Whenever in this chapter the following terms are used, they shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them below, except in those instances
where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
LICENSEE
Any person licensed to operate and maintain a mobile home park.
MOBILE HOME
That which is, or was as originally constructed, designed to be transported
by any motor vehicle upon a public highway and designed, equipped and used
primarily for sleeping, eating, and living quarters, or is intended to be
so used, and includes any additions, attachments, annexes, foundations and
appurtenances, except that a house trailer is not deemed a mobile home if
the assessable value of such additions, attachments, annexes, foundations
and appurtenances equals or exceeds 50% of the assessable value of the house
trailer.
MOBILE HOME, NONDEPENDENT
A mobile home equipped with complete bath and toilet facilities,
all furniture, cooking, heating, appliances and complete year-round facilities.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Any plot of ground upon which two or more units occupied for dwelling/sleeping
purposes are located, regardless of whether or not a charge is made for such
accommodation.
PERSON
Any natural individual, firm, trust, partnership, association or
corporation.
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
The highest degree of protection against infection, contagion, disease
and fire that a trailer camp or mobile home park will reasonably permit.
SPACE
A plot of ground within a mobile home park designed for the accommodation
of one mobile home unit.
TRAILER
Any vehicle, house car, camp car or any portable or mobile vehicle
on wheels, skids, rollers or blocks, either self-propelled or propelled by
any other means, which is used or designed to be used for residential, living
or sleeping purposes.
TRAILER CAMP
Any area or premises on which space available for two or more trailers
is rented or held for rent or on which free occupancy or camping for such
number is permitted to trailer owners, but not including automobile or trailer
sales lots on which only unoccupied trailers are parked for purposes of inspection
or sale.
TRAILER SITE
A tract or parcel of land on which one or more trailers are usually
kept or parked.
No person shall establish a permanent residence in a trailer or mobile
home located in the Town unless the same is located in a mobile home park
or unless wholly located at least 1,000 feet from the near side of any other
structure, whether or not such other structure is used for human habitation.
A person shall be deemed to be using a trailer or mobile home as a permanent
residence within the meaning of the section if such person has used the same
for human habitation for a period of 60 days within a period of six continuous
months.
Any person to whom a license has been issued under this chapter found to be in violation of any of the provisions of §§
210-3 and
210-4 of this chapter or failing to pay or cause to be paid any special assessment levied against the trailer camp or mobile home park within a period of 10 days after such special assessment is required to be paid may be subject to revocation of his license under the provisions of this chapter. Upon revocation of any license issued under this chapter, no refund of the license fee shall be made, and the Town Board may refuse to grant any further license under the provisions of this chapter to such person.
There is hereby imposed on each occupied, nonexempt mobile home located
in the Town a monthly parking fee as determined under § 66.0435,
Wis. Stats. Such fees shall be paid to the Town Treasurer on or before the
10th day of the month following the month for which such fees are due.
Whenever there is any conflict between the provisions of this chapter
and the provisions of any applicable zoning ordinance, the provision which
is the most restrictive shall apply with respect to the establishment and
operation of any trailer camp or mobile home park in the Town.
A mobile home park harboring only nondependent mobile homes as defined in §
210-1 shall not be subject to the provisions of §
210-4D.
Except as otherwise provided herein, violations of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter
1, §
1-4 of this Code.