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Contents14-205 General Regulations--Travel Trailers And Travel Trailer Parks

14-205 General Regulations--Travel Trailers And Travel Trailer Parks

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  1. (1) Occupied travel trailers restricted to parks. It is unlawful for any travel trailer to be occupied or serviced outside of any properly designated travel trailer park. This provision shall not apply to the storage of travel trailers, provided said trailer unit is neither temporarily nor permanently occupied as a dwelling unit while within the city limits.
  2. (2) Permit for travel trailer park. No place or site within the city shall be established or maintained by any person, group of persons, or corporation as a travel trailer park unless he holds a valid permit issued by the city building inspector in the name of such person for the specific travel trailer park. The city building inspector is authorized to issue, suspend, or revoke permits in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
  3. (3) Inspections by city building inspector or county health officer. The city building inspector or county health officer is hereby authorized and directed to make inspections to determine the condition of travel trailer parks, in order that he may perform his duty of safeguarding the health and safety of the occupants of travel trailer parks and of the general public. The building inspector or county health officer shall have the power to enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property for the purpose of inspecting and investigating conditions relating to the enforcement of this chapter.
  4. (4) Length of occupancy. Travel trailer spaces shall be rented by the day or week only, and the occupant of such space shall remain in the same travel trailer park not more than 14 days.
  5. (5) Location. Travel trailer parks shall be located in districts as specified in the zoning ordinance of the city.
  6. (6) Minimum size of travel trailer space. Each travel trailer space shall have a minimum width of 30 feet and a minimum length of 50 feet.
  7. (7) Site planning improvements. Site planning improvements shall conform to the standards established in Regulations VIXX of the State Regulations Governing the Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Organized Camps in Tennessee, as provided in chapter 65, Public Acts of 1965.