Inasmuch as a growing proportion of the inhabitants are living in mobile homes, it is desirable and necessary to regulate the use of the mobile homes within the city, in order to promote the safety, welfare, convenience, public health, and morale and to preserve the landscape of the City.
(Ord. 349, passed 3-2-1970)
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
MOBILE HOMES.
(1) A trailer or structure that is:
(a) Designed to be transported or used upon the highways;
(b) Capable of being used for human habitation or for business, commercial, or office purposes; and
(c) 1. Over 32 feet in overall length from the foremost point of the trailer hitch to the rear extremity of the trailer body, eight feet or less in width, and six feet or more in height from floor to ceiling; or
2. Over eight feet wide, six feet or more in height from floor to ceiling, and of any length. Where a MOBILE HOME telescopes for travel, a size specified herein shall apply to the home as fully extended.
(2) A detached residential dwelling unit designed, after fabrication, for transportation on streets on its own wheels or on a flatbed or other trailer; and arriving at a lot or site where it is to be occupied
as a dwelling complete and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, located on jacks or other temporary or permanent foundations, connecting to utilities, and the like. A travel trailer is not to be considered as a MOBILE HOME.
MOBILE HOME PARK. Any lot or parcel of land upon which one or more mobile homes or trailers, used for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located, regardless of whether or not a charge is made for such accommodations.
PERSON. Any natural person, corporation, or business entity, including family members or business associates.
TRAILER. A vehicle or structure equipped with wheels for highway use that is intended for human occupancy.
TRAILER PARK. Any privately owned place where two or more trailers used for human occupancy are parked within 50 feet of one another on a lot, tract, or parcel of land under the same ownership.
(Ord. 349, passed 3-2-1970; Ord. 526, passed 12-14-1992)
(A) No mobile home, when used for human habitation, shall be located, parked, or moved to any location within the City for a period longer than 48 hours outside a trailer park, without first obtaining a certificate of sanitation from the Building Inspector. The Building Inspector shall issue the same after ascertaining that the sanitary facilities meet with the standards provided in division (B) below.
(B) No certificate of sanitation shall be issued unless and until the Building Inspector determines that the sanitation facilities provided by ORS 183.310 to 183.510 and 446.062 and the rules and regulations adopted by the state’s Board of Health, pursuant thereto, are complied with; and a copy of such rules and regulations shall be on file in the office of the City Recorder. Such sanitary certificate shall be a prerequisite to issuance of a City mobile home permit.
(C) (1) No occupant of a mobile home shall allow water or waste material to leak out upon the ground from his or her mobile home or any connection between his or her mobile home and sewage facilities.
(2) Every mobile home located outside a trailer park shall be provided with a separate sewer connection, not serving any other existing building or mobile home.
(Ord. 349, passed 3-2-1970) Penalty, see § 151.99
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