As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings ascribed to them:
A vehicular type unit primarily designed as temporary living
quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use, which either has
its own motive power or is mounted on or drawn by another vehicle.
The basic entities are travel trailer, camping trailer, fifth-wheel
camper, and motor home. For the purposes of this article, RVs shall
be classified as either dependent, meaning an RV that does not contain
toilet and/or bathing facilities, or independent, an RV that contains
toilet and/or bathing facilities.
A parcel of land in a recreational vehicle park set aside
for the placement of a single recreational vehicle and for the exclusive
use of its occupants.
That area of a recreational vehicle lot intended for the
placement of the recreational vehicle.
A line drawing clearly describing the trailer park and its
environs and shall include adequate labeling and dimensioning of all
fundamental features of the project, the legal description of the
property, north point, and date, and shall be drawn to engineering
scale.
A transportable single-family dwelling unit which is or may
be mounted on wheels, suitable for yearround occupancy and containing
the same water supply, waste disposal and electrical conveniences
as immobile housing, and shall include the terms "mobile home" and
"modular home."
A parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned and improved for the placement of trailer coaches for transient use, supplementary structures and accessory uses not prohibited by chapter 28 of this Code of Ordinances.
A parcel of land which is:
Under multiple ownership or which may be developed under multiple
ownership;
Recorded in its entirety as a subdivision plat with the appropriate
right-of-way dedications for streets, alleys and/or easements, lots
and blocks; and
For the placement of trailer coaches for nontransient use, supplementary structures and accessory uses not prohibited by chapter 28 of this Code of Ordinances.
A parcel of land which is occupied or intended for occupancy
by recreational vehicles for transient dwelling purposes regardless
of whether or not a charge is made for such service. For the purposes
of this article, recreational vehicle park and travel trailer park
shall have the same meaning.
To occupy a space for only a brief stay.
(1958 Code, sec. 38-1; 1978 Code,
sec. 27-1; Ordinance 06-070, sec.
1, adopted 10/24/06; Ordinance
17-008, sec. 39, adopted 2/7/17; Ordinance 24-011 adopted 3/19/2024)
It shall be the duty of the building official, or his designated
representative, to make inspections to determine the existence of
violations of this article. A complete report of any violation discovered
shall be made to the city manager for further handling.
(1958 Code, sec. 38-9; 1978 Code,
sec. 27-2; Ordinance 24-011 adopted 3/19/2024)
In case any building, structure or trailer coach is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted or maintained, or any building, structure, trailer coach or land is used, in violation of section 24.06.007 or in violation of any applicable section of chapter 28 of this Code of Ordinances, the city manager, in addition to other remedies, may institute any proper action or proceeding in the name of the city to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance or use, to restrain, correct, or abate such violations, to prevent the occupancy of such building, structure, trailer coach or land, or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in or about such premises.
(1958 Code, sec. 38-10; 1978 Code,
sec. 27-3; Ordinance 17-008, sec.
40, adopted 2/7/17; Ordinance 24-011 adopted 3/19/2024)
(a)
Parking on public streets.
It shall be unlawful
for any person to park any trailer coach on any street, highway, alley,
sidewalk or other public place in the city for a longer period than
three (3) hours.
(b)
Parking in trailer parks.
