(A) Temporary housing units. Upon the adoption of a temporary housing need declaration by the Town Council finding that an emergency exists due to the damage or destruction of the town from a hurricane or other disaster related event that has displaced a substantial number of residents from their homes and has created an emergency need for temporary housing units to provide them with safe, sanitary and adequate housing for their continued shelter until their homes can be repaired, rebuilt or replaced, temporary housing units shall be and become designated as a permitted use allowable in each of the designated zoning districts of the town for such purpose.
(B) Duration for use of a temporary housing unit. Unless otherwise extended or shortened by further action of the Town Council, the authorization and allowance for a temporary housing unit to constitute a permitted use within all designated zoning districts within the town shall cease and determine and such use shall not be permitted or allowed to continue in any of the town’s designated zoning districts any longer than 18 months from the date of authorization therefor by the Town Council. There shall be no vested rights or grandfathered rights accorded to a temporary housing unit that would allow its continued use, occupancy and location within the town after the aforesaid expiration date. As a supplementary provision, but not as an exception to the foregoing exclusionary mandate, a temporary housing unit on which the work to remodel rebuild or renovate it has, been successfully completed so that at the expiration date the unit meets all requirements of all of this chapter, which are then currently applicable for its use, occupancy and location as a permanent mobile home, including the use requirements for the zoning district in which located, the unit may remain.
(Ord. 1-90, passed 1-31-1991; Ord. 1-99, passed 5-27-1999; Ord. 2-08, passed 9-25-2008; Ord. 1-2010, passed 5-27-2010; Ord. 1-2014, passed 9-25-2014)