[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Grand Chute 1-7-1997 as
Ch. 11 of the 1997 Code; amended in its entirety 10-2-2007 by Ord. No.
2007-09. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Zoning — See Ch. 535.
It is the purpose of this chapter to enforce
minimum standards for mobile homes and mobile home parks to promote
the public health, safety and welfare; to establish requirements for
the design, construction, alteration, extension, operation, and maintenance
of mobile homes and mobile home parks and related utilities and facilities;
to require the issuance of permits for construction, alteration and
extension of mobile homes and mobile home parks; to authorize the
inspection of mobile homes and mobile home parks; to regulate the
location of mobile homes; and to fix penalties for violations.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
All structures constructed on a mobile home lot apart from
the basic mobile home unit and shall include awnings, cabanas, storage
cabinets (or sheds), carports, windbreaks, attached porches and garages.
Any area of space designed for joint use of tenants occupying
the mobile home park.
A mobile home which does not have complete bathroom facilities.
A minor private way used by vehicles and pedestrians on a
mobile home lot or used for common access to a small group of lots
or facilities.
A written license issued by the Town of Grand Chute allowing
a person to operate and maintain a mobile home park under the provisions
of this chapter and regulations issued hereunder.
The total area reserved for exclusive use of the occupants
of a mobile home.
A manufactured, transportable, single-family dwelling unit,
suitable for year-round occupancy, containing water supply, waste
disposal and electrical conveniences and which is ready for occupancy
except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations
at the site and as defined in § 66.0435(1)(d), Wis. Stats.
A parcel of land for the placement of a single mobile home
and the exclusive use of its occupants.
A parcel of land which has been developed for the placement
of mobile homes and is owned by an individual, a firm, trust, partnership,
public or private association or corporation.
That part of an individual lot which has been reserved for
the placement of one mobile home unit.
The person who owns or has charge, care or control of the
mobile home park.
A private way which affords principal means of access to
individual mobile home lots or auxiliary buildings.
A written permit or certification issued by the Town Board
permitting the construction, alteration and extension of a mobile
home park under the provisions of this chapter and regulations issued
hereunder.
Any individual, firm, trust, partnership, public or private
association or corporation.
An enclosed space designed to provide auxiliary general storage
space for an individual mobile home.
The Town Board of the Town of Grand Chute, Outagamie County,
Wisconsin.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to construct,
alter or extend any mobile home park within the limits of the Town
of Grand Chute unless he holds a valid permit issued by the Town Board
in the name of such person for the specific construction, alteration
or extension proposed.
B.
All applications to the Town Board for permits shall
be filed with the Clerk and reviewed by the Plan Commission and shall
contain the following:
(1)
Name and address of applicant.
(2)
Location and legal description of the mobile home
park.
(3)
Complete engineering plans and specifications of the
proposed park showing but not limited to the following:
(a)
The area and dimensions of the tract of land.
(b)
The number, location and size of all mobile
home lots and the location of common areas.
(d)
The location of each permanent foundation for
a mobile home, as each mobile home shall be placed on a permanent
foundation, with all such permanent foundations to be subject to the
same setback requirements established for subdivisions in the Town
of Grand Chute.
(e)
Plans and specifications of all utilities, including
sewage collection and disposal, stormwater drainage, water distribution
and supply, refuse storage and collection, lighting, electrical, telephone
and television antenna systems.
(f)
Landscaping plans for the entire park, including
a planting plan for the buffer strip.
(g)
Plans and specifications of all buildings to
be located within the park.
(h)
Such other plans and specifications and information
as may reasonably be required by the Town Board.
C.
No permit shall be issued for the construction of
a mobile home park unless that development shall contain a minimum
number of two and a maximum number of 10 mobile home lots, and no
permit shall be issued for the construction of the mobile home park
unless that development is greater than two miles from any other mobile
home park then existing in the Town of Grand Chute.
D.
All applications for a permit shall be accompanied
by the deposit of a fee as prescribed in the Town Fee Schedule for
each mobile home lot proposed, plus any other permit fees required
by any provision of this Code.
E.
