[Ord. No. 316 §1, 5-10-2004]
From and after May 10, 2004, no mobile home shall be erected,
placed upon or allowed to remain within the City, except as hereinafter
provided.
[Ord. No. 316 §2, 5-10-2004; Ord. No. 364 §A, 3-13-2006]
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have these
meanings:
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Stockton, Missouri,
or their designee.
The term "camper trailer" as used in the City Code shall
have the same meaning as and shall be included in and synonymous with
the term "recreational vehicle" as used in the City Code.
The term "house trailer" or "trailer home" as used in the
City Code has the same meaning as and shall be included in and synonymous
with the term "mobile home" or "manufactured home" as used in the
City Code.
The term "manufactured home" has the same meaning as set
forth in Chapter 700, RSMo., and shall be included in and synonymous
with the term "mobile home" as used in the City Code.
A factory-built structure or structures which, in the traveling
mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet
or more in length, or when erected on site, contains three hundred
twenty (320) or more square feet, equipped with the necessary service
connections and made so as to be readily movable as a unit on its
or their own running gear and designed to be used as a dwelling unit
or units with or without a permanent foundation. The phrase "without
a permanent foundation" indicates that the support system is constructed
with the intent that the manufactured home placed thereon may be moved
from time to time at the convenience of the owner. The term "mobile
home" as used in the City Code shall include all mobile or manufactured
homes regardless of whether they are single, double or multi-wide
units, but does not include modular homes.
A permanent dwelling constructed in whole or in part with
the use of manufactured modular units. Additions to a mobile home
shall not be construed as having converted a mobile home into a modular
home.
A transportable building unit designed to be used by itself
or to be incorporated with similar units at a point-of-use into a
permanent structure to be used for residential, commercial, educational
or industrial purposes. This definition shall not apply to structures
under six hundred fifty (650) square feet used temporarily and exclusively
for construction site office purposes.
A vehicular unit mounted on wheels, either self-propelled
or drawn as a trailer unit, designed to provide temporary living quarters
for recreational, camping or travel use, and of such size or weight
as not to require special highway movement permits when operated upon
a highway.
[Ord. No. 316 §3, 5-10-2004]
Upon written application to the Board of Aldermen of the City
of Stockton variances may be granted to include schools, churches
and other applicants based on guidelines set by the Board of Aldermen.
[Ord. No. 316 §4, 5-10-2004]
Existing mobile homes now located within the City and maintained
as of May 10, 2004, in full compliance with existing codes of the
City shall be permitted to remain within the City, subject to the
provisions hereof, unless the same shall cease to be occupied for
a continuous period of one hundred eighty (180) days, provided however,
that no mobile home now lawfully located within the City may be moved
from the location of such mobile home on the date hereof to a different
location within the City without meeting the provisions of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 316 §5, 5-10-2004]
In the event a mobile home now lawfully located within the City
as hereinafter provided ceases to be occupied for a continuous period
of one hundred eighty (180) days, such mobile home shall be removed
from the City by the owner within thirty (30) days after the end of
such one hundred eighty (180) day period of non-occupancy.
[Ord. No. 316 §6, 5-10-2004]
A.
From
and after May 10, 2004, mobile homes may be placed within the City
subject to the following requirements.
1.
Mobile homes shall be at least fourteen (14) feet in width and at
least seventy (70) feet in length.
2.
No portion of a mobile home shall be located less than fifteen (15)
feet from any other mobile home, building, alley or street right-of-way.
3.
Mobile homes shall be adequately anchored to the ground to prevent
overturning or uplift by wind force.
4.
Mobile homes shall have a water supply system connected to and obtaining
water solely from the municipal water system.
5.
Mobile homes shall be connected to the municipal sewer system outlet
not less than four (4) inches in diameter and such sewer connections
shall be properly trapped and watertight.
6.
Mobile homes shall be located only upon lots consistent with City
codes requirements or legal non-conforming lots at least (50) feet
in width and at least one hundred (100) feet in length.
7.
An off-street parking area at least twenty (20) feet in width and
at least twenty (20) feet in length shall be provided for each mobile
home.
8.
Mobile homes shall be placed on a concrete or block foundation, the
tongue and wheels if any removed within sixty (60) days of placement.
9.
Mobile homes hereinafter placed within the City shall be not more
than five (5) years of age at the time of placement and no mobile
home shall be placed within the City until documentary evidence of
age has been furnished to and approved by the Building Code Enforcement
Official.
10.
All mobile homes shall comply with all applicable Building, Plumbing
and Electrical Codes of the City of Stockton, Cedar County Missouri.
