The community development director may issue trailer coach permits
authorizing the use or occupancy of trailer coaches for the purposes
and periods of time specified as follows:
A. For
temporary construction offices on or adjacent to any site on which
a building or construction project is being diligently prosecuted:
Such permit may be issued for a period not to exceed two years and
shall expire upon the expiration of the building permit. This permit
may be extended at the discretion of the community development director,
for good cause, for a period not to exceed six months.
B. For
a temporary real estate sales office on or adjacent to any subdivision
within which ten or more dwelling units are being constructed or have
been constructed within the preceding one year: Such permit may be
issued for a period not to exceed one year and shall expire six months
after completion of construction of the dwelling units in the subdivision
or such earlier date as may be specified in the permit. This permit
may be extended at the discretion of the community development director,
for good cause, for a period not to exceed six months.
C. For
a temporary business office incidental to the operation of the business
of storing, repairing or sale of trailers on a lot or parcel on which
no building is located: Such permit may be issued for a period not
to exceed one year and shall expire on the date specified in the permit.
This permit may be extended at the discretion of the community development
director, for good cause, for a period not to exceed six months.
D. For
a temporary business office incidental to and located on a site on
which a temporary carnival, circus, amusement center, Christmas tree
sales or similar temporary or seasonal business is being lawfully
conducted: Such permit may be issued for a period not to exceed three
months and shall expire at such time as the business for which it
is issued terminates or at such earlier date as may be specified in
the permit.
E. For
a temporary business office for a financial institution or public
utility which is required, as a condition of a franchise granted by
the United States, the state or a public agency, to maintain a place
of business at a location at which no permanent structure suitable
for the purpose is available: Such permit shall be issued for a period
not to exceed two years; provided, however, that if a special use
permit has been issued pursuant to Section 562, subsection 3, of the
zoning ordinance, a permit for a self-propelled, self-contained mobile
financial business office may be issued for the term (not to exceed
five years) of the special use permit. Said office shall not operate
more than three days in any one week.
F. For
a temporary business office or sales facility on or adjacent to a
site on which construction of a permanent business office or sales
facility for the use of the permittee is being diligently prosecuted:
Such permit may be issued for a period not to exceed two years and
shall expire upon completion of the construction of the permanent
business office or sales facility or at such earlier date as may be
specified in the permit. This permit as may be extended at the discretion
of the community development director, for good cause, for a period
not to exceed six months.
G. For
a temporary dwelling for security personnel on or adjacent to any
site on which construction of a major residential, commercial, industrial
or public works project is being diligently prosecuted and for which
security personnel are employed, a permit may be issued for a period
not to exceed two years and shall expire upon completion of the construction
project or at such earlier date as may be specified in the permit.
This permit may be extended at the discretion of the community development
director, for good cause, for a period not to exceed six months.
H. For
a temporary dwelling for security personnel on any site on which construction
of a residential, commercial, industrial or public works project has
been completed and for which such security personnel are employed
pending construction of permanent dwelling facilities for such security
personnel: Such permit may be issued for a period not to exceed six
months and shall expire on the date specified in the permit. This
permit may be extended at the discretion of the community development
director, for good cause, for a period not to exceed six months.
I. For
a temporary dwelling for the permittee and his or her family on land
owned by the permittee and on which the permittee is diligently prosecuting
the construction of the first permanent dwelling: Such permit may
be issued for a period not to exceed eighteen months and shall expire
upon completion of the construction of the dwelling or at such earlier
date as may be specified in the permit. This permit may be extended
at the discretion of the community development officer, for good cause,
for a period not to exceed nine months.
J. For
a temporary dwelling to accommodate visiting relatives for a period
not to exceed thirty calendar days in any calendar year on land owned
or leased by the host and on which there is located a permanent dwelling
occupied by the host: Such permit may be issued for a period not to
exceed thirty days and shall expire on the date specified in the permit.
K. For
a temporary political campaign office located on private property:
Such permit may be issued for a period not to exceed one year; provided,
however, that such permit shall expire on the 15th day following the
next general election to be held after the date of issuance of the
permit.
L. For
a temporary sales office within any governmental or public utility
easement where said easement precludes the use of a permanent structure:
Such permit shall be issued for a period not to exceed two years,
and may be renewed at the discretion of the community development
director for a maximum aggregate period of ten years; provided, however,
that a special use permit has been granted or extended pursuant to
Section 562, subsection 4, of the zoning ordinance.
(Prior code § 56.220)
Any person desiring a trailer coach use permit or extension
of such permit shall file with the community development director
a written application on a form provided by the health department.
The application shall be accompanied by such supplementary information
as may be required by the community development director. At the time
of filing an application for any trailer coach use permit, except
a permit for owner-occupied mobile home, the applicant shall pay an
application fee of ten dollars, which fee shall not be refundable.
(Prior code § 56.221)
Every trailer coach use permit shall be issued subject to the
following conditions:
A. That
the trailer coach complies with the requirements of Section 18550
of the
Health and Safety Code applicable to mobile homes.
B. That
no accessory building, structure or external appurtenance used or
designed to be used incidental to the use or occupancy of the trailer
coach shall be erected, constructed or maintained on the site on which
the trailer coach is located; provided, however, that an awning which
complies with the requirements of the regulations issued pursuant
to the California
Health and Safety Code may be attached to the trailer
coach.
C. That
the trailer coach be connected to a sewage disposal system which complies
with the requirements of the regulations issued pursuant to Section
18554 of the
Health and Safety Code or that the trailer coach be equipped
with self-contained sanitary facilities which have been determined
to be adequate by the director of public health; provided, however,
that if the trailer coach is not used as an owner-occupied mobile
home and such system is not available on the site, the sanitary facilities
deemed adequate by the community development director are located
within two hundred feet of the location of trailer coach and are available
to the user or occupant of the trailer coach, the permit may be issued
subject to the condition that the trailer coach may be used or occupied
without being connected to a sewage disposal system, so long as such
facilities remain available to the user or occupant of the trailer
coach.
D. That
the trailer coach shall not be permanently connected to any water,
gas or electricity source or to any sewer system or sewage disposal
facility, but may be temporarily connected to such utility source
or sewage system or facility in a manner approved by the community
development director.
E. That
the trailer coach shall be placed and maintained only at such location
on the lot or site as is designated on a plot plan which has been
approved by the community development director; provided, however,
that no owner occupied mobile home shall be situated within the front,
rear, or side yard of the lot or site, as established by the zoning
ordinance, unless a variance therefore has been granted pursuant to
Article XXXI (commencing with Section 700) of the zoning ordinance.
F. That
the trailer coach is not to used in any manner which would violate
state law, city code or the zoning ordinance.
G. All
owner-occupied mobile homes shall have a potable or domestic water
supply approved by the community development director.
(Prior code § 56.222)
The community development director may, in his or her discretion,
issue a permit subject to such additional conditions as he or she
deems necessary to assure that the use or occupancy of the trailer
coach is restricted to that authorized by the permit and that such
use and occupancy will conform to state law, the city code and the
zoning ordinance.
(Prior code § 56.223)
A permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall expire on the
date therein specified, which date shall be fixed by the community
development director subject to the limitations specified in this
article and in consideration of the intended use of the trailer coach.
(Prior code § 56.224)