When, upon review of the application, the Town Board
is satisfied that the proposed plan meets the requirements of this
chapter, a permit shall be issued.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any
mobile home park within the limits of the Town of Grand Chute unless
he holds a valid license issued annually by the Town of Grand Chute
in the name of such person for the specific mobile home park. All
applications for licenses shall be made to the Town Board, which shall
issue a license upon compliance by the applicant with the provisions
of this chapter.[1]
B.
Every person holding a license shall give notice in
writing to the Town Board within three days 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 the ownership or control of such mobile home
park. Upon application in writing for transfer of the license and
deposit of a fee as prescribed in the Town Fee Schedule, the license
shall be transferred if the mobile home park is in compliance with
all applicable provisions of this chapter.
(1)
Application for original licenses shall be in writing, signed by the applicant, accompanied by an affidavit of the applicant as to the truth of the application and by the deposit of a fee as prescribed in the Town Fee Schedule for each 50 lots or fraction thereof, plus an inspection fee as prescribed in the Town Fee Schedule per mobile home located within the mobile home park, and shall contain the name and address of the applicant, the location and legal description of the mobile home park, and a site plan of the mobile home park showing all mobile home lots, structures, roads, walkways, and other service facilities as required by § 382-3B of this chapter.
(2)
Applications for renewals of licenses shall be made
in writing by the holders of the licenses, shall be accompanied by
the deposit of a fee as prescribed in the Town Fee Schedule for each
50 lots, or fraction thereof, plus an inspection fee as prescribed
in the Town Fee Schedule per mobile home, and shall contain any change
in the information submitted since the original license was issued
or the latest renewal granted.
C.
In addition to the above license fee, the licensee
or the owner or the occupant of every mobile home shall pay and be
jointly and severally liable for the payment of a monthly parking
permit fee to the Town of Grand Chute. Such monthly parking permit
fees shall be collected by the licensee, who is primarily liable for
the payment thereof. The determination of the amount of such fee,
the review thereof, and the enforcement of the payment and the disposition
of such fee shall be in accordance with § 66.0435, Wis.
Stats.
D.
After approval of such application in accordance with this chapter and before issuance of such license, the applicant shall cause to be filed a surety bond in the amount of $2,000 if the park contains 100 units or fewer or $4,000 if the park contains more than 100 units. The bond shall guarantee the collection from the licensee of the monthly parking fee provided for in Subsection C and the payment of such fees to the Town Treasurer.
E.
All minimum standards under the Town of Grand Chute's Housing Code (Chapter 317) are expressly incorporated into this chapter and shall apply to each and every mobile home located within the Town of Grand Chute. Additionally, all provisions of the Town of Grand Chute's ordinances concerning compliance, enforcement, penalties, appeals and interpretation are expressly incorporated into this chapter. Also incorporated by reference are the Town Fire Code (Chapter 291), the Building Code as applicable (Chapter 220, Article I), Town Building Regulations (Chapter 220, Article II), §§ 66.0435 and 101.94, Wis. Stats., and any other applicable statutory or Administrative Code provisions.
F.
No license may be granted for the operation of a mobile home park within the Town of Grand Chute unless each and every mobile home contained therein is in compliance with all minimum standards for housing contained in Chapter 317 of this Code.
G.
Additionally, no license may be granted unless a mobile home park and all homes contained therein are in compliance with the Town Fire Code (Chapter 291), the Building Code as applicable (Chapter 220, Article I), Town Building Regulations (Chapter 220, Article II), §§ 66.0435 and 101.94, Wis. Stats., and any other applicable statutory or Administrative Code provisions.
H.
Any person whose application for a license under this chapter has been denied may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the Town Board under the procedure provided by § 382-6 of this chapter.
I.
Whenever, upon inspection of any mobile home park, the Town Board or its authorized agents find that conditions or practices exist which are in violation of any provision of this chapter, the Town Board shall give notice in writing in accordance with § 382-6A to the person to whom the license was issued that unless such conditions or practices are corrected within a reasonable period of time specified in the notice by the Town Board, the license shall be suspended. At the end of such period, the Town Board shall reinspect such mobile home park and, if such conditions or practices have not been corrected, shall suspend the license and give notice in writing of such suspension to the person to whom the license is issued. Upon receipt of notice of such suspension, such person shall cease operation of such mobile home park, except as provided in § 382-6B.
