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Introduced By: City Attorney
Introduction Date: 05/14/84
Public Hearing &
Enactment Date: osjdlt(/R,/
CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
ORDINANCE NO. 522
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA,
REPEALING CHAPTER 21, TRAILERS AND TRAILER
COURTS, AND SECTION 14-81.1 OF THE SEWARD
CITY CODE, ENACTING CHAPTER 21, TRAILERS,
MOBILE HOME PARKS, CAMPER PARKS AND CAMPING,
AND AMENDING SECTION 14-81 OF THE SEWARD CITY
CODE.
THE CITY OF SEWARD ORDAINS:
Section 1. That Chapter 21, Trailers and Trailer Courts,
and Section 14-81.1 of the Seward City Code are hereby repealed.
Section 2. That the Code of the City of Seward is hereby
amended by the enacting of Chapter 21, Trailers, Mobile Horne
Parks, Camper Parks and Camping, which chapter reads as follows:
CHAPTER 21
TRAILERS, MOBILE HOME PARKS,
CAMPER PARKS AND CAMPING
Article I. General Provisions
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Definitions.
Locat ion.
Mobile home and camper park
regulations - applicability.
Enforcement of chapter; violations
and penalties.
Compliance with other laws.
Attendant.
Fire prevention.
Travel trailers, mobile
homes and campers outside parks.
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~21.10.050
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Article II. Permits
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Mobile home and camper park
annual permit required.
Initial permit.
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Fee; permit expiration.
Denial of permit; appeal process.
Annual renewals.
Transferability.
Suspension or revocation.
Article III. Mobile Home Parks
Required facilities.
Mobile home spaces.
Electric power.
Streets, walkways and storm drainage.
Water and sewage.
Additions.
Refuse.
Convenience establishments.
Recreational area.
Construction standards and responsibility.
Article IV. Camper Parks
Generally.
Spacing requirements.
Streets, walkways and storm drainage.
Sanitary facilities.
Garbage and refuse.
Occupancy requirements.
Prohibitions generally.
Registration required.
Alaska Landlord-Tenant Act inapplicable.
Responsibility for compliance with chapter.
Article V. Camping
Camping on privately owned lots.
Camping generally.
Article I - General provisions
21.10.010 Definitions.
As used in this chapter the following terms are specifically
defined as follows:
Addition.
construction,
appurtenant to
An enclosed structure
or a manufactured home
a mobile home.
of
unit,
conventional
attached and
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Camper. A portable structure mounted on a truck or truck
chassis, including motor homes, or a converted hearse, bus,
stationwagon or panel truck designed for use as a temporary
travel dwelling.
Camper Park. Any parcel, or adjacent parcels of land
same ownership, which is used by two or more campers,
trailers, or tent campers.
in the
travel
Duplex mobile home. A mobile home designed for occupancy of
two families and containing two separate dwelling units.
Dwelling unit. One or more habitable rooms
designed to be occupied by one family with facilities
bathing, sleeping, and cooking.
which are
for living,
Manufactured housing/manufactured home. A dwelling unit
designed for long-term residential use which is
(a) mass-produced in a factory;
des igned and
installation
constructed for transportation to a
and use when connected to required
(b)
site for
utilities;
(c) either an independent, individual building or a
module for combination with other elements to form a building
on the site.
The term manufactured housing is not intended to apply to use
of prefabricated panels, trusses, plumbing subsystems, or other
prefabricated subelements incorporated in the course of
construction of buildings on the site, but only to major elements
requiring minor and incidental on-site combination or
installation.
Mobile home. Manufactured housing built on a chassis and/or
in accordance with Department of Housing and Urban Development
standards contained in Code of Federal Regulations Title 24,
Chapter 20. A mobile home shall be construed to remain a mobile
home, subject to all regulations applying thereto, whether or not
wheels, axles, hitch, or other appurtenances of mobility are
removed and regardless of the nature of the foundation provided.
