[CC 1978 §405.130A; Ord. No. 766 §16A, 12-4-1972; Bill No. 95-25(400.020),
12-18-1995]
A.
Parking And Occupancy Of Mobile Homes And Trailers.
1.
Where mobile home and trailer parking prohibited. It shall be unlawful in the City for any person, for any reason,
to park any trailer or mobile home on any street or other public place,
or on any tract of land owned by any person, occupied or unoccupied,
within the City except as provided in this Section.
2.
Permissible emergency stopping and parking. Emergency
or temporary stopping or parking is permitted on any street for not
longer than two (2) hours, subject to any other and further prohibitions,
regulations or limitations imposed by traffic code or any parking
regulation or ordinance for the street concerned.
3.
Parking upon premises other than approved mobile home and
trailer park or designated area prohibited. No person shall
park, place, erect or occupy any trailer or mobile home on any premises
or on any lot or tract of land within the City limits of the City
of Chaffee, Missouri, except in an approved mobile home or trailer
park.
[CC 1978 §405.130B; Ord. No. 766 §16B, 12-4-1972]
A.
Where Permitted. Mobile homes and trailer parks may be established
in any district except residential or commercial district. Such parks
may be established pursuant to a permit duly granted by the City Council
when the City Council is satisfied that the requirements of this Subsection
with respect to construction, layout and special use considerations
have been met.
B.
Procedure For Obtaining Permit. Each application for a mobile
home and trailer park permit shall be made, filed and processed in
accordance with the provisions of this Zoning Code made for the application
for building permits except that the following additional requirements
are hereby imposed:
1.
The application shall be in writing signed by the applicant and shall
include the name and address of the applicant, the address and legal
description of the mobile home park, a complete plan of the park platted
in conformity with the requirements of this Subsection, plans and
specifications of all buildings, improvements, and facilities constructed
or to be constructed within the mobile home park, and such other and
further information as may be requested by the Building Inspector.
2.
The application and all accompanying plans and specifications shall
be filed in duplicate.
3.
The Building Inspector shall investigate the applicant and inspect
the application of the proposed plans and specifications.
4.
If the applicant is found to be of good moral character, the Building
Inspector will then refer the application to the City Council who
shall refer the application to the Planning and Zoning Commission
for its action and determination with respect to confirmation with
zoning and special requirements of this Chapter.
[CC 1978 §405.130C; Ord. No. 766 §16C, 12-4-1972]
A.
Each
mobile home and trailer park shall conform to the requirements of
this Section.
1.
Each boundary of the parks shall be at least fifty (50) feet from
any permanent residential building located outside the park, unless
separated therefrom by natural or artificial barrier or unless the
majority of the property owners, according to number within such fifty
(50) feet, consent in writing to the establishment of the park. Each
trailer or mobile home park shall consist of not less than four (4)
acres in area.
2.
Each park shall be located on a well-drained site properly graded
to insure rapid drainage and freedom from stagnant pools of water.
3.
Water supply taps. An adequate supply of pure water
for drinking and domestic purposes shall be supplied by pipes to all
mobile home spaces within each park to meet the requirements of the
park. Each mobile home space shall be provided with cold water tap
at least four (4) inches above the ground.
4.
All service buildings on the grounds of each park shall be maintained
in a clean, sightly condition, kept free of any condition that will
menace the health of any occupant or the public or constitute a nuisance.
5.
Types of buildings. Service buildings housing any
facility shall be permanent structures complying with all applicable
provisions of the Building and Fire Code, and other ordinances and
Statutes regulating buildings, electrical installations, plumbing
and sanitation systems.
6.
Sewage requirements generally. Waste from showers,
bathtubs, flush toilets, urinals, lavatories, slop sinks and laundries
and service and other buildings within each park shall be discharged
into a public sewer in compliance with applicable provisions of this
Code and other ordinances, or when a public sewer is not available,
into a private sewer and disposal plant or into a septic tank system
of such construction and in such manner as will present no health
hazard and as will conform to applicable sanitation codes and ordinances.
7.
For each mobile home space there shall be provided a trap sewer at
least four (4) inches in diameter, which shall be connected to receive
the waste from the shower, tub, flush toilet, lavatory and kitchen
sink of the mobile home harbored in such space and having any or all
of such facilities. The trap sewer in each space shall be connected
to discharge the mobile home waste into a public sewer system in compliance
with applicable provisions of this Code or other ordinances or into
private sewer disposal plant or into a septic tank system of such
construction and in such manner as will present no health hazard and
will conform to applicable codes and ordinances pertaining to sewage
disposal.
8.
Fire extinguishing equipment. Every park shall be
equipped at all times with fire extinguishing equipment in good working
order of such type, size and number and so located within the park
as to satisfy applicable regulations of the Fire Department. No open
fires shall be permitted at any place which may endanger life or property.
