[Amended 4-18-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-02]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
DEPENDENT UNIT or RV
A mobile home, manufactured home, or recreational vehicle
which does not have complete bathroom facilities.
INDEPENDENT UNIT or RV
A mobile home, manufactured home or RV equipped with complete
bath and toilet facilities, all furniture, cooking, heating, appliances
and complete year-round facilities.
LICENSEE
Any person licensed to operate and maintain a mobile home
park under this chapter.
MANUFACTURED HOME
A structure that is designed to be used as a dwelling with
or without a permanent foundation and that is certified by the federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development as complying with the
standards established under 42 USC §§ 5401 to 5425.
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.
PERSON
Includes an individual, partnership, firm, company, or corporation,
whether tenant, owner, lessee, licensee or their agent, heir or assign.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE or RV
A vehicle that has walls of rigid construction, does not
exceed 45 feet in length, is designed to be towed upon a highway by
a motor vehicle or has a motor of its own, and is equipped and used,
or intended to be used, primarily for temporary or recreational human
habitation. A recreational vehicle includes camping trailers, motor
homes, and park models.
SPACE or LOT
A plot of ground within a mobile home park of not less than
1,000 square feet, designed for the accommodation of at least one
auto and one manufactured home or mobile home dwelling unit, which
may also be a multi-sectional home.
UNIT
A mobile home or manufactured home unit.
No mobile home park license or permit for location outside of
a mobile home park shall be issued until the City Clerk/Treasurer
shall notify the Director of Public Works of such application and
he shall inspect, or cause to be inspected, each application and the
premises to determine whether the applicant and the premises on which
mobile homes will be located comply with the regulations, ordinances
and laws applicable thereto. Such official shall furnish to the Council,
in writing, the information derived from such investigation and a
statement as to whether the applicant and the premises meet the requirements
of this chapter. No license shall be renewed without a reinspection
of the premises. For the purpose of making inspections and securing
enforcement, the Director of Public Works, as well as the Chief of
Police and Chief of Fire Department, are hereby empowered to enter
on any premises on which a mobile home is located or about to be located
and inspect the same and all accommodations connected therewith at
any reasonable time.
[Amended 4-18-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-02]
A. Every mobile home or mobile home park shall be located on a well-drained
area, and the premises shall be properly graded so as to prevent the
accumulation of stormwater or other waters.
B. Mobile home or manufactured home spaces shall be clearly defined
and shall consist of a minimum of 4,600 square feet and a width of
not less than 30 feet. The community shall be so arranged that all
spaces shall face or abut on a driveway of not less than 20 feet in
width, giving easy access from all units to a public street. Such
driveway shall be graveled or paved and maintained in good condition,
having natural drainage, be well lighted at night and shall not be
obstructed.
(1) Setbacks. No mobile home shall be parked within 15 feet of the property
boundary of the mobile home park, which abuts property which is not
zoned manufactured home community. A minimum distance of 20 feet shall
be maintained between units or appurtenant structures of another lot,
unless a neighboring lot contains or will contain a multi-sectional
home and/or garage or shed, in which case a minimum distance of 10
feet shall be maintained between unit(s) or appurtenant structure(s)
of another lot. A minimum distance of five feet shall be maintained
between the front right-of-way and the front of a manufactured home
or garage. Within a lot, the unit and appurtenant structures may be
placed within 10 feet of one another, provided fire code and building
code requirements are met.
C. Every mobile home space shall be furnished with an electric service
outlet equipped with an externally operated switch or fuse of not
less than 30 amps capacity and a heavy-duty outlet receptacle. Electrical
outlets shall be weatherproof and no power lines shall be less than
15 feet above the ground.
D. No mobile homes shall be parked in a mobile home park outside of
a designated space, unless it is done on a temporary basis as a home
is being moved into or out of a community.
[Amended 4-18-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-02]
Every park designed to serve independent units shall have erected
thereon suitable buildings for housing toilets, lavatories, showers,
slop sinks and laundry facilities, such buildings and facilities to
be of permanent construction and adequately lighted, screened and
ventilated and to have separate toilet rooms and bathing facilities
for each sex, all of such facilities to be of such nature and in such
number as may be necessary for proper sanitation in accordance with
the size and type of the park and to be subject to the approval of
the Director of Public Works.
