Chapter 6.32
TRAILERS
Sections:
6.32.010 Trailer coach defined.
6.32.020 Permit and license required.
6.32.030 Permitting trailers to be used for habitation unlawful.
6.32.070 Penalty for violations.
6.32.010 Trailer coach defined.
For the purpose of this chapter a “trailer coach” means any camp car, trailer house or other vehicle or unit with or without motive power, designed and constructed to travel on the public thoroughfare and designed or used for human habitation, and including any unit or vehicle embraced within the definition of motor coaches in the Vehicle Code or Health and Safety Code of the state. Removal of the wheels from a trailer coach placing same on a foundation or other structural changes shall not change its classification as a trailer coach for the purpose of this chapter. (Ord. 137 § 1, 1955).
6.32.020 Permit and license required.
Except as hereinafter specifically provided in Section 6.32.040 of this chapter, it is unlawful to use any trailer coach as a human habitation, or to cook or eat therein, or make use of the sanitary facilities contained therein, at any place within the corporate limits of the city except within a public trailer court operating as such under a permit issued pursuant to the provisions of the Health and Safety Code of the state and duly licensed by the city. (Ord. 137 § 2, 1955).
6.32.030 Permitting trailers to be used for habitation unlawful.
Except as hereinafter specifically provided in Section 6.32.040 of this chapter, it is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation owning, or in possession or control of any premises in the city other than such duly licensed public trailer court to permit any trailer coach to be used as a human habitation or to permit anyone to cook or eat therein, or make use of the sanitary facilities contained therein on the premises. (Ord. 137 § 3, 1955).
6.32.040 Exceptions.
This chapter shall not have the effect of prohibiting the maintaining and use of trailer coaches maintained in the city on January 12, 1956 at locations which are not in a licensed trailer court, but only so long as such trailer coach is maintained without interruption at such location. Nothing in this section shall be construed as permitting the operation of any premises as a trailer court without a permit and license therefor, nor as permitting any act or condition in violation of any other ordinance of the city. (Ord. 137 § 4, 1955).
6.32.050 Location.
All trailer coaches located or maintained in the city other than in licensed trailer courts and with the exceptions of those referred to in Section 6.32.040 hereof and not kept in garages or other buildings, shall not be placed, kept or maintained closer than ten feet to the rear line or five feet to the line of any property. (Ord. 137 § 5, 1955).
6.32.060 Right of entry.
Any person owning or having possession or control of any trailer coach in the city shall, upon the request of any peace officer or health officer of the city, permit such officer to enter and examine such trailer coach to determine whether or not any use of same is being made in violation of this chapter. (Ord. 137 § 6, 1955).
6.32.070 Penalty for violations.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding ninety days or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day during which such act is continued in violation of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense. (Ord. 137 § 7, 1955).