[Ord. No. 18.109 §1, 4-6-1981; Ord. No. 2004-009 §1, 6-2-2003]
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have these
prescribed meanings:
Whether used in the singular or plural herein, shall mean
any vehicle or structure so designed and constructed in such manner
as will permit occupancy thereof as sleeping or living quarters for
one (1) or more persons which is designed to be transported after
fabrication on its own wheels, flat bed or detachable wheels. A prefabricated
or "modular" house or structure which meets the standards set forth
in this Chapter shall not be included in the definition of a house
trailer, mobile home or trailer as defined herein.
Includes persons, partnerships, firms, company or corporation,
tenant, owner, lessee or licensee, their agents, heirs or assigns.
A recreational vehicle as defined in the American National
Standards Institute (ANSI) Al19.2 Standard on Recreational Vehicles.
Any park, trailer park, trailer court, lot, site or parcel
or tract of land designed, maintained or intended for the purposes
of applying a location or accommodations for a house trailer and shall
not include automobile or trailer sales lots on which unoccupied trailers
are parked for purposes of inspection and sale.
[Ord. No. 18.109 §2, 4-6-1981; Ord. No. 19.1709, 5-7-2018]
A.
It shall be unlawful within the limits of the City of California, Missouri, for any persons to park any trailer, as defined under Section 410.010 of the City Ordinances, on any street, alley, or highway, or other public place, or on any tract of land owned by any person, occupied or unoccupied, within the City of California, except as provided in this Section.
1.
Emergency or temporary stopping or parking is permitted on any
street, alley or highway for not longer than two (2) hours subject
to any other and further prohibitions, regulations or limitations
imposed by the traffic and parking regulations or ordinances for that
street, alley, or highway.
2.
No persons shall park or occupy any trailer on the premises
of any occupied dwelling or on any lot which is not a part of the
premises of any occupied dwelling, either of which is situated outside
an approved trailer camp; except, the parking of only one (1) unoccupied
trailer is permissible so long as the trailer continues to be unoccupied
while parked at said location, or while said trailer is in an accessory
private garage building, provided that no trailer may be parked at
any time under this exception while living quarters are being maintained
in same and are being utilized as such, or while any business is practiced
in said trailer, unless said business is directly related to ongoing
construction on that site (a construction office trailer) and then
only if the construction trailer is located temporarily at the site
and provided that the construction trailer is used only as a business
office and not for residential, camping or living purposes. The purpose
of this exception is to provide for the parking of a single trailer
by its owner on a lot while same is unoccupied and shall include recreational
vehicles while same are unoccupied.
3.
A trailer may be parked on a tract or lot, contrary to the other
provisions contained in this Article, at a location where a trailer
hook-up for water and sewer existed on April 6, 1981, and further,
so long as a trailer has continuously been connected to said water
and sewer hook-up since April 6, 1981. It is the intention of this
provision to allow locations that are in non-conformance with this
Article to continue only until a trailer is removed.
[Ord. No. 18.109 §3, 4-6-1981]
Recreational vehicles shall not be used as a permanent place
of abode or as a permanent dwelling or for indefinite periods of time;
provided that any such trailer properly connected with the City water
supply and sanitary sewer system, and constructed and located in compliance
of all requirements of the building, plumbing, sanitary, health, zoning
and electrical ordinances of the City of California, and not inhabited
by a greater number of occupants than that for which it was designed,
may be permitted on the premises of an approved trailer camp.
