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ORDiNANCFr NO. 1456
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON,
REGULATING THE LOCATION AND OCCUPANCY OF MOBILE IlOMES,
ESTABLISHING LICENSES FOR MOBILE HOME PARKS AND PRO-
VIDING FOR LICENSE FEES THEREFORE, AND REPEALING ORDIN-
ANCE NO. 1344.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend,
Washington, in regular session assembled, as follows:
Section 1. Definitions:
Mobile Home: the terns "Mobile Home" shall mean any
vehicle used, or so constructed as to permit it
being used, as a vehicle upon the public streets or
highways and licensable as such, and constructed in
such manner as will permit occupancy thereof as a
dwelling or sleeping place. Likewise, the term
"Mobile home" shall mean any such vehicle as in this
definition heretofore described which has had the
wheels removed, or has in any other manner been con-
verted to non -vehicular purposes.
Travel 'Trailer: the term "Travel Trailer" shall mean
any vehicle of a type consistent with the definition
of Mobile Home hereinabove set fath, which is less
than twenty feet in length.
Mobile HOme ParK: "Mobile Home Park" shall mean any
plot of ground upon which two or more mobile homes,
occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located.
Health Officer: The term "Health Officer" shall mean
the Health Officer of the Olympic Health District or
his successors.
Section 2. From andafter the effective date hereof it shall be
unlawful to park or to occupy any Mobile Home within
the limits of the City of Port Townsend, Washington,
except in a licensed Mobile Home Park as hereinafter
authorized, for a period of more than eight hours, unless
the owner, occupant, user or other person in charge of
said Mobile Home, or any Travel Trailer parked for more
than eight hours as aforesaid, shall have obtained from
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