1982-07-07 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing

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• ORDINANCE NO. 811 ~~ A.'V ORDINANCE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND PROMOTE THE PUBLIC WELFARE OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS, TEXAS, BY REGULATING MOBILE HOME PARKING AND MOBILE HOME PARKS IN THE CITY OF LA PO RTE, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR MOBILE HOPE PARK PERMITS, ANNUAL LICENSE AND ANNUAL LICENSE FEE, AND ~tiIONTHLY RESIDENT SERVICES FEES; PROVIDING TECHNICAL, PHYSICAL, AND OPERATING REQUIREMENTS FOR MOBILE HOME PARKS; PROVIDING THAT Ai~1Y PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEE1~lED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT LESS THAi1 TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($25.00) NOR MORE THAN T690 HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) AND EACH DAY OF VIOLATION SHALL BE DEEMED A SEPARATE OFFENSE; CONTAINING A REPEALING AND A SAVING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY CO~iC'IISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTS, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. Definitions. ,_ ~ MOBILE HOME. "Mobile home" means any vehicle designed and constructed to travel ontiZe public thoroughfares and to provide dwelling or sleeping places for one or more persons. The term "mobile home" shall not include "campers." A "camper" is defined as any enclosed structure intended for human habitation mounted on any manufactured pickup truck or flat-bed vehicle. Nothing contained in this Ordinance shall be construed to prohibit parking or storing a "camper" or a "mobile home" on any tract or parcel of land within the City of La Porte, so long as the same is parked or stored on such property in conformity with the /'~ requirements of the City of La Porte Zoning Ordinance, and, \,. J ./ provided further, so long as the same is not used on such property for human habitation. MOBILE HOME PARK. "Mobile Home Parkk" means any area, lot or tract of land upon which two (2) or more mobile homes, occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes. are located. Such term shall be deemed to include "mobile home parks" existing and in operation in the corporate limits of the City of La Porte on the effective date of this Ordinance, or which may hereafter be created .under the terms of this Ordinance. "Mobile ~ ~~ home park" excludes sales areas or lots used exclusively for the sale of mobile homes.