[Ord. No. A-257 §1, 10-16-1995]
From and after October 16, 1995, no mobile home shall be erected,
placed upon or allowed to remain within the City, except as hereinafter
provided.
[Ord. No. A-257 §2, 10-16-1995]
As used in this Chapter the following terms shall have these
meanings:
The Mayor and the President of the Board of Aldermen of the
City of Lockwood, Missouri, or his/her designee.
Any prefabricated structure designed for human occupancy
and containing sleeping accommodations, a flush toilet, a tub or shower
bath, and kitchen facilities with plumbing and electrical connections
provided for attachment to outside systems, shipped or moved in essentially
a complete condition ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental
unpacking and assembly operations and mounted on wheels, skids, rollers,
jacks, blocks, or a temporary or permanent foundation, or any prefabricated
structure that has been or reasonably can be equipped with wheels
or other devices for transporting the structure from place to place.
The term "mobile home" shall not be construed to
include the type of structures commonly known as "double-wide" homes or "modular homes".
[Ord. No. A-275 §1, 5-27-1997]
Upon written application to the Board of Aldermen of the City
of Lockwood variances may be granted only to schools or churches exempting
them from this Chapter.
[Ord. No. A-257 §3, 10-16-1995]
Existing mobiles homes now located within the City and maintained
as of October 16, 1995, in full compliance with Ordinance Number A-254
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 sixty (60) days or more, 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.
[Ord. No. A-257 §4, 10-16-1995]
In the event a mobile home now lawfully located within the City
as hereinafter provided ceases to be occupied for a continuous period
of sixty (60) days or more, such mobile home shall be removed from
the City by the owner within thirty (30) days after the end of such
sixty (60) day period of non-occupancy.
[Ord. No. A-257 §5, 10-16-1995; Ord. No. A-274 §1, 4-28-1997]
A.
From
and after October 16, 1995, 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; and
2.
No portion of a mobile home shall be located less than fifteen (15)
feet from any other mobile home, building, alley or street; and
3.
Mobile homes shall be adequately anchored to the ground to prevent
overturning or uplift by wind force; and
4.
Mobile homes shall have a water supply system connected to and obtaining
water solely from the municipal water system; and
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; and
6.
Mobile homes shall be located only upon lots at least fifty (50)
feet in width and at least one hundred (100) feet in length; and
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; and
8.
Mobile homes shall be underskirted with a concrete or block foundation
or with vinyl or like material of trailer; and
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; and
10.
All mobile homes shall comply with all applicable Building, Plumbing,
and Electrical Codes of the City of Lockwood, Dade County, Missouri.
11.
Skirting and tie downs must be in place 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. A-257 §6, 10-16-1995]
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. A-257 §7, 10-16-1995]
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 application 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. Applications 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. A-257 §8, 10-16-1995]
A.
Recreational
vehicles, including motor homes and camper trailers shall be allowed
within the City only upon the following conditions:
[Ord. No. A-257 §§9 —
10, 10-16-1995]
Any person violating the provisions of this Chapter shall upon
conviction be fined a sum not less than 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.
