[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Koshkonong
as Title 15, Ch. 4, of the 1996 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The following definitions are used in this chapter:
A fire- and weather-resistant, prefinished material surrounding
the entire perimeter of a home and completely enclosing a space between
the exterior wall of such home and the ground. Foundation siding shall
be properly vented, harmonious, and compatible with the house and
installed within 60 days from the date of placement on site.
A structure certified and labeled as a manufactured home
under 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 through 5426, which, when placed
on the site:
Is set on an enclosed continuous foundation in accordance with
Ch. SPS 321, Subchs. III, IV, and V, Wis. Adm. Code, or is set on
a comparable enclosed continuous foundation system approved by the
Building Inspector, who may require a plan for such foundation to
be certified by a registered architect or engineer to ensure proper
support for such structure;
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Is installed in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions;
Is properly connected to utilities; and
Meets other applicable standards of this chapter.
Mobile home communities/parks are distinguished from subdivisions
lacking common facilities and continuing management services. The
latter would be controlled by general subdivision regulations, which
would apply also to mobile home subdivisions without common open space
or continuing management.
A parcel of land platted for subdivision according to all
requirements of the Comprehensive Plan, designed or intended for lots
to be conveyed by deed to individual owners for residential occupancy
primarily by mobile homes.
Open areas adjacent to the front wall (or main entrance)
of a dwelling unit.
A single-family dwelling built on or after October 1, 1974,
in accordance with the ANSI Code (American National Standards Institute)
or in accordance with the HUD Code (Housing and Urban Development),
both of which govern the heating and cooling systems, electrical systems,
fire safety, body and frame construction, thermal protections and
plumbing systems. All said homes shall bear the proper approved Wisconsin
insignia as required by the Wisconsin Administrative Code, §§ SPS
320.12 through 320.17. "Mobile home" also means a dwelling 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, except that a mobile home is not deemed a mobile
home if the assessable value of such additions, attachments, annexes,
foundations and appurtenances equals or exceed 50% of the assessable
value of the mobile home. The term "mobile home" shall not include
a factory-built structure meeting the following requirements:
Open areas adjacent to side and rear walls of a dwelling
unit.
In addition to the above definitions, definitions contained
in § 66.0435 of the Wisconsin Statutes shall also be applicable.
A.
Mobile home parks may be established where permitted under the Jefferson
County Zoning Code in accordance with the procedures, requirements
and limitations set forth in this chapter. Within such mobile home
parks, mobile homes, with such additional supporting uses and occupancies
as are permitted herein, may be established subject to the requirements
and limitations set forth in these and other regulations.
B.
For purposes of this chapter, a manufactured home is not a mobile
home.
C.
It is the intent of this chapter to recognize mobile homes constructed
prior to October 1, 1974, as distinct and different from units designated
as mobile homes within the definitions of this article and to prohibit
units not meeting the requirements for mobile homes as defined herein.
Mobile homes meeting the requirements of the One- and Two-Family Building
Dwelling Code shall be permitted in a mobile home park only after
approval by the Town Board.
D.
No person shall park, locate or place any mobile home outside of
a licensed mobile home park in the Town of Koshkonong, except:
(1)
Unoccupied mobile homes may be parked on the lawfully situated premises
of a licensed mobile home dealer for the purposes of sale display;
the lawfully situated premises of a vehicle service business for purposes
of servicing or making necessary repairs; the premises leased or owned
by the owner of such mobile home for purposes of sales display for
a period not exceeding 120 days, provided no business is carried on
therein, or in an accessory private garage, building or rear yard
of the owner of such mobile home, provided no business is carried
on therein.
(2)
Individual mobile homes may be allowed by the Town Board in residentially
zoned districts as temporary uses not to exceed 120 days under exceptional
circumstances, such as to provide temporary housing during reconstruction
following a fire, unless the person obtains written agreement by the
Town Board to extend this deadline.
A.
