The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Dependent trailer means a travel trailer which does not have a flush toilet, a lavatory, and a bath or shower.

Private road or roadway means any street within a mobile home park or travel trailer campground not publicly maintained and utilized for access by the occupants of the park or campground, their guests, and the public.

Sanitary station means a facility provided for the removing and disposing of wastes from trailer holding tanks.

Service building means a structure housing toilet, lavatory, bathing, and such other facilities as may be required by this article for the purpose of supplementing the facilities contained in dependent trailers.

Trailer parking area means that portion of an individual trailer space which is intended for occupancy by the travel trailer proper and its accessory structures.

Trailer space means a plot of land within a travel trailer campground for the placement of a single travel trailer and the exclusive use of its occupants.

Travel trailer means any vehicle or structure designed to be transported and intended for human occupancy as a dwelling for short periods of time. Such vehicle shall contain limited or no kitchen and bathroom facilities. Travel trailers shall include the following:

(1)

House trailer means a vehicular, portable structure built on a wheeled chassis, designed to be towed by a self-propelled vehicle, for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational, and vacation uses, having a body width not exceeding eight (8) feet and a body length not exceeding thirty-two (32) feet when equipped for road travel.

(2)

Pickup coach means a portable structure for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation, and vacation, designed to be mounted on a truck chassis for transportation and to be used for a temporary dwelling while either mounted or dismounted.

(3)

Motor home means a portable, temporary dwelling, to be used for travel, recreation, and vacation, constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle.

(4)

Camping trailer means a folding structure manufactured of metal, wood, canvas, or other materials, mounted on wheels and designed for travel, recreation, and vacation use.

Travel trailer, self-contained, means a travel trailer which can operate independently of connections to sewer, water, and electric systems, containing a water flushed toilet, lavatory, shower, and kitchen sink, all of which are connected to water storage and sewage holding tanks located within the unit.

Travel trailer campground means any site or tract of land of contiguous ownership, upon which two (2) or more trailer spaces are occupied or intended for occupancy by trailers for transient dwelling purposes.

Watering station means a facility for providing potable water for the resupply of water storage tanks.

(Code 1974, § 25-101)

Cross reference— Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.

It shall be unlawful for any person to place or use any travel trailer for living, sleeping, or business purposes on any premises in the zoning jurisdiction of the city, other than those contained in a travel trailer campground or mobile home park duly permitted by the district regulations contained in this chapter and maintained pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, except that:

(1)

One travel trailer may be parked or stored in the rear yard of any lot, provided that no living quarters shall be maintained, nor any business conducted therein while such trailer is so parked or stored;

(2)

Travel trailers may be parked in sales lots for the purpose of inspection or sale, provided that no living quarters shall be maintained in any of the trailers so parked;

(3)

Trailers used for temporary field offices may be permitted by a special thirty-day permit issued by the zoning administrator, provided that no living quarters shall be maintained in such trailers.

(Code 1974, § 25-102; Ord. No. O2010-13, 10-12-10)

It shall be unlawful for a person to park or store a travel trailer or maintain, build, or alter a travel trailer campground within the zoning jurisdiction of the city, unless a final plan for the travel trailer campground has been approved in accordance with the requirements of this article.

(Code 1974, § 25-103)

(a)

No person shall construct or engage in the construction of any travel trailer campground or make any additions or alterations to such campground until such construction, addition, or alteration has been approved and a building permit issued.

(b)

The following procedure shall be followed in securing such approval and permit:

(1)

Prepare a sketch plan and submit it to the chief building inspector for his review and recommendations.

(2)

Prepare a plan in accordance with section 22-445 and submit three (3) copies of such plan to the planning commission for their review and approval. A fee shall be paid with this submission.

(3)

The planning board shall forward a copy of the plan, with its recommendations, to the city council for its review and approval.

(4)

After approval of the city council, the chief building inspector shall issue a permit for the construction, addition, or alterations as shown on the approved plan.

(5)

The chief building inspector shall make an examination of the construction at any reasonable time to determine whether the work is being done in accordance with the approved plan and the specifications and requirements of this article. The owner of the development shall make available any records, test data, or other information essential to such determination.

(6)

Where any land in the development is to be dedicated to public use, the procedures of chapter 20 shall be followed.

(7)

When the developer has made all the specified improvements, he shall apply to the chief building inspector for a maintenance permit. The chief building inspector shall inspect the development. Once he has assured himself that the specified improvements have been made, a maintenance permit shall be issued. If, however, the improvements have not been made, the plan, with the reasons for failure to install the improvements, shall be resubmitted to the planning board and treated as an original submission.

