[Ord. No. 568-C §1, 5-17-2004]
For the purpose of this Chapter the following definitions shall apply:
MANUFACTURED HOME
(Per Section 700.010(5), RSMo.) A factory-built structure or structures which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, contains three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, equipped with the necessary service connections and made so as to be readily movable as a unit or units on its or their own running gear and designed to be used as a dwelling unit or units with or without a permanent foundation. The phrase "without a permanent foundation" indicates that the support system is constructed with the intent that the manufactured home placed thereon may be moved from time to time at the convenience of the owner.
MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITY
Lots and parcels of land designed and zoned or used for the location of manufactured homes or mobile homes prior to the effective date of the City of Canton Zoning Code (See Chapter 405), for the temporary or permanent parking and occupancy for more than two (2) manufactured homes or recreational vehicles.
PERSON
Any natural individual, firm, trust, partnership, institution, association, corporation, community or municipality.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
Recreational vehicle means a structure designed to provide temporary living accommodations for travel, vacation or recreational use, and to be driven, towed, or transported. Living accommodations may include sleeping, kitchen, bathroom and systems for fresh and waste water, 112/12 volt electricity, propane, heating, air-conditioning and entertainment. A recreational vehicle shall be of such size or weight as do not require a special highway movement permit when towed by a motorized vehicle and of gross trailer area not to exceed three hundred twenty (320) square feet. Included in this definition are the following types of units:
1. 
Class A motorhome. The largest of the motorized recreational vehicles is a luxury motorhome unit entirely constructed on a bare, specially designed motor vehicle chassis.
2. 
Class B motorhome. Generally referred to as a camper van. This unit is built using a conventional van to which a raised roof is added.
3. 
Class C motorhome. Sometimes referred to as a mini-motorhome, a unit built on an automotive manufactured chassis with an attached van cab section.
4. 
Travel trailer. Sometimes referred to as a conventional travel trailer, a unit designed to be towed by a car, van or pickup by means of a bumper or frame hitch.
5. 
Fifth-wheel trailer. A two (2) level unit designed to be affixed and towed by a pickup truck equipped with a special hitch in the truck bed.
6. 
Folding camping trailer. A lightweight unit with sides that collapse for towing and storage. This unit is also referred to as a fold down travel trailer, pop-up trailer or tent trailer.
7. 
Truck camper. This is a small recreational vehicle unit loaded onto or affixed to the bed or chassis of a pickup truck.
[Ord. No. 568-C §2, 5-17-2004]
This Chapter shall apply to any person developing, constructing, operating, maintaining or offering for use within the City of Canton, Missouri, any manufactured home community.
[Ord. No. 568-C §3, 5-17-2004; Ord. No. 787-C, 2-21-2017[1]]
A. 
Unoccupied recreational vehicles may be stored within the City of Canton, Missouri, subject to the following terms and conditions:
1. 
"Storage" as referred to in Chapter 515 shall mean the parking, storage, keeping, leaving, or allowing to be kept of any unoccupied recreational vehicle anywhere within the City limits of the City of Canton, Missouri, for a period in excess of five (5) days.
2. 
Where storage of recreational vehicles is allowed, the recreational vehicle shall be stored or parked on a paved or concrete driveway or other frost proof hard surface (no grassed area).
3. 
No more than one (1) unoccupied recreational vehicle may be stored on a residential property in the "R-1" and "R-2" Districts within the City of Canton, Missouri.
4. 
No more than one (1) unoccupied recreational vehicle may be stored per family dwelling unit in the "R-3A" District within the City of Canton, Missouri.
5. 
No unoccupied recreational vehicle may be stored in the "R-3B" District within the City of Canton, Missouri.
6. 
No unoccupied recreational vehicle may be stored in the "R-4" District within the City of Canton, Missouri.
7. 
No unoccupied recreational vehicle may be stored in the "B-1" District except in an Off Street Parking Facility as defined in Section 405.160 et seq., of the Municipal Code of the City of Canton, Missouri.
8. 
Unoccupied recreational vehicles may be stored or offered for sale in the "B-2" District within the City of Canton, Missouri.
9. 
No unoccupied recreational vehicle may be stored in the "L-1" District within the City of Canton, Missouri.
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Editor’s Note: Ord. No. 787-C also changed the title of this Section from “Storing of Unoccupied Trailers and Manufactured Homes” to “Storage Of Unoccupied Recreational Vehicles.”
[Ord. No. 568-C §4, 5-17-2004]
A. 
From and after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), no manufactured home shall be set for use as living quarters within the City of Canton, Missouri, and no manufactured home community shall be constructed within the City of Canton, Missouri, until a permit has been obtained from the City of Canton, Missouri, after a complete compliance of all requirements of this Chapter and other applicable governmental restrictions.
