17.32.060 Trailer coach or camping car occupancy.
A. Trailer coaches or camping cars should be used for human habitation or occupied for living or sleeping quarters only when installed within a licensed trailer court or trailer park, except during construction of a new residence, or during rehabilitation of a dwelling unit on the property or for temporary guest quarters, after a permit for either of the same has been applied for and granted as provided in this section.
B. During actual construction of a new residence or rehabilitation of a dwelling unit on the property, the owner thereof may apply to the planning commission for a permit to live in a trailer coach or camping car on the property for a maximum of ninety days.
C. The owner or occupant of residential property on which is parked any trailer coach or camping car may apply to the city clerk for a guest permit allowing temporary guest occupancy of such vehicle for not longer than fourteen (14) consecutive days, and the application shall be granted if:
1. The applicant is the owner or occupant of the property on which the trailer coach or camping car is to be situated; and
2. The vehicle is not to be hooked up to city water or sewage services; and
3. No guest permit has been issued for occupancy of the same vehicle during any part of the four-week period next proceeding the first day of the period applied for; and
4. The city clerk has no cause to believe that granting such permit will unreasonably disturb the peace of any other resident of the city.
D. No permit shall be required for the temporary occupancy of a trailer coach or camping car if such proposed temporary occupancy does not exceed forty-eight (48) hours.
E. The city clerk is also authorized to grant a blanket permit to the Shasta Valley Community Club in order to accommodate camping cars or trailer coaches during the city rodeos.
F. The city council is also authorized, upon application and proof of proper insurance, to permit any community organization a blanket permit to accommodate camping cars or trailer coaches during community events.
G. The planning commission shall hear all requests for rehabilitation permits and the city clerk shall accept all applications for such guest permits and each, respectively, shall decide whether or not it is appropriate to grant the permit applied for. The decision of the planning commission or the city clerk shall be final except that the same may be appealed to the city council in writing within fifteen (I 5) days after the decision of is made. The decision of the city council is final.
H. The city shall be entitled to charge a fee for all permit applications under this section, the amount for which shall be set from time to time by resolution by the city council.
I. Trailer coaches or camping cars placed upon property within the city pursuant hereto, other than in a trailer court or trailer park, shall not be situated in any front yard or along the street frontage, except that any such vehicle can be parked or situated on a driveway or other area on the property designed for the parking of vehicles.
J. Other than as provided for in this section, such vehicles shall not be used as sleeping quarters and the sanitary and cooking facilities shall not be used.
K. It is unlawful to dump any waste material within the city limits. (Ord. 93-8, 1993; Ord. 91-4, 1991; Ord. 87-8, 1987; Ord. 3-83 § 5.6, 1983)