(Code 1974, § 25-104)

(a)

The preliminary plan for a travel trailer campground shall be drawn to a scale of not less than one (1) inch equals forty (40) feet and shall show the following on one or more sheets:

(1)

A site plan of the proposed development;

(2)

The name of the development and the names and addresses of the owner and the designer of the development;

(3)

Date, approximate north arrow, and scale;

(4)

The boundary line of the tract, with accurate linear and angular dimensions drawn to scale, and the area of the park in square feet or acres;

(5)

Contours, with a vertical interval of one (1) foot, referring to sea level datum and elevations of existing streets, roads, drives, walks, curbs, catchbasins, etc.;

(6)

A location map, with a scale no less than one (1) inch equals one thousand (1,000) feet, showing the general location of the development;

(7)

The locations of existing and platted property lines, streets, buildings, watercourses, railroads, bridges, water mains, sewers, culverts, drainpipes, and any utility easements, both on the land to be developed and on land immediately adjoining; the names of adjoining subdivisions and the names of recorded owners of adjoining parcels of subdivided land or tracts of land;

(8)

The names, proposed locations, and approximate dimensions of proposed streets, alleys, driveways, entrances, exits, walkways, easements, recreation areas, parks and open spaces, reservations, trailer spaces, and parking areas and building lines within the park; in all cases, the proposed characteristics in a manner that shall distinguish them clearly from the existing characteristics of the land;

(9)

When deemed necessary by the city manager, profiles of all proposed public or private streets or drives, showing natural and finished grades, drawn to a scale of not less than one (1) inch equals forty (40) feet horizontal and one (1) inch equals four (4) feet vertical;

(10)

Plans of proposed utility layouts, including sewer lines, septic tank locations, septic tank drainfields, and water and storm drainage, showing feasible connections to existing and proposed utility systems;

(11)

Proposed storm drainage for each trailer space and for the entire trailer campground, including all proposed grading and sewer installations which may be deemed necessary to ensure proper drainage and the elimination of ponding;

(12)

Location and number of garbage receptacles;

(13)

A plan for all electrical installations prepared to meet the National Electrical Code, other applicable regulatory codes, this Code, or other ordinances of the city;

(14)

A detailed drawing, to a scale of not less than one (1) inch equals five (5) feet, of a typical trailer space, showing the location of the trailer parking area, all utilities, utility connections, walks, parking spaces, driveways, and all other improvements.

(b)

Where public water or public sewer is not available, a written statement from the county health department shall be submitted with the campground plan, indicating that the campground has adequate land area and suitable topography to accommodate the proposed methods of water supply and sewage disposal.

(Code 1974, § 25-105)

All travel trailer campgrounds for which permits required by this article are granted shall conform to the following requirements and specifications:

(1)

Size of campground. Every travel trailer campground shall be located on a tract of land not less than three (3) acres in size.

(2)

Size of individual spaces. Every trailer space shall consist of a minimum of one thousand (1,000) square feet, having a minimum width of twenty (20) feet. Each trailer space shall be clearly established on the ground by permanent monuments or markers.

(3)

Number of trailers per space. No more than one (1) travel trailer may be parked on any trailer space.

(4)

Density. The gross density of any campground shall not exceed twenty-four (24) trailer spaces per acre of gross site area.

(5)

Recreation area. In all travel trailer campgrounds, there shall be at least one (1) recreation area, which shall be easily accessible from all trailer spaces. The gross amount of such recreation areas shall be not less than seven (7) percent of the gross site area. Any individual area shall be not less than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet in size.

(6)

Access to streets generally. All campgrounds shall be provided with safe and convenient vehicular access from abutting public streets or roads to each trailer space. Surfacing and maintenance shall provide a smooth, hard, and dense surface, which shall be free of dust and well-drained.

(7)

Minimum standards for roads, etc. Private roads or streets to provide access to any campground shall be of adequate width to accommodate anticipated traffic and, in any case, shall meet the following minimum requirements:

a.

One-way, no parking .....15 feet

(Acceptable only if less than four hundred (400) feet total length and serving less than twenty-four (24) trailer spaces.)

b.

One-way, parking on one side only .....20 feet

c.

Two-way, no parking .....24 feet

d.

Two-way, parking on one side only .....28 feet

e.

Two-way, parking on both sides .....36 feet

(8)

Dead-end private streets. Dead-end private streets in campgrounds shall be limited to a maximum length of two hundred (200) feet and shall terminate in a vehicular turning area with a minimum width of sixty (60) feet.

(9)

Separation of accesses to public street. When the travel trailer campground has more than one direct access to a public street or road, such access points shall be at least three hundred (300) feet apart and at least three hundred (300) feet from a public street intersection, unless topographical or site conditions demand otherwise.

(10)

Parking space generally. Each trailer space shall have a parking area for one trailer and parking space for at least one car. Each space shall be sited so that no trailer may be moved directly either forward or backward from the trailer space onto any public road, street, sidewalk or right-of-way, or any private grounds not part of the travel trailer campground.

(11)

Location of parking space. All trailer parking areas shall be located at least twenty-five (25) feet from any campground boundary line coincident with a public street or highway right-of-way boundary, or any boundary of a residential dwelling district. Each trailer parking area shall also be set back at least ten (10) feet from any private road in the campground.

(12)

Separation of trailers. Trailers shall be separated from each other and from other structures by at least ten (10) feet. Any accessory structure, such as attached awnings, carports, or individual storage facilities shall, for the purposes of this separation requirement, be considered as part of the trailer.