A.
The Town Board is hereby authorized and directed to
make such inspections as are necessary to determine satisfactory compliance
with this chapter.
B.
The Town Board and its authorized agents 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.
C.
The Town Board and its authorized agents shall have
the power to inspect the register containing a record of all residents
of the mobile home park.
D.
It shall be the duty of the park management to give
the Town Board and its authorized agents free access to all lots 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 agent or employee access
to any part of such mobile home park at reasonable times for the purpose
of making such repairs or alterations as are necessary to effect compliance
with this chapter.
A.
Whenever the Town Board determines that there are
reasonable grounds to believe that there has been a violation of any
provision of this chapter, the Town Board may order the discontinuance
of such violation and shall give notice of such alleged violation
to the person to whom the permit or license was issued. Such notice
shall be in writing, include a statement of the reasons for its issuance,
allow a reasonable time for the performance of the act it requires,
and contain an outline of remedial action which, if taken, will effect
compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Such notice and order
shall have been properly served when a copy thereof has been sent
by registered United States Mail to the last registered post office
address of the permittee or licensee as registered with the Town Clerk
or when the same has been personally served upon the attorney-in-fact
of such permittee or licensee or when the same shall have been served
in any other manner as provided by the Wisconsin Statutes for the
service of process.
B.
Any person affected by any notice which has been issued
in connection with the enforcement of any provisions of this chapter
may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the
Town Board, provided that such person shall file in the office of
the Town Board a written petition requesting such hearing and setting
forth a brief statement of the grounds therefor within 10 days after
the day such notice or order was served.
C.
The filing of the request for a hearing shall operate as a stay of the notice and of the order, except in the case of an order issued under Subsection E. Upon receipt of such petition, the Town Board shall set a time and place for such hearing and shall give the petitioner written notice thereof. At such hearing, the petitioner shall be given an opportunity to be heard and to show why such notice and order should be modified or withdrawn. The hearing shall be commenced not later than 10 days after the day on which the petition was filed, provided that, upon application of the petitioner, the Town Board may postpone the date of the hearing for a reasonable time beyond such ten-day period when in its judgment the petitioner has submitted good and sufficient reasons for such postponement.
D.
Upon the expiration of the time required in such notice or order or after such hearing, as the case may be, the Town Board shall make findings as to the compliance with the provisions of this chapter and shall issue an order in writing sustaining, modifying or withdrawing the notice and order which shall be served as provided in Subsection A. Upon failure to comply with such order, either as sustained or modified, the license of the mobile home park affected by the order may be suspended or revoked.
E.
Whenever the Town Board finds that an emergency exists
which requires immediate action to protect the public health, the
Town Board shall issue an order declaring the existence of such an
emergency and requiring that such action be taken as it may deem necessary
to meet the emergency, including the suspension of the permit or license.
Notwithstanding any other provisions 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 Town Board
shall be afforded a hearing as soon as possible.[1]
A.
Where the Town Board finds that compliance with provisions
of this chapter would result in undue hardship, an exemption may be
granted by the Town Board without impairing the intent and purpose
of this chapter. Deviations from design, construction and installation
provisions shall be brought into compliance with this chapter within
a reasonable period of time based on economic feasibility of improvement,
nature, significance, and extent of deviation, depreciation of material,
improvement, layout in use and other similar factors.
B.
Such period shall begin after the Town Board has given
notice of a certain and specific deviation from this chapter to the
person to whom the permit or certification was issued.
C.
Gradual improvements to a higher degree of conformity
shall be permissive, provided that there shall be complete conformity
at the end of a period prescribed by the Town Board.
Any person making application for a permit to
construct or expand a mobile home park shall meet the following design
and system requirements:
A.
All design and system requirements contained in any
applicable provisions of any other chapters of the Town of Grand Chute
Code, §§ 66.0435, 101.94 and 101.96, Wis. Stats., and
any other applicable statutory or Administrative Code sections must
be satisfied; to the extent that any provision conflicts with this
chapter, the more restrictive provision shall apply.
