Editor's Note — Ord. No. 03-09 enacted February 26, 2009
adopted the following provisions set out in this Ch. 430 as well as
Chs. 400, 405, 410, 415, 420 and 425 of this Title.
[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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A private mobile home park service road providing vehicular
access and egress between individual mobile home lots and an adjoining
public right-of-way.
Any protective wall, shield or structure five (5) feet or
less in height.
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]
Any home factory-built prior to June 15, 1976, and not built
to a uniform construction code.
[Ord. No. 10-20, 5-28-2020]
A mobile home dependent upon toilet and/or bathing or washing
facilities provided in a service building.
A mobile home independent of toilet and/or bathing or washing
facilities provided in a service building.
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.
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.
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]
In a mobile home park, includes any of the following:
Any public nuisance known at common law or in equity jurisprudence.
Whatever is dangerous to human life or is detrimental to health.
The overcrowding of any room with occupants.
Insufficient ventilation or illumination of any room.
Inadequate or insanitary sewage or plumbing facilities.
Whatever renders a food or drink unwholesome or detrimental
to the health of human beings.
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]
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association.
A play lot or other area which has been landscaped and developed
for the use of children or other mobile home occupants.
A building housing community toilet, laundry and other sanitary
facilities necessary for the health and convenience of trailer occupants.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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 §43.020]
A.
All
requests for mobile home parks must be accompanied with a set of plans
drawn to scale and completely dimensioned. Such plans shall clearly
set forth the following information:
1.
Name and address of owner and/or operator.
2.
Address, location and legal description of the mobile home park.
3.
Extent of the area and dimensions of the site.
4.
Size, location and number of mobile home lots, including areas for
dependent and independent trailers when both are accommodated.
5.
Entrances, exits, driveways and walkways. (Including fencing.)
6.
Number, size and location of automobile parking accommodations.
7.
Number, location and detailed floor plans, including elevations of
all service buildings and other proposed structures and other accessory
buildings.
8.
Location and size of recreation area, if any, including development
plan showing type of landscaping, surface treatment, drainage, apparatus,
special equipment and/or signs.
9.
Plan of water system.
10.
Method and plan of sewage disposal and site drainings.
11.
Method of garbage disposal and plan of storage areas.
12.
Method and plan of service building heating.
13.
Lighting plan of outside areas and service outlets.
14.
Location and type of fire fighting and fire prevention facilities.
15.
Location, size, type and structure of storm shelter.
[CC 1995 §43.030]
A.
The
following shall be required of all mobile home parks:
1.
Obstructions prohibited. No obstructions of any
kind shall be erected, placed or maintained on or about the mobile
home lot, which would impede the movement of a mobile home to or from
a site or prevent inspection of plumbing or electrical facilities.
2.
All new mobile home parks shall be connected to a public sewer or
meet State, County, Village requirements for sewage disposal.
3.
A mobile home park shall not accommodate any occupied trailers for
which there are no available sites conforming to the provisions of
this Chapter.
4.
It shall be unlawful to camp overnight or to park an occupied trailer
or vacation trailer overnight upon any public street, including the
street right-of-way. This provision shall not apply in cases where
a mobile home or trailer is parked for the purpose of making emergency
repairs.
5.
The owner or operator of every mobile home park shall maintain in
a conspicuous location in or adjacent to the mobile home park office
a copy of an approved plot plan of the mobile home park, a copy of
the conditions of Village approval and a copy of the latest ordinances
and regulations pertaining to such mobile home park.
6.
Signs. In a mobile home park, all signs and advertising
devices shall be as approved by the Board of Trustees.
[CC 1995 §43.040]
A.
Size
And Shape Of Lots; Site Numbers; Age Of Manufactured Homes.
[Ord. No. 10-20, 5-28-2020]
1.
Every mobile home lot shall be a size and shape which will provide
reasonable area for private use and development and for convenience
placement of one (1) occupied mobile home and shall be identified
with an individual site number in logical numerical sequence and so
shown on the official plot plan for the mobile home park.
2.
All manufactured homes shall have a manufactured date fifteen (15)
years old or newer to be placed and maintained within the Village
limits and shall be registered as real estate with the Village and
Jasper County.
B.
In
no case shall the area of a mobile home lot occupied by a mobile home,
awning, carport or other accessory structure or combination thereof
exceed fifty percent (50%) of the total lot area.
C.
In
new park construction or in construction of park spaces which are
not on record with the Board of Trustees, mobile home lots shall be
either:
1.