B. 
From and after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), the owner of any manufactured home shall be responsible for the fee to set a manufactured home in the City of Canton, Missouri, and the fee shall be seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) per manufactured home unit.
[Ord. No. 568-C §5, 5-17-2004]
From and after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), all manufactured homes, as defined by this Chapter and intended for habitation by humans, must be constructed according to the standards established by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for constructing such structures and bear a seal issued by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development as required by Chapter 700, RSMo. No manufactured home may be moved into any existing lot in a manufactured home community in the City of Canton, Missouri, from and after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), unless it shall be constructed according to the standards established by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for constructing such structures and bears a seal issued by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development as required by Chapter 700, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 568-C §6, 5-17-2004]
A. 
From and after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), all manufactured homes placed within the City of Canton, Missouri, shall conform to the definition of manufactured home contained in Section 515.010.
B. 
From and after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), the minimum height of habitable space in a manufactured home shall not be less than seven (7) feet.
[Ord. No. 568-C §7, 5-17-2004]
A. 
From and after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), manufactured home units shall have not less than two (2) doors or one (1) door and one (1) unobstructed emergency exit way. One (1) door shall be located near the front of the unit and one (1) near the rear. An emergency exit way may be substituted for the rear door when the length of the unit does not permit use of two (2) doors.
B. 
From and after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), locking mechanisms for doors shall be of the safety type permitting opening of the door from inside by the operation of a single knob or lever.
C. 
From and after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), when sleeping rooms of a manufactured home unit are arranged so that they have access to only one (1) door of the unit without passing through a passageway that might be blocked by fire, the rooms shall be provided with at least one (1) outside window which can be opened from inside without the use of tools and such other design that it may serve as an emergency exit way if the normal avenues of escape are blocked.
[Ord. No. 568-C §8, 5-17-2004]
From and after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), all manufactured homes located in the manufactured home community within the City of Canton, Missouri, shall provide light and ventilation as required by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in regard to specifications for manufactured homes.
[Ord. No. 568-C §9, 5-17-2004]
From and after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), all manufactured homes located in the manufactured home community within the City of Canton, Missouri, shall provide plumbing, heating, electrical and air-conditioning installations as required by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in regard to specifications for manufactured homes. It shall be the responsibility of the owner of the manufactured home to comply with these requirements.
[Ord. No. 568-C §10, 5-17-2004[1]]
A. 
Recreational vehicles, as defined herein, may be temporarily occupied and parked in a manufactured home community for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days in any twelve-month period. Any person desiring to park a recreational vehicle as defined herein in a manufactured home community for a period in excess of thirty (30) days in any twelve-month period must obtain specific written approval from the Board of Aldermen of the City of Canton, Missouri.
B. 
Recreational vehicles, as defined herein, may be temporarily occupied and parked in the Canton River Front recreational vehicle parking facility under the rules and regulations that apply to that parking facility.
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Editor’s Note: Ord. No. 787-C also changed the title of this Section from “Occupancy of Recreational Vehicles” to “Occupancy By Persons Of Recreational Vehicles.”
[Ord. No. 568-C §11, 5-17-2004]
From and after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), a permit for the construction of a manufactured home community shall not be issued until the requirements of this Chapter are met, and no manufactured home community shall be constructed in any area not zoned "R-4" Mobile Home Dwelling District as provided for in Chapter 405 of the Canton, Missouri, City Code.
[Ord. No. 568-C §12, 5-17-2004]
A. 
From and after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), the following specifications and requirements shall apply:
1. 
Any person constructing a manufactured home community as defined in Section 515.010 of this Chapter shall make application to the City Clerk for a permit to construct a manufactured home community.
2. 
An application to construct a manufactured home community must include a development plan, drawn to scale, showing property lines, location of manufactured home concrete pads, concrete platforms or concrete pillar locations, showing location of streets and sidewalks to be constructed, if any, parking spaces, and water and sewer lines, if any, to be constructed.
3. 
If any changes or extensions of utilities, including but not limited to water lines and/or water meters, sewer lines, natural gas lines and/or gas meters are to be made as part of the construction of the manufactured home community then the application shall include a development plan prepared by and having the seal of an engineer duly registered to practice in Missouri, and such development plan shall be submitted to the Clean Water Commission of the State of Missouri, for approval of water and sewer extensions and/or modifications, and to the natural gas company serving the site as to extensions or modifications of natural gas lines or meters.
[Ord. No. 568-C §13, 5-17-2004]
From and after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), a manufactured home community shall provide sufficient drainage so that standing water will never be allowed to accumulate.
