Chapter 151 — HOUSE TRAILERS

For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

PERSON. Any partnership, firm, company, corporation, tenant, owner, lessee, permittee, or licensee or their agents, heirs, or assigns.

TRAILER. Any vehicle or structure designed and constructed so as to permit occupancy thereof as sleeping quarters for one or more persons, or the conduct of any business, profession, occupation, or trade (or use as a selling or advertising device), and so designed and constructed that it is or may be mounted on wheels and propelled by its own, or drawn by other, motive power.

TRAILER PARK. A parcel of land designed, intended, or maintained for the purpose of supplying a location or accommodation for any trailer and upon which any trailer is parked, and shall include all buildings used or intended for use as part of the equipment of such trailer park, whether or not a charge is made for the use of the trailer park and its facilities. TRAILER PARK shall not be construed to include automobile or trailer sales lots on which unoccupied trailers are parked for the purposes of inspection and sale. TRAILER-UNIT. A section of ground in a trailer park designated as the parking space for one trailer. ('65 Code, § 6-6.01) (Ord. 547, passed - - )

(A) No person shall park any trailer on any street, alley, highway, or other public place, or occupy any trailer on any tract of land, occupied or unoccupied, or establish, operate, or maintain any trailer park except as provided in this chapter and by the laws of the state.

(B) No trailer parked on any premises shall be occupied by any person for more than 15 days in any calendar year unless such trailer shall have been registered with the Motor Vehicle Department of the state for such calendar year.

(C) Emergency or temporary stopping or parking shall be permitted on any street, alley, or highway for not longer than 24 hours, subject, however, to any other and further prohibitions, regulations, or limitations imposed by the traffic and parking laws of the city governing the use of streets.

(D) No trailer shall be parked on any premises other than an approved trailer park, and no person shall occupy any trailer parked on any premises other than an approved trailer park.

(E) No trailer in a trailer park shall be parked within the required unoccupied front yard of the zoning district in which such trailer park is located, nor less than four feet from the side and rear boundary lines of the premises on which located, nor less than ten feet from any building or other trailer located on the same premises; provided, however, where an individual and separate service building is provided for a trailer-unit and adjacent thereto, an open space between such trailer and such individual service building shall not be required.

('65 Code, § 6-6.02) (Ord. 547, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 549, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 32-C.S., passed - - ) Penalty, see § 10.99

It shall be unlawful for any person to camp in, live in, or occupy as living or sleeping quarters any tent, wagon, trailer, or vehicle upon any lot in the city except in duly licensed sites as provided by the laws of the state.

('65 Code, § 6-6.03) (Ord. 547, passed - - ) Penalty, see § 10.99