Where no developed playgrounds or tot lots are provided, the minimum
lot size shall be thirty-five hundred (3,500) square feet in area
with a minimum width of forty (40) feet and a minimum depth of seventy
(70) feet, or
2.
Where a developed playground or tot lot whose minimum size shall
be twenty-five hundred (2,500) square feet in area plus one hundred
(100) square feet for each trailer in excess of ten (10) and whose
minimum width or depth shall be forty (40) feet is provided, the minimum
mobile home lot size may be reduced to twenty-eight hundred (2,800)
square feet in area with a minimum depth of seventy (70) feet.
3.
Every new mobile home park shall contain at least three (3) acres
of land with a direct access to a public street right-of-way containing
a width of at least fifty (50) feet.
4.
Each mobile home shall be place on a pad at least large enough to
cover the entire area underneath any mobile home parked thereon.
5.
Each mobile home pad shall be surfaced with at least three (3) inches
of gravel or hard surfaced with asphaltic concrete of minimum thickness
of two (2) inches or better.
6.
Lot requirements. No mobile home or accessory building
shall be located closer than five (5) feet from any side lot line
nor closer than ten (10) feet from the front lot line abutting a service
drive and no mobile home shall be located within twenty-two (22) feet
of another mobile home measured side-by-side or within twenty (20)
feet of another mobile home measured end-to-end.
7.
No mobile home or accessory building shall be located within the
required front, side or rear yards of the mobile home park.
8.
The yard setbacks of the mobile home park shall be a minimum of thirty
(30) feet from all public rights-of-way and a minimum of thirty (30)
feet from all other abutting property.
9.
All park or service buildings shall be located at least eight (8)
feet away from any mobile home lot shown on the mobile home park plan.
10.
For each mobile home lot there shall be provided and maintained at
least two (2) parking spaces. Each such parking space shall contain
a minimum area of one hundred eighty (180) square feet (of dimensions
nine (9) feet by twenty (20) feet or ten (10) feet by eighteen (18)
feet) and shall be hard surfaced. If central parking lots are provided,
they shall be hard surfaced and each space separated by striping or
other adequate means and identified to the official lot number of
the occupant and reserved for his/her sole use.
11.
The layout and general development plan for major and minor access
driveways within the mobile home park, together with the location
and dimensions of access junctions with public street rights-of-way,
shall be approved by the Board of Trustees.
12.
All access roadways, parking areas and service drives shall be bituminous
surfaced or better.
13.
Water connections for individual mobile homes shall be provided and
located on the same side of the lot as the sewer lateral and shall
consist of a riser terminating at least four (4) inches above the
ground surface. Such water connection shall be equipped with a shutoff
valve and shall be protected from freezing and from damage from mobile
home wheels and shall have the ground surface around the riser pipe
graded to divert surface drainage away from the connection.
14.
All sewage and waste water from toilets, urinals, slop sinks, bathtubs,
showers, lavatories, laundries and all other sanitary fixtures in
a mobile home park shall be drained to a public sewage collection
system or Village, County or State approved disposal system.
15.
Sewer lateral shall be provided at each mobile home lot, be trapped
and vented, terminate above grade on the same side of lot as the water
connection, be at least four (4) inches in diameter and be equipped
with approved leak and flyproof devices coupling to mobile home drainage
systems. Such lateral sewer connections shall be protected at its
terminal with a concrete collar at least three (3) inches thick and
extending from the connection in all directions. When not in use,
the connection shall be capped with a gastight plug or similar device.
16.
All plumbing in the mobile home park shall comply with the Village
ordinances of Airport Drive, Missouri.
17.
Each mobile home space shall be provided with at least a four (4)
inch sewer connection. The sewer connection shall be provided with
suitable fittings so that a watertight connection can be made between
the mobile home drain and the sewer connection. Such individual home
connections shall be so constructed that they can be closed when not
linked to a home and shall be trapped in such a manner as to maintain
them in an odor-free condition. Adapters allowing for a tight physical
connection shall be on the mobile home or provided by the mobile home
park operator for the use of mobile homes.
18.
All electrical work shall be installed and maintained in accordance
with the electrical requirements of the National Electrical Code.
19.
All gas-burning appliances shall be of an approved vented type and
AGA approved.
20.
There shall be installed and maintained in a conspicuous and accessible
location in every trailer park fire extinguishers.
21.
The owner or operator of a mobile home park shall be responsible
for securing the maintenance of all structures and their sites.
22.
