[R.O. 2006 §415.010; CC 1980 §730.010; Ord. No. 474, 4-15-1963]
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section.
MOBILE HOME
Any house-car, vehicle or similar portable structure designed
for use as a conveyance upon highways, having no foundation other
than wheels or removable jacks and so designed or constructed as to
permit occupancy for dwelling or sleeping purposes.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Any plot of ground upon which two (2) or more mobile homes,
occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located. No mobile
home park shall be divided by any public street or highway.
MOBILE HOME SPACE
A plot of ground within a mobile home park, designated for
the accommodation of one (1) mobile home.
PERMIT
A written permit issued by the City Engineer with the approval
of the Board of Aldermen permitting the mobile home park to operate
under this Chapter and regulations promulgated hereunder.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company or
association.
SERVICE BUILDING
A building housing toilet and bathing facilities for men
and women with laundry facilities and such other facilities as may
be required by this Chapter.
[R.O. 2006 §415.020; CC 1980 §730.020; Ord. No. 474, 4-15-1963]
A. It shall
be unlawful for any person to construct, maintain or operate any mobile
home park within the limits of the City unless he/she holds a valid
permit issued annually by the City Engineer with the approval of the
Board of Aldermen in the name of such person for the specific mobile
home park. All applications for permits shall be made to the City
Engineer who shall issue a permit upon compliance by the applicant
with provisions of this Chapter and of any regulations adopted pursuant
thereto, and of any other applicable legal requirements. No permit
shall be transferable. Every person holding such a permit shall give
notice in writing to the City Engineer within twenty-four (24) hours
after having sold, transferred, given away or otherwise disposed of
interest in or control of any mobile home park. Such notice shall
include the name and address of the person succeeding to ownership
or control of such mobile home park. Every person holding a permit
shall publicly publish a schedule of the charges to be imposed upon
the public and a certified copy of such schedule shall be in the City
Clerk's office.
B. Applications.
1. Application
for original permits shall be in writing, signed by the applicant,
and accompanied by an affidavit of the applicant as to the truth of
the applicant, and shall contain the following:
a. The
name and address of the applicant.
b. The
interest of the applicant in and the location and legal description
of the mobile home park.
c. A
complete plan of the mobile home park, showing lots and blocks by
number shall be filed with the City Engineer.
d. Such
further information as may be required by the City Engineer or the
Board of Aldermen to enable him/her or them to determine that the
proposed mobile home park will comply with legal requirements.
2. Applications
for renewals by permittees shall be made in writing by the holder
of the permit and shall contain the following:
a. Any
change in the information submitted since the time the original permit
was issued or the latest renewal granted.
b. Such
other information as required by the City Engineer.
3. No permit
shall be issued or renewed until after payment of the license fee
required by the Troy Municipal Code.
C. A complete
plan, for the purpose of obtaining a permit to be issued by the City
Engineer shall show:
1. The
area and dimensions of the tract of land.
2. The
number, locations and size of all mobile home spaces.
3. The
location and width of roadways and walkways.
4. The
location of service buildings and any other proposed structures with
a general description and indicating the type of construction.
5. The
location of water and sewer lines, storm drains and catch basins.
6. Plans
and specifications of all buildings and other improvements constructed
or to be constructed within the mobile home park, the location and
size of the recreation area for any park having more than ten (10)
mobile home spaces.
7. The
owner or operator of the mobile home park shall provide a suitable,
accessible plot of ground about six (6) feet square on which can be
placed a public telephone booth when required so to do.
8. It shall
be unlawful for any person or persons to park any mobile home on any
plot of ground within the City other than at a regular mobile home
park.
D. Any person
whose application for a permit under this Chapter has been denied
may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the
Board of Aldermen, under the procedure provided herein.
E. Whenever, upon inspection of any mobile home park, the City Engineer finds that conditions or practices exist which are in violation of any provision of this Chapter, or of any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the City Engineer shall give notice in writing in accordance with Section
415.040(A), to the person to whom the permit was issued that unless such conditions or practices are corrected within a reasonable period of time specified in the notice by the City Engineer, the permit will be suspended. At the end of such period, the City Engineer shall re-inspect such mobile home park and, if such conditions or practices have not been corrected, he/she shall suspend the permit and give notice in writing of such suspension to the person to whom the permit was issued. Upon receipt of the notice of suspension, such person shall cease operation of such mobile home park except as provided in Section
415.040(B).
F. Any person whose permit has been suspended, or who has received notice from the City Engineer that his/her permit will be suspended unless certain conditions or practices at the mobile home park are corrected, may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the Board of Aldermen under the procedure provided by Section
415.040 of this Chapter. Provided, that when no petition for such hearing shall have been filed within ten (10) days following the day on which notice of suspension was served, such permit shall be deemed to have been automatically revoked at the expiration of such ten (10) day period.