No trailer coach shall
be parked for use or occupancy on any tract of ground within the city
except in a duly authorized trailer park "A" or "B," provided, however,
that:
(1)
The building inspector may permit the parking, use and occupancy
of a trailer coach outside of a duly authorized trailer park for a
period of time not exceeding ten (10) days, when such coach is occupied
by persons employed in the operation of a temporary recreational,
amusement or civic activity. Such temporary parking, use and occupancy
of a trailer coach shall be permitted only when the trailer coach
is parked on the same premises on which the activity is located and
only when adequate sanitary facilities are available upon the premises
for the use of the occupants of the trailer coach;
(2)
A permit shall be required for all trailer coaches now parked
outside trailer parks which were so parked prior to December 31, 1961;
the annual permit renewal fee shall be a minimum of fifteen dollars
($15.00) for each trailer coach and shall be paid to the building
official, and such fee shall be for the calendar year ending the thirty-first
day (31) of December of each year. Said authorization shall terminate
and become void and of no effect upon failure of the trailer coach
occupant to pay the fee hereinabove provided for prior to its expiration
or upon damage to such trailer coach by fire, explosion or any act
of God to the extent of twenty-five (25) percent of the market value
of such trailer coach or upon the moving of such trailer coach off
of the tract of ground upon which it was located on or before December
31, 1961. The authorization herein provided for is not transferable,
and, in the event the present occupant moves from the trailer coach,
the authorization shall terminate and no authorization shall be permitted
in the trailer coach for a new occupant; once an authorization terminates
and becomes void, the building official shall not authorize the same
trailer coach to be occupied unless it is in a duly authorized trailer
park.
(c)
Exception for temporary construction office.
Mobile
homes/trailer coaches may be used as on-site temporary construction
offices.
(d)
Exception for night watchman facilities.
Mobile
homes/trailer coaches may be used as night watchman facilities; provided,
however, that mobile homes/trailer coaches may not be used as a place
of residence by any person, including the night watchman, and that
all zoning regulations must be satisfied.
(1958 Code, sec. 38-2; Ordinance
82-64, sec. 1, adopted 6/22/82; 1978 Code, sec. 27-4; Ordinance 24-011 adopted 3/19/2024)
Any trailer park type "A" hereafter established, constructed,
or erected, and in the case of existing trailer parks that portion
extended, altered, expanded and/or improved, shall conform to and
comply with the following minimum standards:
(1)
Park area.
Each trailer park shall provide a minimum
of three (3) acres in area but in no case shall there be less than
fifteen (15) trailer coach lots.
(2)
Density.
Each trailer park shall not exceed a
maximum density of fifteen (15) trailer coach lots per acre as determined
by the total area bounded by the trailer park property lines.
(3)
Private streets.
Private streets shall be provided
and shall extend continuously from the public street right-of-way
so as to provide suitable access to all trailer coach lots and other
facilities or uses permitted in the trailer park as well as provide
adequate connection to future streets at the boundaries of the trailer
coach property line. Private streets shall meet the following standards:
(B)
Private street intersections shall generally be at right angles;
offsets at intersections of less than one hundred twenty-five (125)
feet (centerline to centerline) should be avoided; intersection of
more than two (2) streets at one point shall be avoided.
(C)
Dead-end private streets shall be limited to a maximum length
of one thousand (1,000) feet and shall be provided with a vehicular
turning space, with a turning circle of eighty (80) feet in diameter.
(D)
All private streets shall be provided with a smooth, hard and
dense surface which shall be durable and well drained under normal
use and weather conditions.
(E)
Private streets which may connect two (2) public street rights-of-way
shall by the use or curves, offsets, location and/or the use of two
(2) or more streets be located so as to discourage through traffic.
(4)
Trailer coach lots.
Each and every trailer coach
lot shall conform to the following standards:
(A)
Be served with sanitary sewer, water, electrical power, telephone
service and natural gas.
(B)
Provide an average minimum width of thirty (30) feet and an
average minimum depth of seventy-five (75) feet.
(C)
Abut and/or have access to a private street for a minimum distance
of twelve (12) feet.
(D)
Provide a minimum area of two thousand two hundred fifty (2,250)
square feet, said area to be determined by the lot lines.
(E)
Provide a trailer coach stand which shall provide an adequate
foundation for the placement and tie-down of one single-family trailer
coach, thereby securing the superstructure against uplift, sliding,
rotation and overturning. Said trailer coach stand shall be:
(i)
Impervious to plant material such as weeds, grass
and shrubs.
