Gilroy Municipal Code Art. V Labor Camps and Labor Supply Camps Outside City

For the purposes of this article the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

“Labor camp”

is any living quarters, dwelling, boardinghouse, tent, bunkhouse, maintenance of way car, trailer coach or other housing accommodations, maintained without the boundaries of the city in connection with any work or place where work is being performed, and the premises upon which they are situated and/or the area set aside and provided for camping of five (5) or more employees by the employer.

“Labor supply camp”

is any place, area, or piece of land without the boundaries of the city, where a person engages in the business of providing sleeping places or camping grounds for five (5) or more employees or prospective employees of another.

(Ord. No. 630, § 1)

Any labor camp or labor supply camp as herein defined shall pay to the city annually, a sum to be established by council resolution, from time to time, before such labor camp or labor supply camp shall be permitted to be connected with the city sanitary sewer system and thereafter, an annual charge shall be payable by such labor camps or labor supply camp to maintain connections with the city sewer system; such annual charge shall be paid on or before the first day of May of each year; in the event the amount first paid the city by the labor camp or labor supply camp is for a period of less than one year, there shall be a pro rata deduction.

(Ord. No. 630, § 2; Ord. No. 81-28, § 26, 9-8-1981)

In the event the annual charge is not paid within thirty (30) days from and after the first day of May of any year, a sum to be established by council resolution, from time to time, shall be added to the annual payment as a penalty, and unless paid with the annual charge within ten (10) days thereafter, the right to use the city sanitary sewer system shall terminate and the service shall forthwith be discontinued.

The city may institute an action to recover any monies which are payable but not paid to the city under this article, and in any such action, the court shall include in the judgment a reasonable attorney’s fee.

(Ord. No. 630, § 3; Ord. No. 81-28, § 27, 9-8-1981)

The city administrator shall establish rules and regulations not in conflict with this article under which labor camps and labor supply camps may be connected with the city sanitary sewer system.

(Ord. No. 630, § 4)