Ordinance #108: Amendment to RV Ord #100

CITY OF GEORGETOWN, STATE OF IDAHO

ORDINANCE NO. 2022-108

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN AMENDING ORDINANCE 2020-100; PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL REGULATION OF RV’S, MOTOR HOMES, AND MOBILE HOMES AND AN EXCEPTION, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THE SAME.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF GEORGETOWN, IDAHO AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1: Section 3 of Ordinance 2020-100 shall be amended in its entirety as follows:

Section 3: Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2 herein, an RV, Motor Home, or Mobile Home may be parked or located on property within the City of Georgetown and used as a dwelling or residence, for an intial period of thirty (30) days, after which time period, the RV, Motor Home, or Mobile Home may only be used as a dwelling or residence within the City of Georgetown for those limited purposes set forth in SECTION IV of Ordinance #70, and only after following the procedures outlined in SECTION IV.

Further, any party, owner, entity, or individual that uses or has used an RV, Motor Home, or Mobile Home as a dwelling or residence under the terms and exceptions outlined in this Section 3, during any calendar year for a period of thirty (30) days may not use the RV, Motor Home, or Mobile Home as a dwelling or residence during the same calendar year.

A violation of the terms of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor offense and shall be punishable only by a fine of up to $1,000.00. No jail or incarceration shall be imposed. Each day the RV, Motor Home or Mobile Home remains in violation of this Ordinance shall constitute a separate offense. Further, the City shall be entitled to remove the RV, Motor Home or Mobile Home at the owner’s expense.

Section 2: All other Ordinances in conflict with the terms of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.

Section 3: One half (1/2) plus one (1) of the members of the full council agree to dispense with the rule requiring the reading of this ordinance on three (3) separate occasions.

EFFECTIVE DATE: That this Ordinance and the rules, regulations, provisions, requirements, orders and matters established and adopted hereby shall take effect and be in full force and effect upon its due publication as provided by law.

PASSED AND APPROVED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Georgetown, Bear Lake County, Idaho, this 7th day of December, 2022.

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STEPHAN R. WAECHTLER, Mayor

ATTEST:

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Lynette Smith, City Clerk