Chapter 17.60
MOBILE HOMES AND MOBILE HOME PARKS*
Sections:
17.60.010 Regulations generally.
17.60.020 Emergency stopping permitted – Time limit.
17.60.030 Parking outside mobile home park permitted when.
17.60.040 Health permit required.
17.60.050 Health permit – Application – Determination – Appeal – Hearing.
17.60.060 State provisions adopted by reference – Copies on file where.
17.60.070 Violation – Penalty.
*For statutory provisions regulating mobile homes, see RCW 43.22.340 – 43.22.410; for statutory provisions regarding the adoption of codes, see RCW 35.21.180.
17.60.010 Regulations generally.
It is unlawful for any person to park or occupy any mobile home on any street, alley, highway, other public place, or upon any tract, lot or parcel of land within the city except as provided in this chapter. (Ord. A-487 § 1, 1958).
17.60.020 Emergency stopping permitted – Time limit.
Emergency or temporary stopping or parking is permitted on any street, alley, or highway for not longer than one hour, subject to any other or further prohibitions, regulations or ordinances for that particular street, alley or highway. (Ord. A-487 § 2, 1958).
17.60.030 Parking outside mobile home park permitted when.
No persons shall park or occupy any mobile home on any lot, tract or parcel of land within the city which is not a part of the premises of an approved mobile home park, except:
A. That the parking of only one unoccupied mobile home in an accessory private garage building or in a rear yard of any occupied premises is permitted; provided, that no living quarters shall be maintained or any business practiced in said mobile home while the said home is so parked or stored;
B. That the parking of any unoccupied mobile home in any lot devoted to the purpose of selling, renting or otherwise disposing of mobile homes is permitted; provided, that said mobile home is located not less than 10 feet from another mobile home, building or structure;
C. That a mobile home may be parked and occupied outside of the premises of an approved mobile home park for a period not to exceed 48 hours continuous time; provided, that the person so desiring to so park and occupy the same shall first apply for and obtain from the health officer of the city a permit so to do, which application shall give the location at which such mobile home is to be located, the state vehicle license number, if any, thereof, and a general description of the mobile home for which permission to locate is sought; provided, further, that such occupancy shall at all times comply with all requirements of plumbing, sanitary, health, electrical, and other applicable ordinances now or hereafter enacted by the city. (Ord. A-487 § 3, 1958).
17.60.040 Health permit required.
It is 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, a trailer court, or mobile home park, or any combination thereof within the city unless such person shall have first obtained a permit from the health officer of the city as provided in TMC 17.60.050. (Ord. A-487 § 4, 1958).
17.60.050 Health permit – Application – Determination – Appeal – Hearing.
Any person desiring to establish, operate or maintain, or permit to be established, operated or maintained, upon any property owned or controlled by him, a trailer court or mobile home park, shall make application to the health officer of the city. Upon the filing of the application, it shall be the duty of the health officer, or any of his duly authorized representatives, to investigate the premises and determine whether the said proposed mobile home park, or the site selected therefor, conforms with the requirements of this chapter and any other applicable ordinance, the rules and regulations of the health department, and the laws of the state; and no permit shall be issued unless such mobile home park, or the site selected therefor, complies with such requirements. The health officer shall reject any application that does not comply with all ordinances of the city and the laws of the state; provided, however, that any person aggrieved by the decision of the health officer, may, within 10 days after said decision has been communicated to him in writing, apply to the city council for a hearing concerning the matters in question. Upon such application being made, the city council shall set a time for hearing not later than 10 days after the date that such application is received by the city council, and at such hearing a full and complete review shall be made of the application and the findings of the health officer, and the city council shall confirm, modify, or disapprove the action of the health officer. (Ord. A-487 § 5, 1958).
17.60.060 State provisions adopted by reference – Copies on file where.
The “Rules and Regulations of the State Board of Health – Sanitation – Mobile Homes, and Mobile Home Parks” the same being Part 17 of Book V of the Rules and Regulations of the State Board of Health, revised and adopted December 19, 1955, three copies of which are on file in the office of the city clerk-treasurer, be and the same are adopted and made a part of this chapter as through set forth herein, and the several sections and provisions as numbered and classified therein, shall constitute the same numbers, titles and classifications in this chapter. (Ord. A-487 § 6, 1958).
17.60.070 Violation – Penalty.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable as set forth in Chapter 1.24 TMC. (Ord. A-487 § 7, 1958).