Mobile homes legally located and occupied on premises outside a licensed
mobile home park prior to the enactment of this chapter may be continued
in such location, provided that the owner of the premises on which
such unit is located shall apply to the Town Clerk within 60 days
after the original effective date of this chapter for a use permit
showing the date on which such use and occupancy commenced, the names
of the owner and occupants and that such use and occupancy is otherwise
in conformity with the applicable laws and regulations of the State
and Town. Such nonconforming use shall be automatically terminated
upon a discontinuance for any reason for 12 consecutive months or
if the total structural repairs and alterations to the mobile home
exceed 50% of the net value. Pursuant to § 62.23(7)(hc),
Wis. Stats., and notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
a nonconforming structure damaged or destroyed by violent wind, vandalism,
fire, flood, ice, snow, mold or infestation after March 2, 2006, may
be restored to, or replaced at, the size, location, and use that it
had immediately before the damage or destruction occurred, and no
limits may be imposed on the costs of the repair, reconstruction,
or improvement of said structure. The size of the structure may be
larger than the size it was immediately before the damage or destruction
if necessary for the structure to comply with applicable state or
federal requirements.
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B.
The owner or occupant of a mobile home shall, within five days after
entering of a licensed mobile home park or removing to another park
within the Town, obtain a permit from the Town Clerk. Such permits
shall be issued only for mobile homes which bear a seal, stamp or
certificate of the manufacturer guaranteeing that the mobile home
is constructed in accordance with the standards of the American National
Standards Institute Book A 119.1, as originally existing, or, if amended,
as amended.
C.
Nothing herein shall prevent the owner of a mobile home under Subsection A hereof from replacing the mobile home with a newer model, provided that the replacement unit meets all applicable standards of construction in the industry existing as of the date of replacement, not at the date of manufacture of the replacement unit.
D.
Any mobile home located outside of a mobile home park shall be placed
on a foundation with a four-foot minimum frost wall.
A.
Where a mobile home park is to be established for the development
of a single mobile home community, the minimum area shall be two acres.
Minimum number of lots or spaces completed and ready for occupancy
before first occupancy is permitted shall be established as 25% of
total units permitted on the site.
B.
These limitations shall not apply where expansion of an existing
mobile home community is concerned and where such expansion will not
increase variation from requirements applying to mobile home communities,
as set forth herein.
The following principal uses and structures are permitted within
authorized mobile home parks:
A.
One-family detached mobile homes (residential mobile home). In mobile
home communities, recreational vehicles shall not be occupied as living
quarters and sales lots shall not be permitted, but dwellings may
be sold on lots they occupy in residential use.
B.
Permitted accessory uses and structures. Uses and structures that
are customarily accessory and clearly incidental to permitted principal
uses and structures shall be permitted, except for those requiring
specific approval as provided below.
A.
No person shall construct or extend any mobile home park or mobile
home park building or facility within the limits of the Town without
first securing a mobile home park developer's permit from the
Town. Such permits shall be issued by the Town Clerk upon approval
by the governing body.
B.
Applications for mobile home park developer's permits shall
be filed with the Town Clerk with sufficient copies for the Town Clerk
to forward one each to the Building Inspector and Fire Inspector,
who shall investigate and review said application to determine whether
the applicant, the premises on which said park will be located and
the proposed design and specifications thereof and all buildings proposed
to be constructed thereon will comply with the applicable regulations,
ordinances and laws of the State and Town and report their findings,
in writing, to the governing body within 60 days. Such reports shall
be considered by the governing body before any permit is issued hereunder.
Failure of any officer or body to report within the allotted time
shall be deemed a favorable recommendation.
C.
Applications for mobile home park developer's permit shall be
accompanied by a fee (see Fee Schedule[1]) per site to cover the cost of investigation and processing,
plus regular building permit fees for all buildings or structures
to be erected within the proposed park.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Fee Schedule is on file in the Town office.
D.
Applications shall be made on forms furnished by the Town Clerk and
shall include the following information:
(1)
Name and address of applicant.
(2)
Location and legal description of the proposed park, addition, modification
or extension.
(3)
A complete plot plan showing compliance with all applicable provisions
of this chapter and the municipal building code and zoning and subdivision
ordinances.
