(a) It shall be unlawful, within the limits of the City, for any person to park any trailer on any street, alley, highway 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) Emergency or temporary stopping or parking is permitted on any street, alley or highway for not longer than one hour, subject to any other and further prohibitions, regulations or limitations imposed by the traffic and parking regulations or ordinances for that street, alley or highway.
(c) No person shall park or occupy any trailer on the premises of any occupied dwelling or on any lot which is not a part of the premises of any occupied dwelling, either or which is situated outside an approved trailer camp. However, the parking of only one unoccupied trailer in an accessory private garage building or in a rear yard in any district shall be permitted so only as no living quarters shall be maintained or any business practiced in such trailer.
(d) Any person may apply for a variance of subsection (c) of this section by making application in writing to the Zoning Enforcement Officer, which application shall include the name and address of the owner in fee of the real estate (if the fee is vested in some person other than the applicant, a duly verified statement by that person that the applicant is authorized by him to park and maintain an automobile trailer, trailer coach or trailer on such premises and make the application), and such a legal description of the premises upon which the automobile trailer, trailer coach or trailer is or will be located as will readily identify and definitely locate the premises.
(e) Upon receipt of an application as set forth herein, the Recording Secretary of the Board of Zoning Appeals shall thereupon give public notice, by publication, of the public hearing to be held by the Board upon such application. Such a public hearing shall be held at either the first or the second regular Board of Zoning Appeals Meeting after the first publication thereof. The hearing shall be open to the public and the question before the Board shall be whether or not the location proposed may be used for the purpose as proposed in the application. Such notice shall be given in one or more newspapers of general circulation of the City at least ten (10) days before the date of said hearing. The notice shall set forth the time and the place of the public hearing and the nature of the proposed variance. Failure of a newspaper to accurately or timely publish a properly submitted notice does not invalidate the granting or denial of a variance.
(f) Immediately after such public hearing or any adjournment thereof, the question of whether or not such premises may be used for such purposes as set forth in the application shall be presented to and voted upon by the Board of Zoning Appeals and a majority vote of all members appointed to the Board shall be final. If the location so proposed shall fail to receive approval by the Board, then such proposed use as set forth in the application shall not be established at such location. The result of the vote of the Board shall be certified by the Recording Secretary for further action.
(g) If, after approval has been given of an application, the use of such premises for the purpose set forth in the application should thereafter be abandoned, such premises shall thereupon become restricted as set forth in subsection (c) of this section.
(Ord. 2008-29. Passed 10-13-08.)