[R.O. 2006 §415.030; CC 1980 §730.030; Ord. No. 474, 4-15-1963]
A. The City
Engineer is hereby authorized and directed to make inspections to
determine the condition of mobile home parks located within the City,
in order that he/she may perform his/her duty of safeguarding the
health and safety of occupants of mobile home parks and of the general
public.
B. The City
Engineer shall have the power to enter at reasonable times upon any
private or public property for the purpose of inspecting and investigating
conditions relating to the enforcement of this Chapter or of regulations
promulgated hereunder.
C. The City
Engineer shall have the power to inspect the register containing a
record of all mobile homes and occupants using the mobile home park.
D. It shall
be the duty of the owners or occupants of mobile home parks, and mobile
homes contained therein, or of the person in charge thereof, to give
the City Engineer free access to such premises at reasonable times
for the purpose of inspection.
E. It shall
be the duty of every occupant of a mobile home park to give the owner
thereof or his/her agent or employee access to any part of such mobile
home park or its premises at reasonable times for the purpose of making
such repairs or alterations as are necessary to effect compliance
with this Chapter or with any lawful regulations adopted thereunder,
or with any lawful order issued pursuant to the provisions of this
Chapter.
[R.O. 2006 §415.040; CC 1980 §730.040; Ord. No. 474, 4-15-1963]
A. Whenever
the City Engineer determines that there are reasonable grounds to
believe that there has been a violation of any provision of this Chapter,
or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, he/she shall give notice
of such alleged violation to the person to whom the permit was issued,
as hereinafter provided, such notice shall:
2. Include
a statement of the reasons for its issuance.
3. Allow
a reasonable time for the performance of any act it requires.
4. Be served
upon the owner or his/her agent as the case may require, provided,
that such notice or order shall be deemed to have been properly served
upon such owner or agent when a copy thereof has been sent by certified
mail to his/her last known address, or when he/she has been served
with such notice by any other method authorized or required by the
laws of this State.
5. Contain
an outline of remedial action, which, if taken, will effect compliance
with the provisions of this Chapter and with regulations adopted pursuant
thereto.
B. Any person affected by any notice which has been issued in connection with the enforcement of any provision of this Chapter, or of any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the Board of Aldermen, provided, that such person shall file in the office of the City Clerk a written petition requesting such hearing and setting forth a brief statement of the grounds therefor within ten (10) days after the day the notice was served. The filing of the request for a hearing shall operate as a stay of the notice and of the suspension except in the case of an order issued under Subsection
(E) of this Section. Upon receipt of such petition, the City Clerk shall set a time and place for such hearing, and shall give the petitioner and the City Engineer written notice thereof. At such hearing, the petitioner shall be given an opportunity to be heard, and to show why such notice should be modified or withdrawn. The hearing shall be commenced no later than ten (10) days after the day on which the petition was filed, provided, that upon application of the petitioner, the City Clerk may postpone the date of the hearing for a reasonable time beyond such ten (10) day period when in his/her judgment the petitioner has submitted good and sufficient reasons for such postponement.
C. After such hearing, the Board of Aldermen shall make findings as to compliance with the provisions of this Chapter and regulations issued thereunder and shall issue an order in writing sustaining, modifying or withdrawing the notice which shall be served as provided in Section
415.040(A). Upon a failure to comply with any order sustaining or modifying a notice, the permit of the mobile home park affected by the order shall be revoked.
D. The proceedings
at such hearing, including the findings and decision of the Board
of Aldermen, and together with a copy of every notice and order related
thereto shall be entered as a matter of public record in the office
of the City Clerk, but the transcript of the proceedings need not
be transcribed unless judicial review of the decision is sought as
provided by this Section. Any person aggrieved by the decision of
the Board of Aldermen may seek relief therefrom in any court of competent
jurisdiction, as provided by the laws of this State.
E. Whenever the City Engineer finds that an emergency exists which requires immediate action to protect the public health, he/she may, without notice or hearing, issue an order reciting the existence of such an emergency and requiring that such action be taken as he/she may deem necessary to meet the emergency including the suspension of the permit. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, such order shall be effective immediately. Any person to whom such an order is directed shall comply therewith immediately, but upon petition to the Board of Aldermen shall be afforded a hearing as soon as possible. The provisions of Subsections
(C) and
(D), herewith, shall be applicable to such hearing and order issued thereafter.
[R.O. 2006 §415.050; CC 1980 §730.050; Ord. No. 474, 4-15-1963]
A. The mobile
home park shall be located on a well drained site, and shall be so
located that its drainage will not endanger any water supply. All
mobile home parks shall be in areas free from marshes, swamps or other
potential breeding places for insects or rodents.
B. The area
of the mobile home park shall be large enough to accommodate:
1. The
designated number of mobile home spaces.
