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ORDINANCE NO. 567
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AN ORDINANCE DEFINING VARIOUS TYPES
OF MOBILE LIVING UNITS SUCH AS , BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, MOBILE HOMES, HOUSE
TRAILERS, TRAVEL TRAILERS, BUSES CON-
TAINING LIVING, SLEEPING OR COOKING
ACCOMMODATIONS, SELF-CONTAINED HOUSE
11 TRAILERS, CAMPERS AND HOUSES ON WHEELS ;
AND MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO PARK ANY
MOBILE LIVING UNIT AT ANY SITE WITHIN
THE LIMITS OF THE CITY, OTHER THAN AT
A LICENSED TRAILER PARK, FOR A PERIOD
OF MORE THAN FOUR HOURS ; AND MAKING IT
I UNLAWFUL TO SLEEP IN, OCCUPY, COOK IN
i OR USE AS A DRESSING ROOM ANY TYPE OF
MOBILE LIVING UNIT, EXCEPT THOSE MOBILE j
LIVING UNITS PARKED AT A LICENSED TRAILER
PARK; AND PROVIDING FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
AS TO ANY MOBILE LIVING UNITS PREVIOUSLY
GIVEN TEMPORARY PERMITS TO OCCUPY SPACES
OTHER THAN TRAILER PARKS , WITHIN THE CITY;
.a AND PROVIDING AN EXCEPTION AS TO TRAILERS
FOR SALE BY LICENSED SALES AGENCIES ; AND
PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF j
1 ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH BE RE-
PEALED TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT;
AND PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL
1 BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS OF ITS
II{ PASSAGE AND ADOPTION ON THIRD AND FINAL
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
DANIA, FLORIDA:
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� Section 1. As used herein, the term "mobile living
unit" shall mean and refer to any type of unit, accommodation
or mechanism constructed initially on an axle (or axles) and
wheels and containing any type of cooking facility or any type
of bed, couch or other sleeping accommodation. The term, mobile
living unit, shall include, but not be limited to, mobile homes,
house trailers, travel trailers, buses containing living, sleep-
ing or cooking accommodations, self-contained house trailers,
campers, motor homes and houses on wheels .
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1 Section 2.
(a) A person who is a bona fide resident of
the City of Dania, Florida, may park not more than one per-
mitted mobile living unit (with "permitted mobile living unit"
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being hereinafter defined) off the street at his place of
J residence in the City of Dania and on condition that no persons
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! be allowed to live in, occupy or otherwise use such mobile
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I living unit for living or cooking purposes while same is parked �
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1 as aforesaid. A "permitted mobile living unit" shall be one
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where the engine, driving mechanism and transmission forms an
integral part of the living unit so that the mobile living unit
is capable of moving and propelling itself or, alternatively,
in the cases where the mobile living unit is towed by indepen-
dent means, a "permitted mobile living unit" shall be one where
the body or frame is not greater than 24 feet in length. How-
ever, as to all permitted mobile living units which are allowed
to be parked under the provisions of this section, the owner
shall make certain that the underside, and adjacent sides, of
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the parked unit shall be kept mowed, trimmed and free of weeds,
trash and debris.
(b) Any person who claims the right to park one per-
mitted mobile living unit off the street at his place of resi-
dence in the City of Dania, under the authority of sub-paragraph
(a) of the within section, shall produce proper and written
evidence to either the chief of police, building inspector
j or city manager (upon request being made by such officers)
showing that he is the legal owner of the said permitted
mobile living unit. Further, the said person claiming the
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advantage under sub-paragraph (a) of the within section shall
t also show the chief of police, building inspector or city
f� manager (upon request being made) that he is actually a bona
1 fide resident of the City of Dania, Florida, at the address
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where the mobile living unit is parked. If such person cannot
prove the ownership of the mobile living unit or his place of
residence where the mobile living unit is parked, in accordance
with the aforesaid requirements, he shall remove the said
I mobile living unit from the particular place where same is
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�+ parked immediately after demand is made by City of Dania and,
if he does not then move such mobile living unit, he shall be
deemed in violation of this ordinance under the provisions of
subsequent sections .
Section 3 . Subject to the exception provided in
Section 2 , herein, it shall be unlawful to park any mobile
living unit at any site within the corporate limits of the City
of Dania, other than at a licensed trailer park, for a period
of more than six consecutive hours . Further, as a part of the
ordinary and routine exercise of the police powers of the city,
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the chief of police is hereby authorized and directed, within
his sole discretion, to determine if mobile living units should
be parked at any time at the public areas of Dania Beach, Dania,
Florida.
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Section 4. It shall be unlawful to sleep in, occupy,
cook in or use as a dressing room any type of mobile living
unit, except those mobile living units parked at a licensed
trailer park.
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Section 5 . If the city has previously given any type f
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jof temporary permit allowing the parking of a mobile living
unit at a site other than a licensed trailer park, in instances
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where temporary permits have been given for watchman purposes, i
construction purposes or otherwise, the city manager shall revoke
such permits and demand that all such mobile living units be
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removed within ninety days . However, in any instance where a
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valid variance permit has been given which allows the parking
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of a mobile living unit for use by a person employed primarily
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as a watchman, the city manager, as an administrative matter,
I is authorized to determine the length of time and other terms
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and conditions under which the mobile living unit may continue
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to be parked.
Section 6 . The provisions of this ordinance shall not
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apply to unoccupied mobile living units stored on the lots of
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licensed trailer sales operators within the city where such un-
occupied mobile living units are being held for sale.
Section 7. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances
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in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such
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conflict.
Section 8. That this ordinance shall be in force and
take effect immediately upon its final passage and adoption.
PASSED and ADOPTED on First Reading on the 1st day
of February, 1971.
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PASSED and ADOPTED on Second Reading on the 15th day
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of February, 1971.
PASSED and ADOPTED on Third Reading on the 1st day
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of March, 1971.
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Mayor-Commissioner
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