(a)   Except as provided herein, it shall be unlawful for any person to parking a trailer on any street, alley, highway, or other public place, or any tract of land, whether owned by the person himself, herself, or by others, within the city limits.

(b)   No person shall park or occupy any trailer outside a duly authorized trailer camp or trailer lot, unless the trailer complies with all regulations that apply to a permanent dwelling in the same area. That no trailer shall be permitted to be parked within 40 feet of any dwelling house of any person, unless the owner thereof shall give his or her consent in writing to the city council to permit such parking.

(c)   Emergency or temporary stopping or parking shall be done only in accordance with the traffic regulation and other ordinances of the city and as the same may be permitted or authorized by the city police of the city.

(Code 1998, 3-601; Code 2005)

(a)   It shall be unlawful for any person to place a mobile home or trailer within the city limits without first obtaining the prior written consent and permission of a majority of the members of the governing body.

(b)   It shall be unlawful for any person to establish, operate, or maintain or permit to be established, operated, or maintained upon any property owned or controlled by him or her, a trailer camp or trailer lot, within the city limits without having first secured a license to do so, granted and existing in accordance with the provisions of this article.

(c)   License to establish, operate, or maintain a trailer camp or trailer lot shall terminate with the calendar year which it is issued, but it may be renewed.

(d)   Applications for license or for its renewal, shall be filed with the city clerk and a fee shall be paid amounting to $1 for each six months’ period or fraction hereof, for each unit in the trailer camp or lot; before any license shall be issued, a bond of $1,000 for each trailer camp or lot shall be posted with the city clerk to guarantee compliance with the provisions of this article.

(e)   The application for a license to maintain a trailer camp or trailer lot, shall be filed in duplicate, stating the name of the owner of the land on which the trailer camp or trailer lot is to be conducted, and if owned other than by applicant, it shall be accompanied by a verified statement by the owner that the applicant is authorized to construct and maintain a trailer camp or trailer lot thereon, and to make the application. The application shall give a fully complete legal description of the land to be used. The application accompanied by two copies of the camp plan, showing the following either existing or as proposed:

(1)   The extend and area used for camp purposes;

(2)   Roadways and driveways;

(3)   Location of units;

(4)   Location of sanitary conveniences, including toilets, washrooms, laundries, and utility rooms to be used by occupants of units;

(5)   Method, plan, and location of sewage disposal apparatus;

(6)   Methods, plans of garbage disposal and description of garbage disposal equipment;

(7)   Plan for water supply;

(8)   Plan for electric lightning.

(f)   Upon the filing of such an application, the city clerk shall notify the city police, who shall make an inspection.

(Code 1998, 3-602; Code 2005)

(a)   No trailer camp or trailer lot shall be located within the city limits, unless city water and sewer connections and fire protection facilities are available; provided, that if sewer connections are not available, the governing body in its discretion may allow suitable and adequate septic tanks to be established.

(b)   No trailer camp or trailer lot shall be located within 100 feet of any dwelling house, unless the owner of such dwelling house shall give his or her permission in writing of the establishment of such trailer camp or trailer lot.

(Ord. 1998, 3-603; Code 2005)

Any license issued to the terms of this article, may be revoked by the governing body of the city, if after due investigation it is determined that any trailer or trailer camp is being maintained in an unsanitary or unsafe manner or constitute a public nuisance. No license shall be revoked until, except by action of the governing body, after a public hearing has been held and after notice of such hearing has been delivered to the license at least 10 days before the hearing.

That appeal from the order of any person charged with the enforcement of this article, shall be made by the person aggrieved in writing to the governing body within 30 days after issuance of the order. That the governing body shall thereupon hold a public hearing at its next regular meeting, at the conclusion of which it shall approve or disapprove the order.

(Ord. 1998, 3-604; Code 2005)