California Code
DIVISION 13 - HOUSING
PART 2.3 - SPECIAL OCCUPANCY PARKS ACT

CHAPTER 1 - General

Section 18860. - 18860. This part shall be known and may be cited...

Section 18861. - 18861. (a) The provisions of this part insofar as they...

CHAPTER 2 - Definitions

Section 18862. - 18862. “Accessory building or structure” is any awning, cabana, ramada,...

Section 18862.1. - 18862.1. “Approved” when used in connection with any material, appliance,...

Section 18862.3. - 18862.3. “Building standard” means building standard as defined in Section...

Section 18862.5. - 18862.5. “Camping cabin” means a relocatable hard sided shelter with...

Section 18862.7. - 18862.7. “Camping party” means a person or group of not...

Section 18862.9. - 18862.9. “Campsite” is an area within an incidental camping area...

Section 18862.11. - 18862.11. “Commercial coach” as used in this part has the...

Section 18862.13. - 18862.13. “Conditional permit” means a construction, reconstruction, or operation permit...

Section 18862.15. - 18862.15. “Department” is the Department of Housing and Community Development....

Section 18862.17. - 18862.17. “Enforcement agency” is the Department of Housing and Community...

Section 18862.19. - 18862.19. “Incidental camping area” is any area or tract of...

Section 18862.21. - 18862.21. “Lease” is an oral or written contract for the...

Section 18862.23. - 18862.23. “Lot” means any area or tract of land or...

Section 18862.25. - 18862.25. “Manufactured home” shall have the same meaning as defined...

Section 18862.27. - 18862.27. “Mobilehome” shall have the same meaning as defined in...

Section 18862.29. - 18862.29. “Mobilehome park” shall have the same meaning as used...

Section 18862.30. - 18862.30. “Occupant” and “resident” shall be interchangeable and shall include...

Section 18862.31. - 18862.31. “Park” means any special occupancy park. (Added by Stats....

Section 18862.33. - 18862.33. “Permanent building” means any permanent structure, other than factory-built...

Section 18862.35. - 18862.35. “Plan checking agency” means a private entity employing at...

Section 18862.37. - 18862.37. “Recreational vehicle” as used in this part has the...

Section 18862.39. - 18862.39. (a) “Recreational vehicle park” is any area or tract...

Section 18862.41. - 18862.41. “Rent” is money or other consideration given for the...

Section 18862.43. - 18862.43. “Special occupancy park” means a recreational vehicle park, temporary...

Section 18862.45. - 18862.45. “Special purpose commercial coach” as used in this part...

Section 18862.47. - 18862.47. (a) “Temporary recreational vehicle park” is any area or...

Section 18862.49. - 18862.49. “Tent” is any enclosed structure or shelter fabricated entirely...

CHAPTER 3 - Findings and Purposes

Section 18863. - 18863. The Legislature finds and declares that increasing numbers of...

Section 18863.1. - 18863.1. The Legislature finds and declares that the standards and...

Section 18863.2. - 18863.2. The Legislature finds and declares that inclusion of specific...

Section 18863.3. - 18863.3. The Legislature finds and declares that the specific requirements...

Section 18863.4. - 18863.4. (a) It is the purpose of this part to...

CHAPTER 4 - Application and Scope

Section 18865. - 18865. (a) This part applies to all parts of the...

Section 18865.05. - 18865.05. (a) This part shall also apply to any portion...

Section 18865.1. - 18865.1. Any person may file an application with the governing...

Section 18865.2. - 18865.2. (a) In any city, county, or city and county...

Section 18865.3. - 18865.3. The department shall adopt regulations for special occupancy parks...

Section 18865.4. - 18865.4. This part does not apply to any park or...

Section 18865.5. - 18865.5. (a) This part does not apply to any apartment...

Section 18865.6. - 18865.6. (a) This part is not intended to prevent the...

Section 18865.7. - 18865.7. (a) The department shall evaluate the enforcement of this...

Section 18865.8. - 18865.8. (a) The department may delegate all or any portion...

CHAPTER 5 - Enforcement, Actions, and Proceedings

Section 18866. - 18866. (a) The department shall enforce this part and the...

Section 18866.1. - 18866.1. Enforcement agencies responsible for the enforcement of this part...

