[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:
Shall mean "mobile home" as defined in the Mobile Home Commission
Act [MCLA § 125.1101 et seq.[1]; MSA 19.855 (1) et seq.].
Includes:
Boats and boat trailers which shall include boats, floats and
rafts, plus the normal equipment to transport the same on the highway;
Folding tent trailer which is a folding structure, mounted on
wheels and designed for travel and vacation use;
Motorized home which is a portable dwelling designed and constructed
as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle;
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;
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;
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.
