Generally. No person shall occupy a trailer for living or business purposes except as a temporary office incidental to construction on or development of the premises on which the trailer is located except within a trailer court as provided by this chapter. Trailer courts shall be located only in those districts as permitted in this title by special permit granted by the zoning board of review.

Location. No house trailer or other vehicle shall be occupied outside of a trailer court excepting for a period not to exceed five days in the rear half of a lot placed so as to conform with yard requirements for accessory buildings in the district in which it is located.

Permits and Fees. No trailer shall be located and no trailer court shall be established or operated until all permits and fees required by the ordinances of the city and all other requirements of the city have been complied with.

Minimum Housing Standards. No trailer failing to meet the requirements of the chapter providing minimum standards for housing shall be occupied in the city for more than five days.

Application for Trailer Court Special Use permit. Any applicant for a special use permit for a trailer court shall present detailed plans and specifications acceptable to the inspector of buildings and suitable for making determinations as required in this section as well as Section 17.04.070.

The plans and specifications of the proposed court shall show its area, boundaries, locations of driveways, interior streets, sites for trailers, automobile parking, locations and kinds of all sanitary conveniences, methods of sewage and garbage disposal and plans for water supply and lighting.

Inspection of Trailer Courts. Prior to the granting of an occupancy permit by the inspector of buildings, the director of health of the city shall inspect the trailer court and notify the inspector of buildings in writing if such premises complies with the regulations of the department of health concerning the operation of such premises. Upon receiving such notice, the inspector of buildings may issue an occupancy permit to the applicant; provided, such applicant has satisfied all other requirements as herein contained.

Trailer Court Supervision. The trailer court shall be under the direct supervision of the holder of the permit who shall be responsible for its proper management. He or she shall require all persons residing in the court to register in a book kept for that purpose, giving their name, age, place of permanent residence, marital status and license number of their motor vehicle and trailer. Such registration book shall be made available at all times to the police for inspection.

Trailer Court Utilities. Each trailer lot site shall be provided with suitable connections to a potable water supply system, sewage disposal system and an electrical distribution system.

Whenever possible, these facilities shall be connected to the appropriate municipal facilities subject to the approval of the director of public works.

Trailer Court Parking and Streets. Parking for residents and visitors shall be provided as required in Section 17.64.010, except that the required parking spaces shall be located within fifty (50) feet of the trailer lot site, notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter. Interior streets, parking spaces and walkways shall be provided with a paved and durable surface. The paved widths shall be at least twenty (20) feet for the interior streets and two feet for walkways.

Trailer Court Recreation. Suitable communal recreation areas shall be provided in the court.

Trailer Court Screening. Where any trailer court adjoins or abuts a lot or premises used for residential district, there shall be provided a wall or fence of solid appearance or tight evergreen hedge having a height of not less than five feet maintained in a neat and attractive manner between the trailer court and said residential, educational, recreational or religious premises or residential district.

Trailer Court Area Requirements.