Signal Hill Municipal Code Ch. 17.08 Definitions

For the purpose of this title, words and phrases shall have the meanings defined for them in this chapter.

(Prior code § 17.08.010 (Ord. 503 § 1.5, 1961))

"Approved," when used in conjunction with any material, appliance, or type of construction, means:

A. Meeting the approval of the city building inspector and fire chief as the result of investigations of tests conducted by a nationally recognized testing agency; or

B. By reason of accepted principles and standards established by national authorities, technical, health or scientific organizations or agencies.

(Prior code § 17.08.020 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(1), 1961))

"Awning" means any shade structure of approved material installed, erected, or used in, adjoining, or adjacent to a trailer coach. "Awning" does not include a window awning.

(Prior code § 17.08.030 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(2), 1961))

"Building" means a trailer site, any compartment designed or used as a public toilet, public bath, laundry room, utility room and other structures constructed for use as a facility of a trailer park.

(Prior code § 17.08.040 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(3), 1961))

"Building inspector" means the building inspector of the city.

(Prior code § 17.08.050 (part) (Ord. 503 § 1.5(4) (part), 1961))

"Cabana" means any portable, demountable, or permanent cabin, small house, room enclosure, or other building erected, constructed, or placed on any trailer site.

(Prior code § 17.08.060 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(5), 1961))

"Carport" means an awning or shade structure for an automobile located on a trailer site.

(Prior code § 17.08.070 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(6), 1961))

"Dependent trailer coach" means a trailer coach not equipped with a water closet.

(Prior code § 17.08.090 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(8), 1961))

"Fire chief" means the chief of the fire department of the city.

(Prior code § 17.08.050 (part) (Ord. 503 § 1.5(4) (part), 1961))

"Health department" means the health department or the health officer of the county.

(Prior code § 17.08.100 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(9), 1961))

"Horizontal pipe" means any pipe or fitting which is installed in a horizontal position or which makes an angle of less than forty-five degrees with the horizontal.

(Prior code § 17.08.110 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(10), 1961))

"Independent trailer coach" means a trailer coach equipped with a water closet.

(Prior code § 17.08.120 (Ord. 503 § 1.5 (11), 1961))

"Liquefied petroleum gas" means petroleum hydrocarbons or mixtures thereof, in liquid or gaseous state, having a vapor pressure in excess of 26 psi at a temperature of one hundred degrees Fahrenheit. Whenever the symbol LPG is used it means liquefied petroleum gas.

(Prior code § 17.08.130 (Ord. 503 § 1.5 (12), 1961) )

"Occupied area" means the total area of a trailer site that is occupied by any building, trailer coach, storage cabinet, or structure.

(Prior code § 17.08.140 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(13), 1961))

"Park drainage system" means the entire system of drainage piping used to convey sewage or other wastes from the trailer drain connection at its connection to the trailer site trap to a public sewer or private sewage disposal system.

(Prior code § 17.08.150 (Ord. 503 § 1.5 (14), 1961))

"Park water main" means that portion of the water distributing system which extends from the street main, water meter, or other source of supply to the branch service lines.

(Prior code § 17.08.160 (Ord. 503 § 1.5 (15), 1961))

"Plumbing" means the practice, materials, and fixtures used in the installation, maintenance, extension, and alteration of all piping, fixtures, appliances, and appurtenances in connection with any of the following: sanitary drainage facilities, the venting system, and the public or private water supply systems within or adjacent to any building, structures, or conveyance; also the practice and materials used in the installations, maintenance, extension, or alteration of the liquid waste or sewage and water supply systems of any premises to their connections with any point of a public sewer or other disposal system.

(Prior code § 17.08.170 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(16), 1961))

"Ramada" means any roof or shade structure installed, erected, or used above a trailer coach and site or any portion thereof.

(Prior code § 17.08.180 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(17), 1961))

"Service connection" means that portion of the water distributing system which extends from the termination of the park branch service line to the inlet fitting at the trailer.

(Prior code § 17.08.190 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(18), 1961))

"Sewer lateral" means that portion of the park drainage system extending to a trailer site and includes the trap.

(Prior code § 17.08.200 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(19), 1961))

"Soil pipe" means any drainage collection line receiving the drainage of water closets, with or without discharge from other fixtures, and conveying such discharge to a disposal system.

(Prior code § 17.08.210 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(20), 1961))

"Structure" means that which is built or constructed; an edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner. "Structure" does not include trailer coach as defined in Section 17.08.240.

(Prior code § 17.08.220 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(21), 1961))

"Toilet" includes water closet.

(Prior code § 17.08.230 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(22), 1961))

"Trailer coach" means any camp car, trailer, or other vehicle, with or without motive power, designed, constructed, and maintained 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 of California, and designed, used, and maintained for human habitation.

(Prior code § 17.08.240 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(23), 1961))

"Trailer drainage system" means that portion of drainage piping within or permanently attached to the trailer including the venting system, the trailer drain connection, and receiving the discharge from any fixture or water closet.

(Prior code § 17.08.260 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(25), 1961))

"Trailer drain connection" or "hose connection" means that removable extension, part of which shall be flexible, connecting the trailer drainage system from the trailer outlet to the trap inlet on the trailer site.

(Prior code § 17.08.250 (Ord. 503 § 1.5 (24), 1961))

"Trailer park" means any area or tract of land in the city where space is rented or held out for rent to one or more owners or users of trailer coaches.

(Prior code § 17.08.270 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(26), 1961))

"Trailer service system" means that portion of the water or gas piping within or permanently attached to the trailer and includes the service connection.

(Prior code § 17.08.280 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(27), 1961))

"Trailer site" means that portion of a trailer park designated and designed for the occupancy of a trailer coach, and includes any area that is set aside or used for automobile parking, storage, awning, or other structures. "Trailer site" also includes "site."

(Prior code § 17.08.290 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(28), 1961))

"Trap" means a fitting or device designed and constructed to provide, when properly vented, a liquid trap seal which prevents back passage of gas or air or siphonage of its contents without materially affecting flow through it.

(Prior code § 17.08.300 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(29), 1961))

"Vacation trailers," as used in rules and regulations, means a trailer not exceeding eight feet in width nor exceeding twenty-five feet in length and which does not remain in any one trailer park longer than thirty days in any six-month period.

(Prior code § 17.08.310 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(30), 1961))

"Vent" means a pipe or piping system which provides a flow of air to or from a drainage system to prevent the loss or lowering of trap seals by siphonage or back pressure.

(Prior code § 17.08.320 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(31), 1961))

"Vertical pipe" means any pipe or fitting which is installed in a vertical position or which makes an angle of not more than forty-five degrees with the vertical.

(Prior code § 17.08.330 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(32), 1961))

"Waste pipe" means any line receiving the discharge of fixtures other than toilets, and conveying such discharge to a soil pipe or to disposal system.

(Prior code § 17.08.340 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(33), 1961))

"Water distributing system" means all of the water supply piping within a trailer park extending from the main public supply, or other source of supply to but not including the trailer service system, and includes branch service lines, fixtures, devices, and appurtenances thereto.

(Prior code § 17.08. 350 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(34), 1961))

"Windbreak" means any protective fence, wall, structure, or shelter from the wind and which exceeds forty-two inches in height.

(Prior code § 17.08.360 (Ord. 503 § 1.5(35), 1961))