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:

Cabin plot means a section of ground not less than 30 feet by 40 feet in area upon which only one camp cottage or cabin shall be located.

Trailer, house trailer, trailer coach, or automobile trailer means any vehicle or structure so designed and constructed as to permit occupancy thereof as sleeping quarters for one or more persons, or the conduct of any business or profession, occupation or trade so designed that it is or may be mounted on wheels and used as a conveyance on streets and highways, propelled or drawn by its own or other motive power, except when designed to run exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

Trailer camp means any park, trailer park, trailer court, court, camp, site, lot, parcel or tract of land designed, maintained or intended for the purpose of supplying a location or accommodations for any trailer coach or house trailers and upon which any trailer coach or house trailer is parked and shall include all buildings used or intended for use as part of the equipment thereof, whether a charge is made therefor or not. The term "trailer camp" shall not include automobile or trailer sales lots on which unoccupied trailers are parked for purposes of display, inspection and sale, nor include mobile home parks.

Tourist camp means any park, tourist park, tourist court, camp, court, site, lot, parcel or tract of land upon which one or more camp cottages or cabins are located and maintained for the accommodation of transients by the day, week, month or year, whether a charge is made therefor or not.

Unit means a section of ground in a trailer camp of not less than 1,000 square feet of unoccupied space in an area designated as the location for only one automobile and one trailer.

(Prior Code, § 14-16; LDC 1991, § 12-701)

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 camp or tourist camp or combination of the two (within the limits of the city), without having first secured a license therefor, and for each of them, from the city clerk in compliance with the terms of this article. Such license shall expire one year from date of issuance and may be renewed for additional periods of one year.

(Prior Code, § 14-17; LDC 1991, § 12-702)

1. Any person desiring a license for the operation of a trailer or tourist camp shall file application therefor with the city clerk and pay to city clerk the sum as set by the city for each occupied unit or plot in the existing or proposed camp. A corporate surety bond in the sum as set by the city conditioned to guarantee compliance with all of the terms of this article during the term of such permit shall be filed with the city clerk by the applicant at such time. The application shall state the name and the address of the owner of the land involved and a legal description of the premises upon which the trailer or tourist camp is or will be located. The application must be accompanied by at least four copies of a camp plan showing:
   1. The extent and area used for camping purposes;
   2. Roads and driveways within the camp;
   3. Location of sites for units for a house, trailers, or cabins;
   4. Location and number of sanitary facilities;
   5. Plan for water supply; and
   6. Plan for electrical lighting and current.
2. No license issued under the terms of this article shall convey any right to erect any building or to do any plumbing or electrical work without compliance with other applicable ordinances with reference thereto of the city.

(Prior Code, app. A, § 4-18; LDC 1991, § 12-703; Ord. No. 536, 7-1-1990)

1. It is unlawful within the city to park, use or occupy any trailer on any street, alley or highway or other public place, or on any tract of land owned by any person, occupied or unoccupied, except as provided in this article.
2. Emergency or temporary stopping of house trailers is permitted in any street, alley or highway where other vehicular traffic may legally park, for no longer than one hour subject to any other or further prohibitions, regulations, or limitations imposed by the traffic and parking regulations or ordinances for such street, alley or highway.
3. House trailers may be parked and occupied as living quarters on the premises of an authorized and licensed trailer camp or tourist camp.
4. In any district of the city, the owner or occupant of private premises shall be permitted to park or store not more than one unoccupied trailer on such premises, provided no living quarters shall be maintained, nor any business conducted in such trailer while so parked or stored.

(Prior Code, § 14-19; LDC 1991, § 12-704)

1. No trailer or tourist camp shall be located in any zone of the city except as authorized and permitted under the provisions of the city zoning ordinances.
2. No trailer or tourist camp shall be located within the limits of the city unless city water, sewer and fire protection facilities are available or in existence at such location.
3. No occupied trailer or building of any nature shall be located within the city limits nearer to roads or streets than the applicable setback line for the zoning district in which such trailer or building is located and all buildings and vehicles within trailer camps or tourist camps shall be set back at least ten feet from other buildings and vehicles within the same and shall be set back at least ten feet from the boundary line of the tract upon which they are located.