11.
Foundations and tie downs must be in place and tongue and wheels
removed within sixty (60) days of placement of trailer upon property
or this will constitute a violation of this Section and will be subject
to a fine for each day not in compliance with this Section.
[Ord. No. 316 §7, 5-10-2004]
Any mobile home now lawfully located within the City as hereinafter
provided may be replaced at the same location with a mobile home that
complies in all respects with the terms and provisions hereof, provided
the replacement mobile home is placed at said location within sixty
(60) days after removal of the existing mobile home.
[Ord. No. 316 §8, 5-10-2004]
A.
Temporary
use of house and travel trailers and mobile homes as living quarters
for those persons temporarily deprived of the use of their permanent
living quarters by fire, flood, tornado, windstorm or other catastrophe
may be permitted subject to the following terms, conditions and limitations.
1.
Use of such a trailer or mobile home shall be limited to the time
required for repair of such permanent living quarters.
2.
Such trailer or mobile home shall be located during the period of
such temporary use on the same lot as the damaged living quarters.
3.
Such damaged permanent living quarters shall have been occupied as
the permanent residence by the person or persons requesting temporary
use of a trailer or mobile home as living quarters at the time of
such damage.
4.
Persons so deprived of the use of their permanent living quarters
and wishing to make use of a trailer or mobile home as temporary living
quarters shall make written applications to the City setting forth
the circumstances necessitating such temporary use.
5.
The Building Code Enforcement Official may approve applications for
the use of temporary living quarters for a period not to exceed sixty
(60) days. Application for the use of such temporary living quarters
for a period exceeding sixty (60) days may be approved only by the
Board of Aldermen.
[Ord. No. 316 §9, 5-10-2004; Ord.
No. 594, 11-28-2022]
A.
Recreational
vehicles, including motor homes and camper trailers, shall be allowed
within the City only upon any of the following conditions:
1.
Recreational vehicles may be stored while not in use upon property
owned or occupied by the owner of such recreational vehicle;
2.
Recreational vehicles may be occupied as a temporary or permanent
residence by non-residents and residents of the City if the recreational
vehicle is located in an area designated as an RV park;
3.
Recreational vehicles may be occupied as a temporary residence outside
of an RV park for a period not exceeding twenty-one (21) days unless
otherwise approved by the Board of Aldermen;
4.
The Building Code Enforcement Official may approve an applicant's
permit for use of a recreational vehicle as a temporary living quarters
during construction of a permanent dwelling for a period not to exceed
one hundred and twenty (120) days; and
5.
Recreational vehicles being used as a temporary or permanent residence
within City limits must be properly licensed and registered in accordance
with applicable law.
[Ord. No. 316 §10, 5-10-2004]
Any person violating the provisions of this Chapter shall upon
conviction be fined a sum not less that twenty-five dollars ($25.00)
and not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). Each day or any
part of such a day a mobile home is maintained within the City in
violation of this Chapter shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. No. 555, 6-26-2019]
A.
The
use of tents of any construction shall be prohibited inside the City
limits of the City of Stockton, except as follows:
A tent or tents may be erected by the landowner/lessee for recreational
purposes by the landowner/lessee, for a period not to exceed seven
(7) days.
B.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to erect and occupy a tent for residential
purposes on any property owned by the City of Stockton.
[Ord. No. 563, 3-31-2020]
A.
Definition.
Steel shipping containers consist primarily of a steel exterior, are
manufactured to transport goods, and have approximate external measurements
of twenty (20) or forty (40) feet in length by eight (8) feet six
(6) inches in height by eight (8) feet in width.
B.
Prohibited.
Steel shipping containers shall be prohibited within the City of Stockton,
Missouri, except as temporary storage of goods or trash disposal which
accompanies the construction of residential or commercial real estate.
C.
Permit.
For temporary storage or trash disposal using a steel shipping container,
a permit fee, in addition to the regular building permit fee, of fifty
dollars ($50.00) shall be paid prior to moving the steel shipping
container onto any real estate inside the City limits of Stockton,
Missouri. Where allowed, the temporary use of the steel shipping container
shall not exceed one hundred twenty (120) days. The permit fee imposed
under this Section may be waived by the Building Inspector on a case
by case basis. The resident shall notify the Building Inspector the
date that the steel shipping container will be brought into the City.
D.
Grandfather
Clause. Any steel shipping container located within the City limits
of Stockton, Missouri, shall be grandfathered in under this Section,
provided that it remains in the same location as it existed at the
time the ordinance enacting this Section was passed.