(ii)
Provided with anchors and tie-downs such as cast-in-place
concrete "dead men," eyelets imbedded in concrete foundations or runways,
screw augers, arrowhead anchors, or other devices which secure the
stability of the trailer coach, and shall be placed at least at each
corner of the trailer coach stand.
(iii)
Twelve (12) feet in width and sixty (60) feet
in length.
(iv)
Located not closer than three (3) feet from the
trailer coach lot line; be located at least ten (10) feet from any
Class 1 private street and five (5) feet from any Class 2 private
street, and be a minimum of five (5) feet from the rear trailer coach
lot line (the end of the trailer coach stand opposite the end adjacent
to the private street).
(F)
Setbacks for supplementary structures. No physical structure,
dump-master container, carport, cabana, awning, fence or storage locker
shall be permitted within ten (10) feet of a Class 1 private street
and five (5) feet from any Class 2 private street; provided further,
the setbacks from the sides and rear shall be three (3) feet, save
and except a fence, from any trailer coach lot line not adjacent to
the private street.
(G)
Provide a minimum of one off-street parking space.
(H)
Double frontage of trailer coach lots should be avoided.
(I)
No vehicular access to a trailer coach lot is permitted from
a public dedicated street.
(5)
Usable open space.
Usable open space shall be
provided so as to conform to the following standards:
(A)
Conveniently situated and containing a minimum of two thousand
two hundred fifty (2,250) square feet for the first fifteen (15) trailer
coach lots or three (3) acres in the trailer park; for each additional
trailer coach lot over fifteen (15), twenty-five (25) additional square
feet is required.
(B)
Such open space may be in one or more areas but shall be of
such size and shape as to afford reasonable use by the occupants.
(C)
No portion of such required usable open space shall be used
for off-street parking, vehicular drive loading areas or accessory
uses, save and except recreational uses such as swimming pools and
tennis courts.
(6)
Off-street parking.
Off-street parking shall be
provided at a rate of one and one-half (1-1/2) spaces for each trailer
coach lot. Off-street parking spaces not located on the trailer coach
lot shall be located on or within the trailer park and be easily accessible
to the occupants and visitors; said spaces shall:
(A)
Have a permanent all-weather surface;
(B)
Have dimensions of not less than eight (8) feet six (6) inches
by eighteen (18) feet;
(C)
Be accessible to an all-weather surfaced private street;
(D)
Be appropriately defined and marked;
(E)
Be so located and regulated that no parking, or maneuvering
incidental to parking, shall be on any public street or walk;
(F)
Provide adequate barriers to keep any parked vehicle from extending
into or overhanging any public dedicated street or private street;
(G)
Be so designed that any vehicle may be parked and unparked without
requiring the moving of any other vehicle.
(7)
Setbacks.
(A)
All trailer coach stands and attached trailer coaches shall
be located as follows:
(i)
A minimum of twenty-five (25) feet from any trailer park property boundary line abutting upon a public dedicated street or residentially used or zoned R-1A, R-1, and R-2 property, as set out in chapter 28 of this Code of Ordinances.
(ii)
A minimum of five (5) feet from any trailer park
property boundary line, not abutting upon a public dedicated street,
when the abutting property is used or zoned as industrial or commercial
property, providing further that a six (6) foot solid permanent screening
fence or wall shall be constructed along said trailer coach property
boundary line.
(B)
All accessory uses shall be located a minimum of ten (10) feet
from any trailer coach lot line.
(8)
Drainage.
The ground surface in all parts of every
trailer park shall be graded and equipped to drain all surface water
in a safe, efficient manner so as not to permit water to stand or
become stagnant.
(9)
Lighting.
The private streets, parking lots, walks
and service areas shall be kept properly and adequately lighted at
all times so the trailer park shall be safe for occupants and visitors;
provided further all entrances and exits shall be lighted.
(10)
Refuse disposal.