B.
Environmental requirements.
(1)
Density. The maximum allowable density in a mobile
home park development shall be six units, or lots, per gross acre.
(3)
Maximum lot coverage. The basic mobile home unit shall
not occupy in excess of 1/3 of the mobile home lot, and the complete
unit, including all accessory structures, shall not occupy more than
1/2 of the mobile home lot.
(4)
Required separation between mobile homes. Mobile homes
shall be separated from each other and from other buildings and structures
by at least 15 feet. An accessory structure, such as an awning, cabana,
storage cabinet, carport, windbreak, or porch attached to the mobile
home, shall, for purposes of separation requirements, be considered
a part of the mobile home. Detached accessory structures shall be
allowed only if included and approved as part of the original or revised
mobile home park plan.
(5)
Setback and buffer strips. Each mobile home shall
be located at least five feet from any mobile home lot line.
(a)
There shall be a minimum distance of 10 feet
between the mobile home stand and abutting park street right-of-way.
(b)
The mobile homes shall be set back a minimum
of 25 feet from public streets.
(c)
All mobile homes shall be located at least 40
feet from any park property boundary line, except where the adjoining
property is also a mobile home park.
(6)
Screening.
(a)
All mobile home parks shall be provided with
screening of natural growth along the property boundary line separating
the park and such adjacent properties, except where the adjoining
property is also a mobile home park. The planting area shall have
a minimum width of 15 feet.
(b)
Within such a planting area there shall be established,
within six months after issue of the license for the occupation of
such mobile home park, the following plantings:
[1]
A temporary planting of fast-growing material
capable or reaching a height of 15 feet or more, such as Lombardy
poplar.
[2]
A permanent planting such as white or Norway
pine, the individual trees to be of such a number and so arranged
that within 10 years they will have formed a screen equivalent in
opacity to a solid fence or wall. Such permanent planting shall be
grown or maintained at a height of not less than 15 feet.
(7)
Recreation areas.
(a)
In all mobile home parks there shall be one
or more recreation areas which shall be easily accessible to all park
residents.
(b)
The size of such recreation areas shall be based
upon a minimum of 200 square feet for each lot. No outdoor recreation
area shall contain less than 2,500 square feet.
(c)
Recreation areas shall be located so as to be
free of traffic hazards and should, where the topography permits,
be centrally located.
(8)
Allowable uses.
(a)
Single-family mobile homes as defined by this
chapter shall be allowed and any approved accessory structures included
in the original plans and specifications, or revision thereof. Dependent
mobile homes shall specifically be prohibited from placement within
mobile home parks.
(c)
Signs pertaining to the lease, hire or sale
of individual mobile homes, not more than two square feet in area,
shall be allowed, as well as one mobile home park identification sign
not more than 50 square feet in area, to be located in proximity to
the park entrance.
C.
Access requirements.
(1)
General requirements. All mobile home parks shall
be provided with safe and convenient vehicular access from abutting
public street or roads to each mobile home lot. Such access shall
be provided by streets, driveways, or other means.
(3)
Park entrance. Entrances to mobile home parks shall
be designed to minimize congestion and hazards and allow free movement
of traffic on adjacent streets.[3]
(4)
Street construction and design standards.
(a)
Pavements. All streets shall be provided with
a smooth, hard and dense surface which shall be durable and well drained
under normal use and weather conditions. Pavement edges shall be protected
to prevent raveling of the wearing surface and shifting of the pavement
base.
(b)
Grades. Grades of all streets shall be sufficient
to ensure adequate surface drainage but shall not be more than 8%.
(c)
Intersections. Within 100 feet of an intersection,
streets shall be at approximately right angles. A distance of at least
150 feet shall be maintained between center lines of offset intersecting
streets. Intersections of more than two streets at one point shall
be avoided.
(5)
Parking requirements. On-street parking, or parking in the street right-of-way, shall be prohibited, except as provided in Subsection C(5)(d) below.
