The use and occupancy of travel trailers, motor homes, mobile campers and recreational vehicles in the city should be regulated in order to promote the health, safety and welfare of the people of the city, and that the following holds true.
(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
OCCUPY. Sleeping overnight in or occupying a recreational vehicle, as defined herein, in any location or at any site longer than 12 hours.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. Herein-after identified as RVs, shall be defined as a powered or non-powered wheeled vehicle containing or accompanied by toilet facilities, and/or cooking facilities, and shall include travel trailers, motor homes and mobile campers, and “pop-up” campers.
(B) RVs may be used and occupied as office and equipment storage facilities at the construction site of any properly permitted construction of a commercial building.
(C) RVs may be used and occupied within a RV park.
(D) Self-contained toilets or sewage connections in or accompanying RVs shall not be connected or dumped in the city, except to a sewer connection or licensed dumping station adequate for the disposal of same. Such connections or direct connections to the city’s water system shall not be allowed for RVs that are being stored pursuant to division (F) below and connecting the city’s sewer or water system under the circumstance shall be an immediate violation of the City Code.
(E) Storage of RVs for personal use and not for compensation shall be permitted on a parcel that has an occupied dwelling unit provided that the RV is not occupied. Storage of an RV on a vacant parcel is not allowed.
(F) Except as provided herein, it shall be a misdemeanor of the second degree to occupy, live in, dwell in, or reside in any travel trailer in the city, and each day of such occupation shall be a separate offense.
(Ord. 559, passed 7-8-2008; Ord. 760, passed 4-13-2021; Ord. 778, passed 1-11-2022) Penalty, see §
150.99