Facilities shall be provided
for the storage, collection and disposal of refuse of the occupants
of the trailer park. A refuse pickup easement shall be granted by
the owner of the trailer park to the city if these facilities are
located so as to require the entrance of a municipal vehicle into
the trailer park.
(1958 Code, sec. 38-5; 1978 Code,
sec. 27-8; Ordinance 24-011 adopted 3/19/2024)
A trailer park, type "B," hereafter established, constructed,
erected, extended, altered, expanded and/or improved shall conform
with the following minimum standards:
(1)
Park area.
Each trailer park "B" shall provide
a minimum of three (3) acres in area.
(2)
Layout of streets and blocks.
Within a trailer
park "B" no block shall be longer than one thousand three hundred
twenty (1,320) feet in length and streets shall be laid out to provide
a minimum distance of two hundred fifty (250) feet, center of street
to center of street, between intersections.
(3)
Trailer coach lot standards.
Each and every trailer
coach lot shall conform to the following standards:
(A)
Be served with sanitary sewer, water, electrical power, telephone
service, and natural gas.
(B)
Provide for the placement of one single-family trailer coach
with all garages, carports, enclosed rooms and porches being subordinate
to this primary use.
(C)
No average dimension (width or depth) shall be less than fifty
(50) feet.
(D)
Abut and/or have access to a public dedicated street for a minimum
distance of twenty (20) feet.
(E)
Provide a minimum area of five thousand (5,000) square feet
determined by the lot lines.
(F)
Prior to occupancy of any trailer coach lot, it must be provided
with a trailer coach stand which shall provide an adequate foundation
for the placement and tie-down of one single-family trailer coach,
thereby securing the superstructure against uplift, sliding, rotation,
and overturning. Said trailer coach stand shall be:
(i)
Impervious to plant material such as weeds, grass,
and shrubs.
(ii)
Provided with anchors and tie-downs such as cast-in-place
concrete "dead men," eyelets imbedded in concrete foundations or runways,
screw augers, arrowhead anchors or other devices which secure the
stability of the trailer coach, and shall be placed at least at each
corner of the trailer coach stand.
(iii)
A minimum of twelve (12) feet in width and sixty
(60) feet in length or the size of the trailer coach to be placed
on the lot.
(G)
Provide a minimum of one off-street parking space.
(H)
Double frontage of trailer coach lots should be avoided.
(I)
No vehicular or pedestrian access to a trailer coach lot is
permitted from a public dedicated street not completely contained
or located within the tract of land authorized as a trailer park;
provided further no access to a trailer coach lot is permitted except
when the lot directly across the public street is located in the trailer
park and designated as and complying with the standards for a trailer
coach lot as herein provided.
(J)
Be officially recorded in a subdivision plat.
(4)
Off-street parking.
Off-street parking shall be
provided at a minimum rate of one space for each trailer coach lot.
(5)
Setbacks.
All trailer coach stands and attached
trailer coaches and all other structures shall be located as follows:
(A)
A minimum of twenty-five (25) feet from any trailer park property
or boundary line adjacent to a public dedicated street not providing
access to the trailer coach lot; fences are excluded;
(B)
A minimum of twenty (20) feet from the front lot line;
(C)
A minimum of ten (10) feet from the rear lot line;
(D)
A minimum of five (5) feet from the side lot line.
(6)
Screening.
A six (6) foot permanent screening
fence or wall shall be constructed along the boundary lines of the
trailer park except where a public dedicated street provides access
to the trailer park.
(1958 Code, sec. 38-6; Ordinance
81-24, secs. 1, 2, adopted 4/14/81; 1978 Code, sec. 27-9; Ordinance 24-011 adopted 3/19/2024)
Upon issuance of a trailer park permit, type "A" or "B," by
the city council, no use except the following shall be permitted in
any trailer park, type "A" or "B":
(1)
Single-family trailer coaches.
(2)
Accessory uses providing service to the occupants of the trailer
park; such uses may include recreational facilities, central or community
garages, storage buildings and washaterias.
