10.04.140 PROHIBITING VEHICLE USE FOR HABITATION AND SLEEP.

It is unlawful:

(a) For any person to use a vehicle as defined in the California Vehicle Code, for lodging in the City of San Mateo. For the purpose of this section, "lodging" means the combination of one or more activities in subdivision (1) with one or more activities in subdivision (2) where it reasonably appears, in light of all the circumstances, that a person is using a vehicle for habitation.

(1) Storing of contents inside a vehicle that are not associated with ordinary vehicle use, such as a sleeping bag, bedroll, blanket, sheet, pillow, kitchen utensils, cookware, cooking equipment, bodily fluids, or the storing of personal possessions or belongings that obscure some or all of the vehicle's windows; and

(2) Engaging or engaged in one or more of the following inside a vehicle: preparing or cooking meals or sleeping.

(b) For any person to connect any camp car, motor home, travel trailer or any other vehicle which is equipped for sleeping or cooking or both, to any public utility, such as water, electricity, gas or sewer services, except as may be necessary for the maintenance and preparation of the vehicle. The duration of any such maintenance or preparation connection shall not exceed eight hours in any seven consecutive days.