For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions will apply:
"Camper"
means a structure designed to be mounted upon a motor vehicle and to provide facilities for human habitation or camping purposes. "Camper" shall include those campers defined as slide-in campers or truck campers under the California Health and Safety Code.
"House car"
means a motor vehicle originally designed or permanently or temporarily altered and equipped for human habitation, or to which a camper has been permanently or temporarily attached.
"Human habitation"
shall mean undertaking more than one of the following activities, when it reasonably appears, in light of all the circumstances, that a person is using a vehicle as a place of residence or accommodation:
1. 
Possessing inside or on a vehicle items that are not associated with ordinary vehicle use, such as a sleeping bag, bedroll, blanket, sheet, pillow, kitchen utensils, cookware, or cooking equipment, or obscuring some or all of the vehicle's windows;
2. 
Preparing or cooking meals inside or on a vehicle; or
3. 
Making preparations to sleep (including the laying down of bedding for the purpose of sleeping) or sleeping inside a vehicle.
"Recreational vehicle"
shall mean a motor home, travel trailer, trailer coach, truck camper, camping trailer or park trailer, as those vehicles are defined in Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 18010 and 18009.3 or other applicable sections of the California Health and Safety Code or California Vehicle Code.
"Vehicle"
shall mean any device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway including, but not limited to, a recreational vehicle or house car.
(Ord. 08-2025, 10/7/2025)
A. 
It is unlawful for any person or persons to use any vehicle, including but not limited to any recreational vehicle, house car, trailer, camp trailer, or to use a camper attached to a vehicle, for human habitation on any public street, right-of-way, alleyway, parking area or any other public property, except for in a designated public campground.
B. 
It is unlawful for any person or persons to use any vehicle, including but not limited to any recreational vehicle, trailer, camp trailer, or to use a camper attached to a vehicle, for human habitation on any private property, except for a designated and properly permitted campground, a recreational vehicle park permitted in accordance with the Recreational Vehicle Park Occupancy Law and all applicable local ordinances, or a mobile home park permitted under the Mobilehome Parks Act and all applicable local ordinances.
(Ord. 08-2025, 10/7/2025)
A. 
A violation of this chapter shall be deemed an infraction for a first violation; second and subsequent violations of the same section within a 12-month period may be prosecuted as an infraction or misdemeanor.
B. 
Any person convicted of an infraction for violating this chapter may be punished by:
1. 
A fine of not more than $100.00 for a first violation;
2. 
A fine of not more than $200.00 for a second violation of the same section within a 12-month period;
3. 
A fine of not more than $500.00 for a third (or subsequent) violation of the same section by the same person within a 12-month period.
C. 
Any person convicted of a misdemeanor for violating this chapter may be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in jail for a period of not more than six months or by both fine and imprisonment.
(Ord. 08-2025, 10/7/2025)