Travel trailers.
Montgomery City Code, App. C, art. VI, § 10.4
in effectSec. 10.4. - Travel trailers.
The following regulations shall apply to travel trailer parks wherever they may be permitted:
General requirements:
a. Each travel trailer park shall have direct access to a numbered state or federal highway; or be near an interchange of an interstate highway.
b. Spaces shall be rented by the day or week only.
c. Lots in mobile dwelling parks may not be used for travel trailers.
Development standards:
a. The travel trailer park shall consist of not less than ten contiguous acres of land.
b. The maximum density of travel trailer parks shall not exceed 15 sites per acre of usable land, not including land set aside for open space, as defined by this ordinance; buffer strips or street right-of-way.
c. Streets in travel trailer parks will be private and properly stabilized. Private streets may be paved as follows:
One-way vehicular travel .....12 feet
Two-way vehicular travel .....20 feet
d. There must be a landscaped buffer strip of not less than 50 feet in depth along major streets abutting a travel trailer park and landscaped buffer strip not less than 25 feet in depth along the other boundaries of the park.
e. Each travel trailer site shall contain a stabilized vehicular parking pad composed of shell, marl, paving or other suitable material.
f. Each travel trailer park shall provide land for open space. The required open space shall equal not less than ten percent of the gross land area of the park. Such required open space shall not be used for parking or for accessory structures, but may be used for recreational uses.
g. Sanitary facilities for travel trailer parks shall be in compliance with requirements of the State of Alabama and the county health department.
h. No part of a travel trailer placed on a site shall be closer than ten feet to any part other travel trailer. No permanent external apparatuses such as carports, cabanas, or patios may be attached to a travel trailer and the removal of wheels and the placement of the unit on a permanent foundation is prohibited.
i. Sites may be occupied by travel trailers not exceeding eight feet in width and 36 feet in length.
j. The board of adjustment shall not receive applications for special exceptions or variances involving travel trailer parks until such application has been first submitted to the planning commission for its review and recommendation. Such application shall be accompanied by information required for mobile dwelling parks, as stated in article VI of this ordinance.
k. After all required improvements have been completed for a park, or an approved construction unit of a park, the building department shall certify the completed sites as approved of occupancy. Until a site is approved for occupancy, no travel trailer shall be placed thereon.
(Ord. No. 31-73)
Source: City of Montgomery, Alabama, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/al/montgomery/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=APXCZO_ARTVIGEPR_S10.4TRTRFetched: 11/8/2026