(A) No person within the limits of the City shall park any trailer on any street or other public place, or on any tract of land owned by any person, occupied or unoccupied, within the City, except as provided in this chapter.
(B) No emergency or temporary stopping or parking is permitted on any street for longer than one hour, subject to any other prohibitions, regulations or limitations imposed by Part Four - the Traffic Code or other ordinances for that street. The temporary parking of a construction office trailer may be allowed by the Building Commissioner upon the issuance of a special limited trailer occupancy permit during the period of construction activity only.
(C) Except for those persons holding a valid permit as provided for in subsection (B) hereof, no person shall occupy any trailer on the premises of an occupied dwelling or on any lot which is not a part of the premises of any occupied dwelling, either of which is situated outside an approved trailer camp.
(D) Any provision to the contrary notwithstanding, a person occupying a trailer on the effective date of Ordinance 22-68, passed February 5, 1968, may, within thirty days from such date, make application for a limited trailer occupancy permit to the Building Commissioner on forms provided by such official. Such application shall contain complete information which, among other things, establishes that the applicant, at the time of the effective date of such ordinance, was the occupant of a trailer located upon a lot or parcel upon which a dwelling is located; that such applicant is either the owner of the legal title of the real estate involved therein, a member of the owner's family or a guest of the owner; and that no charge is made or will be made for the use of such trailer. If the applicant is not also the legal owner of the real estate involved therein, written consent of the owner must be attached to the application.
(E) The application must be accompanied by a permit fee in the amount specified in Section 868.01.
(F) Upon being satisfied that the provisions of all City ordinances and State statutes relative to the use of such trailers have been complied with and that the statements contained in the application are true, the Building Commissioner shall issue a limited trailer occupancy permit which shall be valid for a period of one calendar year. Such permits upon the proper application made in like form, may be renewed by the same holder in subsequent years upon payment of the same amount of fee required. However, such permit shall not be transferable and upon termination of the use of such trailer by the applicant personally, the permit shall thereupon expire.
(G) The Building Commissioner is further authorized to revoke any such permit upon a finding that the conditions under which the same was originally issued no longer exist or that the statements contained in the application were false. Such revocation of a limited trailer occupancy permit shall be made only after five days notice to the permittee and after a hearing thereon. The notice may be delivered personally or by sending the same by registered mail to his usual place of residence.
(H) Upon the expiration or revocation of a limited trailer occupancy permit, it shall be the duty of the owner of the legal title to the land upon which such trailer is located, or of the person having legal possession thereof, to cause such trailer to be removed from the premises within fifteen days thereafter in the event of such revocation or within forty-five days from such expiration.
(I) A limited trailer occupancy permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not confer any vested right on the permittee but shall be subject to any amendment of this section hereafter enacted.
(J) The parking of only one trailer in a rear yard or garage in any district is permitted. However, if it is not physically possible to park such trailer in a rear yard or garage, such trailer may be parked in a carport, side yard or driveway, provided, however, that if such trailer is parked in a driveway, no portion of such trailer shall be closer than two feet to the edge of the public sidewalk, or of the public street, and provided further, if such trailer is parked in a side or rear yard, no portion of such trailer shall be closer than three feet to the side lot line. No living quarters shall be maintained in any such trailer, but occupancy by children or guests of the owner thereof for a period not exceeding seven days shall not be construed as the maintenance of living quarters, provided that toilet facilities shall not be used in such trailer while so occupied or parked. No such trailer shall exceed thirty feet in length or eight feet in width.
(K) Any person conducting a business upon real estate located within an Industrial District, but outside the fire limits as described in Chapter 1422, may obtain a permit for the use of a trailer or mobile home in connection therewith, upon the following conditions:
(1) The trailer or mobile home shall not exceed twelve feet in width nor sixty feet in length.
(2) No housekeeping or living quarters shall be maintained therein.
(3) No sanitary or plumbing facilities shall be utilized therein, nor shall any sanitary or liquid waste be generated therein.
(4) No members of the general public shall be permitted therein.
(5) A site plan shall be filed with the use application and shall set forth the proposed location of the trailer or mobile home, all existing building locations, property lines and such other information as the Building Commissioner may require.
(6) The proposed use and location shall not violate any law, ordinance or rule applicable thereto.
(7) The applicant shall pay an annual permit fee in the amount specified in Section 868.01, which shall cover the period from January 1 to December 31, or any part thereof.
(L) This section shall not apply to multi-sectional manufactured homes as defined in Section 856.01.
(Ord. 91-87. Passed 7-27-87; Ord. 261-17. Passed 10-23-17.)