(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definition applies unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
MOBILE DWELLING UNIT. Living quarters such as mobile homes, motor homes, travel trailers, campers, truck bodies, tents, bus bodies, railroad cars, shacks, and improvised shelters which may be moved by tractor, truck, automobile, or horses or can be carried, transported, or towed from one place to another without the use of regular house moving equipment; that use for such living quarters shall include the acts of sleeping, preparation of meals, or any sanitary measure such as bathing, dish washing, or laundering clothing, or any natural or performed operation which provides waste material objectionable from a nuisance standpoint.
(B) Mobile dwelling units will be permitted to be used only in mobile home courts, trailer or public camps approved by the State Board of Health, and except as otherwise stipulated in the provisions of this section.
(C) (1) One motor home or travel trailer or camper as distinguished from other mobile dwellings units defined herein may be temporarily parked on a residential lot and occupied by the house trailer’s owner and the owner’s family for the purpose of using the same as a temporary living quarters for a trailer camp approved by the State Board of Health. In all cases, such units must conform to the prescribed setback requirements for accessory buildings.
(2) Removal of the wheels of a trailer, except temporarily for repair, or the permanent blocking up of a trailer, whether situated in a camp or elsewhere, shall not be construed to automatically convert the trailer into a permanent place of abode.
(D) Travel trailers, motor homes, campers, or camper bodies may be stored on owner’s property off-street in an inconspicuous location during periods of non-use.
(E) Upon approval of the Town Council, a mobile unit may be located on owner’s property as a temporary living quarters for the use of an aged member or members of the owner’s family. Such unit to be removed within 30 days after such need ceases to exist. Said trailer can not be used as a rental property.
(Prior Code, § 3.1) (Ord. passed 12-27-1976) Penalty, see § 151.99