Mobile home park. Any parcel, or adjacent parcels of land in
the same ownership, which is used for occupancy by two or more
mobile homes. The term does not include camper parks as defined
herein.
Modular home/prefabricated home. Manufactured housing built
in conformance with City, borough and state construct ion code
requirements. A modular or prefabricated home is not built in
conformance with Department of Housing and Urban Development
standards for mobile homes (24 CFR Ch. 20) and is not considered
a mobile home for purposes of this Code.
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Permit. The license
establishment and management
defined in this chapter.
issued for
of mobile home
allowing the
camper parks as
and
or
Riqht-of-way. Land set aside for the accommodation of
traffic movements, whether dedicated or not.
Service building.
facilities.
A building housing toilet and/or washing
Space. A defined land area in a mobile home or camper park
on which a mobile home, travel trailer, camper or tent may be
placed and which is described by boundary lines measured in terms
of:
(a) its depth expressed as a
front and rear of the space,
direction of the side space lines;
mean distance between the
measured in the general
(b) its width expressed as a mean distance between the
side lines of the space, measured in the general direction of
the front and rear space lines.
Travel trailer. A vehicular portable structure which is not
self-propelled des igned for short-term occupancy as a temporary
dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses.
Used/occupied. As applied to any land, buildings, mobile
home, travel trailer or camper, the words "used" or "occupied"
shall be construed to include the words "intended, arranged or
designed to be used or occupied."
21.10.020 Location.
Mobile home parks are considered permitted uses in R3 or CL
districts, provided they are approved by the advisory planning
commission after public hearing. Camper parks are considered
permitted uses in R-:,c,....e..L- districts, provided they are approved by
the advisory planning commission after public hearing.
Mobile home or camper spaces must be located a minimum of 75
feet from any permanent residential building located outside the
park unless separated therefrom by a barrier such as a right-of-
way or a fence or wall at least 36 inches in height.
21.10.030 Mobile home park and camper park
regulations - applicability.
All mobile home and camper parks within the City of Seward
shall be constructed, operated and maintained in accordance with
the standards set forth in this chapter. It shall be unlawful for
any person to own or operate a mobile home or camper park which
does not meet the standards of this chapter.
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting
the placement of modular or prefabricated homes in any district
where other single-family dwellings are allowed, provided the
homes meet other appl icable zoning, setback, and construct ion
code requirements of the City, Kenai Peninsula Borough and the
State of Alaska.
21.10.040 Enforcement of chapter; violations and penalties.
(a) This chapter governing mobile home and camper parks
shall be enforced by the city construction inspector, fire
chief, and the city clerk.
(b) Whenever a violation occurs, any person may file
wi th the city clerk a complaint in regard thereto. All such
complaints shall be properly recorded and immediately
investigated by the appropriate city official who shall
report his findings to the City Manager.
(c) For any and every violation of the provisions of
this chapter the owner, agent, contractor, lessee, or tenant
of any premises where such violations exist, or any other
person who commits, takes part or assists in such violations
or who maintains any building or premises in which any
violation shall exist, may be assessed a penalty of not more
than three hundred dollars. Each and every day that such
violation continues shall be deemed a separate and distinct
violation.
(d) Any structure which is in violation of the
provis ions of this chapter shall be and the same is hereby
declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance and the City
Manager shall, upon order of the City Council, commence
lawful action to abate or remove such building, structure or
use or to restrain any violation of this chapter.
(e) All remedies provided for herein shall be cumulative
and not exclusive.
(f) The issuance or granting of a building permit or
approval of plans or specifications under the authority of
the Building Code shall not be deemed or construed to be a
permit for or an approval of any violation of any of the
provisions of this chapter or any amendment thereto.
21.10.050 Compliance with other laws.
Mobile home and camper parks shall be constructed, operated
and maintained in conformance with all applicable state and local
statutes, ordinances, or regulations.
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21.10.060 Attendant.
The owner or operator or an attendant or caretaker
authorized to act on behalf of the owner or operator shall be in
charge of the premises at all times shall keep the mobile home
park or camper park, its facilities and equipment in a clean,
orderly and sanitary condition, and shall be answerable, with the
permittee, for any violation of the provisions of this chapter.