(3)
Supplementary structures.
(1958 Code, sec. 38-7; 1978 Code,
sec. 27-10; Ordinance 24-011 adopted 3/19/2024)
Any recreational vehicle park hereafter established, constructed,
or erected, and in the case of existing recreational vehicle parks
that portion extended, altered, expanded and/or improved, shall conform
to and comply with the following minimum standards:
(1)
Park area.
Each recreational vehicle park shall
provide a minimum of three (3) acres in area but in no case shall
there be less than fifteen (15) recreational vehicle lots. The perimeter
of every recreational vehicle park shall be surrounded by an eight
(8) foot tall solid permanent screening fence or wall.
(2)
Private streets.
Private streets shall be provided
and shall extend continuously from the public street right-of-way
so as to provide suitable access to all recreational vehicle sites
and other facilities or uses permitted in the recreational vehicle
park. Private streets shall meet the following standards:
(B)
Private street intersections shall generally be at right angles;
offsets at intersections of less than one hundred twenty-five (125)
feet (centerline to centerline) should be avoided; intersection of
more than two (2) streets at one point shall be avoided.
(C)
Dead-end private streets shall be limited to a maximum length
of one thousand (1,000) feet and shall be provided with a vehicular
turning space with a turning circle of eighty (80) feet in diameter.
(D)
All private streets shall be constructed of a minimum of asphalt
and shall be well drained under normal use and weather conditions.
(E)
Private streets which may connect two (2) public street rights-of-way
shall by the use of curves, offsets, location and/or the use of two
(2) or more streets be located so as to discourage through traffic.
(3)
Recreational vehicle lots.
Each and every recreational
vehicle lot shall conform to the following standards:
(A)
Provide a minimum width of twenty (20) feet and a minimum depth
of forty (40) feet.
(B)
Provide a recreational vehicle pad site which will provide a
hard surface for the placement of one recreational vehicle. Minimum
pad size shall be eleven (11) feet in width and thirty-five (35) feet
in depth. Pads shall be impervious to plant material.
(C)
Setbacks.
(i)
Back-in lots: Pads shall be located a minimum of
three (3) feet from the recreational vehicle side lot line and a minimum
of five (5) feet from the recreational vehicle rear lot line.
(ii)
Pull-through lots: Pads shall be located a minimum
of three (3) feet from the recreational vehicle side lot line.
(iii)
All recreational vehicle pad sites shall be located
a minimum of ten (10) feet from any recreational vehicle park property
line.
(D)
Provide sewer, water and a minimum of 30-amp electrical hookups.
One-half (1/2) of the lots shall be provided 50-amp electrical hookups.
(E)
Abut and/or have access to a private street for a minimum distance
of fifteen (15) feet.
(F)
Frontage on two private streets shall be permitted to allow
for pull-throughs.
(G)
Provide a minimum of one off-street parking space for each recreational
vehicle site. One (1) common guest space shall be provided for every
three (3) RV sites. All parking spaces shall have a permanent all-weather
surface and shall conform to the city off-street parking and driveway
standards.
(H)
No vehicular access to a recreational vehicle lot is permitted
from a public dedicated street.
(4)
Common park facilities.
Common park facilities
shall be provided so as to conform to the following standards:
(A)
Usable open space.
Usable open space shall be
provided so as to conform to the following standards:
(i)
Conveniently situated and containing a minimum
of one thousand (1,000) square feet for the first fifteen (15) recreational
vehicle lots or three (3) acres in the recreational vehicle park;
for each additional recreational vehicle lot over fifteen (15), twenty
(20) additional square feet is required.
(ii)
Such open space may be in one or more areas but
shall be of such size and shape as to afford reasonable use by the
occupants.
(iii)
No portion of such required usable open space
shall be used for off-street parking, vehicular drive loading areas
or accessory uses, save and except recreational uses such as swimming
pools and tennis courts.
