General Ordinances - City of New Buffalo

CITY OF NEW BUFFALO
CODE OF ORDINANCES
ARTICLE V. MOBILE HOMES, TRAILERS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES.
Section 10-16. Definitions. [Ord. 131, 6/12/2001]
The following words and phrases, when used in this Article, shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them:
Mobile home shall mean "mobile home" as defined in the "mobile home commission act," (MCL 125.1101 et seq.,
MSA 19.855 (1) et seq.).
Recreational vehicles shall include:
1) Boats and boat trailers which shall include boats, floats and rafts, plus the normal equipment to transport the
same on the highway;
2) Folding tent trailer which is a folding structure, mounted on wheels and designed for travel and vacation use;
3) Motorized home which is a portable dwelling designed and constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled
vehicle;
4) Pickup camper which is a structure designed primarily to be mounted on a pickup or truck chassis and with
sufficient equipment to render it suitable for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation
uses;
5) Travel trailer which is a vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as a temporary
dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses, permanently identified "travel trailer" by the manufacturer or
a movable or portable dwelling, eight (8) feet or less in width by thirty-three (33) feet or less in length
constructed to be towed on its own chassis and connected to utilities and designed without a permanent
foundation for year-round living;
6) Utility trailer which is a vehicle used to transport motorcycles, snowmobiles, go-carts or stock cars.
Section 10-17. Public parking. [Ord. 131, 6/12/2001]
No person shall park or permit the parking of any mobile home or recreational vehicle upon any public highway,
street, alley, park or other public place within the City. Emergency or temporary parking or stopping is permitted on
any street, alley or highway for not longer than one hour subject to any other and further prohibitions, regulations or
limitations imposed by the traffic and parking regulations for that street, alley or highway.
Section 10-18. Parking outside of licensed park. [Ord. 131, 6/12/2001]
No person shall park or permit the parking of any unoccupied mobile home or recreational vehicle outside of a duly
licensed mobile home park, except the parking of unoccupied mobile homes or recreational vehicles in any
accessory private garage building, or in any rear yard, is permitted providing no living quarters shall be maintained
or any business practiced in such trailers; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to
hinder or prevent any person from engaging in the business of handling mobile homes or recreational vehicles for
sale or resale or for storage, subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by this Code relative to zoning or
regulation of such business.
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