Daly City Municipal Code Ch. 10.76 Vehicles Used for Human Habitation

For the purposes of this section, the following words and phrases shall mean and include:

A. "Camper" means a structure designed to be mounted upon a motor vehicle and to provide facilities for human habitation or camping purposes.

B. "House car" means a motor vehicle originally designed or permanently or temporarily altered and equipped for human habitation or to which a camper has been permanently or temporarily attached.

C. "Human habitation" means the intentional establishment of a temporary or permanent place of human occupancy for purposes of overnight lodging or camping.

D. "Mobile home" means a structure as defined in Section 18008 of the Health and Safety Code of the state.

E. "Recreational vehicle" means a motor home, trailer, camper, or similar structure as defined in Section 18010 of the Health and Safety Code of the state.

F. "Trailer or trailer coach" means a structure designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle for human habitation or human occupancy and for carrying persons or property on its own structure.

G. "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, entity, association, social club, fraternal organization, joint stock company, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, trustee, syndicate, or any other group or combination acting as a unit, excepting the United States of America, the state and any political subdivision of either thereof.

(Ord. 1088 § 1 (part), 1988)

No person shall use, occupy, or permit the use or occupancy of any automobile, truck, camper, house car, mobile home, recreational vehicle, trailer, trailer coach, or similar conveyance for human habitation on any public property, beach, square, avenue, alley, or other public way, within the city between the hours of ten p.m. and six a.m., except where such use occurs lawfully in areas officially designated for such purpose by the city.

(Ord. 1088 § 1 (part), 1988)

A. The director of parks and recreation, by written permit, may allow the temporary use or occupancy of a camper, house car, mobile home, recreational vehicle, or trailer coach on or in any public property under the jurisdiction of the parks and recreation department when he finds that such use is necessary for the operation and protection of city property.

B. The permission granted by the director of parks and recreation may be revoked upon five days' written notice to the permittee.

(Ord. 1088 § 1 (part), 1988)

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of an infraction. Each person convicted of a violation determined to be an infraction shall pay the following:

A. A fine not exceeding fifty dollars for a first violation;

B. A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for a second violation of the same ordinance within one year;

C. A fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year.

(Ord. 1088 § 1 (part), 1988)