviewing and approving all trailer site plans. Section 18-7. Removal guarantee. A cash guarantee shall be required at the time a permit is issued to ensure the removal of a trailer at expiration of the permit. The amount of guarantee required for each type of trailer is as follows: Storage trailer - $300.000 Construction trailer - $500.00 Sales trailer - $3,000.00 Failure to remove the trailer within the deadline or any extension thereof shall cause the applicant to surrender the cash guarantee as indemni- fication to the town for removal and storage of the trailer for a period not to exceed 60 days. At the end of 60 days, the applicant shall relinquish all title to the trailer to the town, which may dispose of same in any manner it so determines. Section 18-8. Number of trailers permitted. Storage and construction trailers shall be limited to one per subcontractor and one for the general contractor per site. Sales trailers are limited to one per subdivision or development. Section 18-9. Access. Storage and construction trailers shall require an approved construction entrance to the trailer site. Sales trailers shall require paved road access to the trailer constructed in accordance with approved and bonded construction drawings. Section 18-10. Security and maintenance. The area immediately surrounding any sales trailer must be lighted in a manner which would not create glare, nuisance or traffic hazards. -4- ORDINANCE - AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE TOWN CODE TO RE-ESTABLISH REGULATIONS FOR STORAGE, CONSTRUCTION AND SALES TRAILERS Ail trailers and the surrounding area shall be maintained in a clean and safe condition. Section 18-11. Parking requirements. Storage trailers shall not require an associated parking lot or spaces. Construction and sales trailers shall require an adjacent gravel parking lot with a minimum of ten spaces per trailer constructed in accordance with the site plan approved with the permit application. Section 18.12. Water and sewer service. Construction trailers shall provide portable toilet facilities and bottled water. Sales trailers shall connect to municipal water and sanitary sewer systems within six months of issuance of a permit under this chapter and permits shall be required and fees paid in accordance with Chapters 15 and 19 of the Town Code. If water and sewer service is not available durin~ the first six months, portable toilet facilities and bottled water shall be provided. If at the end of construction, the connections are not-used for a permanent structure, the permit holder shall be responsible for returnin~ such connections to their original form~ Storage trailers do not require connections to municipal water and sewer systems or portable toilet facilities and bottled water. Section 18.13.Trailers not to be used for living quarters. No livin~ quarters shall be maintained in a trailer for which a permit is issued under this chapter. SECTION II. This ordinance shall be in effect upon its passage and all ordinances or resolutions in conflict herewith are repealed. SECTION III. Resolution No. 87-154 authorizing a public hearing is repealed. PASSED this 26th day of August, 1987. ~ Robert E. Sev~la, Mayor Town of Leesburg ATTEST: C]~erk of ~dnCil