(a)
Occupant parking. A minimum of two parking spaces
shall be provided for occupant parking purposes. Such spaces shall
be located within 150 feet of the mobile home lot to be served.
(b)
Visitor parking. A minimum of one space for
every four mobile home lots shall be provided for visitor parking
purposes.
(c)
Parking space. Each parking space shall contain
a minimum of 200 square feet. The space shall be paved with a smooth,
hard and dense surface which shall be durable and well drained under
normal use and weather conditions.
(d)
Use of right-of-way for parking. In no instance
shall the required street pavement width be used for parking purposes.
The remaining right-of-way width, 10 feet on either side of the street
pavement, may be used for parking purposes only if the spaces are
perpendicular to the street.
(e)
Parking restrictions. Parking of boats, trailers,
campers, snowmobiles, or other similar vehicles shall be restricted
to an area provided by the park management specifically for said purpose.
(6)
Walkways. All parks shall be provided with safe, convenient,
all-season pedestrian access of adequate width for intended use, durable
and convenient to maintain, between individual mobile homes, the park
streets and all community facilities provided for park residents.
Sudden changes in alignment and gradient should be avoided.
(a)
Common walk system. A common walk system shall
be provided and maintained between locations where pedestrian traffic
is concentrated. Such common walks shall have a minimum width of 3 1/2
feet.
(b)
Individual walks. All mobile home stands shall
be connected to common walks, to paved streets, or to paved driveways
or parking spaces connected to a paved street or roadway. Such individual
walks shall have a minimum width of two feet.
D.
Mobile home stand. To the extent that this subsection
is ever held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be impermissibly
in conflict with § 101.96, Wis. Stats., this provision is
severable and the balance of the chapter shall remain intact. For
the purpose of this chapter, a mobile home stand shall be defined
as an area 15 feet by 70 feet. The area of the mobile home stand shall
be improved to provide adequate support for the placement and tie-down
of the mobile home, thereby securing the superstructure against uplift,
sliding, rotation and overturning.
(1)
The mobile home stand shall not heave, shift or settle
unevenly under the weight of the mobile home due to frost action,
inadequate drainage, vibration or other forces acting on the structure.
(2)
The mobile home stand shall be provided with anchors
and tie-downs such as cast-in-place concrete "dead men" eyelets embedded
in concrete foundations or runways, screw augers, arrowhead anchors,
or other devices securing the stability of the mobile home.
(3)
Anchors and tie-downs shall be placed at least at
each corner of the mobile home stand, and each shall be able to sustain
a minimum tensile strength of 2,800 pounds.
E.
Site suitability and stormwater drainage. Condition
of soil, groundwater level, drainage and topography shall not create
hazards to the property or the health or safety of the occupants.
The site shall not be exposed to objectionable smoke, noise, odors
or other adverse influences, and no portion subject to unpredictable
and/or sudden flooding, subsidence or erosion shall be used for any
purpose which would expose persons or property to hazards.
(1)
Soil and ground cover requirements. Exposed ground
surfaces in all parts of the mobile home park that are not paved or
covered with stone screenings or other solid material shall be protected
with a vegetative growth that is capable of preventing soil erosion
and of eliminating objectionable dust.
(2)
Site drainage requirements. The ground surface in
all parts of every mobile home park shall be graded and equipped to
drain all surface water in a safe, efficient manner.
F.
Water supply and distribution system. An adequate,
safe and potable supply of water shall be provided in each mobile
home park. Where a public supply of water of satisfactory quantity,
quality and pressure is available at the site or at the boundary of
the site, connection shall be made thereto and its supply used exclusively.
When a satisfactory public water supply is not available, a private
water supply system may be developed and used as approved by Wisconsin
Statutes, the Department of Safety and Professional Services, and/or
any other agency as reflected in the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
G.
Sewage disposal system. An adequate and safe sewer
system shall be provided within all mobile home parks for conveying
all sewage. The mobile home park sewer system shall make connection
to the public sewerage system at the boundary of the site and shall
use its disposal and treatment services exclusively. The mobile home
park sewer system shall be constructed and maintained according to
standards set by Wisconsin Statutes, the Department of Safety and
Professional Services, and/or any other agency as reflected in the
Wisconsin Administrative Code.