(4)
Completion preliminary engineering plans and specifications, including
a scale drawing of the proposed park showing, but not limited to:
(a)
Plans and specifications of all utilities, including: sewerage
collection and disposal, stormwater drainage, water and electrical
distribution and supply, refuse storage and collection, lighting,
telephone and TV antenna systems.
(b)
Location and width of roadways and walkways, buffer strips,
recreational and other common areas.
(c)
The location of mobile home stands with the mobile home spaces,
including a detailed sketch of at least one typical mobile home space
and stand therein.
(d)
Landscape plan showing all plantings.
(e)
Plans and specifications of all park buildings and structures,
including a required emergency storm shelter.
(5)
Interest of applicant in proposed mobile home park or extension thereof.
If owner of tract is a person other than applicant, a duly verified
statement by the owner that applicant is authorized by him to construct
and maintain the proposed park, addition, modification or extension
and make the application.
(6)
Written statements describing proposed park operations, management
and maintenance, including proposed fees and charges and other requirements
to be imposed on park occupants by the park operator.
E.
Final engineering plans and specifications complying with the provisions
of this chapter and the zoning regulations and any modifications or
conditions imposed by the governing body shall be submitted to the
Town Clerk and checked by the proper municipal officials for compliance
before the license is issued.
All mobile home parks and modifications of or additions or extensions
to existing parks shall comply with the following:
A.
Section 710.15, Wis. Stats., as now existing or hereafter amended,
is hereby made a part of this chapter and incorporated herein by reference
as if fully set forth, except that such regulations shall not be deemed
to modify any requirement of this chapter or any other applicable
law or ordinance of the state or Town.
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B.
Mobile home spaces shall be a minimum of 50 feet wide and 100 feet
in depth, have a setback of 20 feet from all street rights-of-way,
and have a side yard setback of eight feet, except that driveways
may extend to within four feet of a property line. Accessory structures,
such as awnings, cabanas, storage cabinets, carports, windbreaks or
attached porches shall be considered part of the unit for purposes
of determining compliance with this provision. No mobile home site
shall be rented for a period of less than 30 days. There shall be
two surfaced automobile parking spaces for each mobile home. Unless
adequately screened by existing vegetative cover, a mobile park shall
be screened around its outer perimeter by a planting of hedges or
trees, capable of reaching a height of 15 feet or more, the individual
trees to be such a number and so arranged that within 10 years they
will have formed a screen equivalent in opacity to a solid fence or
wall. Such permanent planting shall be grown or maintained to a height
of not less than 15 feet when mature.
C.
Adequate provision shall be made for the disposal of solid and liquid
wastes in a manner approved by the Town Board. Open burning of waste
or refuse is prohibited.
D.
All television cable systems, electrical and telephone distribution
lines and oil or gas piping serving the park or spaces therein shall
be installed underground. Distribution systems shall be new and all
parts and installations shall comply with all applicable federal,
state and local codes.
E.
Each space shall be provided with direct electrical service of not
less than 100 amperes for 220-volt service.
F.
A minimum of two off-street parking spaces surfaced with bituminous
concrete or similar material capable of carrying a wheel load of 4,000
pounds shall be provided for each mobile home space.
G.
Condition of soil, ground water level, drainage and topography shall
not create hazards to the property, health or safety of occupants
of mobile home spaces or living units. The site shall not be exposed
to objectionable smoke, noise, odors or other adverse influences,
and no portion subject to unpredictable and/or sudden flooding, subsidence
or erosion shall be used for any purpose which would expose persons
or property within or without the park to hazards.
H.
Exposed ground surfaces in all parts of every mobile home park shall
be paved or covered with stone screenings or other solid material
or protected with a vegetative growth that is capable of preventing
soil erosion and eliminating objectionable dust.
I.
The ground surface in all parts of every mobile home park shall be
graded and equipped to drain all surface water in a safe, sanitary
and efficient manner.
J.
