Whenever used in this article, unless a different meaning appears
from the context, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
DEPENDENT UNIT
A manufactured home which does not have bathroom or shower
and toilet facilities.
MANUFACTURED HOME
A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which
is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used for long-term
residential use when connected to required utilities.
MANUFACTURED HOME, CLASS I
A structure, transportable in one or more sections, built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling unit, with or without permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems contained in it, and is certified and labeled as a manufactured home under 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 to 5426. For purposes of this article, a manufactured home Class I shall be considered a single-family or two-family home when meeting the requirements of Article
III, §
300-19, and, therefore, may locate in any district permitting such use.
MANUFACTURED HOME, CLASS II
A structure, transportable in one or more sections, built
on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling unit,
with or without permanent foundation, when connected to the required
utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and
electric systems contained in it, and built prior to the enactment
of the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards
Act of 1974, which became effective July 15, 1976.
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK
Any park, court, camp, site, plot, parcel, or tract of land
designed, maintained, intended or used for the purpose of supplying
a location or accommodations for more than two manufactured homes
and shall include all buildings used or intended for use as part of
the equipment thereof, whether or not a charge is made for the use
of the manufactured home park and its facilities. "Manufactured home
park" shall not include automobile or manufactured home sales lots
on which unoccupied manufactured homes are parked for purposes of
inspection and sale.
PERSON
Includes an individual, partnership, firm, company, or corporation,
whether tenant, owner, lessee, or licensee, or his or its agent, heir
or assign.
SPACE
A plot of ground in a manufactured home park of not less
than 44 feet in width and 80 feet in depth, with a minimum area of
3,520 square feet and a front yard setback of 15 feet, side yard 10
feet and backyard 10 feet off service road designation for the location
for only one automobile and/or only one manufactured home.
UNIT
A manufactured home unit.
No manufactured home park license (or permit for location outside
of a licensed manufactured home park) shall be issued until the Town
Clerk/Treasurer shall notify the Building Inspector or his authorized
agent of such application, and these officials shall inspect or cause
to be inspected each application and the premises to determine whether
the applicant and the premises on which manufactured homes will be
located comply with the regulations, ordinances and laws applicable
thereto. These officials shall furnish to the Town Board, in writing,
the information derived from such investigation and a statement as
to whether the applicant and the premises meet the requirements of
the department for which the officer is certifying. No license shall
be renewed without a reinspection of the premises. For the purpose
of making inspections and securing enforcement, such officials or
their authorized agents shall have the right, and are hereby empowered,
to enter on any premises on which a manufactured home is located,
or about to be located, and inspect the same and all accommodations
connected therewith at any reasonable time.
All plumbing, electrical, building and other work on or at any
park licensed under this article shall be in accordance with the ordinances
of the Town of Lawrence and the requirements of the State Building,
Electrical and Plumbing Codes and the regulations of the State Department
of Safety and Professional Services. Licenses and permits granted
under this article grant no right to erect or repair any structures,
to do any plumbing work, or to do any electrical work.
There is hereby imposed on each owner or operator of a manufactured home park licensed herein a monthly parking permit fee on each occupied, nonexempt manufactured home which shall have been parked in such park at any time during the month and upon manufactured homes parked outside of licensed manufacture home parks in accord with §
300-157 of this article.
A. The amount of the monthly parking permit fee for the following year
shall be established by the Town Board yearly at least two months
prior to the beginning of the year. The amount of the fee shall be
determined as indicated within § 66.0435(3), Wis. Stats.,
and further defined as follows:
(1) School
costs.
(a)
School costs as determined by the local Superintendent of Schools
as follows:
[1]
Annual cost per elementary student times the average number
of elementary students per manufactured home.
[2]
Annual cost per secondary student times the average number of
secondary students per manufactured home.
(b)
The sum of the above {Subsection
A(1)(a)[1] and [2]} divided by 12 will determine the total student cost per manufactured home per month.
(2) Municipal
costs, as determined by the Town Clerk/Treasurer, as follows: the
sum of the residential portion of the current municipal budget divided
by the current Town population according to available records times
the average number of persons per manufactured home divided by 12
will determine the municipal cost per manufactured home per month.
(3) The sum of the school costs and municipal costs [Subsection
A(1) and
(2)] shall determine the total monthly parking permit fee per manufactured home.
B. It shall be the full and complete responsibility of the licensee
to collect the proper amount from each manufactured home owner or
occupant and to pay to the Town Clerk/Treasurer such parking permit
fees on or before the 10th of the month following the month for which
such fees are due.
C. Occupied manufactured home monthly parking permit fees shall be subject
to pro rata amount for each twenty-four-hour period if less than 15
days.
D. A licensee failing to pay to the Town Clerk/Treasurer such parking
permit fees on or before the 30th of the month following the month
for which such fees are due shall be assessed a penalty of 5% of the
amount of fees due.
E. Collection of delinquent monthly parking fee. The collection of delinquent
monthly parking fees shall be as provided in § 66.0435(3)(g),
Wis. Stats.
F. Revocation or suspension of license. The Town Board may suspend or
revoke a license after a hearing held pursuant to § 66.0435(2)(d),
Wis. Stats.
The Town Board is hereby authorized to revoke any license or
permit issued pursuant to the terms of this article in accordance
with § 66.0435, Wis. Stats.
Manufactured homes and manufactured home parks may be located
in such districts as permitted by the zoning laws of the Town. No
manufactured home or manufactured home park shall be located so that
drainage from any barnyard, outdoor toilet or other source of filth
can be deposited in its location.
Any person violating any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a penalty as prescribed in §
1-3 of this Code. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.