H.
Refuse storage and collection system.
(1)
The storage, collection and disposal of refuse in
the mobile home park shall be so conducted as to create no health
hazards, rodent harborage, insect breeding areas, accident or fire
hazards, or air pollution.
(2)
All refuse shall be stored in flytight, watertight,
rodentproof containers which shall be located not more than 150 feet
from any mobile home lot. Containers shall be provided in sufficient
number and capacity to properly store all refuse.
(3)
Refuse collection stands shall be provided for all
refuse containers. Such container stands shall be so designed as to
prevent containers from being tipped, to minimize spillage and container
deterioration and to facilitate cleansing around them.
(4)
All refuse containing garbage shall be collected at
least once per week. Where suitable collection service is not available
from public or private agencies, the mobile home park operator shall
provide this service. All refuse shall be collected and transported
in covered vehicles or covered containers.
(5)
In no instance may disposal of the waste be carried
out through incineration on the mobile home park site.
I.
Public utility systems. All utility service systems
shall be installed and maintained in accordance with applicable codes
and regulations governing such systems.
(1)
Public utility service outlets shall be provided at
each mobile home stand for electric, telephone, gas (if provided)
and television antenna service systems.
(2)
All utility service lines shall be located underground
within the mobile home park.
(3)
Each mobile home park shall have only one television
antenna that shall serve for all park residents.
J.
Street and public walkway illumination requirements.
(1)
All parks shall be furnished with lighting units so
spaced and equipped with luminaires placed at such mounting heights
as will provide the following average maintained levels of illumination
for the safe movement of pedestrians and vehicles at night:
(a)
All parts of park street systems shall be illuminated
at an average level of 0.6 footcandle, with a minimum of 0.2 footcandle.
(b)
All parts of the public walkway system shall
be illuminated at a minimum of 0.3 average maintained footcandle.
(c)
Potentially hazardous locations, such as major
park street intersections and steps or stepped ramps, shall be directly
illuminated with a minimum of 0.3 footcandle.
(2)
All street or walkway light poles shall be decorative
in nature ("decorative" is defined here as a pole made of concrete,
aluminum, steel or laminated wood rather than the traditional wood
utility pole).
K.
Fire protection.
(1)
Mobile home parks shall be kept free of litter, rubbish
and other flammable materials.
(2)
Portable fire extinguishers rated for Class B and
C fires shall be kept in service buildings and shall be maintained
in good operating condition. Their capacity shall not be less than
2 1/2 pounds.
(3)
Fire extinguisher quantity, size, and storage shall
meet the requirements as set forth in NFPA 10.
(4)
Fires shall be made only in barbecue pits, fireplaces, stoves or other equipment intended for such purposes. Incinerators for the specific purpose of burning refuse shall be prohibited. Outdoor fires and incinerators shall comply with Chapter 291 of the Town of Grand Chute Code.
(5)
Cooking shelters, barbecue pits, fireplaces, and wood-burning
stoves shall be so located, constructed, maintained and used as to
minimize fire hazards and smoke nuisances, both on the property on
which used and on neighboring property. No open fire shall be permitted
except in facilities provided. No open fire shall be left unattended.
No fuel shall be used which emits dense smoke or objectionable odors.
(6)
Fire hydrants shall be required in accordance with
the following requirements:
(a)
The water supply system shall permit the operation
of a minimum of two one-and-one-half-inch hose streams.
(b)
Each of two nozzles, held four feet above the
ground, shall deliver at least 75 gallons of water per minute at a
flowing pressure of at least 30 pounds per square inch at the highest
elevation point of the park.
(7)
Fire hydrants, if provided, shall be located within
500 feet of any mobile home, service building or other structure in
the park.
A.
Responsibility of the park management.
(1)
The person to whom a license for a mobile home park
is issued shall operate the park in compliance with this chapter and
shall provide adequate supervision to maintain the park, its facilities
and equipment in good repair and in a clean and sanitary condition.
(2)
The park management shall notify park occupants of
all applicable provisions of this chapter and inform them of their
duties and responsibilities under this chapter.
