[Adopted by the City Council of the City of Lake Mills 2-18-1997 by Ord. No. 765A (Title 3, Ch. 3, of the 2009 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Subdivision regulations — See Ch. 650.
Zoning regulations — See Ch. 660.
To protect and promote public health, morals and welfare and to equitably defray the cost of municipal and educational services required by persons and families using or occupying mobile home parks for dwelling or sleeping purposes, and to comply with state statutes, the City Council hereby establishes licensing requirements for mobile home parks located within the City. Under the authority of § 66.0435, Wis. Stats., all mobile home parks in existence shall, within 90 days of the effective date of this chapter, and any new mobile home parks shall, prior to parking or siting any mobile home in such park, be licensed in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
DEPENDENT MOBILE HOME
A mobile home which does not have complete bathroom facilities.
LICENSEE
Any person licensed to operate and maintain a mobile home park under this chapter.
LICENSING AUTHORITY
The City of Lake Mills.
MOBILE HOME
That which is, or was as originally constructed, designed to be transported by any motor vehicle upon a public highway and designed, equipped and used primarily for sleeping, eating and living quarters, or is intended to be so used; and includes any additions, attachments, annexes, foundations and appurtenances. "Mobile home" also means a unit designed to be towed or transported and used as a residential dwelling, but does not include a unit used primarily for camping or touring. "Mobile home" also means manufactured home if the manufactured home is set up, sited, or attached to a foundation within a mobile home park, if the manufactured home is not on a separate zoning lot meeting required setbacks and if the manufactured home is not directly connected to publicly owned sewer and water mains through its independent private lateral.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Any plot or plots of ground upon which two or more units, occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located, regardless of whether there is a charge made for such accommodation.
NONDEPENDENT MOBILE HOME
A mobile home equipped with complete bath and toilet facilities, all furniture, cooking, heating, appliances and complete year-round facilities.
PARK
Mobile home park.
PERSON
Any natural individual, firm, trust, partnership, association, corporation or limited liability company.
SPACE
A plot of ground within a mobile home park designed for the accommodation of one mobile home unit.
UNIT
A mobile home or manufactured home unit located in a mobile home park.
A. 
Except as provided in this chapter, or as otherwise provided in the Lake Mills Municipal Code, no person shall park any mobile home or manufactured home on any street, alley or highway or other public place or any tract of land owned by any person within the City.
B. 
No person shall park, set up, or occupy any mobile home or manufactured home on any premises which is situated outside an approved, licensed mobile home park, except as herein provided, or except as otherwise permitted in Chapter 660, Zoning Regulations,of this Code. Any such mobile home located and occupied outside a mobile home park shall be subject to the monthly parking permit fee. Any such manufactured home attached to a foundation on a separate zoning lot within the City shall be subject to all zoning restrictions for single-family dwellings, and shall be subject to appropriate real estate property taxes.
A. 
Mobile home parks shall be allowed only as a conditional use in the R3-12, Multifamily Residential-12 District, as shown on the Official Map, and as regulated under Chapter 660, Zoning Regulations, of the Lake Mills Municipal Code.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
B. 
Individual manufactured homes may be located in residential zoning districts as shown on the Official Map and as regulated under Chapter 660, Zoning Regulations, and provided individual zoning lots meet the requirements of Chapter 660, Zoning, and provided the manufactured home meets the provisions of § 600-75, and provided the lot or lots are established under the requirements of Chapter 650, Subdivision Regulations.
A. 
No person shall establish, operate or maintain, or permit to be established, operated or maintained upon any property owned, leased or controlled by him or her, a mobile home park within the limits of the City, without first having secured a license for such park from the City Council. Such license shall expire on December 31 after the date of issuance, but may be renewed for additional periods of one year.
B. 
The application for such license or renewal thereof shall be filed with the Clerk and shall be accompanied by fees are established by the City Council pursuant to § 66.0435(3)(a), Wis. Stats. License fees shall not be prorated for part of a year.
[Amended 12-18-2012 by Ord. No. 1103; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
C. 
Application for a license or a renewal thereof shall be made on forms furnished by the Clerk and shall include the name and address of the owner in fee of the tract of land, and if the fee is vested in some person other than the applicant, a duly verified statement under oath by that person that the applicant is authorized by him or her to construct or maintain the mobile home park and to make the application. Such legal description of the premises upon which the park is or will be located as will readily identify and definitely locate the park shall be included in the application. The application shall be accompanied by a copy of the park plan showing the following, either existing or as proposed:
[Amended 12-18-2012 by Ord. No. 1103]
(1) 
The extent and area used for park purposes.