(13)

Planting strips. The travel trailer campground shall have a planting strip at least ten (10) feet wide adjacent to the park boundary, extending along the entire perimeter of the trailer campground. The planting strip shall not be a portion of any trailer space, street, or private drive. It shall be planted with evergreen or deciduous trees, not more than forty (40) feet apart, and adequately landscaped with grass and shrubbery in such a manner as to be harmonious with the landscaping of the adjacent properties and in keeping with the general character of the surrounding neighborhood.

(14)

Retail sales counters, etc. The travel trailer campground may have a central structure containing a retail sales counter or coin-operated machines for the park residents' use only, provided that they are completely enclosed within a building and that there is no exterior advertising, provided further that such structures shall not front on a public street.

(Code 1974, § 25-106)

(a)

In every travel trailer campground, all installations, other than those within the trailer proper, of plumbing, electrical wiring, and all gas and oil appliances shall comply with the provisions of the building, plumbing, electrical, heating, and gas regulations of the city, applicable county ordinances, and other applicable regulations.

(b)

Each travel trailer campground shall obtain water from the city water supply when available and, when unavailable, from a source approved by the county health officer. The supply shall be adequate to meet a demand of one hundred (100) gallons per trailer space per day. The drinking, cooking, laundry, bath, and general water supply for each trailer space shall be obtained only from faucets or other plumbing fixtures connected directly to the water supply system. Such faucets or water supply fixtures may be either located by each trailer space or at centralized watering stations.

(c)

Each water supply fixture shall be located over a drain to carry away water from overflow, rinsing, and waste. Such drains shall be connected to the sewage disposal system.

(d)

Each travel trailer campground shall be provided with an adequate sewage disposal system, by connection to a public sewage system, package treatment plant, or other system approved by the county department of health. All sewage wastes from each travel trailer campground, whether from individual trailers, trailer spaces, or centralized facilities, including wastes from toilets, showers, bathtubs, lavatories, wash basins, refrigerator drains, sinks, faucets, and water using appliances not mentioned in this article, shall be piped into the campground sewage disposal system.

(e)

If individual connections for sewage disposal are provided at trailer spaces, such connections shall be of a type approved by the county department of health and shall be sealed at any time when not connected to a trailer. Trailers having limited bathroom or kitchen facilities but lacking sewage storage facilities shall be required to connect to such individual sewage connections. Occupants of trailers of this type shall be prohibited from using sinks, toilets, lavatories, or bathing facilities of the trailer at spaces where individual connections to sewage disposal facilities are not available.

(f)

At least one (1) central sanitary station shall be provided at each travel trailer campground for removing and disposing of wastes from waste holding tanks of self-contained trailers. The sanitary station shall be of a type approved by the county department of health and shall be connected to the campground sewage disposal system. Each travel trailer campground shall be provided with a sanitary station, in the ratio of one (1) for every one hundred (100) trailer spaces or fractional part thereof. Sanitary stations shall be screened from other activities by visual barriers, such as walls, blind fences, or natural growth, and shall be separated from any trailer space by a distance of at least fifty (50) feet.

(g)

Travel trailer campgrounds which provide trailer spaces for dependent trailers shall provide the following toilet and bathing facilities in centralized service buildings. Such service buildings shall be conveniently located within three hundred (300) feet of the spaces to be served:

(h)

For campgrounds having more than one hundred (100) travel trailer spaces, there shall be provided one (1) additional toilet, lavatory, and shower for each sex per each additional thirty (30) travel trailer spaces and one (1) additional men's urinal per each additional fifty (50) travel trailer spaces.

(i)

All garbage and refuse in every travel trailer campground shall be stored in suitable watertight and flytight metal receptacles, which shall be kept covered with closely fitting covers. No person shall throw or leave garbage or refuse upon the grounds of any mobile home park. It shall be the duty of the mobile home park operator to personally make certain that all garbage and refuse are regularly disposed of in a sanitary manner.

(Code 1974, § 25-107)

In addition to the fire prevention regulations of this Code and other ordinances of the city, the following provisions shall be complied with:

(1)

Within the city limits. The operator of a travel trailer campground within the city limits shall be responsible for informing each camper or resident of the location of the nearest fire alarm box, if any, or the location of an accessible telephone to be used to report fires.

(2)

Within the outside area. The operator of a travel trailer campground within the zoning jurisdiction of the city but outside the city limits shall be responsible for installing and maintaining adequate firefighting equipment as required by the city fire chief.

(Code 1974, § 25-108)

Cross reference— Fire prevention and protection, Ch. 8.

All county health regulations shall apply to travel trailer campgrounds within the jurisdiction of the city, except where such regulations are in conflict with the provisions of this article, in which case the more restrictive provisions shall apply.

(Code 1974, § 25-109)

Any person desiring to furnish temporary facilities for accommodating a travel trailer rally or other group of trailers assembled for the purpose of traveling together shall make application for such activity to the city manager. The requirements for a service building and other sanitary and physical facilities may be waived by the city manager on the determination that public health will not be endangered, but the location of the site, the facilities which are provided, and the method of conducting such rally shall be acceptable to the city manager before a special license shall be issued, specifying the locations of the site and any other condition of issuance.

(Code 1974, § 25-110)