Every mobile home park shall maintain a manager in charge, who shall
require all persons using such mobile home park to register in a book
kept for that purpose showing the date, the name and address of said
person together with the make of automobile and the correct automobile
license number. The manager shall preserve such register and endorse
upon the same the date of departure of the person or persons registered
therein and it shall be unlawful for any person to make any false
entry or alter or permit to be erased any name, address, registration
number or other information. The register shall be, at all times,
open to inspection by the proper officials of the Village of Airport
Drive, Missouri.
23.
Every occupant of a mobile home shall keep in a clean and sanitary
condition that part of the premises which he/she occupies and controls.
24.
Any mobile home which shall be found to be so damaged, decayed, dilapidated,
insanitary or vermin-infested that it creates a nuisance or is a hazard
to the health or safety of the occupants or of the public shall be
designated as unfit for human habitation. No owner or operator of
a mobile home park shall permit a mobile home to remain in the park
when the mobile home has been designated as unfit for human habitation.
25.
Mobile home park sites shall be well drained, free from trash or
litter and maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.
26.
All garbage and rubbish shall be stored in tightly covered, waterproof
containers of not less than twenty (20) gallons capacity nor greater
than thirty (30) gallons capacity, unless other means of storage are
approved in writing.
[CC 1995 §43.050]
A.
Every
mobile home park shall be provided with one (1) or more service buildings
adequately equipped with flush-type toilet fixtures, lavatories, showers
and laundry facilities for the use of dependent mobile homes.
B.
Service
buildings shall be conveniently located not more than two hundred
(200) feet from any dependent mobile home space and not less than
twenty (20) feet from any mobile home lot.
C.
Service
buildings shall be of permanent construction with an interior finish
of moisture-resistant material which shall stand frequent washing
and cleaning.
D.
The
room containing the laundry facilities shall be separate from the
toilet rooms and equipped with an exterior entrance.
[CC 1995 §43.051]
A.
Every
mobile home park shall be provided with one (1) or more storm shelters
adequately constructed for the use and safety of dependent mobile
homes.
B.
Storm
shelters shall be conveniently located and shall provide a minimum
of three (3) spaces with proper ventilation for a minimum of three
(3) people per mobile home space.
C.
Storm
shelters may be constructed as basements of office buildings, residences
or other permanently constructed buildings and may serve as social
centers or recreation facilities as well as providing protection from
storms.
[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.
[CC 1995 §43.070]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or operate an occupied
mobile home or vacation trailer in the Village of Airport Drive unless
such mobile home or vacation trailer is located within a licensed
mobile home park, except with the special permission of the Board
of Trustees to be granted only in event of sickness, hardship or practical
difficulties, and it is the judgment of the Board of Trustees that
such use will not seriously injure the appropriate use of neighboring
property; provided however, that no house trailer shall be permitted
to be used as a dwelling anywhere in the Village unless it is inspected
and found to have a toilet and running water properly connected to
the Village sewer system or to a septic tank in good working condition.
B.
A valid
special use permit authorizing the one named thereon to use the premises
listed on the permit, subject to certain conditions listed on the
permit and in accordance with the approved plan, shall be attached
to and be a part of said permit.
1.
A valid special use permit authorizing the one named thereon to operate
the mobile home park on the premises listed on the permit and to accommodate
the number of mobile homes approved by the Board of Trustees as well
as such other license as may be required by future ordinances or amendments.
2.
A valid mobile home license authorizing the one named thereon to
operate the mobile home park on the premises listed on the permit
and to accommodate the number of mobile homes approved by the Board
of Trustees as well as such other licenses as may be required by future
ordinances or amendments.
3.
A valid Village building permit authorizing the one named thereon
to construct a mobile home park on the premises listed on the permit
in accordance with a conditional use permit approved by the Board
of Trustees.
C.
An
annual license fee as set forth in the supplemental schedule for the
operation of any mobile home park is required in the Village.
D.
All
licenses and permits shall be displayed in the office of the mobile
home park or in a prominent place within the park.
E.
Whenever
inspection of any mobile home park indicates that any provisions of
this Chapter or any other applicable law is being violated, the person
in charge thereof shall be notified, in writing, of such fact and
shall set forth in said notice a description of the violations and
shall further direct that such violations be remedied by commencing
to remedy same within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of notice
and to continue thereafter diligently and continuously until said
violation has been abated.
F.
After
a written notice of a violation has been submitted and the violation
has not been remedied within thirty (30) days, or if it appears that
any violation of laws exists, permits and business licenses shall
be revoked as herein provided.
[Ord. No. 10-20, 5-28-2020]
G.
There
shall be required an annual permit issued from the Village Clerk for
mobile homes. This permit shall not be required for mobile homes within
a mobile home park. (A business license shall be issued to the mobile
home park.)
[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.
