351.14 PARKING OF TRAILERS, MOBILE HOMES, CAMPERS AND WATERCRAFT.

   No person shall park or keep a trailer, travel trailer, trailer coach, house trailer, mobile home, camper, watercraft or watercraft trailer (all of which are hereinafter referred to as “equipment”) not in transit, on a residential lot or in a residential district of the City except:

   (a)   In a duly licensed mobile home park;

   (b)   In a private enclosed garage;

   (c)   Upon the premises of the owner thereof, provided the following conditions are met:

      (1)   A trailer, including its tongue attachment, is not more than twenty-five (25) feet in length;

      (2)   The equipment shall not be inhabited or used for the conduct of a commercial enterprise;

      (3)   Not more than one piece of such equipment is lawfully parked upon the premises at any one time;

      (4)   The equipment is parked at least three feet behind the front house line (the front house line is the front wall of the main building) of the property, or when the Board of Zoning Appeals has granted a variance based upon its determination that such parking will not be of substantial detriment to adjacent property and will not materially impair the purposes of this section or the public interest;

      (5)   The equipment has no fixed connections to electric, water, gas, or sewer facilities;

      (6)   The equipment is kept in good repair and carries a current year’s license and/or registration; and

      (7)   The equipment is being loaded or unloaded, in which case it may be parked in the driveway for a period of not more than forty-eight hours.

   No person shall park or keep an inhabited mobile home in any other zoning district of the City except in a duly licensed mobile home park.

(Ord. 2001-7-81. Passed 7-11-01.)