No fires shall be left unattended at any time. Outdoor cooking fires
may be permitted in customary devices such as barbecue grills or pits
of portable or permanent nature.
9.
Streets. Privately owned streets shall be provided
on the site where necessary to furnish principal trafficways for convenient
access to the mobile home stands or pads and other important facilities
upon the park property. The street systems shall be designed:
a.
To recognize existing easements, utility lines, etc., which are to
be preserved.
b.
To permit the connection of existing facilities where necessary for
the proper functioning of the drainage and utility system.
c.
With blocks of proper size and shape to provide desirable mobile
home lots and to reduce excessive length of street construction without
impairing convenient circulation and access.
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The street system shall provide convenient circulation by means
of minor streets and properly located collector streets, and all streets
shall be adapted to the topography and shall have suitable alignment
and gradient for safety of traffic, satisfactory surface and ground
water drainage, and proper functioning of sanitary and storm sewer
systems.
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[CC 1978 §405.130D; Ord. No. 766 §16D, 12-4-1972]
A.
Streets
shall be graded for their full width to provide suitable finish grades
for pavement and any sidewalks with adequate surface drainage and
convenient access to the mobile home stands and other important facilities
of the property. Each mobile home shall have access to a private street
that is within the park and shall not front on a City street.
B.
Street Paving. 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 surface and shifting of the pavement base.
Street surfaces shall be maintained free of cracks, holes and other
hazards. Pavement shall be of adequate width to accommodate contemplated
parking and traffic load in accordance with the type of street, with
ten (10) feet minimum width moving lanes for collector streets and
nine (9) feet minimum width moving lanes for minor streets; seven
(7) feet minimum lanes for parallel guest parking and two (2) feet
additional width for pedestrian use where adjacent sidewalk is not
provided.
C.
Minimum
widths shall be:
1.
All entry streets and other collector streets with guest parking
on both sides: 36 feet.
2.
Collector streets with no parking: 22 feet.
3.
Minor or dead-end street with no parking: 20 feet.
4.
One-way minor streets with no parking (acceptable only if less than
five hundred (500) feet total length and serving less than twenty-five
(25) mobile home stands): 11 feet.
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These minimums may be reduced by two (2) feet if adjacent sidewalk
is provided.
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[CC 1978 §405.130E; Ord. No. 766 §16E, 12-4-1972]
All streets within each park shall be lighted at night with
electric lamps of not less than one hundred (100) watts each, spaced
at intervals of not less than one hundred (100) feet or equivalent
light producing electric illumination.
[CC 1978 §405.130F; Ord. No. 766 §16F, 12-4-1972]
A.
Mobile
home spaces shall be provided consisting of a minimum of one thousand
five hundred (1,500) square feet for each space which shall be at
least forty (40) feet wide and clearly defined. Mobile homes shall
be so located on each space that there be at least twenty-five (25)
foot clearance between mobile homes provided that with respect to
mobile home parks, the end clearance may be less than twenty-five
(25) feet, but shall not be less than ten (10) feet. No mobile home
shall be located closer than ten (10) 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 mobile home or trailer
which is located on the periphery of the park shall face the exterior
of the park.
B.
Electrical Outlets. Electrical outlets supplying at least
one hundred ten (110) volts shall be provided for each mobile home
space.
[CC 1978 §405.130G; Ord. No. 766 §16G, 12-4-1972]
Car parking spaces shall be provided in sufficient number to
meet the needs of the occupants of the property and their guests without
any interference with the normal movement of traffic. Such facilities
shall be provided at the rate of at least one (1) car space for each
mobile home lot, plus an additional car space for each four (4) lots
to provide for guest parking, two (2) car tenants and for service
and delivery vehicles. The required parking spaces shall be located
for convenient access to the mobile home stands and, so far as practical,
shall be located one (1) car space on each lot, with a width of nine
(9) feet and a length of twenty (20) feet minimum. Any parking spaces
herein required shall be within the park proper and no parking spaces
shall be directly connected to a City street, but rather all such
spaces must adjoin private interior park streets.
[CC 1978 §405.130H; Ord. No. 766 §16H, 12-4-1972]
A.
Each
licensee under this Article or his/her duly authorized attendant or
caretaker shall be in charge at all times to keep the mobile home
park, its facilities and equipment in a clean, orderly and sanitary
condition. The attendant or caretaker shall be answerable with the
licensee for the violation of any provision of this Chapter to which
the licensee is subject.
B.
Record To Be Kept Available To Public Officials.
1.
It shall be the duty of each licensee under this Subsection to keep
a register containing a record of all mobile home owners and occupants
with mobile homes located within the park and the register shall contain
the following information:
a.
