Note: For the statutory provisions regarding mobilehome parks, see the State Mobilehome Act, Health and Safety Code Section 18200 et seq. See also the Mobilehome Residency Law, Civil Code Section 798 et seq.
For the purpose of this chapter certain words and phrases are defined as follows, and certain provisions shall be construed as herein set forth, unless it is apparent from their context that they have a different meaning. Words used in the singular include the plural, and the plural the singular. Words used in the present tense include the future.
“Camp car” or “trailer”
means any unit used for living or sleeping purposes and which is equipped with wheels or similar devices used for the purpose of transporting the unit from place to place, whether by motive power or other means.
“Sanitary equipment,”
as used herein, means any water faucets, toilets, garbage receptacles, or other equipment required by the provisions of this chapter in trailer campgrounds or which may hereafter be required by any rules and regulations of the health office pertaining to trailer campgrounds and shall not be construed to mean water faucets, toilets, garbage receptacles or other equipment now or hereafter located in or adjacent to campgrounds and which may now or hereafter be required under provisions of other laws or ordinances.
“Trailer campground”
means any place, area or tract of land upon which is located any camp car or trailer.
(Ord. 193 § 1, 1937)
It shall be the duty of the health officer to enforce all of the provisions of this chapter and, for the purpose of securing enforcement thereof, the health officer, or any of his duly authorized representatives, or any police officer, shall have the right and they are empowered to enter upon the premises of any campground now operating, or which may hereafter be operated within the city, to inspect the same and all accommodations connected therewith.
(Ord. 193 § 2, 1937)
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect, construct, establish, alter, operate, maintain or offer for public use within the confines of the city, as hereinafter set forth, any campground without first applying for and receiving from the city council a permit so to do, in the manner hereinafter provided, and without complying with regulations hereinafter set forth, and any rules and regulations which may be formulated by the health officer from time to time and with the laws of the state.
(Ord. 193 § 3, 1937)
Each application for such permit shall be in writing, upon a form provided by the city clerk for that purpose. It shall state the name and address of the applicant and a description of the property, whereon or wherein it is proposed to conduct a campground. It shall also contain such other information as shall be required by the city council or the health officer of the city. It shall be filed with the city clerk not less than five days, nor more than thirty days before the commencement of any work of erecting or constructing structures for such campground.
(Ord. 193 § 4, 1937)
The application also shall be accompanied by a map or diagram showing the boundaries of the property so to be used, and of the property surrounding same for five hundred feet, and the names of the owners thereof as shown on the last assessment roll of the city.
(Ord. 193 § 5, 1937)
Such application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable processing fee as set forth in the master fee schedule of the city, adopted by resolution of the city council, which fee shall be paid to the city clerk and shall be paid into the city treasury.
(Ord. 193 § 6, 1937; Ord. 912 § 10, 1982)
Any hearing provided herein shall be had upon ten days’ notice by mail to the applicant and to each property owner, whose name appears upon the assessment roll of the city for the fiscal year in which such application is made, within the area provided for in Section 8.40.050. A notice headed “Notice of Application for Permit for Trailer Camp Ground,” in letters of not less than one inch in length, shall be posted in three conspicuous places on such area at least ten days before the date which shall be set for such hearing. No application shall be granted without such hearing.
(Ord. 193 § 7, 1937)
In the filing of such application, accompanied by the inspection fee, it shall be the duty of the health officer, or any of his duly authorized representatives, to investigate the premises and determine whether the proposed campground and the site selected therefor conforms with the requirements of this chapter, and all other ordinances of the city and the laws of the state of California pertaining thereto. No permit shall be issued, unless such campground and the site selected therefor complies with such requirements and meets with the approval of the health officer. The health officer may recommend the approval or rejection of any proposed campground site, which recommendation shall be in writing.
(Ord. 193 § 8. 1937)
In passing upon such application the city council shall consider the recommendation of the health officer and it shall be its duty to further investigate and consider the nature of the locality and the sufficiency of the facilities provided or to be provided, and for that purpose to enlist the aid of and refer the matter to the health officer, for further investigation and report in writing and to consider such reports in determining the relationship thereof to the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the city.