(3)
The park management shall supervise the placement
of each mobile home on its mobile home stand, which includes securing
its stability and installing all utility connections. Additionally,
the park management is responsible to ensure that all provisions of
§ 101.96, Wis. Stats., regarding manufactured home installation,
are fully complied with.
(4)
The park management shall maintain a register containing
the names of all park occupants identified by lot number or street
address, the motor vehicle license numbers, the places of employment,
and copies of the titles to all individual mobile home units. A copy
of such register, listing all of such information, and all monthly
changes as of the first day of each month, shall be mailed to the
Town Clerk on a monthly basis and at any time upon demand.
(5)
The park management shall notify the governing body
immediately of any suspected communicable or contagious disease within
the park.
(6)
In every mobile home park, the park management shall
locate an office for the attendant or person in charge of said park.
A copy of the park license and this chapter shall be posted therein,
and the park register shall at all times be kept in said office.
(7)
The park management shall collect the monthly parking permit fee provided for in § 382-4C of this chapter. An account shall be kept showing the names of persons paying said service charges and the amount paid.
(8)
The park management shall bear the ultimate responsibility to ensure that all park occupants and/or mobile home owners are in absolute compliance with all provisions of this chapter and all provisions of the Town of Grand Chute's minimum standards for housing contained in Chapter 317 of this Code. In the event that a park occupant and/or mobile home owner is not in compliance with any provision of this chapter and/or the Town of Grand Chute's minimum standards for housing contained in Chapter 317 of this Code, the park management shall take any steps necessary to bring said park occupants and/or mobile home owners into compliance, including but not limited to monitoring the condition of all mobile homes located within the park, ordering necessary improvements to individual mobile home units, and eviction of individual mobile home owners, or similar remedies as allowed by Wisconsin law.
(9)
The park management shall also bear the ultimate responsibility to ensure that the mobile home park and all buildings, homes, and structures contained therein are in compliance with Chapters 291 and 220 of this Code and §§ 66.0435, 101.94, 101.96, and 710.15, Wis. Stats., and any applicable requirements of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.[1]
(10)
A minimum of two off-street parking spaces shall
be provided for each mobile home and shall be clearly assigned and
marked corresponding to each individual mobile home.
(11)
All concrete and/or asphalt pavement must be
maintained in a safe and attractive manner. In the event that any
pavement becomes broken or is unreasonably worn, such pavement must
be replaced at the expense of the park operator.
(12)
The park operator must report any notices received
from the State of Wisconsin, any state agency, any county agency,
or any other authority for violations of any applicable provisions.
(13)
Building permits must be applied for and received in accordance with this chapter and Chapter 220, Building Construction, of this Code prior to making any improvements to any aspect of the mobile home park.
(14)
Upon demand, the park operator must produce
to the Town of Grand Chute's Building Inspector a list of all tenants
residing within the mobile home park.
B.
Responsibilities of park occupants and unit owners.
(1)
The park occupant and unit owners shall comply with
all applicable requirements of this chapter and shall maintain each
mobile home lot, its facilities and equipment in good repair and in
a clean and sanitary condition.
(2)
Owners of mobile homes must receive a permit to install or place a mobile home within a mobile home park in accordance with Chapter 220 of this Code. This permitting requirement is in addition to any requirements of § 101.96, Wis. Stats., or any other applicable federal, state statutory, or state administrative regulation.
(3)
The park occupant shall be responsible for proper
placement of his mobile home stand and proper installation of all
utility connections in accordance with the instructions of the park
management.
(4)
Pets, if permitted in the park, shall be prohibited
to run at large or to commit any nuisance within the limits of any
mobile home lot.
(5)
The undercarriage, supports and stabilizing devices
of the mobile home shall be skirted to maintain an attractive community
appearance.
(6)
Porches, awnings, and other additions shall be installed only if permitted and approved by the park management. When installed, they shall be maintained in good repair. Permits must be issued by the Town prior to installing porches, awnings, or any other additions in accordance with this chapter and Chapter 220, Building Construction, of this Code. The space immediately underneath a mobile home shall be used for storage only if permitted by the park management. If permitted, the following conditions shall be satisfied:
(7)
The park occupant shall store and dispose of all his
rubbish and garbage in a clean, sanitary and safe manner. The garbage
container shall be rodentproof, insectproof and watertight.
