Chapter 8.08 — CAMP CARS AND TRAILERS

State Law reference— For statutory provisions on mobile homes, see Health and Saf. Code §18000 et seq.

For the purpose of this chapter, certain words and phrases are defined as follows, and certain provisions shall be construed as set forth in this section, unless it shall be apparent from their context that they have a different meaning. Words used in the singular include the plural, and the plural the singular. Words used in the present tense include the future. Words used in the masculine gender include the feminine.

A.

"Camp car and/or trailer" is any unit used for living or sleeping purposes and which is equipped with wheels or similar devices used for the purpose of transporting it from place to place, whether by motive

power or other means; and the unit, so equipped, shall be capable of being safely operated as a vehicle over the public thoroughfares of the state at a speed limit of forty-five miles per hour. Any such vehicle that is incapable of such safe operation, as aforesaid, is declared to be a dwelling, as defined in the State Housing Act, and shall be subject to the provisions thereof relating to dwellings.

B.

"Health department" is the health department or the health officer of the city.

(Ord. 144 §§1—3, 1944)

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation owning, occupying, or operating a camp car and/or trailer located in the city to remove or cause to have removed the wheels or any similar transporting devices from the camp car and/or trailer or to otherwise permanently fix it to the ground in a manner that would prevent the ready removal of the camp car and/or trailer, or to alter it in any way so as to make it incapable of being safely operated over the public thoroughfares of the state at a speed limit of forty-five miles per hour without first obtaining a permit so to do, from the police department. Any alteration to any camp car and/or trailer, as set forth in this section, shall be construed as removing it from the requirements of this chapter and converting it into a dwelling, and it shall thereupon be subject to the requirements of the Building Code of the city and the State Housing Act of California.

(Ord. 144 §4, 1944)

It is unlawful for any person or persons occupying a camp car and/or trailer to deposit or discharge any wastewater, sewage, drainage, slop, or other matter from plumbing fixtures, including any of such fixtures within such camp car and/or trailer, on the surface of the ground, or from such camp car and/or trailer itself. All such fixtures, when in use, must be connected with the city sewer system; or, in lieu thereof, they may be connected to a cesspool or septic tank constructed in a manner satisfactory to the health officer.

(Ord. 144 §5, 1944)

It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to maintain or occupy a camp car and/or trailer that is located nearer than fifteen feet from a dwelling house in the city without the written consent of the owner or occupant of such dwelling house. It is also unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to maintain or locate a camp car and/or trailer nearer than six feet from another camp car and/or trailer.

(Ord. 144 §6, 1944)

Any person intending to occupy any camp car and/or trailer for a period of five consecutive days at any location before occupying the same at such location, shall obtain a permit from the police department authorizing him so to do. Such permits shall be issued without charge and shall be renewed at the

expiration of ninety days from the date of issuance. Such permit shall be valid only for the location for which issued. And for the purpose of this chapter, any person occupying any camp car and/or trailer for five consecutive days or more at the same location shall be conclusively deemed to have intended to occupy the same for all of such period of time; provided, however, that no permit shall be issued to any person under the provisions of this section when such camp car and/or trailer fails in any respect to meet any of the requirements therefor imposed by this chapter, including requirements regarding its location relative to any dwelling house or any other camp car and/or trailer.

(Ord. 144 §7, 1944)

Every person, firm, or corporation guilty of violating or contributing in any way to the violation of any provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day during which such violation continues, and each such violation shall constitute a misdemeanor. Any person found guilty of violating this chapter shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of time not exceeding one hundred eighty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 144 §8, 1944)