There shall be at least 20 spaces in each mobile home park and
no more than 200 spaces; all requirements of this article for the
issuance of a license shall be complied with prior to the issuance
of such license and proper rezoning as to each of the available spaces
designed into said mobile home park. All accommodations required by
this article shall be based upon the total park capacity according
to the accepted plans.
The attendant or person in charge and the park licensee shall
operate the park in compliance with this chapter and regulations and
ordinances of the City and state and their agents or officers and
shall have the following duties. They shall:
A. Maintain a register of all park occupants, to be open at all times
to inspection by state, federal and municipal officers, which shall
show:
(1)
Names and addresses of all owners and occupants of each mobile
home.
(2)
Number of children of school age.
(3)
State of legal residence.
(4)
Dates of entrance and departure of each mobile home.
(5)
Make, model, year and serial number or license number of each
mobile home and towing or other motor vehicles and state, territory
or country which issued such licenses.
(6)
Place of employment of each occupant, if any.
B. Notify park occupants of the provisions of this chapter and inform
them of their duties and responsibilities and report promptly to the
proper authorities any violations of this chapter or any other violations
of law which may come to their attention.
C. Report to City authorities all cases of persons or animals affected
or suspected of being affected with any dangerous communicable disease.
D. Supervise the placement of each mobile home on its stand, which includes
securing its stability and installing all utility connections and
tie-downs, in accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin and
the ordinances and regulations of the City.
E. Maintain park grounds, buildings and structures free of insect and
rodent harborage and infestation and accumulations of debris which
may provide rodent harborage or breeding places for flies, mosquitoes
and other pests.
F. Maintain the park free from growth of noxious weeds.
G. Maintain the park free of litter, rubbish and other flammable materials
and provide portable fire extinguishers of a type approved by the
Fire Chief in all locations designated by the Chief and maintain such
extinguishers in good operating condition and cause every area within
the park designated as a fire lane by the Fire Chief to be kept free
and clear of obstructions.
H. Allow inspections of park premises and facilities at reasonable times by municipal officials or their agents or employees as provided by §
520-125B of this chapter.
All plumbing, electric, electrical, building and other work
on or at any mobile home park under this chapter shall be in accordance
with the ordinances of the City and the requirements of the state
plumbing, electrical and building codes and the regulations of the
State Department of Health Services. Licenses and permits granted
under this chapter grant no right to erect or repair any structure,
to do any plumbing work or to do any electric work.
The following guides, standards and requirements shall apply
in site planning for mobile home parks:
A. Principal vehicular access points. Principal vehicular access points
shall be designed to encourage smooth traffic flow with controlled
turning movements and minimum hazards to vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
Merging and turnout lanes and/or traffic dividers shall be required
where existing or anticipated heavy flows indicate need. In general,
minor streets shall not be connected with streets outside the park
in such a way as to encourage the use of such minor streets by substantial
amounts of through traffic. No lot within the park shall have direct
vehicular access to a street bordering the development.
B. Access for pedestrians and cyclists. Access for pedestrians and cyclists
entering or leaving the park shall be by safe and convenient routes.
Such ways need not be adjacent to or limited to the vicinity of vehicular
access points. Where there are crossings of such ways and vehicular
routes at edges of planned developments, such crossings shall be safety
located, marked and controlled, and where such ways are exposed to
substantial vehicular traffic at edges of parks, safeguards may be
required to prevent crossings except at designated points. Bicycle
paths, if provided, shall be so related to the pedestrianway system
that street crossings are combined.
C. Protection of visibility for automotive traffic, cyclists and pedestrians. At intersections of any streets, public or private, the provisions of §
520-55 shall apply and are hereby adopted by reference. Where there is pedestrian or bicycle access from within the park to a street at its edges by paths or across yards or other open space without a barrier to prevent access to the street, no material impediment to visibility more than 2.5 feet above ground level shall be created or maintained within 25 feet of said street unless at least 25 feet from said access measured at right angles to the path.
D. Exterior yards for mobile home parks; minimum requirements; occupancy.
The following requirements and limitations shall apply to yards at
the outer edges of mobile home parks:
(1)
Along public streets. Where mobile home parks adjoin public
streets along exterior boundaries, a yard at least 25 feet in minimum
dimensions shall be provided adjacent to such streets. Such yard may
be used to satisfy open space depth requirements for individual dwellings
but shall not contain carports, recreational shelters, storage structures
or any other structures generally prohibited in yards adjacent to
streets in residential districts. No direct vehicular access to individual
lots shall be permitted through such yards, and no group parking facilities
or active recreation areas shall be allowed therein.
