[Adopted 6-12-2001 by Ord. No. 131]
The following words and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them:
MOBILE HOME
Shall mean "mobile home" as defined in the Mobile Home Commission Act [MCLA § 125.1101 et seq.[1]; MSA 19.855 (1) et seq.].
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
Includes:
A. 
Boats and boat trailers which shall include boats, floats and rafts, plus the normal equipment to transport the same on the highway;
B. 
Folding tent trailer which is a folding structure, mounted on wheels and designed for travel and vacation use;
C. 
Motorized home which is a portable dwelling designed and constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle;
D. 
Pickup camper which is a structure designed primarily to be mounted on a pickup or truck chassis and with sufficient equipment to render it suitable for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses;
E. 
Travel trailer which is a vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses, permanently identified "travel trailer" by the manufacturer or a movable or portable dwelling, eight feet or less in width by 33 feet or less in length constructed to be towed on its own chassis and connected to utilities and designed without a permanent foundation for year-round living;
F. 
Utility trailer which is a vehicle used to transport motorcycles, snowmobiles, go-carts or stock cars.
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Editor's Note: This statute expired pursuant to P.A. 1976, No. 419, eff. 1-10-1987. See now MCLA § 125.2301 et seq.
No person shall park or permit the parking of any mobile home or recreational vehicle upon any public highway, street, alley, park or other public place within the City. Emergency or temporary parking or stopping is permitted on any street, alley or highway for not longer than one hour subject to any other and further prohibitions, regulations or limitations imposed by the traffic and parking regulations for that street, alley or highway.
No person shall park or permit the parking of any unoccupied mobile home or recreational vehicle outside of a duly licensed mobile home park, except the parking of unoccupied mobile homes or recreational vehicles in any accessory private garage building, or in any rear yard, is permitted providing no living quarters shall be maintained or any business practiced in such trailers; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to hinder or prevent any person from engaging in the business of handling mobile homes or recreational vehicles for sale or resale or for storage, subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by this Code relative to zoning or regulation of such business.
A permit for the occupancy of a mobile home or recreational vehicle may be granted for a period of time not exceeding four weeks, on a residence lot in conjunction with an occupied permanent residence, provided that the occupant of such mobile home or recreational vehicle be a friend or a relative of the occupant of such permanent residence and be a visiting guest and not a guest for hire. Written consent shall be obtained from and signed by the occupant of the main dwelling on such residence lot, giving consent for the use of the sanitary facilities of such main dwelling. Such permits shall be secured from the Chief of Police or his/her designee. Application for such permit shall be made within 24 hours after placing such mobile home or recreational vehicle on such premises on such forms as shall be prescribed by the Chief of Police. Such permit shall limit the duration of stay to a period of time not to exceed four weeks.
A. 
Any violation of this article shall be a civil infraction punishable in accordance with Section 1-6 of the Code of Ordinances. In addition to the penalty applicable to a violation of this Code, any person parking, occupying or using any mobile home or recreational vehicle parked in violation of this article or any person maintaining or operating any mobile home or trailer camp in violation of this article or in violation of any regulation of the City or of any statute of the state pertaining to mobile home or trailer camps shall be guilty of maintaining a nuisance per se and upon application by the City to any court of competent jurisdiction the maintenance of such nuisance may be restrained and enjoined.
B. 
In the event of the violation of this Code, the City may cause the mobile home or recreational vehicle to be towed away and impounded and released only upon the payment of the towing and storage charges by the owner of the mobile home or recreational vehicle. These charges would be in addition to any other penalty that may be imposed for a violation of this article.