[CC 1995 §43.010]
Unless specifically defined below, words or phrases used in
this Chapter shall be interpreted so as to give them the meaning they
have in common usage and to give this Chapter its most reasonable
application.
ACCESSORY USE
A use customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal
use of mobile home and located on the same mobile home lot with the
principal use of the mobile home or in the mobile home.
AWNING, PERMANENT
Any structure for shade or shelter and which is completely
open on at least two (2) sides. A side may be interpreted to be an
end. Awning does not include a window awning.
AWNING, PORTABLE OR DEMOUNTABLE
Any prefabricated structure erected for shade or shelter
which is designed to be readily assembled and disassembled and adapted
to ready transportation. A portable awning shall be completely open
on at least two (2) sides. A side may be interpreted to be an end.
Awning does not include a window awning. An awning shall be accessory
to a mobile home and shall be located within six (6) feet of the mobile
home to which it is accessory.
BUILDING
Any permanent structure having a roof supported by columns
or walls for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals,
chattels or property of any kind. Building does not include a mobile
home or other accessory awnings and carports which are portable and
are designed to be readily assembled and disassembled and adapted
to transportation.
DRIVEWAY
A private mobile home park service road providing vehicular
access and egress between individual mobile home lots and an adjoining
public right-of-way.
FENCE
Any protective wall, shield or structure five (5) feet or
less in height.
MANUFACTURED HOME/MANUFACTURED HOUSING UNIT
Any home factory-built in the U.S. to the HUD Title 6 construction
standards, built after June 15, 1976, and displaying a HUD certification
label and data plate. All references in the Village Code to "mobile
homes" shall be construed to also mean "manufactured homes or mobile
homes," unless intended to define mobile homes or discuss and describe
any unique characteristic only relevant to mobile homes.
[Ord. No. 10-20, 5-28-2020]
MOBILE HOME
Any home factory-built prior to June 15, 1976, and not built
to a uniform construction code.
[Ord. No. 10-20, 5-28-2020]
MOBILE HOME, DEPENDENT
A mobile home dependent upon toilet and/or bathing or washing
facilities provided in a service building.
MOBILE HOME, INDEPENDENT
A mobile home independent of toilet and/or bathing or washing
facilities provided in a service building.
MOBILE HOME LOT
A plot of ground plainly marked by corner stakes, fences,
shrubbery or other devices and designed to accommodate one (1) occupied
mobile home and accessory building or uses.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Any plot of ground upon which one (1) or more mobile homes,
occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located, regardless
of whether or not a charge is made for such accommodation.
MODULAR HOME
Any home factory-built to a local state and/or uniform construction
code standards (including international building code), placed on
a concrete foundation and affixed to real estate for dwelling purposes.
[Ord. No. 10-20, 5-28-2020]
NUISANCE
In a mobile home park, includes any of the following:
1.
Any public nuisance known at common law or in equity jurisprudence.
2.
Whatever is dangerous to human life or is detrimental to health.
3.
The overcrowding of any room with occupants.
4.
Insufficient ventilation or illumination of any room.
5.
Inadequate or insanitary sewage or plumbing facilities.
6.
Whatever renders a food or drink unwholesome or detrimental
to the health of human beings.
PERMANENT RESIDENCE
The residence of a person(s) that continues to dwell at the
same physical address with the intent of remaining at the current
residence and using it as the primary domicile for the foreseeable
future.
[Ord. No. 10-20, 5-28-2020]
PERSON
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association.
PLAYGROUND
A play lot or other area which has been landscaped and developed
for the use of children or other mobile home occupants.
SERVICE BUILDING
A building housing community toilet, laundry and other sanitary
facilities necessary for the health and convenience of trailer occupants.
STRUCTURE
That which is built or constructed, an edifice or building
of any kind or any piece of work artificially built up or composed
of parts joined together in some definite manner and located within
six (6) feet of a mobile home in a mobile home park. Structure does
not include a mobile home or other accessory awnings or carports which
are portable and are designed to be readily assembled or disassembled
and adapted to ready transportation.
UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION
Any mobile home or structure which is dangerous to human
life or detrimental to health through either lack of maintenance or
repair generally or because of unsafe or improper construction or
installation and includes, but is not limited to, mobile home or structures
in which any one (1) or more of the following exists:
1.
Exterior walls, supporting structure, doors, windows, floors,
roof appliances or equipment are so deteriorated, broken or damaged
as to be hazardous to the occupants; or the walls, roof, floor, doors
or windows are in such condition as not to adequately protect the
occupants from the elements.
WINDBREAK
Any protective fence, wall structure or shelter from the
wind which exceeds sixty (60) inches in height and whose vertical
surface is less than fifty percent (50%) open.
WINDOW AWNING
Any awning which does not project more than forty-eight (48)
inches from the body of the trailer and which does not extend more
than twelve (12) inches on either side of the window it is intended
to serve.
[CC 1995 §43.060]
An ornamental wall, fence or screen planting, acceptable to
the Board of Trustees and adjacent residential property owners and
no less than five (5) feet in height, shall be erected and maintained
along the side and rear boundaries of a mobile home park. Where, in
the opinion of the Board of Trustees, it is unreasonable to require
a wall, fence or screen planting due to the nature of the existing
topograph or other existing conditions that might render such wall
or fence ineffective, the Board, at its discretion, may waive or modify
the requirements as specified in this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 10-20, 5-28-2020]
A. In the event any mobile home or manufactured home in existence anywhere in the Village after May 28, 2020, is destroyed, becomes uninhabitable, or ceases to be used as a dwelling for more than six (6) months, it shall be unlawful for any person to thereafter reoccupy such mobile home or manufactured home in its condition, and said mobile home or manufactured home shall be removed from the property and the Village. No person may convey, transfer, or lease said mobile home or manufactured home for occupancy to any person. No additional mobile homes or manufactured homes shall be allowed in the Village on any land or parcel other than in a mobile home park, except as provided above in Section
430.080, Applications, Permits, License Fees and Enforcement. Any manufactured home or mobile home that is to be placed inside the Village, outside of any mobile home park, as permitted above in Section
430.080, shall adhere to all applicable regulations, including but not limited to Section
430.040, Site Area and Lot Size Requirements.
B. Each
person desiring to locate, establish, or maintain a mobile home or
manufactured housing unit within the Village, in a mobile home park,
shall first obtain a permit therefor prior to the location, establishment,
or maintenance thereof, and shall annually renew the same upon continued
maintenance of said mobile home or manufactured housing unit subsequent
to its location and establishment.
C. Each
person who shall locate a new, different, or substitute mobile home
or manufactured housing unit upon any lot in a mobile home park in
the Village shall be required to remove the previous mobile home or
manufactured home from such property prior to or immediately at the
time of placement of the replacement mobile home upon said lot. It
shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain more than one
(1) mobile home or manufactured home on any property within the Village.