(8)
Fire extinguishers shall be kept at each mobile home
unit and shall meet the requirements as set forth in NFPA 10.
(9)
Individual mobile home units and areas adjacent to individual mobile home units shall be in compliance with all provisions of the Town of Grand Chute's minimum housing standards as identified in Chapter 317 of this Code. Any violations of the minimum housing standards contained in Chapter 317 of this Code may result in the enforcement provisions and penalties contained therein, as well as the enforcement provisions and penalties contained in this chapter.
(10)
Building permits must be applied for and received in accordance with Chapter 220 of this Code prior to making any improvements to any mobile home within the mobile home park.
(11)
All structures appurtenant to any individual mobile home must be safe, in good working order, and in compliance with the minimum standards for housing found in Chapter 317 of this Code.
(12)
Any new structures built or constructed appurtenant to any mobile home unit or existing structure moved or otherwise made appurtenant to any mobile home must be built or installed in accordance with Chapter 220 of this Code in addition to any other applicable Code provision(s).
(13)
In addition, park occupants and unit owners are responsible to ensure that their homes, all appurtenances thereto, and the space immediately surrounding each unit are in compliance with all applicable provisions of Chapters 291 and 220 of this Code and §§ 66.0435, 101.94, 101.96, and 710.15, Wis. Stats., and any other applicable statutory provisions and provisions of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
B.
Emergency or temporary stopping or parking is permitted
on any public roadway for not longer than one hour subject to any
other and further prohibitions imposed by the traffic and parking
regulations or ordinances for that public roadway.
C.
The Town Board may issue a special written permit
allowing the location and occupancy of a mobile home outside of a
mobile home park upon a showing of hardship and/or immediate necessity
by the applicant. The permit shall not be issued for a period to exceed
90 days for one premises in any twelve-month period nor for more than
one mobile home on any one premises. In a district zoned for agricultural
use, a special permit may be issued for year-round occupancy of one
mobile home on condition that the parcel of land is greater than 10
acres. The special permit shall only be granted upon the written consent
of the owner, legal agent of the owner, or the lessee of the location
for which the special permit is issued.
D.
Application for the permit shall be made to the Town
Clerk and shall be accompanied by an inspection fee as prescribed
in the Town Fee Schedule. The application shall contain the following
information:
(1)
Name and permanent address of the occupants;
(2)
License number of the mobile home and towing vehicle;
(3)
Intended purpose of stay at requested location;
(4)
Exact location of the premises;
(5)
Documentation of the owner's and/or occupant's permission
to locate on the premises;
(6)
Statement of the nature and location of sanitary facilities;
(7)
Written permission from the occupant of the dwelling
house for use of sanitary facilities;
(8)
A statement that all wastes from mobile home occupancy
will be disposed of in a sanitary manner; and
(9)
If the location is a vacant lot or parcel of land,
a statement indicating the nature and location of sanitary facilities
and source of water supply, that these facilities are within 200 feet
of the mobile home, and that the owner has given permission for their
use.
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit an amount as
prescribed in the Uniform Forfeiture and Bond Schedules, together
with the costs of prosecution. Each day's failure of compliance with
any such provision shall constitute a separate violation.
In any case where a provision of this chapter is found to be
in conflict with a provision of any other ordinance or code of the
Town of Grand Chute existing on the effective date of this chapter,
the provision which, in the judgment of the Town Board, establishes
the higher standard for the promotion and protection of the health
and safety of the people shall prevail. In any case where a provision
of this chapter is found to be in conflict with a provision of any
other ordinance or code of the Town of Grand Chute existing on the
effective date of this chapter which establishes a lower standard
for the promotion and protection of the health and safety of the people,
the provision of this chapter shall be deemed to prevail, and such
other ordinances or codes are hereby declared to be repealed to the
extent that they may be found in conflict with this chapter.
