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Automobile trailers shall not be used as a permanent place of abode or as a permanent dwelling or for indefinite periods of time; provided that, any trailer properly connected with an approved water system and with an approved sewer system, and constructed and located in compliance with all requirements of the plumbing, sanitary, health, zoning and electrical ordinances and regulations effective in the city and not inhabited by a greater number of occupants than that for which it was designed may be permitted for a temporary period of time as herein provided under permits properly secured hereunder and upon compliance with plumbing, electrical, sanitary, health and zoning ordinances and regulations effective in said city.
(1992 Code, § 320:15) Penalty, see § 152.99
(A) Every person seeking a permit, or renewal thereof, hereunder shall make an application therefor in writing at the office of the City Engineer upon a form provided. It shall state the name and address of the applicant, and a description of the property upon which such permit is desired.
(B) Each such application shall be filed with the City Engineer not less than ten days before said trailer is ready for occupancy and shall be accompanied by an inspection fee in the amount duly established by the Council from time to time.
(1992 Code, § 320:20)
Upon filing of such application accompanied by the inspection fee, it shall be the duty of the City Engineer, or his or her duly authorized representative, to investigate the premises and determine whether said trailer and land upon which it is proposed to be used, conform with the requirements of this chapter and of the rules and regulations of the City Engineer and laws of the state, and no permit or renewal thereof shall be issued unless it meets such requirements and no permit or renewal thereof shall be issued for a period of in excess of any year.
(1992 Code, § 320:25)
The City Engineer is hereby authorized to revoke any license or permit issued pursuant to the terms of this chapter if, after due investigation, he or she determines that the holder thereof has violated any of the provisions of this chapter or that any trailer is being maintained in an unsanitary or unsafe manner or is a nuisance.
(1992 Code, § 320:30)
Any person aggrieved by an order of the City Engineer granting, denying, renewing or revoking a permit for the use of a trailer under this chapter may file a written appeal within ten days after issuance of such order with the City Clerk-Treasurer. Upon receiving such written appeal, the City Clerk-Treasurer shall then cause the matter to be placed on the agenda of the City Council for review and disposition.
(1992 Code, § 320:35)
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to any trailer coach park in the limits of the city, which is regulated by the State Board of Health pursuant to Ch. 428, Laws of Minnesota, 1951 (Minn. Stat. §§ 327.14 et seq., as they may be amended from time to time).
(1992 Code, § 320:40)