(Prior Code, § 14-20; LDC 1991, § 12-705)

1. Every trailer or tourist camp shall be located on an area having good drainage of surface waters.
2. All house trailer units and cabin plots shall be clearly designated and the camp so arranged that all units and plots face and abut on a driveway at least 16 feet in width giving access to all units from a public street. All driveways and roads within the camp shall have an all weather hard surface and shall be graded so as to have natural drainage therefrom into a city street and shall be well-lighted at night and unobstructed.
3. All cabins or cottages within such tourist or trailer camps shall contain at least 280 square feet of living area and shall have a minimum width of 14 feet with eight-foot ceilings and 27 square feet of ventilating openings. All windows must be screened and wooden floors shall be raised at least 12 inches from ground level.
4. Sanitary sewer facilities must be located within 240 feet of all cottages, cabins and house trailers and all weather walkways connecting the same must be well-lighted at all times.
5. Every house trailer unit shall be furnished with an electric service outlet, equipped with an externally operated switch or fuse meeting the requirements of the currently adopted electrical code.
6. House trailer spaces shall be provided with a minimum of 1,000 square feet for each space and must be at least 25 feet wide and clearly defined. Trailers shall be so located on each space that there shall be at least a 15-foot clearance between trailer coaches. No trailer coach shall be located nearer than ten feet to any property line bounding the campsite.

(Prior Code, § 14-21; LDC 1991, § 12-706)

1. An adequate supply of pure water from city mains with supply faucet located within 50 feet of all trailers or cabins shall be furnished for drinking and domestic purposes.
2. Common drinking vessels shall not be permitted nor shall any drinking water faucets be located in any enclosure containing sanitary facilities.
3. An abundant supply of hot water shall be provided at all times for bathing, washing and laundry facilities for occupants of the trailer court or tourist camp.

(Prior Code, § 14-22; LDC 1991, § 12-707)

Each trailer park or tourist camp shall be provided with toilets, baths or showers, slop sinks and other sanitation facilities in conformance with the following requirements:

1. Toilet facilities for men and women shall be either in separate buildings at least 20 feet apart, or separated, if in the same building, by soundproof walls;
2. Toilet facilities for women shall consist of not less than one flush toilet for every five trailer coach spaces and one lavatory for every ten coach spaces. There shall be one shower or bathtub for every ten trailer coach spaces and each toilet, shower or bathtub shall be in a private compartment;
3. Toilet facilities for men shall consist of not less than one flush toilet for every ten coach spaces, one shower or bathtub for every ten trailer coach spaces and one lavatory for every ten trailer coach spaces. One urinal shall be provided for every 15 trailer coach spaces. Each toilet, shower or bathtub shall be in a private compartment;
4. Service buildings housing the toilet facilities above required shall be in permanent structures complying with all applicable ordinances and statutes regulating such buildings, electrical, plumbing and sanitation system and shall be located not closer than ten feet nor further than 240 feet from any cabin or trailer coach space;
5. The service buildings shall be well-lighted at all times, well-ventilated with screened openings, constructed of moisture-proof material as will permit repeated cleaning and washing and maintained at a temperature of at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit at all times. The floors of such service building shall be constructed of material impervious to water and sloped to a floor drain connected with the sewage system; and
6. All service buildings and the grounds of the trailer or tourist park shall be maintained in a clean, sightly condition, free of all conditions that might menace the health of the occupants or the public or constitute a nuisance.

(Prior Code, § 14-23; LDC 1991, § 12-708)

1. All waste from showers, toilets, laundries, faucets and lavatories shall be washed into a sewer system extended from and connected with the city sewer system.
2. All sanitary facilities in any trailer which are not connected with the city sewer system by means of rigid pipe connections shall be sealed and their use is hereby declared unlawful.
3. Each faucet site shall be equipped with facilities for drainage of waste and excess of water into the sewer system of the city. In no case shall any waste water be thrown or discharged on the surface of the ground or disposed of by means other than herein provided.
4. Every house trailer or cabin site and unit shall be provided with a substantial metal garbage depository according to the provisions of city ordinances regulating the same and placed for removal by the city garbage collection service.

(Prior Code, § 14-24; LDC 1991, § 12-709)

1. In every trailer or tourist camp there shall be an office building in which shall be located the office of the person in charge of the same. A copy of the camp license issued by the city clerk, together with a copy of this article shall be posted therein and the camp register shall be kept at all times in such office.
2. It is hereby made the duty of the attendant or person in charge and licensee of trailer or tourist camp to:
   1. Keep a register at all times of all guests showing:
      1. Names and addresses;
      2. Dates of entrance and departure;
      3. License number of trailers and towing automobiles;
      4. Name of state issuing such license; and
      5. Place of last location and length of stay there.
      The register so required shall be open at all times to inspection by state, federal and city officers.
   2. Maintain the camp in a clean, orderly and sanitary condition at all times.
   3. Ensure that the provisions of this article are complied with and enforced at all times by occupants of the camp and report promptly to city authorities violations hereof.
   4. Report to the city authorities all cases of persons or animals suspected of being infected with any communicable disease.
   5. Maintain in convenient places at least one hand fire extinguisher for each eight units or cabins within the camp approved by the city fire department.
   6. Restrain the lighting of open fires on the premises and prohibit the use of any trailer site or cabin site by a greater number of occupants than allowed by ordinance.

