(a)
Trailers used as temporary office or shelter.
A trailer may be used as a temporary office or shelter (for a period of up to eighteen (18) months) incidental to construction on or a development of the premises on which the trailer is located. The applicant must maintain an active building permit for the site while the trailer is in use. If it is determined that the building permit for the site is no longer valid, the trailer shall be removed from the site within thirty (30) days. An application for special permit may be submitted pursuant to the requirements contained herein for extension of the eighteen-month time period.
(b) Agent. Boat trailer. Boat. Building official. Driveway. HUD-code manufactured home. Inspecting authority. License. Licensee. Manufactured home subdivision. Manufactured housing or manufactured home. Mobile home park. Mobile home. Motor home. Permit. Person. Pickup coach. Service building. Sewer connection. Sewer riser pipe. Space. Trailer. Travel or tent trailer. Travel trailer park. Water connection. Water riser pipe. Zoning ordinance.
Definitions.
For the purpose of this article, certain terms, words and phrases shall have the meanings hereinafter described:
Any person authorized by the licensee of a mobile home or trailer park to operate or maintain such park under the provisions of this article.
Any trailer designed to transport a boat.
Any vehicle designed for traveling on water.
The legally designated inspection authority of the building and zoning department of the city or his authorized representative.
A minor private way used by vehicles and pedestrians on a mobile home or travel trailer stand or used for common access to a small group of stands or facilities.
A structure constructed on or after June 15, 1976, according to the rules of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems. The term does not include a recreational vehicle as that term is defined by 24 C.F.R. section 3282.8(g).
The inspecting authority shall mean the building official, building inspector, plumbing inspector, electrical inspector, fire marshal and health officer, and such persons as are appointed and authorized as assistants or agents of such authority as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.
A written license issued by the building official allowing a person to operate and maintain a mobile home park or travel trailer park under the provisions of this article and regulations issued hereunder.
Any person licensed to operate and maintain a mobile home or trailer park under the provisions of this article.
A unified development of manufactured home sites on lots platted for such purpose, which lots may be sold to the owners of mobile homes situated thereon, meeting the area and yard requirements of the general zoning ordinance and designed to accommodate manufactured homes on a permanent basis.
A HUD-code manufactured home or a mobile home and collectively means and refers to both.
A unified development of local home spaces arranged on a large tract or site under single ownership, meeting all requirements of this article, and designed to accommodate mobile homes for a more or less permanent duration.
A structure that was constructed before June 15, 1976, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems.
A vehicular-type unit primarily designed as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use, which uses its own motive power.
A written permit or certification issued by the building official permitting the construction, alteration and extension of a mobile home or travel trailer park under the provisions of this article and regulations issued hereunder.
Any natural individual, firm, trust, partnership, association or corporation.
A structure designed to be mounted on a pickup or truck chassis with sufficient equipment to render it suitable for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses.
A structure housing toilet, lavatory and such other facilities as may be required by this article.
The connection consisting of all pipes, fittings and appurtenances from the drain outlet of a mobile home or travel trailer to the inlet of the corresponding riser pipe of the sewer system serving the mobile home or travel trailer park.
That portion of a sewer lateral which extends vertically to the ground elevation, and terminates at a mobile home or travel trailer space.
A plot of ground within a mobile home or travel trailer park designed for the accommodation of one mobile home or travel trailer unit. This term shall also include the terms "lot," "stand," and "stall."
A vehicle without motive power, designed to be towed by a motor vehicle but not designed for human occupancy and which may include a utility trailer, boat trailer, horse trailer, or similar.
A vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as a temporary dwelling, and to be towed behind a motor vehicle.
Any premises on which one or more pickup coaches or travel trailers are parked or situated and used for the purpose of supplying to the public a parking space for one or more such coaches or trailers.
The connection consisting of all pipes, fittings, and appurtenances from the water riser pipe to the water inlet pipe of the distribution system within a mobile home or travel trailer.
That portion of the water supply system serving a mobile home or travel trailer park which extends vertically to the ground elevation and terminates at a designated point at a mobile home or travel trailer space.
The general zoning ordinance of the city.
(c)
Placement of mobile home in city limits prohibited.
The placement of any mobile home, as defined in this article, within the city limits, is prohibited.
(Ordinance 6691 adopted 2/5/2024)