Section 18866.2. - 18866.2. Any notice of violation of this part, or any...

Section 18866.3. - 18866.3. The owner or operator of a park shall abate...

Section 18866.4. - 18866.4. In any action or proceeding to abate a nuisance...

Section 18866.5. - 18866.5. (a) If any park or portion thereof governed by...

Section 18866.6. - 18866.6. (a) No enforcement agency shall approve any park fronting...

CHAPTER 6 - Notice of Violations

Section 18867. - 18867. (a) (1) If, upon inspection, the enforcement agency determines...

Section 18868. - 18868. If the owner or operator of the special occupancy...

Section 18869. - 18869. The remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative, and...

CHAPTER 7 - Permits and Fees

Section 18870. - 18870. It is unlawful for any person to do any...

Section 18870.1. - 18870.1. Applications for a permit to construct or reconstruct shall...

Section 18870.2. - 18870.2. Fees as applicable shall be submitted for permits: (a)...

Section 18870.3. - 18870.3. (a) Funds collected by the department pursuant to this...

Section 18870.4. - 18870.4. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the...

Section 18870.5. - 18870.5. Any person responsible for obtaining any of the permits...

Section 18870.6. - 18870.6. A permit to operate shall be issued by the...

Section 18870.7. - 18870.7. A permit to operate shall be issued by the...

Section 18870.8. - 18870.8. (a) The enforcement agency shall be notified by the...

Section 18870.9. - 18870.9. Permits for construction and operation shall be posted in...

Section 18870.10. - 18870.10. All permits as required by this chapter for construction...

Section 18870.11. - 18870.11. If any person who holds a permit to operate...

Section 18870.12. - 18870.12. The enforcement agency shall issue and serve upon the...

Section 18870.13. - 18870.13. The notice shall be served by posting at least...

Section 18870.14. - 18870.14. Any permittee receiving a notice issued pursuant to Section...

Section 18870.15. - 18870.15. Upon receipt of the petition, the enforcement agency shall...

Section 18870.16. - 18870.16. The hearing shall be commenced not later than 10...

Section 18870.17. - 18870.17. After the hearing the enforcement agency shall sustain, modify,...

Section 18870.18. - 18870.18. If the requirements of the notice have not been...

Section 18870.19. - 18870.19. Upon compliance by the permittee with the provisions of...

CHAPTER 8 - Regulations General Provisions

Section 18871. - 18871. It is unlawful for any person to use or...

Section 18871.2. - 18871.2. If a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach is...

Section 18871.3. - 18871.3. The department shall propose the adoption of and submit...

Section 18871.4. - 18871.4. (a) It is unlawful to permit any wastewater, sewage,...

Section 18871.5. - 18871.5. (a) No recreational vehicle within a park shall be...

Section 18871.6. - 18871.6. The department shall adopt regulations to ensure adequate animal...

Section 18871.7. - 18871.7. In every park there shall be installed and kept...

Section 18871.8. - 18871.8. (a) In every park there shall be a person...

Section 18871.9. - 18871.9. Every person who owns or operates an incidental camping...

Section 18871.10. - 18871.10. The department shall adopt regulations to govern the use...

Section 18871.11. - 18871.11. (a) A camping cabin shall be designed to resist...

CHAPTER 9 - Lots

Section 18872. - 18872. Except as provided in Section 18930, the department shall...

Section 18872.1. - 18872.1. (a) Park lot lines shall not be created, moved,...

Section 18872.2. - 18872.2. Except as provided in Section 18930, the department shall...

CHAPTER 10 - Building Construction, Plumbing, Electrical, Fuel Gases, and Fire Protection

Section 18873. - 18873. The department shall adopt regulations regarding the construction of...

Section 18873.1. - 18873.1. The department shall adopt the regulations regarding plumbing in...

Section 18873.2. - 18873.2. The department shall adopt regulations for toilet, shower, and...

Section 18873.3. - 18873.3. The department shall adopt regulations regarding electrical wiring, fixtures,...

Section 18873.4. - 18873.4. The department shall adopt regulations regarding fuel gas equipment...

Section 18873.5. - 18873.5. (a) The department shall adopt regulations that it determines...

CHAPTER 11 - Penalties

Section 18874. - 18874. (a) Any person who willfully violates this part, building...