(B)
Office.
A minimum of three hundred (300) square
feet of office space shall be provided to provide for the check-in/check-out
of park patrons.
(C)
Restrooms and showers.
A minimum of two (2) men's
and two (2) women's or four (4) unisex restrooms and showers
shall be provided.
(Ordinance 06-070, sec. 2, adopted 10/24/06; Ordinance adopting Code; Ordinance 16-056 adopted 10/25/16; Ordinance 24-011 adopted 3/19/2024)
It is the policy and practice of the city to provide reasonable
accommodations to individuals with disabilities and developers of
housing for persons with disabilities, which allows for the modification
or exception to the city's codes and regulations, to ensure equal
access to housing and to facilitate the development of housing for
individuals with disabilities. A review process exists to consider
requests for reasonable accommodation in order to eliminate barriers
to housing opportunities for persons with disabilities. The policy
as adopted by Resolution 16-146 of the city is incorporated herein
by reference to be used in conjunction with the purposes of this code.
(Ordinance 17-008, sec. 44, adopted 2/7/17; Ordinance
24-011 adopted 3/19/2024)
No person shall erect or construct, or proceed with the erection or construction, add to, enlarge, improve, alter, repair, convert, extend or demolish any trailer park, type "A" or "B" trailer coach stand, building, structure, fence or any part thereof, or install any plumbing, electrical or mechanical equipment as a part of the site, building or structure, or make any other improvements to any trailer coach lot "A" or "B" or cause the same to be done within a trailer park type "A" or "B" as defined herein without obtaining a building permit from the building official; provided further, said building permit shall be granted only after a permit for a type "A" or "B" trailer park, as set out in section 24.06.042, has been granted by the city council and that such conforms to the permit approved and/or granted by the city council and on file in the division of planning and zoning.
(1958 Code, sec. 38-4; 1978 Code,
sec. 27-7; Ordinance 17-008, sec.
41, adopted 2/7/17; Ordinance 24-011 adopted 3/19/2024)
Prior to the issuance of a building permit by the building official, the city council shall approve a trailer park permit, "A" or "B" type. Application for a permit shall be made in writing to the director of planning, signed, and shall contain the name and address of the applicant, location and address of the trailer park, and legal description of the property to be used for the trailer park and accompanied by a site plan and by the deposit of a fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00); provided, however, the director of planning shall reserve the right to refuse to examine any incomplete, unintelligible or indefinite drawings or plans, and such proposed trailer park type "A" or "B" plans shall conform to the minimum standards as set out in sections 24.06.005 and 24.06.006.
(1958 Code, sec. 38-3; 1978 Code,
sec. 27-5; Ordinance 17-008, sec.
42, adopted 2/7/17; Ordinance 24-011 adopted 3/19/2024)
A trailer park permit type "A," as issued by the city council,
may be revoked or suspended by the building inspector for any period
of time, after written notice to the permit holder and upon a determination
by him that:
(1)
The permit holder, an employer or any employee of the permit holder has violated any provision of this article or any provision of chapter 28 of this Code of Ordinances relating to trailer parks, within sixty (60) days immediately preceding the date of revocation.
(2)
The permit holder or owner of the trailer park for which the permit is issued is failing to comply and maintain said trailer park in compliance with the requirements set forth in section 24.06.005 providing for certain minimum standards.
(3)
The permit holder, an employer or any employee of the permit
holder has refused to allow the director of health or any of his inspectors,
the building official or any of his inspectors, the chief of police,
the chief of the fire department, or any of their authorized employees,
or any other duly authorized employee of the city, to enter upon the
trailer park at all reasonable times for the purpose of inspecting
same for compliance with the provisions of this article and any other
applicable city ordinance.
(1958 Code, sec. 38-8; 1978 Code,
sec. 27-6; Ordinance 17-008, sec.
43, adopted 2/7/17; Ordinance 24-011 adopted 3/19/2024)
