(a) The purpose of this article is to limit the use of camper vehicles and other nonpermanent structures for permanent human habitation and to regulate auto campground areas because it is the determination of the city that the use of camper vehicles in the city for permanent human habitation is deleterious to the health, safety and welfare not only of the persons residing therein but, additionally, of the public at large. Portable heating devices, nonstandard electrical connections, a lack of approved sanitary facilities including, but not limited to, bathrooms with toilets, sinks or showers or bathtubs and standard kitchen facilities, among other facilities associated with safe places of permanent human habitation, all lend themselves to unhealthful, unsanitary and hazardous living conditions, if utilized for extended periods of time, occasioned in part because camper vehicles and other nonpermanent structures are not intended for use as places of permanent human habitation and do not adequately provide for the needs associated with human habitation. The purpose of this article is to also promulgate rules that allow for the safe and sanitary use of auto campground facilities that balance the health, safety and welfare interests of the public with the public recreation.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this article shall make allowance for safe, comfortable and sanitary use of camper vehicles and other nonpermanent structures for short term, temporary use for human habitation purposes so as to facilitate enjoyment of camping,
hunting, fishing, silviculture, and other out-of-door pursuits.
(Ord. 03-14. Passed 3-6-14.)