Chapter 18.70
MOBILE HOMES
Sections:
18.70.040 Enforcement and penalties.
18.70.010 Title.
This chapter shall be known as the “mobile home standards and regulations ordinance.” [Prior code § 11-4-1]
18.70.020 Definitions.
Certain words and terms are applicable in referring to ordinances. For the purpose of clarifying terms used here, the following definitions shall apply:
Words used in the present tense include the future tense.
The singular includes the plural.
The word “person” includes a corporation as well as an individual.
The word “lot” includes the word “plot” or “parcel.”
The term “shall” is always mandatory.
“Trailer court” means a plot of land on which two or more trailer coaches are located and for which service it is intended that the residents of the trailer coaches make monetary payments to the owner of the court regularly.
“Trailer coach” means a vehicle with or without means of self propulsion, with or without wheels, and which was originally constructed to be a mobile housing to permit occupancy as a dwelling with permanent utility installations or as a commercial establishment. (This is not a camping trailer.)
“Camping trailer” means a vehicle with or without means of self propulsion with or without wheels, and which is constructed not to be primarily used as a dwelling or as a commercial establishment but which is to be used instead as transient lodging on camping trips at locations away from Mesilla.
“Replacement trailer coach” means a trailer coach which is used to replace an existing trailer coach.
“Rental trailer coach” means a trailer owned by someone other than the persons dwelling in it and for the use of which it is intended that the owner receive monetary payments regularly. [Prior code § 11-4-2]
18.70.030 Trailers.
A. Trailer Courts. No trailer courts shall be allowed within the town of Mesilla except through the recommendation of the Mesilla planning, zoning and historical appropriateness commission and approval of the Mesilla board of trustees.
B. Trailer Coaches.
1. No trailer coaches other than those being actively utilized in Mesilla at the date of passage of the ordinance codified in this section shall be permitted within the town of Mesilla except through the recommendation of the Mesilla planning and zoning commission and approval of the Mesilla board of trustees. Use of these trailers as a residence may continue by the present owners or the owner’s employees such as farm laborers or similar employees who by the nature of their work require mobile housing. When replacement trailers are required, they must be in position within 30 days from initial removal of the original trailer.
2. No additional or replacement trailer coaches shall be permitted for rental purposes within Mesilla. Transient business purpose trailer coaches may be allowed by authorization of the board of trustees.
3. An external system of sanitary sewage shall be connected to all trailer coaches and all waste discharge lines from the trailer coaches shall be connected thereto. All other utilities’ connections must be in accordance with New Mexico state regulations. [Prior code § 11-4-3]
18.70.040 Enforcement and penalties.
A. Duty to Enforce. It shall be the duty of the persons designated by the board of trustees of Mesilla to enforce the regulations contained herein.
B. Violations and Penalties. Any person, firm or corporation or any officer or employee thereof, who violates, disobeys, neglects, omits, the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation pursuant thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined a sum not to exceed $100.00 for each offense, or shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding 30 days, at the discretion of the trial court. Each day that such violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. The owner or owners of any building or lot or part thereof where anything in violation of this section shall be placed or shall exist shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense and upon conviction shall be fined as herein provided. [Prior code § 11-4-4]