For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PERMIT. A written permit issued by the Municipal Clerk permitting the trailer court to operate under this Municipal Code and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
SEMI-TRAILER. Truck trailer supported at the rear by its own wheels and at the front by a fifth wheel mounted to a tractor or a dolly.
STREET. Any public street, avenue, road, alley, or highway located in the municipality and established for the use of vehicles, the boundaries of which are hereby determined to be the outer boundaries of said street, avenue, road, or alley, as platted and dedicated as shown by the official records of the municipality and the county as shown on the official records in the office of the County Clerk as official streets, avenues, roads, or alleys within the corporate limits.
TRAILER CAMP. Any park, trailer park, trailer court, court, camp, site, lot, parcel, or tract of land designed, maintained, or intended for the purpose of supplying a location or accommodations for any trailer coach or trailer coaches and upon which any trailer coach or trailer coaches are parked and shall include all buildings used or intended for use as part of the equipment thereof whether a charge is
made for the use of the trailer camp and its facilities or not. TRAILER CAMP shall not include automobile or trailer sales lots on which unoccupied trailers are parked for purposes of inspection and sale.
TRAILER COACH or TRAILER. Any vehicle or structure so designed and constructed in such manner as will permit occupancy thereof as sleeping quarters for one or more persons, or the conduct of any business or profession, occupation, or trade (or use as a selling or advertising device), and so designed that it is or may be mounted on wheels and used as a conveyance on highways or municipal streets, propelled or drawn by its own or other motive power, excepting a device used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
TRAILER SPACE. A plot of ground within a trailer court, designated for the accommodation of one trailer coach.
TRAVEL TRAILER, CAMPER, and CONVERTED BUS. Any portable structure or vehicle supported upon its own axle or axles used or so constructed as to permit its being used as a conveyance upon the public streets or highways and duly licensable as such and constructed in such a manner as will permit occupancy thereof as a dwelling or sleeping place for one or more persons for a limited or temporary time or basically designed for travel or camping purposes, propelled or drawn by its own or other motive power.
(1991 Code, § 10-301) (Ord. O2018-3, passed 4-26-2018)