[Amended 4-18-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-02]
All liquid waste from showers, toilets, laundries, faucets,
lavatories, etc., shall be discharged into a sewer system extended
from and connected with the public sewer system; every space designed
to serve independent units shall be provided with sewer connections
which shall comply with the State Plumbing Code with fittings so that
watertight connections can be made and constructed so that they can
be closed when not connected and trapped in such a manner as to be
maintained in an odor-free condition. All sanitary facilities in any
unit which are not connected with a public sewer system by approved
pipe connections shall be sealed and their use is hereby prohibited.
[Amended 11-17-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-05; 4-18-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-02]
A. In every park there shall be located the office of the attendant,
or clearly listed the location or method of contact for the person
in charge of such community. A copy of the community license and of
this chapter shall be posted therein and the community register shall
at all times be kept in such office or be readily available.
B. The attendant or person in charge, together with the licensee, shall:
(1) Keep a register of all residents of the community, to be open at
all times to inspection by local, state and federal officers. The
community operator shall not be required to maintain a register of
guests of residents.
(2) Maintain the community in a clean, orderly and sanitary condition
at all times.
(3) Ensure that the provisions of this chapter are complied with and
enforce and report promptly to the proper authorities any violations
of this chapter which may come to his attention.
(4) Collect the monthly parking permit fee as provided in §
306-11. A book shall be kept showing the names of the persons paying service charges and the amount paid.
(5) Ensure the lighting of open fires on the premises adheres to §§
232-12 to
232-14 (Open Burning) of Lancaster Code and its updates as may happen from time to time.
[Amended 11-17-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-05]
All plumbing, electrical, building and other work on or at any
park licensed under this chapter shall be in accordance with the ordinances
of the City and the requirements of the State Plumbing, Electrical
and Building Codes, and the regulations of the State Department of
Safety and Professional Services. Licenses and permits granted under
this chapter grant no right to erect or repair any structure or to
do any plumbing work or any electrical work.
The Council is hereby authorized to revoke any license or permit
issued pursuant to the terms of this chapter in accordance with § 66.0435,
Wis. Stats.
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, any person found to be in violation of any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as provided in §
1-4 of this Municipal Code. Such penalty may be in addition to the revocation, suspension or nonrenewal of any license or permit issued under the provisions of this chapter.
[Added 4-18-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-02]
A manufactured home community licensed under § 101.935,
Wis. Stats., that is a legal nonconforming use continues to be a legal
nonconforming use notwithstanding the occurrence of any of the following
activities within the community:
A. Repair
or replacement of any manufactured homes.
B. Repair
or replacement of infrastructure.
[Added 4-18-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-02]
A. Any licensed manufactured housing community may allow recreational
vehicles in lieu of manufactured homes, with the following conditions:
(1) Any recreational vehicle shall be an independent unit which is equipped
with a self-contained water distribution system and toilet facility.
(2) The location of recreational vehicles within the community and their designated space(s) shall be approved by Planning and Zoning. Any additions or changes to the location of designated spaces shall be approved by Planning and Zoning; however, the manufactured housing community may remove a space designated for a recreational vehicle and add a manufactured home to said space, provided that the provisions of this chapter, including the requirements of §
306-4, are met and the siting of the manufactured home is properly permitted.
(3) At no point shall the number of approved spaces exceed 25 or 20%
of the spaces of the manufactured housing community, whichever is
greater.
(4) The following requirements shall be met:
(a)
Each site shall be furnished with connections to municipal water
and sewer.
(b)
Backflow preventers shall be installed and maintained on the
water supply lines.
(c)
The setback requirements of §
306-4B shall prevail; however, the minimum lot size for a camping unit shall be 2,400 square feet.
B. The operator shall pay an annual permit fee to the City of $10 per
approved RV space, until such time operator informs City of intent
to quit accepting RV units on said space, and/or a manufactured home
is placed on said space.