Chapter 18 — TRAILERS AND TRAILER COURTS
Colusa Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Colusa
1 ;l For state law as to mobile homes and mobile home parks, see H. & S.C., § 18000 et seq.
Sec. 18-1. - Definitions.¶
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
Auto and trailer camp. Any area or tract of land where space is rented or held out for rent to owners or users of trailer coaches or tent campers, furnishing their own camping equipment, or where free camping is permitted owners or users of trailer coaches,
Trailer coach. Any camp car, trailer or other, with or without motive power, designed and constructed to travel on the public thoroughfares at the maximum allowable speed limit and in accordance with the
provisions of the Vehicle Code of the state, and designed or used for human habitation.
(Ord. No. 147, § 1.)
Sec. 18-2. - Use of trailers as living quarters—Prohibited and declared a nuisance,…¶
It shall be unlawful and a public nuisance for any person to establish, keep or maintain upon any lot or other place within the city any trailer, auto coach or trailer coach primarily designed for transportation purposes upon a public highway, for occupancy as living quarters, for a longer period than forty-eight hours unless the same is kept and maintained on a regularly established auto and trailer camp operated under permits from the state and the city health department.
(Ord. No. 147, § 2.)
Sec. 18-3. - Same—Issuance of temporary permits.¶
Nothing contained in this chapter shall prohibit the health department from issuing temporary permits for the use of trailer coaches as specified in section 18-2 for a period not to exceed seventy-two hours. No temporary permit shall be issued for any occupancy or camp which will constitute a nuisance or health menace.
(Ord. No. 147, § 2.)
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