2. Necessary
streets and roadways.
3. Parking
areas for motor vehicles.
C. Each
independent mobile home space shall contain a minimum of twenty-five
hundred (2,500) square feet and shall be at least thirty-five (35)
feet wide. Each dependent home space shall contain not less than one
thousand (1,000) square feet and shall be at least twenty-five (25)
feet wide.
1. Every
mobile home space shall abut on a driveway or other clear area with
unobstructed access to a public street. Such spaces shall be defined.
Mobile homes shall be parked in such spaces so that there will be
a minimum of fifteen (15) feet between mobile homes and so that no
mobile home will be less than fifteen (15) feet from the exterior
boundary of the mobile home park. If the majority of the property
owners located within two hundred (200) yards of the exterior boundary
of the park request that the exterior boundary shall be buffered by
landscaping or similar screening as approved by the City Engineer.
2. Independent
mobile home spaces in existence on the effective date of this Chapter
which have a width or area less than the minimum prescribed above
may continue to operate for a period not to exceed three (3) years
from the effective date of this Chapter, provided that the City Engineer
finds:
a. That
immediate compliance with such minimum width and area requirements
would constitute an unreasonable hardship, and
b. That
the owner is undertaking action reasonably calculated to comply with
such requirements during the time prescribed herein.
3. Upon
such a finding, the City Engineer may issue a temporary permit pending
such corrective action.
D. It shall
be unlawful to locate a mobile home less than twenty-five (25) feet
from any public street or highway, or so that any part of such mobile
home will obstruct any roadway or walkway in a mobile home park.
E. It shall
be unlawful to allow:
1. A mobile
home to be occupied in a mobile home park unless the mobile home is
situated on a mobile home space.
2. An independent
mobile home to be located on a dependent mobile home space.
F. Access
roads shall be provided to each mobile home space. Each access road
shall provide for continuous forward movement, shall connect with
a street or highway, and shall have a minimum width of twenty (20)
feet; any cul-de-sac shall provide a turning circle of at least eighty
(80) feet in diameter. All roads, parking areas and walkways shall
be paved or treated sufficiently to control dust.
G. Areas
shall be provided for the parking of motor vehicles, to accommodate
at least the number of vehicles equal to one and one-half (1½)
times the number of mobile home spaces provided.
[R.O. 2006 §415.060; CC 1980 §730.060; Ord. No. 474, 4-15-1963]
A. An accessible,
adequate, safe and potable supply of water shall be provided in each
mobile home park. The development of any independent water supply
to serve the mobile home park shall be made only after express approval
has been granted by the City Clerk. Where a public supply of water
of such quality is available from Troy, connection shall be made thereto
and its supply shall be used exclusively.
B. All water
piping shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with State
and local laws.
C. Where
drinking fountains are provided for public use, they shall be of a
type and in locations approved by the City Engineer.
[R.O. 2006 §415.070; CC 1980 §730.070; Ord. No. 474, 4-15-1963]
A. All plumbing
in the mobile home park shall comply with State and local plumbing
laws and regulations.
B. All sewer
lines shall be laid in trenches separated at least ten (10) feet horizontally
from any drinking water supply line under pressure, at a grade which
will insure a velocity of two (2) feet per second when the sewer is
flowing full. All joints in the sewer shall be made watertight and
all sewer connections and manholes shall be constructed to prevent
surface water from entering the sewer.
C. Manholes
shall be provided: at every change in direction or grade; at the upper
end of every main sewer line; at every junction of two (2) or more
branch sewers; at intervals of not more than four hundred (400) feet.
In the court area cleanouts extending to grade may be used instead
of manholes on four (4), six (6) and eight (8) inch lines.
D. Sewer
mains shall be designed to handle the estimated sewage flow, but shall
not be smaller than six (6) inches. Except, however, that four (4)
inch lateral lines may be constructed in the mobile home parks sewerage
system if sufficient grade is maintained.
E. Each
independent mobile home space shall be provided with at least a three
(3) inch sewer connection. The sewer connection shall be provided
with suitable fittings, so that a watertight connection can be made
between the mobile home drain and the sewer connection. Such individual
mobile home connections shall be so constructed that they can be closed
when not linked to a mobile home and shall be capped so as to prevent
any escape of odors.
F. Sewer
lines shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the
City Engineer and by the State Water Pollution Board and in accordance
with the recommendations of such City Engineer. All sewer lines shall
be adequately vented, and shall be laid with sufficient earth cover
to prevent breakage from traffic.
G. The sewer
lines of the mobile home park shall be connected to a public sewer
unless the Board of Aldermen directs otherwise.
H. Where
sewage disposal units are available from the City, connections shall
be made thereto and its units shall be used exclusively.
