At the time of application for a rezoning to the R-3 District and application for a mobile home park license under Chapter
382, Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks, of this Code, the applicant shall submit a site plan to the Zoning Administrator containing the following:
A. The name and address of all owners and developers of the proposed
mobile home park.
B. The legal description and lot size, in acres, of the proposed mobile
home park.
C. The location and size of all mobile home spaces, storage areas, recreation
areas and facilities, landscaping, existing tree growth, water areas,
roadways, sidewalks and parking sites.
D. Detailed landscaping plans and specifications.
E. Plans for sanitary sewage disposal, surface drainage, water system,
electrical service, gas service, streetlighting and topography diagrams.
F. Location and size of all public roadways abutting the mobile home
park and all street and sidewalk accesses from such street and sidewalk
to the mobile home park.
G. Preliminary road construction plans, specifications and elevations.
H. Preliminary floor plans and elevation for all structures.
I. Description and method of disposing of garbage and refuse.
J. Detailed description of proposed maintenance procedure and grounds
supervision.
K. Staging and timing of construction program whether or not the entire
area will be developed at one time or in stages.
L. Such other reasonable information as shall be required by the Zoning
Administrator.
Each mobile home space shall have:
A. At least 5,000 square feet of land area for the exclusive use of
the residents of the mobile home located on the space with a minimum
width of 50 feet and a minimum depth of 100 feet.
B. Frontage on approved roadway, and the corner of each space shall
be marked, and each lot shall be numbered.
All mobile homes shall comply with the following yard requirements:
A. No mobile home shall be parked closer than 10 feet to the side lot
lines, 20 feet to the front lot line nor 15 feet to the rear lot line.
B. There shall be an open space of at least 20 feet between the sides
of adjacent mobile homes.
The following are minimum parking requirements for mobile home
parks:
A. Each mobile home space shall have off-street parking space for two
automobiles.
B. Each mobile home park shall maintain a hard surfaced off-street parking
lot for guests of occupants of a size equivalent to one space for
each five mobile home spaces.
C. Access drives off roads to all parking spaces and mobile home spaces
shall be hard surfaced in bituminous concrete or portland cement concrete
designed to accommodate normal traffic.
D. Automobiles shall not be parked nearer than five feet from any side
lot line unless combined with a contiguous parking area.
The following minimum requirements for utilities shall be maintained:
A. There shall be no obstructions impeding the inspection of plumbing,
electrical facilities, utilities or other related equipment.
B. Garbage, waste and trash disposal plans must be approved by the Zoning
Administrator and must conform to all state and local health and pollution
control regulations.
C. The owner of a mobile home park shall pay all required sewer connection
fees to the Clerk-Treasurer.
All internal streets shall meet the following minimum requirements:
A. Streets shall be hard surfaced with bituminous concrete or portland
cement concrete to accommodate the structural requirements in the
Village streets as approved by the Village Board.
B. All streets shall be developed with a roadbed of not less than 30
feet and a street surface of not less than 18 feet. Ancillary parking
on one side may be allowed except at parking area entrances if the
street width is at least 28 feet wide.
A thirty-inch portland cement concrete sidewalk shall be built
and maintained by the owner providing access to all recreational areas,
common use buildings and storage areas, and to the public street access.
Artificial lights shall be maintained during all hours of darkness
in all buildings provided for common facilities for occupants' use.
The mobile home park grounds, street and pedestrian areas shall be
lighted from sunset to sunrise in accordance with a lighting plan
approved by the Village Board.
All mobile home parks shall have one or more recreational areas
which shall be easily accessible to all park residents. Recreational
areas shall be so located as to be free of traffic hazards and shall,
where the topography permits, be centrally located. The size of such
recreational area shall be a minimum of 10% of the land area of the
mobile home park. All equipment installed in such area shall be owned
and maintained by the owner or operator of the mobile home park at
his expense.
The following minimum landscaping requirements shall be maintained
in all mobile home parks.
A. Each space shall be properly landscaped with at least one tree. All
yards shall be sodded or planted in grass. There shall be a minimum
of 20 trees per gross acre in all areas of a mobile home park. Tree,
grass and landscape materials shall be properly maintained and replaced
to conform to the approved landscape plans and specifications.
B. A visual screen consisting of a compact hedge, redwood fence, coniferous
trees or other approved landscape materials or a screen fencing approved
by the Zoning Administrator shall be installed and maintained around
the periphery of the mobile home park to substantially inhibit the
eye level vision from the exterior when adjacent to any R-1 or R-2
District and shall be maintained free of rubbish, debris, weeds and
paper.
C. All areas shall be landscaped, and the landscape plan shall be approved
by the Zoning Administrator.
All mobile homes shall be placed and leveled on stands consisting
of a sixteen-inch by sixteen-inch by four-inch deep square solid base,
minimum, with a double tier of alternately crossed eight-inch block
ascending; no I-beam or any portion of the mobile home frame shall
rest directly on the concrete block. Wood shimming shall be used.
No second or medium grade of concrete block may be used, and all block
must be installed with the hollow core in a vertical position. These
stands shall be placed with a minimum spacing of eight feet.
Straps and anchoring equipment shall be capable of resisting
an allowable working load of not less than 3,150 pounds and capable
of withstanding a 50% overload (4,750 pounds) without failure. (Example:
Type 1 Finish B, Grade 1 steel strapping, 1 1/4 inch wide and
0.035 inch thick conforming with federal specifications. Q-QS781-H
is recommended to meet the above load requirements.) Tie downs and
anchors shall be installed as follows:
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Number of Frame Ties Required
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Mobile Home Size
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Number of Over-the-Roof Ties Required
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2-Foot Pier
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3-Foot Pier
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4-Foot Pier
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44 x 12
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2
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4
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5
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5
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52 x 12
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2
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5
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5
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6
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54 x 12
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2
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5
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6
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7
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60 x 12
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2
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5
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6
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7
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65 x 12
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2
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6
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7
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8
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70 x 12
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2
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6
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7
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9
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74 x 12
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2
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6
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8
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9
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54 x 14
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2
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4
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5
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6
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60 x 14
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2
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5
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5
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6
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65 x 14
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2
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5
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6
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7
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70 x 14
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2
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6
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7
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8
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76 x 14
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2
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6
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7
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8
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80 x 14
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2
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7
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7
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8
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All mobile home units shall have skirts around the entire mobile
home made of plastic, fiberglass or other comparable noncombustible
material approved by the Zoning Administrator and shall be of a permanent
color or painted to match the appropriate mobile home so as to enhance
the general appearance thereof.
Any storage building in a mobile home park shall be anchored.
The owner of a mobile home park shall keep a registration list
available to the Village or its agents for inspection at reasonable
times.
All mobile homes shall comply with state and Village fire, health
and building regulations. Before a mobile home unit may be occupied,
the owner must secure the inspection and approval of the Zoning Administrator
regarding compliance with such regulations.