(Prior Code, § 14-25; LDC 1991, § 12-710)

All plumbing, electrical, building and other work on any camp licensed under this article, shall be performed in accordance with the ordinances of the city regulating the same, unless such ordinances are specifically made inapplicable under the terms thereof or under the terms of this article. However, any employee of any trailer camp licensed under this article may, when designated and authorized by the building official of the city, connect and disconnect water, gas and sewage facilities to house trailers located in any trailer camp operated under the provisions of this article.

(Prior Code, § 14-26; LDC 1991, § 12-711)

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:

Freestanding mobile home means a mobile home not located in an approved mobile home park.

MHMA means the Mobile Home Manufacturers Association.

Mobile home means any vehicle designated so as to permit occupancy thereof as sleeping quarters for one or more persons or the conduct of any business or profession, which may be mounted on wheels and propelled by its own power and not designed to run on stationary rails, and which has been factory assembled of a greater length than 25 feet and factory equipped with at least one water closet, one bathtub or shower, one lavatory and one kitchen sink, installed in compliance with MHMA minimum standards.

Mobile home park means any tract of ground consisting of not less than 15 acres of land upon which are situated at least 50 sites or lots for mobile homes, of the size, improved and equipped as specified in this article, and which rents or leases spaces therein for periods of time not less than 30 days.

Park means a mobile home park as defined in this section.

Site or lot means a well defined plot of land designated as the location for a single mobile home, not less than 2,500 square feet.

(Prior Code, § 14-41; LDC 1991, § 12-721)

It is unlawful for any person to establish, operate or maintain, or permit to be established, operated or maintained, upon any property controlled or owned by him, a mobile home park, as defined in this article, without having first secured a license therefor and having paid the proper fee for inspection of the construction of such park. Such license shall expire one year from the date of issuance and may be renewed annually upon written application to the city clerk. However, no license shall be renewed, except with the approval of the city council, if the owner or manager has been finally convicted in a court of proper jurisdiction of a violation of the liquor laws of the state or a crime involving moral turpitude.

(Prior Code, § 14-42; LDC 1991, § 12-722)

Any person desiring a license for the operation of a mobile home park shall file application therefor with the city clerk, and pay to the city clerk the sum set by the city by motion or resolution, and file a corporate surety bond in the sum set by the city, conditioned to guarantee compliance with all of the requirements of this article during the term of the permit. The application shall state the name and address of the owner of the land involved and the legal description of the premises upon which the park is to be located. The licenses issued under the terms of this article shall not convey any right to erect any building, or do any plumbing, or electrical work, without compliance with other applicable ordinances with reference thereto of the city.

(Prior Code, § 14-43; LDC 1991, § 12-723)

Any person desiring to construct or operate a mobile home park in the city shall file with the city clerk his application for license, together with one complete set of plans and specifications for all improvements to be placed upon the property. The plans for the area shall show the entire area to be used, together with improvements on adjoining property, if any, roads and driveways within the park, location of sites or lots, abutting streets and alleys, location of water lines, sewer lines, gas lines, electrical lines and any other utilities and plans for electrical street lighting, and any other necessary information that the city council may require. No construction may begin upon the park area until the license is issued. Prior to the issuance of any such license the applicant shall file with the city clerk a corporate surety bond conditioned to guarantee improvement of such area according to such plans and specifications, within a time specified by the city council, which may be one and the same bond as that required by section 12-723.

