§ 24-61. Parking of mobile homes or travel trailers.

(a)

No person shall park any mobile home or travel 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 by ordinance.

(b)

Emergency or temporary stopping or parking of a mobile home or travel trailer is permitted on any street, alley or highway for not longer than one (1) hour subject to any other and further prohibitions, regulations or limitations imposed by the traffic and parking regulations or ordinances for that street, alley or highway.

(c)

As used in this section:

(1)

"Mobile home" shall mean a vehicular portable home designed and built for long-term residential occupancy. A mobile home shall be not less than eight (8) feet in width and thirty-two (32) feet in length, and shall be classified as a mobile home whether or not its wheels, rollers, skids or other rolling equipment have been removed, or whether or not any addition thereto has been built on the ground, and:

a.

Contains sleeping accommodations, a flush toilet, a tub or shower and kitchen facilities with plumbing and electrical connections provided for attachment to outside systems.

b.

Designed to be transported after fabrication on its own wheels, or on a flat-bed or other trailers or detachable wheels. Such fabrication shall include a built-in metal frame and hitch for transportation.

c.

Arrives at the site where it is to be occupied as a complete dwelling unit, including major appliances and furniture, and ready for immediate occupancy except for incidental unpacking and minor assembly operations, such as location on foundation supports and connection to utilities.

A prefabricated house shall not be considered a mobile home.

(2)

"Travel trailer" shall mean a vehicular portable home designed as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses. Such home shall not exceed the limits set forth by the state for movement over and upon the highways without a special permit. A travel trailer shall not include a motor home, mini-motor home, recreational van, tent trailer, camper trailer, water craft on a boat trailer or a truck camper.

(Ord. No. 1392, § 2, 11-26-85; Ord. No. 1407, § 2, 4-8-86; Ord. No. 2541, § 4, 1-23-07)