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Codified Ordinances of Battle CreekCHAPTER 1468House Trailers1468.01 Trailer coach defined. 1468.02 Prohibited parking and uses. 1468.03 Conditions for parking on dwelling premises; permit required. 1468.04 Permit application; fee; display. 1468.06 Removal of wheels or tires; blocking and stabilizing; occupancy limit. 1468.99 Penalty; equitable remedies. CROSS REFERENCESLocation outside licensed parks - see M.C.L.A. Secs. 125.741 et seq. Uniform Mobile Homes Warranty Act - see M.C.L. A. Secs. 125.991 et seq. Mobile Home Park Act - see M.C.L.A. Secs. 125.1001 et seq. Mobile Home Commission Act - see M.C.L.A. Secs. 125.1101 et seq. Siting requirements - see P. & Z. Ch. 1283 Anchoring of mobile homes - see B. & H. 1442.12 1468.01 TRAILER COACH DEFINED.As used in this chapter, "trailer coach" means any vehicle used or so constructed as to permit its being used as a dwelling or sleeping place, which is or may be mounted on wheels, and which is or may be propelled either by its own power or by another vehicle to which it may be attached. (1975 Code Sec. 5.101) 1468.02 PROHIBITED PARKING AND USES.(a) No person shall park or cause to be parked a trailer coach overnight on any street, alley, highway or other public way or place. (b) No trailer coach shall, at any time, be parked between the established setback line and the curb line on any lot. (c) No trailer coach shall be used or occupied unless there is a clear unoccupied space of at least ten feet on all sides thereof. (d) No person shall park or permit the parking of any occupied trailer coach or use or occupy or permit the use or occupancy of a trailer coach on any site, lot, field or tract of land not specifically licensed as a trailer coach park, except only as provided in this chapter. (1975 Code Sec. 5.102) 1468.03 CONDITIONS FOR PARKING ON DWELLING PREMISES; PERMIT REQUIRED.Not more than one trailer coach may be parked, used and occupied on the premises of any dwelling, provided that the occupants of the trailer coach have free access to, and the unlimited use of, the sanitary facilities of the dwelling on such premises and provided, further, that the operator of such trailer coach obtains a permit as provided for in this chapter. (1975 Code Sec. 5.103) 1468.04 PERMIT APPLICATION; FEE; DISPLAY.Application for a permit to park, use and occupy a trailer coach on the premises of a dwelling shall be made to the County Health Officer or the Superintendent of Building Inspection and shall state the address of the dwelling, the name of the owner or occupant in control thereof, the name and address of the owner or operator and the license number of such trailer coach. The consent in writing of the owner or occupant in control of the dwelling premises to the parking, use and occupancy, and to the use of the sanitary facilities as herein provided, shall accompany the application or be endorsed thereon. Upon the filing of such application, the County Health Officer or the Superintendent shall cause an inspection to be made of such dwelling premises and trailer coach. If he finds that adequate facilities are afforded on the premises for the disposal of waste and excreta and it appears that the parking, use and occupancy of such trailer coach comply with the statutes of the State and these Codified Ordinances, he shall approve such application. Upon the filing thereof with the City Clerk and payment of a fee as determined from time to time by the City Commission, the City Clerk shall issue a permit, which shall limit the time of such parking, use or occupancy to a period not longer than six weeks from the date of the application therefor. Not more than one permit shall be issued for any one trailer coach or to any one trailer coach operator or occupant in any one twelve-month period. Every permit shall be displayed in or on the trailer coach for which it is issued on the side nearest to public street in such manner as to be readily noticeable at all times. 1468.05 WASTEWATER.No person shall spill or drain any wastewater or liquid waste of any kind from a trailer coach upon the ground or upon any paved area. (1975 Code Sec. 5.105) 1468.06 REMOVAL OF WHEELS OR TIRES; BLOCKING AND STABILIZING; OCCUPANCY LIMIT.No person shall remove or cause to be removed the wheels or tires from any trailer coach except for the purpose of repair, nor shall any person elevate, block or stabilize any trailer coach other than with jacks designed, provided and intended for that purpose. No parked trailer coach shall be occupied for sleeping purposes by a greater number of persons than such vehicle is designed and arranged to accommodate. (1975 Code Sec. 5.106) 1468.07 INSPECTION.The County Health Officer, his authorized representative and any member of the Police Department, or any of them, are hereby authorized to enter and inspect, at any reasonable time, any premises upon which a trailer coach is parked, used or occupied for the purpose of ascertaining that the owner, operator or occupant thereof is complying with all statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations governing the same. (1975 Code Sec. 5.107) 1468.99 PENALTY; EQUITABLE REMEDIES.(a) A person who violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter is responsible for a Class C Municipal civil infraction and shall be subject to the civil fines provided in Section 202.98. (b) In addition to the penalties provided for in this section, this chapter may be enforced by suit for injunction, action for damages or any equitable relief appropriate to the enforcement of this chapter. (Ord. 7-95. Passed 3-21-95.)
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