Willows Municipal Code Ch. 8.20 Trailers and Trailer Camps

For the purpose of this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

"Auto and trailer camp"

means any area or tract of land where space is rented or held out for rent to owners or users of trailer coaches or tent campers furnishing their own camping equipment, or where free camping is permitted by owners or users of trailer coaches.

"Trailer coach"

means any camp car, trailer, or other vehicle, with or without motive power, designed and constructed to travel on the public thoroughfares at the maximum allowable speed limit and in accordance with the provisions of the State Vehicle Code, and designed or used for human habitation.

(Prior code § 9-64; Code 1959 § 20.1)

It shall be unlawful and a public nuisance for any person to establish, keep or maintain upon any lot or other place within the city, any trailer, auto coach or trailer coach primarily designed for transportation purposes upon a public highway, for occupancy as living quarters, for a longer period than 48 hours, unless the same is kept and maintained on a regularly established auto and trailer camp operated under permits from the state and the building inspector of the city.

(Prior code § 9-65; Code 1959 § 20.2)

Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the building inspector from issuing temporary permits for the use specified in WMC § 8.20.020 for a period not to exceed 72 hours. No temporary permit shall be issued for any occupancy or camp which will constitute a nuisance or health menace.

(Prior code § 9-66; Code 1959 § 20.3)

All persons desiring to establish and operate an auto and trailer camp within the limits of the city shall request and obtain a permit from the building inspector before maintaining or operating any such auto or trailer camp. All applications shall be upon a form as may be prescribed by the building inspector and, among other things, shall set forth the following:

(1) That no dangerous conditions, either to life or health, will be allowed to exist;

(2) That no overcrowding at any camp will be allowed;

(3) That adequate plumbing and waste and sewage disposal facilities will be built and properly maintained;

(4) That the camp will be operated in a clean and sanitary manner; and

(5) That upon receipt of the application, and after consideration of the same, if the requirements as set out in this chapter shall be complied with, the building inspector shall thereupon issue a permit to the applicant.

(Prior code § 9-67; Code 1959 § 20.4)