In case of the absence of the owner or operator or other
person in charge of the park, provision shall be made for
contacting such person in the event that city officials need to
contact the owner or other person in charge of the park.
21.10.070 Fire prevention.
(a) Every mobile home or camper park shall be equipped
with a fifteen pound carbon dioxide or dry powder fire
extinguisher in good working order, located in the dwelling
or office of the person in charge of the park. No open fires
shall be permi tted at any place wi thin a park, except in
camper parks in fire rings, pits or other facilities
constructed for such purpose and of a design approved by the
fire chief.
(b) To minimize the possibility of interference with
escape in case of fire, the permittee shall prohibit the
parking of vehicles closer than five feet from the door of
any service building, convenience establishment, travel
trailer, mobile home or camper.
(c) In each mobile home, camper or travel trailer having
its own heating or cooking appliances, such appliances shall
meet the requirements of the fire chief as to their manner of
installation, venting and fuel feed system. If natural gas or
propane gas is utilized as a fuel, all gas appliances,
fittings and installations shall conform to the City Utility
Code and Fire Code requirements.
(d) Containers for fuel to be used by mobile home,
travel trailer or camper occupants shall be connected in a
leakproof manner to the stoves or heaters by copper or other
metallic tubing approved by the construction inspector. Fuel
oil containers shall be securely fastened in place not less
than five feet from any .exit and at least two feet from the
body of the mobile home or addition thereto, travel trailer
or camper.
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21.10.080 Travel trailers and mobile
homes outside of parks.
(a) No trave 1 tra i ler or mobile home, other than an
uninhabited two-wheel trailer not to exceed twenty feet in
length, may be stored on a private lot in iLC<"'~""'T'A,-districts,
except in a subdivision or development where a special
fenced-in common area has been set aside for the storage of
recreational vehicles.
(b) On a construction project, a travel trailer, mobile
home or camper may be used for temporary living or work space
at the project site for a period of ninety days if a letter
application for this use is submitted by the owner or manager
of the project, site or property and is approved by the city
construction inspector.
(c) In a mobile home, travel trailer or camper sales
lot, one mobile home, travel trailer or camper may be used as
an office for sales lot business only.
Article II - Permits
21.20.010 Mobile home park and camper park
annual permit required.
(a) No person may construct, operate or maintain a
mobile home or camper park without first obtaining an annual
permit in accordance with this chapter.
(b) The permit shall be issued
investigation and inspection by
inspector and fire chief.
by the city clerk after
the city construction
(c) The annual permit along with a copy of this chapter
shall be posted in a conspicuous location on the premises of
the mobile home or camper park at all times.
(d) All mobile home parks, camper parks, or other
trailer courts in existence in any area annexed to the City
in the future shall have ninety (90) days subsequent to such
annexation to obtain a City permit.
(e) The City Council may by ordinance restrict the total
number of mobile home park permits and camper park permits to
be issued.
21.20.020 Initial permit.
(a) An application for an annual mobile home or camper
park permit shall be submitted to the city clerk on a form
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provided by the City. The application shall include the
following information:
(1) the name and address of the mobile home or
camper park;
( 2) the name and address of
indicating whether operator or owner;
the
applicant,
(3) the name and address of the owner if different
from the applicant.
(b) The application
dimensional site plan at a
showing the following:
shall
scale of
be
one
accompanied by a
inch to twenty feet
(1) the specific
travel trailer spaces
each space;
layout of mobile home, camper or
setting forth the dimensions of
(2) a
structures,
function of
depiction of all permanent
including a description of
each such building;
buildings and
the purpose or
(3) a specific layout
points, and parking areas;
of all
access
streets,
(4) a depiction of
areas including common
features;
all
open
and
and
recreational
landscaping
storage
space,
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location
telephone
a specific utility
of all sewer, water,
utility placement;
indicating
electrical
the
and
layout
gas,
(6) such other informat ion as
the city clerk as reasonably
enforcement of this title.
may be requ i red by
necessary for the
21.20.030 Fee; permit expiration.
The application shall be accompanied by a fee established by
City Council resolution. All permits issued under this chapter
shall expire on December 31 of each year.