All parks shall be furnished with individual outdoor lot lighting
of 25 to 60 watts so spaced and equipped with luminaries placed for
the safe movement of pedestrians and vehicles at night.
K.
All mobile home spaces shall abut upon a street. All streets shall
be provided with a smooth, hard and dense surface which shall be well
drained under normal use and weather conditions for the area. Pavement
edges shall be curbed and protected to prevent raveling of the wearing
surface and shifting of the pavement base. Grades of streets shall
be sufficient to insure adequate surface drainage but not more than
8%, provided a maximum grade of 12% may be used if approved by the
Town Board, as safe and designed to avoid traffic hazards. Streets
shall be at approximately right angles within 100 feet of an intersection.
Intersections of more than two streets at one point shall not be allowed.
A distance of at least 150 feet shall be maintained between center
lines of offset intersecting streets.
L.
All parks shall be provided with pedestrian walks between individual
mobile homes, park streets and community facilities of not less than
three feet in width. Grade and surfacing of walks shall be approved
by the Town Board as safe and comparable to sidewalks in other areas
of the municipality subject to similar usage, except, that as an alternative,
inverted curbing may be used which provides approximately three feet
of concrete walking area adjacent to the curbline.
M.
All mobile home parks shall have a greenbelt or buffer strip not
less than 10 feet wide along all boundaries. Unless adequately screened
by existing vegetative cover, all mobile home parks shall be provided
within such greenbelt or buffer strip with screening of natural growth
or screen fence, except where the adjoining property is also a mobile
home park. Compliance with this requirement shall be made within five
years from the granting of the mobile home park developer's permit.
Screening or planting requirements may be waived or modified by the
governing body if it finds that the exterior architectural appeal
and functional plan of the park, when completed, will be materially
enhanced by modification or elimination of such screen planting requirements.
N.
Mobile home park operators shall, at the time of approval, pay the park development fees required for conventional subdivisions in Chapter 490, Subdivision of Land, of the Code of the Town of Koshkonong.
O.
Single-family nondependent mobile homes and approved accessory structures
included in the original plans and specifications or revisions thereof,
parks, playgrounds, open space, off-street parking lots, one park
office and service buildings for exclusive use of park residents shall
be the only permitted uses in mobile home parks, provided the Town
Board may approve the following uses when designed and limited to
exclusive use of park residents:
P.
No signs shall be erected in mobile home parks unless approved by
the Town Board.
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Q.
All mobile home parks shall be provided with safe and convenient
vehicular access from abutting public streets or roads to each mobile
home space. Entrances to parks shall be designed to minimize congestion
and traffic hazards and allow free movement of traffic on adjacent
streets.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to establish, operate, maintain
or administer or permit to be established, operated or maintained
upon any property owned, leased or controlled by him a mobile home
park within the Town without a valid, unexpired mobile home park license
issued by the Town Clerk and approved by the Town Board upon determination
that the standards in this section have been met and payment of the
required fees.
B.
Mobile home park licenses shall be issued for a calendar year and
shall expire on June 30 next succeeding date of issue. Licenses may
be issued after July 1 of any year but no rebate or diminution of
the fee shall be allowed therefor.
C.
The annual fee for a mobile home park license shall be according
to the fee schedule for each 15 mobile home spaces or fraction thereof;
such fee shall also be paid upon the renewal of such license. Licenses
may be transferred during a license year for a fee set by the Fee
Schedule.
D.
Licenses granted under this section shall be subject to revocation
or suspension by the governing body for cause in accordance with § 66.0435(2),
Wis. Stats., and the procedures in that Section shall be followed.
"Cause" as used in this subsection shall include, but not be limited
to:
(1)
Failure or neglect to abide by the requirements of this chapter or
the laws or regulations of the State of Wisconsin relating to mobile
home parks and their operation.
(2)
Conviction of any offense under the laws of the state or ordinances
of the Town relating to fraudulent or misleading advertising or deceptive
practices regarding the sale or renting of mobile homes or the leasing
or rental of mobile home spaces or sale, lease or operation of park
facilities.
