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§ 1-1 TITLE 6 — MOBILE HOME AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS § 1-6 Chapter 1 TRAILER HOMES Sec. 1-1: Definitions Sec. 1-2: Prohibited Within Fire Limits Sec. 1-3: Permit Required Sec. 1-4: Application for Permit Sec. 1-5: Zoning Administrator to Issue Permit; Time Limit Sec. 1-6: Permit Not Renewable Sec. 1-7: Toilet Facilities; Requirements Sec. 1-8: Creating Fire Hazard or Nuisance Prohibited Sec. 1-9: Revocation of Permits Sec. 1-10: Application for Revocation of Permits Sec. 1-11: Duties of Police Sec. 1-12: Recreational Vehicle Parks Excepted Sec. 1-1. Definitions. The words used herein shall have the following meaning ascribed: Trailer as used herein shall include: A. All motor or other vehicles designed or adapted for use as dwellings; B. All portable dwelling houses, whether the same be at any given time mounted on wheels or not; C. Any dwelling house, any single inside dimension of which is less than eight feet. Sec. 1-2. Prohibited Within Fire Limits. No person shall use any trailer as a dwelling house or for dwelling house purposes, while such trailer is parked at any place on any street or alley of the City or at any place within the fire limits of the City as the same may be defined from time to time. Sec. 1-3. Permit Required. No person shall use any trailer for dwelling purposes at any place within the City unless such person has a permit therefor issued as provided hereinafter. Sec. 1-4. Application for Permit. Any person desiring to live in a trailer within the City shall make application to the Zoning Administrator for a permit to do so, setting forth in said application the name of the applicant, the names of all persons who shall reside in such trailer, a general description of the trailer sufficient to permit identification of the same, the applicant's automobile license number, the location where the applicant proposes to live in said trailer, the name of the person owning, leasing or managing such ground who gave permission to applicant to park his trailer upon the proposed location, a description of the toilet and sanitary facilities which will be available to applicant, and such information as the Zoning Administrator may require. There shall be no fee for such permit. (Ord. 2000-23, 10/02/2000; 2021-09, 07/19/2021) Sec. 1-5. Zoning Administrator to Issue Permit; Time Limit. Upon such application, the Zoning Administrator or designee may, in the Administrator’s discretion, issue a permit allowing such applicant and the persons named in the application to reside in the trailer described in said application, for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days. Such permit shall be nontransferable. (Ord. 2000-23, 10/02/2000; 2021-09, 07/19/2021) Sec. 1-6. Permit Not Renewable. A. Such permits shall be nonrenewable, and no second permit may be issued during any one calendar year to the same person, and no second permit may be issued to any person during one calendar year for the use of the same trailer. The Council may grant on special application in writing a permit for an indefinite period if unusual hardship is shown by the issuance of an ordinary permit, but a permit for an indefinite period shall only be issued upon a showing that the trailer is used to house an aged, infirm or ill member of the immediate family of the owner of the parcel of land upon which said trailer is situated and upon which the ---PAGE BREAK--- § 1-6 TITLE 6 — MOBILE HOME AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS § 1-12 owner of said parcel of land himself resides; and such permit shall only remain in existence until the termination of the condition which required the application for a special permit due to hardship. B. It is further provided that in such event the owner of the ground upon which said trailer is situated shall not charge any rent for the space occupied by said trailer, and shall only be permitted to keep said trailer on said grounds during the time that said trailer is occupied by an aged, infirm or ill member of the immediate family of the owner of said land. C. It is further provided that the Council shall have full discretionary powers concerning requirements relative to location of trailer on premises and sanitation facilities. D. It is further provided, that they shall have the power of revocation of said indefinite permit if upon proper investigation it is determined that any of such requirements are not complied with, or if conditions are found to be other than represented in the application for said indefinite permit. (Ord. 2000-23, 10/02/2000) Sec. 1-7. Toilet Facilities; Requirements. No permit shall be issued unless the applicant will, at the proposed location of the trailer, be provided with toilet facilities connected with the City sewer system, if there is a sewer line within three hundred (300) feet of the proposed location of the trailer and sewer connection is practicable, and if there is no sewer line within three hundred (300) feet or such connection is impracticable on account of elevation or other reason then the applicant must, at the proposed location of the trailer, be provided with a sanitary privy conforming to the specifications set forth elsewhere. Sec. 1-8. Creating Fire Hazard or Nuisance Prohibited. Any license or permit granted hereunder may be revoked by reason of misrepresentation in the application whereby the use of a trailer at any given location may or is likely to increase substantially the fire risk or create a sanitary nuisance or other nuisance. Sec. 1-9. Revocation of Permits. Any permit granted hereunder may be revoked by reason of misrepresentation in the application, violation of the terms of the permit, the creation of a fire hazard or a sanitary nuisance or the violation of this Chapter or the violation of any law relating to sanitary matters, building construction, zoning, fire hazards, vagrancy and the preservation of peace and order. Sec. 1-10. Application for Revocation of Permits. Any person may file application in duplicate with the Zoning Administrator or designee asking for revocation of any trailer license. (Ord. 2000-23, 10/02/2000; 2021-09, 07/19/2021) Sec. 1-11. Duties of Police. When any person shall live in a trailer within the City in violation of the terms of this Chapter, the Chief of Police may cause said trailer to be taken into police custody and towed away and stored and ultimately sold in the same manner as provided for illegally parked cars. Sec. 1-12. Recreational Vehicle Parks Excepted. The terms of this Chapter shall be inapplicable to recreational vehicle parks conducted or operated within the City. (Ord. 976, 10/10/1956; 977, 02/20/1957)