Signal Hill Municipal Code Ch. 17.20 Dwelling Restrictions

It is unlawful for any person to camp in or occupy or use for living purposes any trailer coach, house trailer, camper, or other type of housing accommodation which is mounted on wheels and which is designed for and intended to be transported from place to place by automobile, except as otherwise specified in Sections 17.20.020 or 17.20.030.

(Prior code § 17.20.030 (part) (Ord. 503 § 30.0 (part), 1961))

An independent trailer coach may be used and occupied as a place of habitation when it is located in a trailer park which has been constructed and is being operated in the manner required in this title.

(Prior code § 17.20.030 (a) (Ord. 503 § 30.0(a), 1961))

A single trailer coach may be used as a place of habitation for not to exceed thirty days by relatives and friends of a resident of the city provided it is parked on the property constituting the dwelling of the resident, that it is not overcrowded, and that in the judgment of the building inspector, the fire chief, and the health officer, the conditions and the manner of such use do not create a hazard to the occupants or to others as to property.

(Prior code § 17.20.030 (b) (Ord. 503 § 30.0(b), 1961))

A. It is unlawful for the operator of any trailer park or any agent thereof to accept or permit any minor who is under the age of sixteen years to reside in a trailer coach located within the trailer park, or to permit any person, as a tenant or otherwise, to have the use and occupancy of space within the trailer park if such person has in his custody upon the premises a minor under the age of sixteen years.

B. It is unlawful for any person, including either parent, to cause or permit a minor under the age of sixteen years to reside within a trailer park or to use a trailer coach within a trailer park as his place of abode.

C. For the purposes of this section, a minor shall be deemed to reside in a trailer coach in a trailer park or to use the same as his place of abode if he uses such trailer coach for sleeping purposes on one or more nights.

D. Each operator of a trailer park shall cause to be inserted in every agreement for the use of a trailer site by a tenant a provision wherein the tenant specifically agrees that he will not keep upon the premises of the trailer park, or cause or permit his trailer coach to be occupied as a place of abode by, any minor under the age of sixteen years and that any violation of such provision shall be grounds for the immediate termination of said agreement.

(Prior code § 17.20.040 (Ord. 503 § 45.0, 1961))