(3)
Operation or maintenance of the mobile home park in a manner inimical
to the health, safety or welfare of park occupants or the inhabitants
of the Town, including, but not limited to, repeated violations of
laws or ordinances relating to health, sanitation, refuse disposal,
fire hazards, morals or nuisances.
(4)
Transfer or sale of an ownership interest in any mobile home space
or the underlying land other than to another eligible licensee. Such
action shall also subject the owner of the underlying land to all
requirements of the state or municipal subdivision control laws and
regulations regardless of the size or number of lots or spaces so
transferred or sold.
E.
Except as provided in Subsection F of this section, no mobile home park license shall be granted for any premises or to any person not meeting the following standards and requirements:
(1)
All standards and requirements set forth in § 380-9 except as specifically waived or modified, in writing, by the Town Board and endorsed on the mobile home developer's permit. This requirement includes a valid certificate from the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services that the park complies with the provisions of § 710.15, Wis. Stats, applicable thereto.
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(2)
Mobile home parks should be used only for the parking and occupancy
of single-family nondependent mobile homes and accessory structures
and appurtenances and uses.
(3)
Applicant shall file with the Town Board certificates certifying
that all equipment, roads, sanitary facilities, water facilities and
other equipment and facilities, including roads, have been constructed
or installed in the park as required by this chapter and are in required
operating condition at the time of said application. In addition,
the Building Inspector or Fire Department shall inspect or cause to
be inspected each application and the premises to determine compliance
with all applicable laws, regulations and ordinances applicable thereto.
These officials shall furnish 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 whom the officer is certifying.
(4)
Location and operation of the park shall comply with all zoning and
land use ordinances of the state and Town.
F.
Mobile home parks in existence and operating under a valid mobile home park license upon the effective date of this chapter, including parks in areas hereafter annexed to the Town, shall be exempt from the requirements hereof relating to land use and occupancy provided such use and occupancy complies with the applicable laws and ordinances in effect at the time of issuance of the original license but shall file application for a mobile home park developer's nonconforming use permit and comply with all other provisions of this chapter within six months after the effective date hereof, provided that an existing mobile home park having a density in excess of that provided in § 380-9 shall not increase its density and shall be operated in other respects in accordance with this chapter. The governing body may extend the time for compliance as herein required upon such conditions as it shall determine necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of park occupants or inhabitants of the Town. All extensions, modifications or additions to lawfully licensed existing parks or facilities or structures therein shall comply with this chapter.
A.
In every mobile home park there shall be located an office of the
attendant or person in charge of said park. A copy of the park license
and of this chapter shall be posted therein and the park register
shall, at all times, be kept in said office. The park owner shall
be responsible for unpaid mobile home fees.
B.
The attendant or person in charge and the park licensee shall operate
the park in compliance with this chapter and regulations and ordinances
of the Town and state and their agents or officers and shall have
the following duties:
(1)
Maintain a register of all park occupants, to be open at all times
to inspection by state, federal and municipal officers, which shall
show:
(a)
Names and addresses of all owners and occupants of each mobile
home.
(b)
Number of children of school age.
(c)
State of legal residence.
(d)
Dates of entrance and departure of each mobile home.
(e)
Make, model, year and serial number or license number of each
mobile home and towing or other motor vehicles and state, territory
or country which issued such licenses.
(f)
Place of employment of such occupant, if any.
(2)
Notify park occupants of the provisions of this chapter and inform
them of their duties and responsibilities and report promptly to the
proper authorities any violations of this chapter or any other violations
of law which may come to their attention.
(3)
Report to law enforcement officials all cases of persons or animals
affected or suspected of being affected with any dangerous communicable
disease.
(4)
Supervise the placement of each mobile home on its stand which includes
securing its stability and installing all utility connections and
tiedowns.
(5)
Maintain park grounds, buildings and structures free of insect and
rodent harborage and infestation and accumulations of debris which
may provide rodent harborage or breeding places for flies, mosquitoes
and other pests.
(6)
Maintain the park free from growth of noxious weeds.