(Ord. 193 § 9, 1937)
The council may grant a temporary or permanent permit for a trailer campground hereunder and shall have the power, upon hearing, to revoke any permit previously granted when, in its opinion, it is to the best interest of the city so to do. The permit shall specify the maximum number of camp cars or trailers to be permitted to be kept thereon. When any such permit is granted the city clerk shall issue to the applicant or applicants his certificate showing the same.
(Ord. 193 § 10, 1937)
Such permit shall be transferable with the consent of the city council upon the written application to the city council by the holder of the permit. A permit may be granted at any time during the year, and, unless previously revoked, shall expire one calendar year following the date of issue.
(Ord. 193 § 11, 1937)
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to establish, operate, maintain or conduct any trailer campground, unless there is at all times posted in a conspicuous place at such trailer campground the certificate obtained from the city clerk showing a permit has been granted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 193 § 12, 1937)
Every person owning or operating a campground shall maintain such campground and any toilets, baths and other permanent equipment in connection therewith in a clean and sanitary condition and in a state of good repair.
(Ord. 193 § 13, 1937)
The health officer is empowered to formulate from time to time and to enforce any rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter or the laws of the state, which the health officer may deem advisable governing the operation of trailer campgrounds or camp car trailers concerning any matters of sanitation or housing.
(Ord. 193 § 14, 1937)
Every trailer campground hereafter established shall be laid out with, and all existing campgrounds shall provide, available unoccupied space of not less than twenty-five feet by forty feet for each camp car or trailer and such available unoccupied space shall not be construed to mean the space directly under any portion of any camp car or trailer. Camp cars and trailers shall be arranged in rows abutting or facing on a driveway or clear unoccupied space of not less than thirty feet in width, which space shall have unobstructed access to a public street or alley.
(Ord. 193 § 15, 1937)
Every trailer campground shall be located on a well drained area and the premises of every such trailer campground shall be properly slanted, so as to prevent the accumulation of storm or causal waters.
(Ord. 193 § 16, 1937)
An adequate supply of pure water for drinking and domestic purposes shall at all times be supplied to meet the requirements of such trailer campground. Such water supply shall be obtained from faucets only, conveniently located in the trailer campground. No dipping vessels or common cups shall be permitted on such premises.
(Ord. 193 § 17, 1937)
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation owning or operating a camp car or trailer located on a trailer campground to remove or cause to have removed the wheels or any similar transporting devices from such camp car or trailer, or to otherwise permanently fix it to the ground in a manner that would prevent immediate removal of the camp car or trailer from such trailer campground.
(Ord. 193 § 18, 1937)
There shall be provided in every trailer campground, and in every trailer campground which may hereafter be established, one water closet for each sex, one of which water closets shall be distinctly marked “for men” and one of which water closet shall be distinctly marked “for women.” An additional water closet shall be provided for each sex for every twenty in excess of twenty males or twenty females living on the trailer campground.
(Ord. 193 § 20, 1937)
There shall be provided in every trailer campground heretofore or hereafter established such number of tight receptacles, with close-fitting metal covers, for garbage, refuse, ashes and rubbish as may be deemed necessary by the health officer and such garbage receptacles shall at all times be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.
(Ord. 193 § 21, 1937)
There shall be provided in every trailer campground heretofore or hereafter established one or more slop sinks, properly connected with a sewer, such sinks to be conveniently located at no greater distance than one hundred feet from any camp car or trailer.
(Ord. 193 § 22, 1937)
It is unlawful to permit any waste water or material from sinks, baths, showers or other plumbing fixtures in camp cars or trailers to be deposited upon the surface of the ground, and all such fixtures, when in use, must be connected to the city sewer system.
(Ord. 193 § 23, 1937)
Every trailer campground heretofore or hereafter established shall be provided with means of adequately lighting the same at night. All public water closets and bath units shall be provided with sufficient lighting facilities, which shall be kept lighted at all times during the time from one-half hour after sunset until one-half hour before sunrise.
(Ord. 193 § 24, 1937)
Any person, firm or corporation who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or said rules and regulations, or contributes in any way to the violation thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day’s violation of this chapter constitutes a separate offense hereunder.
(Ord. 193 § 25, 1937)