§ 26.04.020. Location of manufactured homes, mobile homes and recreational vehicles.

It is unlawful for any person to occupy a manufactured home or mobile home in the city unless such manufactured home or mobile home is located in a manufactured home park or a nonconforming mobile home park in conformance with all regulations for a manufactured home park or a nonconforming mobile home park; and it is also unlawful for any person to occupy a recreational vehicle in the city unless such recreational vehicle is located in a camp.

Exceptions:

(a)

A manufactured home may be occupied at a construction site by a night watchman or construction project workmen when approved by the superintendent of central inspection when deemed necessary for security and/or construction purposes. Such permission may be canceled by the superintendent of central inspection upon three days written notice, when in his opinion the intent of this section is being violated.

(b)

A manufactured home may be occupied other than within a park for a period not to exceed thirty days when a permit is secured in accordance with Section 26.04.060(c).

(c)

A recreational vehicle may be occupied other than within a camp for a period not to exceed thirty days when a permit is secured in accordance with Section 26.04.060(c).

(d)

A recreational vehicle may occupy a manufactured home space or mobile home space in a park for a period not to exceed thirty days, provided a service building as required for a camp is within two hundred feet of the space so occupied. Under no circumstances shall the number of manufactured home spaces and/or mobile home spaces within a park be occupied by recreational vehicles or self-contained recreational vehicles in excess of five percent of the total number of manufactured home spaces and/or mobile home spaces provided, or a total of two, whichever is larger.

(e)

A self-contained recreational vehicle may occupy a manufactured home space or mobile home space in a park for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty days, without providing a service building as required for a camp, provided that an approved sewage system connection is available for each self-contained recreational vehicle. If no approved sewage system connection is available for each self-contained recreational vehicle, then an approved gray water and waste water dump station which connects to an approved sewage system shall be provided. Under no circumstances shall the number of manufactured home spaces and/or mobile home spaces within a park be occupied by self-contained recreational vehicles or recreational vehicles in excess of five percent of the total number of manufactured home spaces and/or mobile home spaces provided, or a total of two, whichever is larger.

(f)

A manufactured home may be occupied on a lot in a manufactured home subdivision provided it is placed on a permanent foundation and a building permit is obtained for construction and conversion to a permanent structure.

(g)

A manufactured home may be occupied as a one-family dwelling as a residence for a watchman, caretaker or guard for an industrial use in the "LI" or "GI" industrial zoning districts, provided such home is placed on a permanent foundation.

(Ord. No. 43-648 § 2; Ord. No. 47-050, § 2, 6-2-06; Ord. No. 48-417, § 1, 9-15-09)