21.20.040 Denial of permit; appeal process.
If, during the inspection of the city construction inspector
and fire chief as provided in 21.20.010(b), any inspector finds
any deficiency or violation which results in the inspector's
recommendation that the permi t be denied, the inspector shall
provide the applicant with a brief written statement of the
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deficiency or violation. A copy of this statement shall be given
to the city clerk.
If all findings are favorable, the city clerk shall issue
the permit, otherwise the application shall be referred to the
City Manager for a decision, and he shall either authorize its
issuance or deny it. The applicant shall be notified of denial by
certified mail. Within thirty (30) days of mailing of the notice
the applicant may appeal the decision of the City Manager to the
City Council, and the City Council may either affirm or reverse
the decision of the City Manager.
21.20.050 Annual renewals.
At the beginning of the calendar year the city clerk's
office shall issue a provisional permit to each park that held a
permit on the previous December 31st, except those that have
indicated no desire for renewal of permit. The provisional permit
takes effect upon payment of the annual permit fee to the city
clerk which is due on January 1; the provisional permit is
subject to revocation if the fee is not paid within fifteen (15)
days of the due date. Upon a finding during annual inspection for
renewal that a park does not meet the requirements of this Code,
the inspector or department concerned will provide the owner with
a statement of the deficiency, and will recommend to the City
Manager that the provisional license be revoked. The notification
and appeal procedures outlined in Section 21.20.040 of this
chapter will apply in this instance also. Each park that passes
all annual inspections for permit renewal will be advised by mail
that its permit status has been changed from provisional to
regular.
21.20.060 Transferability.
Mobile home park or camper park permits may be transferred
to a new owner or operator if and only if the city clerk is
notified of such intent to transfer and is supplied with the name
and address of the new owner or operator and if and only if the
city clerk approves the transfer. The transfer will be approved
if the new owner or operator complies with all provisions of this
Code. Should the transfer not be approved, the appeal process is
as provided in Section 21.20.040 of this Code.
21.20.070 Permits - suspension or revocation.
Any permit under this chapter may be suspended for cause by
the City Manager. The permittee shall have the right to a hearing
before the Ci ty Counc il on any such act ion of the Ci ty Manager
provided the permittee makes a request to the city clerk in
writing within five (5) days after receipt of the notice of
suspension. The Council shall confirm such suspension or shall
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revoke or reinstate the permit. Upon revocation or suspension of
any permit, the fee therefor shall not be refunded.
Article III. Mobile Home Parks
21.30.010 Required facilities.
Only those mobile homes with their own toilet, tub or shower
bath and lavatory facilities shall be allowed in mobile home
parks. All mobile homes shall meet the state standards for mobile
home construction set forth in Title 45, Chapter 30, Alaska
Statutes and applicable federal construction standards.
Manufactured homes other than mobile homes may be allowed in
mobile home parks provided they meet setback and other applicable
requirements. Mobile homes lacking toilet, tub or shower bath and
lavatory facilities and travel trailers, campers and motor homes
shall be allowed in camper parks only.
21.30.020 Mobile home spaces.
(a) Space occupancy. No mobile home space shall contain
more than one mobile home or duplex mobi Ie home. No other
dwelling unit shall occupy a mobile home space.
(b) Minimum space requirement. All single mobile home
spaces shall have a minimum of 3,000 square feet of land
area. A duplex mobile home space shall have a minimum of
4,500 square feet of land area.
(c) Mobile home separation. No part of any mobile home,
accessory building or its addition shall be placed closer
than 15 feet from any other mobile home or its addition. All
mobile homes and accessory structures shall be placed at
least five feet from the front space line.
