(A) Except as otherwise provided, it shall be unlawful, within the limits of the city, to park any mobile home or travel trailer on any street, alley, or highway, or other public place, or on any tract of land owned by any person occupied or unoccupied, within the city, except for persons now having located on his or her premises, pursuant to a valid permit previously granted and except as provided in this chapter.
(B) No owner or occupant of a mobile home located or placed outside a licensed park in the city shall locate or install the same on any premises in the city without first having obtained a building permit therefor from the Building Official. The Building Official shall not issue a building permit to any applicant for the permit unless the applicant shall locate the mobile home on a permanent foundation on a lot or parcel of real property, meeting all the area requirements of a building lot for a single-family dwelling in the residential zone of the city, and shall locate the same on a lot fronting on a dedicated street and on the lot so as to meet all the requirements of the front, side, and rear yard areas in a residential zone as provided by the zoning ordinance; and further provided that no permit shall be issued to any applicant who shall not first have secured the written consent of 75% of the owners of real property located within 150 feet of any part of the premises upon which the mobile home shall be located. All mobile homes located in the city and outside a licensed park or campground shall be directly connected to the public water supply and to the public sanitary sewer outlet, or to a septic system in the event the same shall be more than 200 feet from any such sewer outlet. The value of any mobile home, as installed, for which a permit is granted under this division (B) shall not be less than $1,000 or less than the average full fair market value of the dwelling houses located within a 150-foot radius of any part of the lot or parcel on which any trailer shall be located, the values to be determined from the current tax record.
(C) Emergency or temporary stopping or parking is permitted on any street, alley, or highway for not longer than 1 hour subject to any other or further prohibitions, regulations, or limitations imposed by the traffic and parking regulations for that street, alley, or highway.
(D) No person shall park or occupy any mobile home or travel 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 of which is situated outside an approved mobile home park or travel trailer campground; except the parking of only one unoccupied travel trailer in an accessory private garage building or in the rear yard in any district is permitted providing no living quarters shall be maintained or any business practiced in the travel trailer while so parked or stored. Temporary parking of an occupied or unoccupied travel trailer for a period not to exceed 7 consecutive days is permitted on private property.
(E) It shall be lawful to locate 1 occupied mobile home on a mobile home sale lot, provided the mobile home shall be served by an approved public water supply and an approved sanitary system. Normal utility and inspection fees shall apply. Permission for the location of such a mobile home may be granted by the Building Official upon application of the owner of the property on which the sales lot is operated.
(1975 Code, § 14-19) (Ord. 580, passed 9-18-1972; Am. Ord. 933, passed 1-3-1989) Penalty, see § 10.99