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Sec. 33-5. Site requirements for trailer courts.

(a) Water and sewer connections. No trailer court shall
be located within the city limits, unless city water and sewer
connections are available.

(b) Drainage. Every trailer court shall be located on a
well-drained area and the premises shall be properly graded
so as to prevent the accumulation of storm or other waters.

(c) Yards; distance of trailer from lot line. No occupied
trailer shall be located within the city limits within the stipulated
yard requirements for the zoning district in which such
trailer court is located, nor less than ten feet from any other
building or vehicle or the boundary line of the tract on which
it is located.

(d) Dimensions of trailer spaces; driveways; entrances
and exits. Trailer spaces shall be not less than twenty-five
by thirty-five feet and shall be clearly designated by proper
markers at each corner. The trailer court shall be so arranged
that all trailer spaces shall face or abut on a driveway
not less than eighteen feet in width, giving easy access to a
public street. Such driveway shall be paved and maintained
in good condition, be well lighted at night and shall not be
obstructed. All entrances and exits from the trailer court
shall be well marked and so arranged that they may be easily
controlled and supervised.

(e) Electrical service outlets. Every trailer space shall be
furnished with a weatherproof 110-115 volt service outlet.
Such outlet shall be equipped with an externally operable
switch or fuse of not more than thirty amperes capacity and
a heavy duty outlet receptacle.

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(f) Compliance with Zoning Ordinance.[414] Trailer courts
shall be located only in districts where they are permitted
by the Zoning Ordinance. (Code 1959, § 33-5.)