(A) Unlawful act.
(1) It is unlawful for any person to park any mobile home on any street, alley or highway, or other public place, or any tract of land owned by the person, occupied or unoccupied, or to replace any such existing mobile home with a new or different mobile home, whether new or used, and park or use the replacement mobile home at or on any of the above noted places or premises, except as provided in this chapter.
(2) It is also unlawful for any person owning or occupying a mobile home after the effective date of this section, where the mobile home is located outside of a duly designated and lawfully licensed mobile home court or park, to continue to park or use the mobile home outside of such a mobile home park more than five years after the effective date of this section unless either:
(a) Provided for elsewhere by this chapter; or
(b) The mobile home is brought into conformity with all structural and related standards contained elsewhere in this chapter before the expiration of five years after the effective date of this section.
(3) Notwithstanding the above, the present owner or occupant may continue to own and/or occupy such a mobile home indefinitely at its current location, provided it is otherwise maintained in a habitable condition consistent with all other applicable laws.
(4) If the ownership and/or occupancy of the mobile home is changed anytime after the effective date of this section, the mobile home shall then be subject to all of the above noted provisions.
(B) Emergency stopping. Emergency or temporary stopping or parking is permitted on any street or alley or highway for not longer than three hours, subject to any other and further prohibitions, regulations or limitations imposed by the traffic and parking regulations or other city code provisions for that street, alley or highway.
(C) Temporary parking. It is unlawful for any person to park or occupy any trailer on the premises of any occupied dwelling or any lot which is not a part of the premises of any occupied dwelling either of which is situated outside of any approved mobile home park; except, the parking of only one trailer unoccupied or occupied in any accessory private garage building, or in a rear yard in any district, is
permitted providing no permanent living quarters shall be maintained or any business practiced in the trailer while the trailer is so parked or stored. Permanent living quarters shall be defined as occupancy exceeding ten days.
(D) Public property parking. It is unlawful for any person to park a trailer on any public property overnight except in those public areas, specifically designated for overnight stops, en-route stops, camper stops or transient occupancy. In no case shall parking be permitted in those areas for a period exceeding ten days or nights continuously or intermittently within any 30-day period.
(E) Special permits. Special permits may be issued by the Council for the use of a trailer as a dwelling or an office by persons directly connected with new construction in the city, providing that the person has obtained a building permit for the construction and is proceeding with the work. Special permits shall be limited to periods of not more than 90 days.
(2003 Code, § 11.10) (Ord. 14, passed 2-9-1990) Penalty, see § 10.99