[R.O. 2006 §415.080; CC 1980 §730.080; Ord. No. 474, 4-15-1963]
A. The storage,
collection and disposal of refuse in the mobile home park shall be
so managed as to create no health hazards, rodent harborage, insect
breeding areas, accident or fire hazards or air pollution.
B. Each
mobile trailer home shall be provided with a fly-tight watertight,
rodent proof container for refuse which will be picked up by the City
or any local garbage service company for a monthly fee to be set by
the Board of Aldermen.
C. Racks
or holders shall be provided for all refuse containers. Such container
racks or holders shall be so designed as to prevent containers from
being tipped, to minimize spillage and container deterioration, and
facilitate cleaning around them.
D. All refuse shall be collected as provided by the City in Section
415.080, Subsection
(B) above.
[R.O. 2006 §415.090; CC 1980 §730.090; Ord. No. 474, 4-15-1963]
A. Insect
and rodent control measures to safeguard public health as required
by the City Engineer shall be applied in the mobile home park.
B. The City
Engineer may require the mobile home park operator to take suitable
measures to control other insects and obnoxious weeds.
C. Accumulations
of debris which may provide harborage for rodents shall not be permitted
in the mobile home park.
D. When
rats or other objectionable rodents are known to be in the mobile
home park, the park operator shall take definite action, as directed
by the City Engineer, to exterminate them.
[R.O. 2006 §415.100; CC 1980 §730.100; Ord. No. 474, 4-15-1963]
An electrical outlet supplying at least one hundred twenty or
two hundred forty (120/240) volts, three (3) wire service for independent
units and one hundred twenty (120) volts for dependent units shall
be provided for each mobile home space. The installation shall comply
with all applicable State and local electrical codes and ordinances.
Such electrical outlets shall be grounded and weatherproof. No main
power supply line shall be permitted to lie on the ground, or to be
suspended less than eighteen (18) feet above the ground. There shall
be at least fifty (50) ampere capacity at the service entrance of
each mobile home. The provisions of this Section shall not be construed
as prohibiting underground installation of electrical supply lines
in conformity with the standards of applicable State and local electrical
codes and ordinances.
[R.O. 2006 §415.110; CC 1980 §730.110; Ord. No. 474, 4-15-1963]
All piping for outside fuel storage tanks or cylinders to mobile
homes shall be copper or other acceptable metallic tubing and shall
be permanently installed and securely fastened in place. All fuel
storage tanks or cylinders shall be securely fastened in place and
shall not be located inside or beneath the mobile home or less than
ten (10) feet from any mobile home exit.
[R.O. 2006 §415.120; CC 1980 §730.120; Ord. No. 474, 4-15-1963]
A. The mobile
home park area shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the
City of Troy Fire Chief.
B. Mobile
home park areas shall be kept free of litter, rubbish and other flammable
materials.
[R.O. 2006 §415.130; CC 1980 §730.130; Ord. No. 474, 4-15-1963]
A. All plumbing
and electrical alterations or repairs in the mobile home park shall
be made in accordance with applicable local regulations.
B. Skirting
of mobile homes is permissible, but areas enclosed by such skirting
shall be maintained so as not to provide a harborage for rodents or
create a fire hazard.
C. No permanent
additions shall be built onto or become a part of any mobile home
unless they are in accordance with requirements established by the
City Engineer.
D. No owner
or person in charge of a dog or cat or other pet animal shall permit
it to run at large, or to commit any nuisance within the limits of
any mobile home park.
[R.O. 2006 §415.140; CC 1980 §730.140; Ord. No. 474, 4-15-1963]
A. Every
mobile home park owner or operator shall maintain a register containing
a record of all mobile homes and occupants using the mobile home park.
Such register shall be available to any authorized person inspecting
the park, and shall be preserved for the period required by the City
Engineer. Such register shall contain:
1. The
names and addresses of all mobile home occupants stopping in the park.
2. The
make, model and license number of the motor vehicle and mobile home.
3. The
state, territory or country issuing the mobile home license.
4. The
dates of arrival and departure of each mobile home.
5. Whether
or not each mobile home is a dependent or independent mobile home.
B. Every
owner, operator, attendant or other person operating a mobile home
park shall notify the City Engineer immediately of any suspected communicable
or contagious disease within the mobile home park. In the case of
diseases diagnosed by a physician as quarantinable, the departure
of a mobile home or its occupants, or the removal therefrom of clothing
or other articles which have been exposed to infections, without approval
of the City Engineer, is prohibited.
[R.O. 2006 §415.150; CC 1980 §730.150; Ord. No. 474, 4-15-1963]
The person to whom a permit for a mobile home park is issued
shall at all times operate the park in compliance with this Chapter
and regulations issued thereunder, and shall provide adequate supervision
to maintain the park, its facilities and equipment in good repair
in a clean and sanitary condition at all times.