(d) Access. Each mobile home space shall
access to an internal street. Direct access
public streets shall be discouraged.
have direct
to exterior
(e) Parking. At least one private vehicle off-street
parking space shall be provided for each dwelling unit in the
park. Additional common area off-street parking for guests
shall be provided with one parking space for every four
mobile home spaces in the park.
21.30.030 Electric power.
All mobile home spaces shall be serviced by a 3-wire 120/240
volt, 60-amp minimum service line. The electrical power supply
connected to the mobile home shall be in accordance with all
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applicable building safety codes and with the requirements of the
utility supplier. Poles supporting meters and power lines shall
be kept in a safe and upright condition.
21.30.040 Streets, walkways, and storm drainage.
(a) Surface. All streets within a mobile home park shall
be surfaced with all-weather materials, such as gravel,
cinders, asphalt, or concrete to a minimum surface width of
34 feet.
(b) Right-of-way. Any street within a mobile home park
that serves 100 spaces or more shall be classified as a major
street. Major streets shall have a minimum right-of-way width
of 50 feet. All other streets shall have a minimum right-of-
way width of 40 feet. Streets wi thin mobile home parks are
not required to be dedicated as public rights-of-way.
(c) Cul-de-sac streets. No street within a mobile home
park shall dead-end except for cul-de-sac streets which are
no more than 650 feet in length and have a minimum turning
radius of 50 feet at the termination point of the cul-de-sac.
(d) Intersections. No street wi thin a mobile home park
shall extend more than 650 feet in length between street
intersections. Intersecting streets shall cross at 90-degree
angles from an alignment point 100 feet from the point of
intersection. No street intersection shall be closer than 125
feet from any other street intersection.
(e) Street
prohibited except
streets bordering
frontage. Double
that reverse frontage
the mobile home park.
frontage spaces are
lots may back against
(f) Street layout. Streets shall be laid out so that
their use by through traffic will be discouraged. However,
dead-end streets other than cul-de-sacs are not allowed.
grades. Street
within 100 feet
grades shall not
of intersections
exceed
shall
6 %.
not
(g) Street
Street grades
exceed 4%.
(h) Street curves and visibility. The radius of street
curves (between intersections) shall exceed 100 feet. Streets
shall be constructed to provide clear visibility as measured
along a center line of the street for a minimum distance of
150 feet.
(i) Drainage. All spaces
to ensure proper drainage. All
shall be designed to prevent
ground water.
and streets shall be designed
areas of the mobile home park
the accumulation of standing
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(j) Crosswalks. Pedestrian crosswalks not less than 10
feet in width may be required in blocks longer than 330 feet
when deemed essential to provide reasonable circulation or
access to schools, playgrounds, shopping centers, convenience
establishments, service buildings or other community
facilities.
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such a
provided
traffic.
Lighting. All streets shall be lighted at
manner that illumination is equivalent
on residential streets having medium
nigh t in
to that
density
(1) Walkways. Walkways not less than two feet wide shall
be provided from spaces or lots to service buildings. The
walkways shall have a stablilized surface, be well marked in
the daytime and lighted at night.
21.30.050 Water and sewage.
All mobile homes in mobile home parks shall be connected to
water and sewage systems approved by the City before they may be
occupied.
21.30.060 Additions.
(a) General. Additions or other accessory buildings or
structures shall not exceed the width or length of the mobile
home to which they may be attached or adjacent. Additions and
accessory buildings shall not exceed the height of the mobile
home by more than 12 inches. All additions and accessory
buildings shall be subject to spacing and setback
requirements for mobile homes. Any addition or accessory
building shall be constructed in accordance with building
safety code regulat ions pertaining to temporary structures,
provided that additions will not be required to have a
permanent foundation.
(b) Exits. The number of exterior exits from additions
shall be equal to or greater than the number of exits leading
from the mobile home to the addition. All additions exceeding
300 square feet shall be provided with at least two exterior
exi ts. When two exterior exits are required from additions,
they shall be placed a distance apart equal to one-f ifth of
the total perimeter of the addition.
