Dunsmuir Municipal Code Art. I Mobilehomes and Mobilehome Parks

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

"Mobilehome" means any unit used, or designed to be used, for living, sleeping or commercial purposes, and which is or is designed to be equipped with wheels or similar devices used for the purpose of transporting such unit from place to place, whether by motive power or other means.

"Mobilehome park" means any place, area or tract of ]and where one or more mobilehome lots are rented or held out for rent, or offered to the public for the accommodation of any mobilehome. Such term shall include "trailer park," "travel trailer park," "recreational trailer park" and "temporary trailer park."

(Prior code § 11-1; Ord. No. 549, § 1, 7-30-2015)

A. No person shall maintain any mobilehome, used for human habitation or commercial purposes, upon any plot of ground in the city except as provided in this article.

B. No person shall remove the wheels or other transporting device from any mobilehome or otherwise affix such mobilehome permanently to the ground so as to prevent ready removal of such mobilehome, unless a permit to do so is obtained as required for the construction of a new building. Any such alteration shall be construed as converting the mobilehome into a building subject to the requirements of the zoning and building regulations of the city.

C. No person shall occupy for human habitation or commercial purposes any mobilehome which has been rendered immobile by the removal of wheels, or placing the same on a foundation, or on the ground, unless such mobilehome in construction and location complies with the ordinances relating to the construction, wiring, plumbing, sewer facilities and other regulations applicable to single-family dwellings.

(Prior code § 11-2; Ord. No. 549, § 1, 7-30-2015)

A. A temporary permit may be issued by the building inspector to keep one mobilehome for human occupancy or commercial purposes on land other than an approved mobilehome park for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days. Application for a temporary permit shall be filed within forty-eight (48) hours from the time the mobilehome is located on the property.

B. Upon approval by the planning commission, a temporary permit may be issued for a period not to exceed six months, subject to specified conditions, for occupancy of a mobilehome on a lot on which a building is continuously under construction during such period.

C. Those persons occupying mobilehomes for human habitation or commercial purposes on individual lots in areas which are within the city, on May 6, 1963, or annexed to the city subsequent to May 6, 1963, may petition the planning commission for a permit for a variance, or other relief, from the requirements of the zoning and building regulations of the city, and the planning commission is authorized to grant to any such petitioner variance or relief from pertinent building or zoning regulations as follows:

1. For those persons occupying mobilehomes on individual lots on May 6, 1963, for a period of not to exceed five years from and after such date.

2. Those persons occupying mobilehomes forhuman habitation or commercial purposes in areas which are annexed to the city, for a period of not to exceed five years from and after the effective date of annexation of the area involved.

D. At the expiration of the period of occupancy authorized by the planning commission as provided in this section, such mobilehomes shall be brought into compliance with then existing zoning and building regulations, or shall be removed.

(Prior code § 11-3; Ord. No. 549, § 1, 7-30-2015)

Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit the storage of any mobilehome on private property when such mobilehome is not used for human habitation or commercial purposes.

(Prior code § 11-4; Ord. No. 549, § 1, 7-30-2015)

State regulations pertaining to mobilehomes and mobilehome parks shall apply within the city, subject to the additional requirement that access and circulation driveways to and within all mobilehome parks shall be improved with a two-inch thickness of blacktop pavement surface on a firm, well- drained base, or an equivalent improvement as may be approved by the city engineer.

(Prior code § 11-5; Ord. No. 549, § 1, 7-30-2015)

Every person owning, leasing, renting or operating a mobilehome park shall comply with all of the provisions of this article and other applicable ordinances and provisions of law, and all rules and regulations formulated by the city council governing such use.

(Prior code § 11-6; Ord. No. 549, § 1, 7-30-2015)