[R.O. 2011 § 415.010; R.O. 2009
§ 153.01; CC 1981 § 17-1; Ord.
No. 3409, 8-10-1966]
For the purpose of this Chapter,
the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates
or requires a different meaning.
CONDUCTING, MAINTAINING OR OPERATING A MOBILE HOME PARK
Permitting, suffering or allowing a mobile home or homes
to be parked, kept, stored, camped, maintained or to remain upon any
lot, parcel or tract of real property within the City for any fee,
charge, rent, price or other valuable consideration which in any way
directly or indirectly emanates from or is paid by the owner or occupant
of such mobile home to the owner, occupant or manager of such real
estate.
[MANUFACTURED HOME (MOBILE HOME)
A factory-built structure as defined in Chapter 700, RSMo.,
which displays a seal issued by the Public Service Commission, U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development or its agent to evidence
compliance with the Code.
MOBILE HOME SPACE
A plot of ground within a mobile home park designed for the
accommodation of one (1) mobile home, containing a concrete pad with
a minimum of four hundred (400) square feet in area; and each mobile
home space shall have water, sewer and electric connections; such
mobile home space shall consist of a minimum of three thousand (3,000)
square feet which shall be at least thirty-five (35) feet wide and
clearly defined.
[R.O. 2011 § 415.020; R.O. 2009
§ 153.02; CC 1981 § 17-2; Ord.
No. 3409, 8-10-1966]
It shall be unlawful for any person
owning, renting, leasing, operating, managing or occupying any lot,
parcel or tract of real property within the City to conduct, maintain
or operate a mobile home park, containing one (1) or more mobile home
spaces thereupon, without first obtaining a license therefor from
the City Collector.
[R.O. 2011 § 415.030; R.O. 2009
§ 153.03; CC 1981 § 17-3; Ord.
No. 3409, 8-10-1966; Ord. No. 3453, 12-24-1966]
A. The annual license fee for each mobile
home park shall be forty dollars ($40.00) for each block of five (5)
mobile home spaces or fraction thereof contained in any mobile home
park and an additional seven dollars ($7.00) for each mobile home
space in excess of five (5).
B. The annual license fees payable under the
provisions of this Chapter shall be due and payable in advance on
the first day of each year; provided that the fees for license issued
after the first day of any year shall be, for the part of the year
then remaining, one-twelfth (1/12) of the annual fee for each month
or part thereof from the date of issuance to January 1 thereafter.
[R.O. 2011 § 415.040; R.O. 2009
§ 153.04; CC 1981 § 17-4; Ord.
No. 3409, 8-10-1966]
A. No license shall be issued to any person
to conduct, maintain or operate a mobile home park unless he/she shall
have first produced to the City Council:
1.
A plot of the tract of land on which
the established or proposed mobile home park is to be located showing
plot of the entire tract and designating the location and size of
the required mobile home space; a twenty-four-foot wide paved roadway
with a minimum of sixteen (16) feet wide opening at all times. Through
or collector streets are to be a minimum of thirty-four (34) feet
in width.
2.
A certificate in writing stating:
a.
The maximum number of mobile homes
the mobile home park will accommodate.
b.
The lot, parcel or tract of real
property whereon the mobile home park is or is to be set up now conforms
to the regulations prescribed by this Chapter.
c.
The location of the established or
proposed mobile home park.
d.
It is agreed that provisions of this
Chapter, the laws of the State, this Code of Ordinances and any other
ordinance of the City shall be fully complied with in the conducting,
maintaining and operating of such mobile home park.
B. In all cases no such license shall be issued
unless and until the City Council shall have made an order directing
the City Collector to issue such license.
[R.O. 2011 § 415.050; R.O. 2009
§ 153.05; CC 1981 § 17-5; Ord.
No. 3409, 8-10-1966]
At the time of filing a certificate for a license under the provisions of Section
415.040, the applicant shall place in the hands of the City Clerk the amount of the license fee for the license applied for, either in cash, or bank draft, money order, certified check or cashier's check, made payable to the City or the City Collector. No license shall be granted by the Council unless such deposit of the license fee has been made. If the license is not granted, the amount of the license fee shall be refunded to the applicant. If the license is granted, such amount deposited with the application shall be turned over to the City Collector whose receipt therefor shall be given to the applicant, together with the license issued.
[R.O. 2011 § 415.060; R.O. 2009
§ 153.06; CC 1981 § 17-6; Ord.
No. 3409, 8-10-1966]
The City Council may revoke any license
issued under the provisions of this Chapter upon proof of the violation
of or the failure to comply with any of the provisions of this Chapter,
the laws of the State, this Code of Ordinances or any other ordinance
of the City regulating, controlling or relating to health, sanitation,
fire protection, the public peace or the public morality.
[R.O. 2011 § 415.070; R.O. 2009
§ 153.07; CC 1981 § 17-7; Ord.
No. 3409, 8-10-1966; Ord. No. 3513, 9-6-1967]
Mobile homes shall be so located
on each space that there shall be at least twenty-five (25) feet clearance
between mobile homes; provided however, that with respect to mobile
homes parked end to end, clearance may be less than twenty-five (25)
feet but shall not be less than fifteen (15) feet. No mobile home
shall be located closer than fifteen (15) feet to any building within
the park or from any property line bounding the park. Neither the
front end nor primary entrance side of any trailer or mobile home
which is located on the periphery of the park shall face the exterior
of the park.
[R.O. 2011 § 415.080; R.O. 2009
§ 153.08; CC 1981 § 17-8; Ord.
No. 3409, 8-10-1966]
For the purpose of the proper and
efficient administration of this Chapter, the person conducting, maintaining
or operating a mobile home park within the City shall at all times
keep a register, wherein the name of the owner or occupant of any
mobile home shall be recorded together with his/her permanent address.
Such register shall at all times be available for inspection by the
Mayor, Chief of Police or Building Inspector.
[R.O. 2011 § 415.090; R.O. 2009
§ 153.09; CC 1981 § 17-9; Ord.
No. 3409, 8-10-1966]
Any person conducting, maintaining
or operating a mobile home park within the City shall at all times
grant the Mayor, Chief of Police, Building Inspector and Chief of
Fire Department the right to inspect the premises upon which such
mobile home park is located. It shall be the duty of the various named
officials, upon their findings and discovery of a violation of or
failure to comply with the terms of this Chapter, to report such fact
to the City Council in writing immediately and, further, to cause
the violator to be arrested and prosecuted in the Municipal Court
of the City.
[R.O. 2011 § 415.100; R.O. 2009
§ 153.10; CC 1981 § 17-10; Ord.
No. 3409, 8-10-1966; Ord. No. 73-30, 5-23-1973]
A. It shall be unlawful to keep or maintain any mobile home any place in the City for living or sleeping purposes unless it shall be located within a mobile home park, except as provided in Subsection
(B) of this Section.
B. The Building Commissioner may permit a
mobile home to be used for living and sleeping purposes so as to provide
quarters for a watchman or guard during construction of a non-residential
structure costing in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00);
provided, that such permit shall not exceed a period of two (2) years
and that the mobile home shall be removed before a certificate of
occupancy is issued on the structure.
[R.O. 2011 § 415.110; R.O. 2009
§ 153.11; CC 1981 § 17-11; Ord.
No. 3409, 8-10-1966]
This Chapter shall take effect and
be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval;
provided, however, that these amendments shall not interfere with
any vested property rights or contractual rights.