The name and address of each mobile home occupant.
b.
The name and address of the owner of each mobile home and motor vehicle
by which it is towed.
c.
The make, model and year and license number of each mobile home and
mobile vehicle.
d.
The State, territory or country issuing such license.
e.
The date of arrival and of departure of each mobile home.
2.
The licensee shall keep the register available for inspection at
all times by Law Enforcement Officers, the public health officials
and other officials whose duties necessitate acquisition of the information
contained in the register. The register record for each occupant registered
shall not be destroyed for a period of two (2) years following the
date of departure of the registered from the park.
[CC 1978 §405.130K; Ord. No. 766 §16K, 12-4-1972; Bill No. 2004-20(405.130K),
7-24-2004]
A.
No
trailer or mobile home as defined in this Zoning Ordinance shall be
parked on any lot or tract of land, occupied or unoccupied, within
the limits of the City of Chaffee, except in approved trailer parks
as provided above and except in the case of replacement of a mobile
home existing and situated on a lot as of the effective date of this
Article as provided hereinbelow.
B.
Any
permit for the placement of an individual mobile home or trailer which
may have been granted prior to the effective date of this Article
shall remain unaffected by this Article and placement of such mobile
home or trailer shall be lawful and shall be subject to all ordinances,
regulations and conditions as were in full force and effect as of
the date of the granting of the permit and authorization for placement
of the mobile home or trailer. Said mobile home or trailer upon proper
placement shall then be subject thereafter to all ordinances and regulations
as currently in full force and effect or as may be modified, amended
or adopted at any future time by the City Council of the City of Chaffee,
Missouri.
C.
Individual
trailers or mobile homes not located in an approved trailer park upon
the effective date of this Article may be replaced in the same location
provided that the new or replacement trailer or mobile home meets
all of the specifications and requirements as follows and provided
it is not violative of any other Zoning Ordinance of the City of Chaffee,
such limitations and requirements are as follows:
1.
Trailer or mobile home must have been manufactured within two (2)
years prior to the date of placing said trailer or mobile home on
the property, and cannot have been previously titled subsequent to
the certificate of origin.
3.
Upon placement, the trailer or mobile home must be permanently affixed
to the ground on a permanent foundation, being of a masonry construction
and underpinned along the entire perimeter with a permanent material
of concrete, block or brick all of which being installed in a workmanlike
manner with complete mortar joints where applicable.
4.
The vehicular frame and running gear must be modified and/or destroyed,
such that it is impractical to move the mobile home or trailer. The
tongue of the mobile home or trailer must be removed.
5.
Not more than one (1) mobile home or trailer shall be placed upon
a lot, with said lot being of a minimum size of at least forty (40)
feet in width and at least one hundred (100) feet in length.
6.
An application must be submitted for the replacement of the mobile
home/trailer. The application shall be accompanied by a fifteen dollar
($15.00) filing fee. Said application shall be in writing and shall
be submitted to the Building Inspector who must approve the application.
Said application shall be made by the person or persons who own the
lot where the trailer or mobile home is proposed to be replaced. The
application shall contain information, so that the Building Inspector
and the City Council may determine whether all requirements, restrictions
and regulations have been or will be met. The application shall contain
all of the information as described within this Section and shall
contain a diagram of the lot and location and placement of the proposed
replacement trailer or mobile home and any other additional information
as may reasonably be required by the Building Inspector. Upon approval
of the application by the Building Inspector, the application shall
be submitted to the City Council which upon approving the application
shall grant the permit. If it can be determined from the application
that the requirements of this Article have not been met, then the
application and permit shall be denied. If any replacement trailer
or mobile home is placed upon a lot which does not conform with the
requirements of this Section, the same shall be immediately removed
by the owner of the lot and/or the trailer and/or the mobile home.
7.
Any mobile home or trailer being replaced on any lot in accordance
with this Section shall be placed and shall comply with all use, height,
area and parking regulations and Zoning Ordinances affecting the property
in accordance with such restrictions, regulations and Zoning Ordinances
as may apply to the lot or tract of land where the trailer or mobile
home is placed. Such regulations and restrictions include, but are
not limited to, setback restrictions for buildings located on the
premises.
8.
Any replacement of an existing mobile home or trailer by a new mobile
home or trailer must be effectuated within a period of sixty (60)
days from the time the existing mobile home or trailer is removed
from the lot. An extension of such time may be granted by the City
Council for good cause shown, but in no case shall the extension of
the time for accomplishment of the replacement be extended for more
than sixty (60) additional days.
[Bill No. 95-25(400.020), 12-18-1995]
No person shall park, place or occupy a recreational vehicle
on any premises or any lot or tract of land within the City limits
of the City of Chaffee for purposes of using the same as a dwelling
or for commercial, industrial, educational or storage use.
