CHAPTER 5.20
TRAILER PARKS AND CAMPS - TRAILERS

Section

5.20.010    Definitions

5.20.020    Licensing

5.20.030    Licensed trailer camp

5.20.040    [Reserved]

5.20.050    [Reserved]

5.20.060    [Reserved]

5.20.070    [Reserved]

5.20.080    Use permit

5.20.090    Application for use permit

5.20.100    Hearing on use permit application

5.20.110    Conformance required

Statutory reference:

Mobile Home Parks Act, see Cal. Health and Safety Code §§ 18200 et seq.

5.20.010 DEFINITIONS.

For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

MOBILE UNIT or TRAILER. A vehicle with or without its own motor power, designed for human habitation, recreation, or any other use, whether propelled by its own motor power or drawn by other power.

1.    MOBILE UNITS or MOTOR RECREATION VEHICLES. Are described in the above listed Cal. Vehicle Code and Cal. Health and Safety Code sections. They are motor-driven vehicles, which include, but are not limited to, motor homes, motor coaches, and recreational vehicles, driven by their own motor power.

2.    TRAILER. Any vehicle as described in Cal. Vehicle Code §§ 242, 387, 630, 635, 636 et al. and/or depicted by definition in Cal. Health and Safety Code § 18010. This includes, but is not limited to, the following vehicles: recreational trailer; pull trailer; fifth-wheel trailer; camp trailer; mobile home trailer; utility trailer; construction trailer; boat trailer; trailer coach; trailer bus; or any vehicle other than a motor vehicle designed for carrying persons or property on its own structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon any other vehicle.

(Ord. 383, § 1, passed -- 1970; Am. Ord. 808, § 1A, passed -- 1998)

5.20.020 LICENSING.

LICENSING, as used in this chapter, is the granting of a permit or license by the State of California for a trailer park or camp.

(Ord. 383, § 2, passed -- 1970)

5.20.030 LICENSED TRAILER CAMP.

A licensed trailer camp shall contain a minimum of five (5) trailer sites with each site to be a minimum size required by the laws of the State of California and the County of Mendocino.

(Ord. 383, § 3, passed -- 1970)

5.20.040 [RESERVED].

5.20.050 [RESERVED].

5.20.060 [RESERVED].

5.20.070 [RESERVED].

5.20.080 USE PERMIT.

No persons shall establish, construct, operate or maintain a licensed trailer camp within the City without first having obtained a use permit from the Planning Commission authorizing and allowing such use. Other planning permits may be required; consult with the Community Development Department for more details.

(Ord. 875, § 37, passed 8-25-2008)

5.20.090 APPLICATION FOR USE PERMIT.

Any person wishing to obtain a use permit for the purpose of establishing, constructing, operating, or maintaining a licensed trailer park within the City shall apply to the community development department, in writing, setting forth the location, size, legal description of the real property and general construction plans of the proposed trailer camp.

(Ord. 383, § 9, passed -- 1970; Am. Ord. 808, § 1E, passed -- 1998)

5.20.100 HEARING ON USE PERMIT APPLICATION.

Upon receipt of an application for a use permit for a trailer camp, the Community Development Department will set a public hearing on the application. The public hearing shall be advertised in a manner deemed to be sufficient to give notice to interested parties.

(Ord. 383, § 10, passed -- 1970; Am. Ord. 808, § 1F, passed -- 1998)

5.20.110 CONFORMANCE REQUIRED.

A licensed trailer camp within the City must conform to all state and county requirements for the licensing of the camp, except as the same are altered or amended by this chapter.

(Ord. 383, § 11, passed -- 1970)