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ORDINANCE N0. ! ~C;
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA,
FLORIDA REGULATING THE PARKING, OCCUPATION
AND USE OF TRAILERS OF EVERY TYPE AND SIZE
ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHIN THE
VILLAGE AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATIONS THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF
TEQUESTA, FLORIDA:
Section 1: For the purpose of this ordinance the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this
section:
(a) Mobile home trailer. A movable living unit or similar
portable structure having no foundation other than wheels, jacks,
or blocks, designed to be moved from one location to another by a
motor 'vehicle other than a passenger automobile; .n excess of
eight (8) feet in width and/or twenty-nine (29) feet in length.
(b) Travel trailers. A vehicular, portable structure
having no foundation other than wheels, jacks, or blocks, designed
to be used as a temporary dwelling unit for travel, recreational
and vacation uses, which (a) is identified on the unit or classi-
fied by the manufacturer as a travel trailer; and (b) is not more
than eight (8) feet in body width; and (c) is of any weight pro-
vided its body length does not exceed twenty-nine (29) feet; or
(d) is of any length provided its gross weight, factory equipped
for the road, does not exceed four thousand five hundred (4,500)
pounds.
(c) Camper trailer. A movable living unit or similar
portable structure having no foundation other than wheels, jacks
or blocks, designed to be moved from one location to another by
passenger automobile, may be collapsible and customarily used for
recreational and camping pursuits, not in excess of fourteen (14)
feet in length.
(d) Cargo Trailers. Wheeled trailers designed to be towed
by a motor vehicle for the purpose of hauling or moving cargo.
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(e) Boat trailer.
In two (2) or more wheel trailer design
to be towed by motor vehicle for the purpose of hauling boats.
(f) Self propelled mobile home. A self propelled four (4)
wheel vehicle containing living facilities and includes the terms
"house car" or "camp car".
(g) Mobile home park. Includes the term "trailer park"
and "tourist camp", and means any plot of land where accommodations
are provided for two (2) or more trailers or mobile homes for
sleeping, housekeeping or living quarters.
Section 2: No owner of property within the corporate limits
of the V~_llage shall permit the parking, maintaining or keeping
upon his property and no person shall park, maintain or keep any
trailer, house car or camp car, for more than twelve (12) hours,
except as provided by this section, ar~d further excepting from
operation of this section trailer sales of new and used unoccupied
trailers, house cars or camp cars by an individual, firm or cor-
poration, properly licensed according to the ordinance of the Village,
at a location that is zoned for trailer sales use.
Section 3: The use of a trailer or mobile home as a dwell-
ing or living unit on any lot, other than a licensed and approved
trailer park shall not be permitted within the Village of Tequesta.
Trailer sales establishments, excluding the use of trailers for
living use, shall be permitted in the C-2 district only.
Section 4: Travel trailers, camper trailers, boat trailers
not in excess of twenty-six (26) feet in length and cargo trailers
not in excess of fourteen (14) feet in length shall be permitted
to park on private property in any district provided they are:
(1) located behind the front building line, its most forward pro-
jection not less than twenty-five (25) feet from the front line
(in the case of corner lots, the setback shall be twenty-five (25)
feet from the front line and twenty (20) feet from the side street
line); or (2) located in a carport or garage.
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Section 5•
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Self propelled mobile homes not exceeding
twenty-seven (27) feet in length and detachable campers designed
to be carried by pick-up trucks shall be permitted to park as a
passenger vehicle.
Section 6: No trailer, or mobile home, shall be parked
upon any public street, park or other public property within the
corporate limits of the Village more than two (2) hours, and shall
not be used for sleeping, housekeeping or living quarters while so
parked, unless located in an area publicly designated for such use.
Section 7: Trailers used for construction offices on a
pancy is issued for the new construction. Such permitted trailers
shall not be used for sales habitation or promotional purposes,
and shall be permitted only after receiving a permit from the
building inspector for each such trailer.
Section 8: Any person convicted of violation of this
construction site or in a subdivision shall be permitted during
the period of construction only after a building permit for the
construction job has been issued; such trailer or trailers must be
removed from the site or subdivision before a certificate of occu-
ordinance shall be punished as provided in Section 10 of Ordinance
No. 1.
Section 9: All ordinances and sections thereof in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 10: This ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon its passage and approval as provided by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON SG ~-o~o
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AP ROVE :
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Mayor
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ATTEST:
Village Clerk
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