(Prior Code, § 14-44; LDC 1991, § 12-724)

1. No occupied mobile home or building of any nature shall be located within the city limits nearer to the roads or streets than the applicable setback line for the zoning district in which such mobile home or building is located. Side yards and back yards between mobile home sites shall be not less than required by ordinance for the zone in which the park is located.
2. Every mobile home park shall be located on an area having good drainage of surface waters, and fire hydrants shall be installed every 500 feet or less along the streets therein.
3. All sites or lots shall be clearly designated and the park so arranged that all sites abut on a driveway or street at least 16 feet in width, giving access to all units from a public street. All driveways and roads within the park shall be paved so as to have natural drainage and shall be well-lighted at night and unobstructed.
4. All sites abutting a street or drive of less than 30 feet in width shall have at least one paved off street parking space.
5. Connections for sanitary sewer facilities, water, gas and electricity shall be provided in a common location at each mobile home site. Electrical connections must be sufficient for 50-ampere circuit and a 50-ampere circuit breaker installed at each site.
6. Every mobile home site shall be provided with garbage disposal facilities according to the provisions of the city ordinances.
7. Each site shall be improved by the construction of a 200-square foot concrete patio and an anchor pad containing 24 cubic feet of concrete with one-half-inch galvanized rings or bolts.

(Prior Code, § 14-45; LDC 1991, § 12-725)

1. In every mobile home park there shall be a building in which shall be located the office of the person in charge of the park. A copy of the city license issued by the city, together with a copy of this article pertaining thereto, and a plan of the area involved, shall be posted for public view. The park register shall be kept at all times in such office and subject to inspection by city authorities at all times.
   
2. It is hereby made the duty of the attendant or person in charge, and licensee, of such park to:
   1. Keep a register at all times of all guests showing:
      1. Name of the person owning the mobile home;
      2. A license number of the mobile home and the owner's car license number, together with the name of the state where such license was issued;
      3. Date of entrance into the park; and
      4. Number of people residing in the mobile home and their names;
   2. Maintain the park in a clean, orderly and sanitary condition at all times;
   3. Ensure that the provisions of this article are complied with by the occupants of the park and report promptly to city authorities violations of this article or other ordinances;
   4. Report to the city authorities all cases of persons or animals suspected of being infected with any communicable disease; and
   5. Maintain in convenient places at least one three-quarter-inch water hydrant for each mobile home site for convenience in fighting fires.

(Prior Code, § 14-46; LDC 1991, § 12-726)

1. All plumbing, electrical, building, and other work on any park licensed under this article shall be performed in accordance with the ordinances of the city regulating the same unless such ordinances are specifically made inapplicable under the terms thereof or under the terms of this article. However, any employee of any park licensed under this article may connect and disconnect water, gas and sewage facilities to mobile homes located in any park operated under the provisions of this article.
2. Sewer connection inspection fees for mobile home parks shall be those applicable to multifamily dwellings and each site within the park shall be deemed a family living unit. The monthly sewer service charge for mobile home parks shall be that applicable to multifamily dwellings.
3. The provisions of the city housing code shall be applicable to this article unless specifically excepted.

(Prior Code, § 14-47; LDC 1991, § 12-727)

1. In the mobile home park there shall not be more than 12 mobile home sites per acre, inclusive of streets, alleys and public ways.
   
2. Recreation and playground areas shall consist of not less than five percent of the total area within the confines of such park and shall be maintained by the park owner.

(Prior Code, § 14-48; LDC 1991, § 12-728)

1. One freestanding mobile home shall be permitted to be located, stored or parked on any five-acre tract of land or larger which is zoned A-1 Rural Agricultural District or A-2 Suburban Agricultural District and situated within the corporate limits of the city, subject to compliance with the city's zoning regulations.
2. Permits for such freestanding mobile homes shall be issued by the building official to the applicant but only after the applicant has obtained the written consent of at least 60 percent of the property owners outside of the subject tract and within 300 feet of the property line of the subject tract.
3. A freestanding mobile home, however, shall not be located, parked or stored on any such tract of land where dwellings or residences are not permitted under the city zoning ordinances.
4. A freestanding mobile home shall not be located, stored or parked on any such tract of land where there is located more than one single-family dwelling.
5. A freestanding mobile home shall be subject to and required to comply with the building code as the same applies to a dwelling. A freestanding mobile home shall be subject to all inspections and inspection fees applicable to a dwelling under the building code, electrical code and plumbing code and the health ordinances. A freestanding mobile home shall be subject to and comply with the provisions of all ordinances, including, but not limited to, ordinances pertaining to disposal of refuse, waste and sewerage, safety, water supply, garbage, drainage, fire prevention, tie-down and skirting requirements, health inspections and health department licenses and approvals where applicable and as may be determined and required by the city or health inspector.
6. A freestanding mobile home shall be of at least the length, width and size as required or defined for mobile homes under this Code.

(Prior Code, § 14-49; LDC 1991, § 12-729)