[Ord. No. 568-C §14, 5-17-2004]
All manufactured home communities within the City of Canton, Missouri, whether existing at the time of this Chapter, or constructed after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), shall be located on each space so that there will not be less than fourteen (14) feet from any exterior portion of the manufactured home to any other manufactured home or building within the manufactured home community. This limitation shall include all portions of a manufactured home structure including structural additions to the manufactured home whether provided by the manufacturer or by the homeowner. Patio covers used only for recreational outdoor living purposes and not as carports, garages, storage rooms or habitable rooms are not covered by this limitation.
[Ord. No. 568-C §15, 5-17-2004]
A. 
From and after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), streets and driveways shall be provided within the manufactured home community to afford easy access to all parking spaces. They shall be constructed with a hard dustless road surface and shall provide ready means of entrance and exit to the street in an approved manner.
B. 
From and after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), the minimum width of streets providing for two (2) way traffic shall be thirty-six (36) feet when parking of cars is allowed on both sides and twenty-two (22) feet where parking is not allowed.
C. 
From and after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004) walkways shall be provided as necessary to all accessory buildings and service facilities of the park. Walks shall have a non-slip and pervious surface and shall comply with applicable requirements for public sidewalks.
[Ord. No. 568-C §16, 5-17-2004]
All manufactured home communities within the City of Canton, Missouri, whether existing before the effective date of this Chapter or constructed after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), shall provide off street vehicle parking at the rate of not less than two (2) cars per manufactured home space. If more than two (2) cars are owned or operated by the occupant of a manufactured home in a manufactured home community, the owner of the manufactured home community shall provide such additional off street parking as shall be needed to accommodate additional cars owned or operated by persons occupying manufactured homes within that community.
[Ord. No. 568-C §17, 5-17-2004]
All manufactured homes placed in a manufactured home community within the City of Canton, Missouri, whether located in the City of Canton, Missouri, at the time of the effective date of this Chapter, or placed in the City of Canton, Missouri, after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), shall be located on concrete platforms, concrete pads or pillars for the parking of each manufactured home, with each concrete platform, concrete pad or pillars being equipped with an anchor system for that manufactured home as provided for in Section 700.076, RSMo., and rules and regulations promulgated under the provisions of that Section of the Missouri Statutes.
[Ord. No. 568-C §18, 5-17-2004]
A. 
All manufactured home communities within the City of Canton, Missouri, whether existing at the time of this Chapter or constructed after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), shall have an approved water supply system connected to and obtaining water solely from the municipal water system and shall be installed with adequate water taps and connections including a separate water meter for each recreational vehicle or manufactured home parking space to supply running water for all sanitary and washing fixtures, drinking and domestic purposes. The monthly minimum charge for water service shall be that monthly minimum as provided for in the Canton, Missouri, City Code for residential units.
B. 
All manufactured home communities existing at the time of the passage of this Chapter (May 17, 2004) which do not comply with the requirement of a separate water meter for each recreational vehicle or manufactured home space shall have twelve (12) months from the effective date of this Chapter (May 17, 2004) to come into compliance with the separate water meter requirement.
C. 
If the owner of a non-complying manufactured home community can show unreasonable hardship in complying with the one (1) year requirement for installation of separate meters for each space, the owner may file a written request for an extension of time to comply with the separate meter provision with the Board of Aldermen of the City of Canton, Missouri. The Board of Aldermen shall consider such request, hear evidence in support of or in opposition to the request and make a written determination and order responding to the request for extension of time.
[Ord. No. 568-C §19, 5-17-2004]
A. 
All manufactured home communities existing within the City of Canton, Missouri, at the time of the passage of this Chapter or constructed in the City of Canton, Missouri, after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), shall be provided with a sewer outlet not less than three (3) inches in diameter connected to the main sewer system and properly trapped to receive waste from the fixtures in said manufactured home unit.
B. 
All manufactured home communities existing within the City of Canton, Missouri, at the time of the passage of this Chapter or constructed in the City of Canton, Missouri, after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), shall have the main sewer system be connected to the public sewer system of the City of Canton, Missouri.
C. 
All manufactured home communities existing within the City of Canton, Missouri, at the time of the passage of this Chapter or constructed in the City of Canton, Missouri, after the effective date of this Chapter, (May 17, 2004), shall provide that garbage and waste receptacles shall be kept clean and in a sanitary condition. All garbage and refuse shall be stored in tight metal or plastic cans with tight fitting covers and shall be removed from the premises and disposed of at least once weekly. Garbage and refuse shall be disposed of as provided for by the ordinances of the City of Canton, Missouri.
[Ord. No. 568-C §20, 5-17-2004]
A. 
Any person, as defined herein, who shall be convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the County Jail not exceeding ninety (90) days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. 
Every day any violation of this Chapter shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.