Ordinance 89-045ORDINANCE NO. C, 9-45
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING ANCHORING,
BLOCKING AND TIE DOWNS OF MOBILE HOME AND
TRAVEL TRAILERS; ESTABLISHING
APPLICABILITY; DEFINING MOBILE HOMES AND
TRAVEL TRAILERS; ADOPTING THE RULE OF
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR
VEHICLES, DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES,
CHAPTER 15C -1.10 AS MOBILE HOME
STANDARDS; ESTABLISHING TRAVEL TRAILER
STANDA~RDS; PROVIDING FOR NOTIFICATIONS OF
OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS OF THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING PENALTIES;
REPEALING ORDINANCE 75-15; PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMI~ISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY FLORIDA:
SECTION I - FINDING AND PURPOSE
The Board of County Commissioners of Collier
County, Florida, (hereinafter the "Board") does hereby find
that it is in the interest of the citizens of Collier County
to require proper anchoring, blocking and tie-downs of mobile
homes and travel trailers to protect the health, safety and
welfare of the citizens of Colliex County.
SECTION 2 - TITLE AND CITATION
This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as
the "Collier County Mobile Home and Travel Trailer
Ordinance".
SECTION 3 - APPLICABILITY
This Ordinance shall apply to and be enforced in
all of the unincorporated areas of Collier County.
SECTION 4 - DEFINITIONS
The following word, phrases or terms as used in
this Ordinance shall have the following meanings unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise;
a) Mobile Home: A detached single family dwelling
unit with all of the following characteristics:
1. Designed for long term occupancy, and
containing sleeping accommodations, a flush toilet, a tub or
shower bath, and kitchen facilities, with plumbing and
electrical connections provided for attachment to outside
systems;
2. Designed for transportation after
fabrication on streets or highways on its own wheels, and
3. Arriving at the site where it is to be
occupied as a dwelling complete, including major appliances
and furniture, and ready for occupancy except for minor and
incidental unpacking and assembly operations, location on
Jacks or other temporary or permanent foundations, connection
to utilities and the like. A travel trailer is not to be
considered a mobile home.
b) Trave% Trai~er: A travel trailer is a vehicular
portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as.
a tamporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation
purposes. Refer to the Collier County Zoning Ordinance for
additional definitions and requirements.
SECTION 5 - MOBILE HOME AND TRAVEL TRAILER STANDARDS
The Rule of Department of Highway Safety and Motor
Vehicles, Division of Motor Vehicles, Chapter I§C-i.10 as
amended 1-10-80 and the requirement of this Ordinance for
travel trailers are hereby adopted by reference and made a
part of the "Collier County Mobile Home and Travel Trailer
Ordinance".
SECTION 6 - TRAVEL TRAILER STANDARDS
Travel trailers shall be blocked and anchored using the
best commercially available materials for units of their size
and type. Said blocks and tie-down anchors shall be located
two (2) places per side and as near to either end of the unit
as practical. Tie-downs shall be installed over the body of
the travel trailer and drawn tight in a manner similar to
that required for mobile homes. This Ordinance shall apply
to all travel trailers whether occupied or stored within four
(4) hours after the issuance of a hurricane alert;.
SECTION 7 - NOTIFICATION
Adoption of this Ordinance shall serve as notification
to all parties involved. Special notification shall be
owners or operators to all current park occupants and all
future occupants at time of occupancy of the provisions of
these regulations, and shall post copies of these regulations
in conspicuous locations within the park.
SECTION 8 - PENALTIES
If any purson fails or rQfuses to obQy or comply with or
violates any of the provisions of this ordinance, such person
upon conviction of such offense, shall bo quilty of a
misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed
five-hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not to
exceed sixty (60) days in the County jail, or both, in the
discretion of the Court. Each violation or noncompliance
shall be considered a separate and distinct offense.
Further, each day of continued violation or noncompliance
shall be considered as a separate offense.
Nothing herein contained shall prevent or restrict the
County from taking such other lawful action in any court of
competent jurisdiction as is necessary to prevent or remedy
any violation or noncompliance. Such other lawful actions
shall include, but shall not be limited to, an equitable
action for injunctive relief or an action at law for damages.
Further, nothing in this Section shall be construed to
prohibit the County from prosecuting any violation of this
Ordinance by means of a Code Enforcement Board established
pursuant to the authority of Chapter 162, Florida Statutes.
All remedies and penalties provided for in this Section
shall be cumulative and independently available to the County
and the County shall be authorized to pursue any and all
remedies set forth in this Section to the full extent allowed
by law.
SECTION 9 - REPEAL OF ORDINANCE NO. 75-15
Collier County ordil.ance number 75-15, which established
anchoring, blocking and tie-downs for mobile homes and travel
trailers is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 10 - CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY
In the event this Ordinance conflicts with any other
Ordinance of Collior County or other applicable law, the more
restrictive shall apply. If any phrase or portion of this
ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
competont Jurisdiction, such portion shall bQ deemed a
separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion.
SECTION 11 - EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall become effective upon receipt of notice
from the Secretary of State that this Ordinance has been
filed with the Secreratry of State.
PASSFD AND DULY ADOPTED by the Board of County
Commissipners of Collier County, Florida this/~ay
of /~.~'/ , 1989.
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,. t./. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
· ~TTEST: / COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
JAMES ,C/GILES, Clerk
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...~,Approved as to form and legal
t;. Sufficiency: _
~)a--~id C~ ~,'e~e! ~
Assistant County Attorney
STATE O1.' FLORIDA )
COUNTY OF COLLIER )
[, JAMES C. GILES, Clerk of Courts in and for the
Twentieth Judicial Circuit, Collier Countv, Florida, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of:
O~dinance No. 89-45
which was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners on the
18th day of July, 1989, during Regular Session.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of the Board of
County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida, this 20th
day of July, ]989.
JA~IES C. GILES
Clerk of Courts and Clerk
Ex-officio to Board of
Count %, Comm i ss i one r s , ~',
By: V'/~/ginia Hagri ~.~
Deputy Clerk
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