21.30.070 Refuse.
A mobile home park operator shall provide adequate refuse
collection facilities. Refuse collection facilities shall be
constructed and maintained in accordance with all City health and
utili ty regulations. Refuse shall be removed from refuse
collection sites at least once a week.
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21.30.080 Convenience establishments.
Convenience establishments of a commercial nature, including
stores, coin-operated or other laundry and dry cleaning
establishments, beauty shops and barber shops may be permitted in
mobile home parks subject to the following restrictions: Such
establishments and the parking area primari ly related to their
operations shall not occupy more than 10% of the area of the
park, shall be subordinate to the residential use and character
of the park, shall be located, designed and intended to serve
frequent trade or service needs of persons residing in the park,
and shall present no visible evidence of their commercial
character from any portion of any district outside the park. Such
convenience areas shall be considered accessory uses to the
principal use of the mobile home park, may be permitted without a
zoning change and shall be discontinued if the mobile home park
is discontinued.
21.30.090 Recreational area.
A recreational area consisting of a minimum of 3,000 square
feet for the first five trailer spaces, and an additional 3,000
square feet for each additional ten trailer spaces or portion
thereof shall be provided.
21.30.100 Construction standards and responsibility.
Complete responsibility for compliance with
established by this chapter and for construction
home park shall rest with the owner of such park.
the standards
within a mobile
Article IV - Camper Parks
21.40.010 Generally.
Camper parks may be established to provide temporary spaces
and facilities to campers, motor homes, travel trailers, and
other recreational vehicles when used for touring, vacationing or
like transient activities. No vehicle in a camper park may remain
in the park more than 30 days. Camper parks may also provide
spaces and facilities for tent camping. No tent camper may remain
in a camper park for more than 30 days.
21.40.020 Spacing requirements.
The requirement for spacing shall be at least ten feet clear
space between recreational vehicles or tent units.
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21.40.030 Streets, walkways and storm drainage.
The requirements of Section 21.30.040 of this chapter apply
to camper parks except that major streets may have a minimum
right-of-way width of 40 feet with a minimum surface width
of 24 ,,~ , and other streets may have a minimum right-of-way
width of 20 feet with a minimum surface width of \'-1 f'EtT
21.40.040 Sanitary facilities.
Separate sanitary facilities shall be provided for each sex.
Such sanitary facilities shall include flush toilets, if the
facility has access to public sewer facilities. Where only self
contained campers or travel trailers are serviced or
accommodated, no special toilet facilities will be required.
Each park shall have adequate means for disposal of waste from
non-dependent campers and trailers.
Sanitary
requirements:
facilities
shall
conform
the
following
to
(a) The toilet and other sanitation facilities for males
and females shall be either in separate buildings or shall be
in separate rooms if in the same building.
(b) Basic facilities shall consist of not less than one
flush toilet, one shower or bathtub and one lavatory for each
sex. These items are to serve up to the first eight tourist
spaces. Toilet and lavatory facilities shall be provided for
each sex at the rate of one set for every additional eight
tourist spaces or fractional number thereof. Bathtub or
shower facilities shall be provided for each sex at the rate
of one for every ten additional tourist spaces.
(c) Each toilet, and each shower or bathtub, shall be
contained in a private compartment.
(d) Every male toilet room shall contain
one ur inal, and suff icient urinals in total
ratio of one for each fifteen tourist spaces
same service building.
also at least
to provide a
served by the
(e) Service buildings housing the toilet facilities
shall be permanent structures complying with all applicable
construction ordinances and statutes and shall be located not
closer than ten feet from and not farther than two hundred
feet from any space the building is intended to serve.
( f )
times of
The service buildings shall be well lighted at all
the day and night, shall be well ventilated with
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screened openings and shall be constructed of such moisture-
proof material as shall permit
The floors of the service
construction and shall contain
repeated cleaning
buildings shall
floor drains.
and washing.
be concrete
(g) All service buildings and the grounds of the court
shall be maintained in a clean and sightly condition and kept
free of any condition that will menace the health, welfare or
safety of any occupant or the public, or constitute a
nuisance.
