As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
MOBILE HOME TRAILER
Any unit, whether licensed or not, used for living, sleeping
or business purposes, built on a chassis originally designed without
a permanent foundation, and shall include a dwelling, sleeping or
business unit of vehicular design used or intended or constructed
for use as a conveyance upon the public streets and highways, whether
licensed or not, and shall further include self-propelled and non-self-propelled
vehicles and other structures so designed, constructed and reconstructed
or added to by means of accessories in such a manner as to permit
the occupancy thereof as a dwelling, sleeping place or for business
purposes for one or more persons and having wheels, jacks, piers or
skirtings so arranged as to be integral with or portable by said mobile
home, and shall further include that type of dwelling known as a "trailer,"
"camper," "travel trailer" or "camp car," even though the same may
be placed on a foundation.
It shall be unlawful for any person or association of persons of any kind, including a partnership or corporation, to bring, have, possess, permit or suffer, within the City limits, a mobile home trailer for use in this City as either a dwelling, business office, studio or any other use, except for the sole purpose of sales or rentals for use outside the City limits and as set forth in §
296-3 hereof.
[Amended 7-2-1974 by Ord. No. 628; 3-18-1975 by Ord. No. 640]
It shall be lawful for a building contractor,
after having obtained a building permit from the Building Inspector
of this City, to use a mobile home trailer as an office during construction
under the building permit aforesaid. Such trailer shall be removed
within 10 days after completion of construction under the building
permit.
[Amended 3-20-1991 by Ord. No. 1054; 5-21-2002 by Ord. No. 1411; at time of adoption
of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person, firm or corporation that shall violate
any terms or provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof,
be subject to a maximum fine of $2,000, imprisonment for not more
than 90 days, or community service for not more than 90 days, or any
combination thereof.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon
its final passage and publication as provided by law, but shall not
be enforceable until January 1, 1972.