A. Definitions.
"Mobile living unit" means camp car, commercial coach, mobile home, recreational vehicle, or travel trailer, as each of these terms are defined in Chapter 1, Sections 18000 through 18013 (Part 2, Mobile Homes) and in Chapter 1, Sections 18200 through 18220 (Part 2.1, Mobile Home Parks Act), Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code of the state of California, and a camp trailer, house car, or trailer coach, as each of these is defined in Division 1 (Section 100 through 675) of the Vehicle Code of the state of California, or any other vehicle or structure designed or altered in such a manner as will permit occupancy or use thereof for living or sleeping purposes, and so designed or equipped with wheels, or capable of being mounted on wheels, and used as a conveyance on public streets or highways, propelled or drawn by its own or other motive power, excepting a vehicle or device exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
"Person" means and includes any natural person, partnership, firm, company, corporation, trust, or unincorporated association.
B. Use or Occupancy of Mobile Living Units for Living or Sleeping Purposes Prohibited. Except as provided in subsection (C) of this section, it is unlawful for any person to occupy, for living or sleeping purposes, any mobile living unit within the city upon any street, alley, road, highway, public parking lot or upon any other parcel of publicly or privately owned real property.
C. Permitted Use and Occupancy of Mobile Sleeping Units. Section 17.32.100(B) shall not apply to or prohibit the occupancy of mobile living units for living or sleeping purposes at the following times or places:
1. While the mobile living unit is in motion upon a street, road, highway or alley;
2. While the mobile living unit is parked in a lawfully established and licensed mobile home park, recreational trailer park or labor camp subject to Chapter 4, Par 9, Division 2 of the Labor Code of the state of California or in other public or private facilities that are designed, equipped and licensed by the city to accommodate mobile living units and that provide for temporary or permanent sewer and waste water connections to the mobile living unit and that provide temporary or permanent utility connections to such mobile living unit;
3. While the mobile living units parked on private property, and not on a public street, parking lot or right-of-way, at the expressed invitation of the person owning or having the right to possess the private property and;
a. The mobile living unit is not connected to any utility or sewer or waste water facilities on other than in a temporary electrical connection installed and connected to the mobile living unit in compliance with all applicable laws and ordinances of the city,
b. The owner or persons having the right of possession of the private property upon which the mobile living unit is parked receives no direct or indirect payment, gratuity or remuneration of any kind from the owner of or occupant of the mobile living unit for allowing the same to be parked upon said private property,
c. The mobile living unit is not parked on private property for more than seven days in any twelve (12) month period,
d. The occupants of the mobile living unit do not discharge any litter, sewage or waste water, effluent, garbage or other matter out of or from the mobile living unit while so parked except into public or private facilities intended for the disposal of such material;
4. While the mobile living unit is lawfully parked upon a public street, right-of-way or parking lot, and;
a. The mobile living unit is parked for a period not to exceed fourteen (14) hours during the period from six p.m. one day to eight a.m. the next day for two consecutive nights,
b. The mobile living unit is not parked upon a public street or right-of-way or parking lot in a residential zone of the city,
c. Said mobile living unit conforms to all applicable sections of the Vehicle Code of the state of California,
d. The mobile living unit is completely self-contained so far as utilities are concerned including disposal of waste water and sewage,
e. The occupants of the mobile living unit do not discharge any litter, sewage or waste water, effluent, garbage or other matter out of or from the mobile living unit while so parked except into public or private facilities intended for the disposal of such material.
D. No Prohibition of Storage. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit the owner or occupants of the mobile living unit from parking the same upon property owned by him or of which he has the right of possession as long as the same is not used for living or sleeping purposes in violation of any other provisions of this chapter.
E. Punishment for Violation.
1. Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute an infraction pursuant to Section 19(c) of the California Penal Code.
2. Any violation thereof shall be punishable by: (a) a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) for a first violation; (b) a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the second violation of this chapter within one year; (c) a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for each additional violation of this chapter. Each day a violation of this chapter continues shall be regarded as a new and separate offense and punishable as such.
F. Declaration of Public Nuisance. Any occupancy or use of a mobile living unit and the mobile living unit itself, parked or occupied in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be and the same is declared unlawful and a public nuisance. The city may initiate any necessary proceedings for the abatement, removal and prohibition of use thereof in the manner provided by law and may take all steps available to it to accomplish such ends and may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for granting such relief that will remove and abate the mobile living unit or use and restrain and enjoin any person from moving, using or maintaining a mobile living unit upon a site or place or in a manner contrary to the provisions of this chapter. The remedies prescribed in this chapter are cumulative and nonexclusive.
G. Violation Procedure. Any person found to be in violation of the provisions of this chapter may be notified and cited in accordance with the provisions established by the planning department of the city and approved by the city council thereof. (Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017: Ord. 9605 § 28, 1996: prior code § 7486)