Portland City Code ch. 6 (Buildings and Building Regulations) § 6-133 — Habitation of Recreational Shelters.
Sec. 6-133. Habitation of Recreational Shelters.
(a) For purposes of this section, “recreational shelter”
means any building, structure, vehicle, trailer, or other enclosure
used or intended for human habitation that does not meet the
standards set forth in Articles II through IV of this Chapter, or
the State of Maine Manufactured Housing Act. This includes, but is
not limited to, recreational vehicles, motor homes, campers, camp
or truck trailers, tents, shelters, and structures on trailers
capable of being towed by a motor vehicle.
(b) A recreational shelter may not be occupied as living
quarters, unless it meets all of the following requirements:
(1) The recreational shelter is a vehicle or trailer eligible
for registration under Title 29-A, Chapter 5 of the Maine
Revised Statutes;
(2) The recreational shelter is fully inspected, registered
and ready for highway use, except that a moveable
recreational shelter that does not move under its own
power may be temporarily disconnected from the vehicle
used to haul it, only for the time period contained in
subsection (b)(8) below;
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(3) The recreational shelter meets all of the applicable fire
and life safety requirements;
(4) The recreational shelter is weathertight, watertight,
vermin proof, structurally sound and in good repair;
(5) The use of the recreational shelter, and its connection
to utilities, if any, complies with all other applicable
sanitary, electrical, fire, and life safety requirements
of this Code;