(2) 
Roadways and driveways.
(3) 
Location and number of units and other structures within the park.
(4) 
Location and number of sewer and water connections within the park, including any connections to utility and laundry buildings on the premises.
(5) 
Method and plan for garbage, refuse, and recyclables removal, and such removal shall be on substantially the same basis as like removal is handled for the City at large.
(6) 
If the existing or proposed park is designed to serve nondependent units, plans shall be submitted which clearly set forth the location of all sewer and water laterals or mains, in addition to connections.
(7) 
The name and precise location of premises occupied by the attendant or manager, if any, on site at the park.
D. 
The Clerk may request further information upon receipt of application to determine that the mobile home park complies with the following requirements of the license:
(1) 
Every mobile home park shall be located on a well-drained area, and the premises shall be properly graded so as to prevent the accumulation of storm or other waters.
(2) 
Every mobile home park designed to serve more than two dependent units shall have erected thereon a suitable building or buildings for housing toilets, lavatories, showers, slop sinks and laundry facilities, such buildings to be known as "service buildings." Service buildings shall be located not more than 200 feet from any dependent unit space no closer than 15 feet from any unit space. Such building shall be of permanent construction and adequately lighted, screened and ventilated. Mobile home parks with dependent mobile homes, where the only case in which the dependent mobile homes do not meet the nondependent mobile home definition as it relates to complete year-round facilities, shall be exempt from this requirement, provided the park is closed during winter months, and provided the water and sewer facilities are properly winterized.
(3) 
Every space designed to serve a nondependent unit shall be provided with sewer connections which shall comply with the State Plumbing Code.
E. 
The City Council may grant a license to an applicant if the Clerk has received all required and requested materials under this section, and if the City Council finds that the mobile home park as it exists or as it is proposed meets all requirements of this chapter, and all other applicable ordinances in the Lake Mills Municipal Code. Upon Council action to grant the license, the Clerk is authorized to issue the license upon receipt of license fee and upon compliance with general licensing provisions in § 89-13 of the Lake Mills Municipal Code.
[Amended 12-18-2012 by Ord. No. 1103; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
F. 
Upon license issuance, the applicant shall clearly post the license at the manager's premises, if any, located within the park.
G. 
Revocation or suspension of any license granted or issued under this chapter shall be in accordance with revocation procedures established in § 66.0435(2), Wis. Stats.
A. 
There is hereby imposed on each owner of a nonexempt mobile home in the City a monthly parking permit fee determined in accordance with § 66.0435(3), Wis. Stats., which is hereby adopted by reference, including any amendments thereof, and made part of this chapter as if fully set forth herein. It shall be the full and complete responsibility of the licensee to collect the proper amount from each mobile home owner.
B. 
Licensees and owners of mobile homes permitted by another ordinance to be located on land outside a mobile home park shall pay to the Treasurer such parking permit fees on or before the 10th of the month following the month for which such fees are due in accordance with the terms of this section and such regulations as the Clerk may reasonably promulgate.
C. 
Licensees of mobile home parks and owners of land on which are parked any nonexempt mobile homes shall furnish information to the Clerk and the City Assessor on such homes added to their park or land within five days after arrival of such home, and this information shall be provided on forms furnished by the Clerk in accordance with § 66.0435(3)(c)2 and (e), Wis. Stats. Failure to timely report this information to the Clerk may result in the issuance of a municipal citation and may result in a forfeiture of up to $25, and each such failure to report shall be regarded as a separate offense.
D. 
Failure to timely pay parking permit fee under this chapter shall be treated in all respects as a default in payment of personal property tax and shall be subject to all procedures and penalties applicable thereto under Chs. 70 and 74, Wis. Stats.
E. 
Park licensees may deduct for administrative expenses 2% of the monthly parking fees collected.
F. 
The City may retain 10% of the parking fees collected in each month, without reduction for any amounts deducted under Subsection E of this section. This retention of a portion of the fees collected is designed to cover the costs of administration. The City shall pay to the school district in which the park or mobile home is located, within 20 days after the end of each month, such proportion of the remainder of the fees collected in the preceding month as the ratio of the most recent property tax levy for school purposes bears to the total tax levy for all purposes in the City. If the park is located in more than one school district, each district shall receive a share in the proportion that its property tax levy for school purposes bears to the total school tax levy.