(2)
At edges of mobile home parks and adjoining neighboring districts
(other than at streets or alleys). Where mobile home parks are so
located that one or more boundaries are at the edges of mobile home
parks and adjoining neighboring districts without an intervening street,
alley or other permanent open space at least 20 feet in width, an
exterior yard at least 20 feet in minimum dimension shall be provided.
Where the adjoining district is residential, the same limitations
on occupancy and use of such yards shall apply as stated above concerning
yards along public streets. Where the adjoining district is nonresidential,
such yards may be used for group or individual parking, active recreation
facilities or carports, recreational shelters or storage structures.
E. Ways for pedestrians and/or cyclists in exterior yards. In any exterior
yard, required or other, ways for pedestrians and/or cyclists may
be permitted, if appropriately located, fenced or landscaped to prevent
potential hazards arising from vehicular traffic on adjacent streets
or other hazards and annoyances to users or to occupants of adjoining
property. When otherwise in accord with the requirements concerning
such ways set forth above, approved ways in such locations shall be
counted as common recreation facilities and may also be used for utility
easements.
F. Yards, fences, walls or vegetative screening at edges of mobile home
parks. Along the edges of mobile home parks, walls or vegetative screening
shall be provided where needed to protect residents from undesirable
views, lighting, noise, or other off-site influences or to protect
occupants of adjoining residential districts from potentially adverse
influences within the mobile home park. In particular, extensive off-street
parking areas and service areas for loading and unloading other than
passenger vehicles and for storage and collection of trash and garbage
shall be screened.
G. Internal relationships. The site plan shall provide for safe, efficient,
convenient and harmonious groupings of structures, uses and facilities
and for appropriate relation of space inside and outside buildings
to intended uses and structural features. In particular:
(1)
Streets, drives and parking and service areas. Streets, drives
and parking and service areas shall provide safe and convenient access
to dwellings and park facilities and for service and emergency vehicles,
but streets shall not be so laid out as to encourage outside traffic
to traverse the park, nor occupy more land than is required to provide
access as indicated, nor create unnecessary fragmentation of the park
into small blocks. In general, block size shall be the maximum consistent
with use, the shape of the site and the convenience and safety of
the occupants.
(2)
Vehicular access to streets. Vehicular access to streets from
off-street parking areas may be direct from dwellings if the street
or portion of the street serves 50 units or fewer. Determination of
units served shall be based on normal routes anticipated for traffic.
Along streets or portions of streets serving more than 50 dwelling
units or constituting major routes to or around central facilities,
access from parking and service areas shall be so combined, limited,
located, designed and controlled as to channel traffic conveniently,
safely and in a manner that minimizes marginal traffic friction, and
direct vehicular access from individual dwellings shall generally
be prohibited.
(3)
Ways for pedestrians and cyclists; use by emergency, maintenance
or service vehicles.
(a)
Walkways shall form a logical, safe and convenient system for
pedestrian access to all dwellings, project facilities and principal
off-street pedestrian destinations. Maximum walking distance in the
open between dwelling units and related parking spaces, delivery areas
and trash and garbage storage areas intended for use of occupants
shall not exceed 100 feet.
(b)
Walkways to be used by substantial numbers of children as play
areas or routes to school, bus stops or other destinations shall be
so located and safeguarded as to minimize contracts with normal automotive
traffic. If an internal walkway system is provided, away from streets,
bicycle paths shall be incorporated in the walkway system. Street
crossings shall be held to a minimum on such walkways and shall be
located and designated to provide safety and shall be appropriately
marked and otherwise safeguarded. Ways for pedestrians and cyclists,
appropriately located, designed and constructed, may be combined with
other easements and used by emergency, maintenance or service vehicle
but shall not be used by other automotive traffic.
In hardship cases, the Common Council may, in its discretion,
grant a temporary permit, not to exceed six months, said permit to
clearly state the expiration date thereon, provided that sanitation
rules as set forth in this article are complied with and provided
that consent of all adjacent owners or occupiers of land is obtained.
The temporary permit may be renewed for additional six-month periods
by the Common Council if the hardship continues beyond the licensed
period.