Chapter 12.12
TRAILER COACHES, HOUSE CARS, CAMPERS AND MOBILE HOMES

Sections:

12.12.010    Definitions.

12.12.020    Placement and use within City.

12.12.030    Parking restriction.

12.12.040    Penalty for violation.

12.12.010 Definitions.

The terms “trailer coach,” “house car,” and “camper” as used in this chapter shall have the meanings set forth in Sections 635, 362, and 243 respectively of the Vehicle Code of the State. [Ord. 729 § 1, 1969.]

12.12.020 Placement and use within City.

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to use as a place of human habitation, or to maintain for such use, any trailer coach, house car or vehicle equipped with a camper within the City unless such trailer coach, house car or vehicle equipped with a camper shall be maintained within an authorized trailer camp or located on an approved mobile home site in an approved mobile home park or when maintained for the purpose of temporary storage in compliance with the provisions of SMC Title 10. When any such trailer coach, house car or vehicle equipped with a camper is maintained for the purpose of storage only, in compliance with the requirements of SMC Title 10, none of the sanitary and cooking facilities thereof shall be used or connected to any utility system. [Ord. 729 § 2, 1969.]

12.12.030 Parking restriction.

No person shall park any such trailer coach, house car or vehicle equipped with a camper more than eight consecutive hours on any roadway or street or portion thereof within the City except while loading or unloading property and then only for such time in addition to such eight-hour period as is necessary to complete such work. [Ord. 729 § 3, 1969.]

12.12.040 Penalty for violation.

Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of an infraction and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $250.00. [Ord. 1021 § 1, 1985; Ord. 729 § 4, 1969.]