21.40.050 Garbage and refuse.
The requirements of Section 21. 30. 070 of this Code shall
also apply to camper parks.
21.40.060 Water and sewage.
All camper parks shall be connected to water and sewage
systems approved by the City.
21.40.070 Occupancy requirements.
Occupancy in a camper park is limited to those persons and
vehicles in the city for recreational, touring, vacationing and
other similar temporary purposes.
21.40.080 Prohibitions generally.
(a) No recreational vehicle or tent situated in a camper
park may be offered for rent or lease.
(b) No vehicle in a camper park may be rendered immobile
except by the unhitching of a separate towing vehicle, if
any. Camper vehicles may be temporarily tied down only as
required for the safety of the vehicle and the area. Removal
of wheels, skirting, attachment of structures, building or
foundations or any other act evidencing permanency of
occupancy shall not be permitted.
21.40.090 Registration required.
The owner or operator of a camper park shall maintain a
register containing the name and address of each person occupying
the park, a license or identification number and description of
each vehicle occupying the park and the date of each arrival and
departure on a form approved by the City. This register shall be
retained for at least three years, and shall be available for
inspection by the City at any time. No person who refuses to
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register may be granted occupancy ln the park for himself or his
vehicle.
21.40.100 Alaska Landlord-tenant Act inapplicable.
A camper park is not a mobile home park as set forth ln AS
34.03.360(3). Structures and mobile homes within the terms of AS
34.03.360(3) are not permitted.
24.40.110 Responsibility for compliance with chapter.
Compliance with this chapter is the responsibility of the
owners, operators and occupants of camper parks. The owners and
operators have a duty to prevent violations by occupants, and no
owner or operator may knowingly allow a violation by an occupant.
The owners and operators are jointly and severally liable and
responsible together with any occupant for any violations by an
occupant which were known or should have been known to the owner
or operator.
Article V - Camping
21.50.010 Camping on privately owned lots.
No more than one travel trailer, camper or tent may be
occupied overnight on any privtely owned lot outside a camper
park operating under permit except in RR or unzoned districts.
Such occupancy shall be for recreational or vacationing purposes
only and shall not continue for an excess of sixty (60) days per
calendar year.
21.50.020 Camping generally.
No camping, other than as specified in Section 21.50.010 of
this Code, shall be allowed wi thin the city limits except in
areas designated as campgrounds by resolution of the City Council
or in camper parks operating under permit. In no event shall
camping by one party be allowed for more than fourteen (14)
consecutive days in one designated campground. Camping in camper
parks shall be limited as specified in this chapter. Fees for
camping in designated campgrounds shall be set by resolution of
the City Council. Fees for camping in private camper parks shall
be established at the discretion of the park manager or owner.
Section 3. Sec. 14-81 of the Seward City Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
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Sec. 14-81. Travel trailer and motor home parking.
(a) No travel trailer or motor home shall be parked on
any street or highway of the city for a period of more than
one hour at anyone time.
(b) The chief of police may designate streets in the
central business traffic district on which no travel trailer
or motor home shall be stopped, parked or allowed to stand
between the hours of 6:00 A.M., and 6:00 P.M.
(c) No travel
property without
property.
trailer or camper may be parked on private
specific approval of the owner of the
(d) No more than one travel trailer or camper may be
occupied overnight on a single privately owned lot outside of
a camper park operating under permit except in RR or unzoned
districts. Such occupancy shall be for recreational or
vacationing purposes only and shall not continue for a period
in excess of sixty (60) days per calendar year.
Section 4. This ordinance shall become effective
following enactment.
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ENACTED BY THE
this c>2q day of
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA,
~/~ ' 1984.
OF SEWARD, ALASKA
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Cripps, Gillespie, Meehan, Swartz, Williams
None
Hilton, Wilson
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
HUGHES, THORSNESS, GANTZ,
POWELL & BRUNDIN
ufilM
Fred B. Arvidson
(City Seal)
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