(7)
Maintain the park free of litter, rubbish and other flammable materials;
provide portable fire extinguishers of a type approved by the Fire
Chief in all locations designated by the Chief and maintain such extinguishers
in good operating condition and cause every area within the park designated
as a fire lane by the Fire Chief to be kept free and clear of obstructions.
(8)
Check to insure that every mobile home unit has furnished, and in
operation, a substantial, flytight, watertight, rodent-proof container
for the deposit of garbage and refuse in accordance with the ordinances
of the Town.
(9)
Provide for the sanitary and safe removal and disposal of all refuse
and garbage at least weekly. Removal and disposal of garbage and refuse
shall be in accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin and
the ordinances and regulations of the municipality, including regulations
promulgated by the Fire Chief.
A.
Park occupants shall comply with all applicable requirements of this
chapter and regulations issued hereunder and shall maintain their
mobile home space, its facilities and equipment in good repair and
in a clean and sanitary condition.
B.
Park occupants shall be responsible for proper placement of their
mobile homes on the mobile home stand and proper installation of all
utility connections in accordance with the instructions of the park
management.
C.
No owner or person in charge of a dog, cat or other pet animal shall
permit it to run at large or to cause any nuisance within the limits
of any mobile home park.
D.
Each owner or occupant of a nonexempt mobile home within a mobile
home park shall remit to the licensee or authorized park management
the cash deposit and monthly parking permit fee.
E.
It shall be the duty of every occupant of a park to give the park
licensee or management, or his agent or employee, access to any part
of such park or mobile home premises at reasonable times for the purpose
of making such repairs or alterations as are necessary to effect compliance
with this chapter or any law or ordinance of the state or Town or
lawful regulation or order adopted thereunder.
F.
Mobile homes shall be parked only on the mobile home stands provided
and shall be placed thereon in accordance with all requirements of
this chapter.
G.
No mobile home owner or occupant shall conduct in any unit or any
mobile home park any business or engage in any other activity which
would not be permitted in single-family residential areas in the Town.
H.
No person shall discharge any wastewater on the surface of the ground
within any mobile home park.
I.
No person shall erect or place upon any mobile home space any permanent
or temporary structure intended to be used for dwelling purposes or
in connection with any mobile home unit except as specifically authorized
by this chapter.
A.
Wrecked, damaged or dilapidated mobile homes shall not be kept or
stored in a mobile home park or upon any premises in the Town. The
Building Inspector or Town Board shall determine if a mobile home
is damaged or dilapidated to a point which makes it unfit for human
occupancy. Such mobile homes are hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
Whenever the Building Inspector or Town Board so determines, he shall
notify the licensee or landowner and owner of the mobile home, in
writing, that such public nuisance exists within the park or on lands
owned by him giving the findings upon which his determination is based
and shall order such home removed from the park or site or repaired
to a safe, sanitary and wholesome condition of occupancy within a
reasonable time, but not less than 30 days.
B.
Authorized representatives of the Town Board are authorized and directed
to inspect mobile home parks not less than once in every twelve-month
period to determine the health, safety and welfare of the occupants
of the park and inhabitants of the Town as affected thereby and the
compliance of structures and activities therein with this chapter
and all other applicable laws of the state and ordinances of the Town.
C.
Fires in mobile home parks shall be made only in stoves and other
cooking or heating equipment intended for such purposes. Outside burning
is subject to requirements or restrictions of the Fire Chief.
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D.
All plumbing, building, electrical, oil or gas distribution, alterations
or repairs in the park shall be in accordance with the regulations
of applicable laws, ordinances and regulations of the State and municipalities
and their authorized agents, and may be performed by a professional
mobile home service technician.
E.
All mobile homes in mobile home parks shall be skirted unless the
unit is placed within one foot vertically of the stand with soil or
other material completely closing such space from view and entry by
rodents and vermin. Areas enclosed by such skirting shall be maintained
free of rodents and fire hazards.
F.
No person shall construct, alter or add to any structure, attachment
or building in a mobile home park or on a mobile home space without
a permit from the Building Inspector. Construction on, or addition
or alteration to the exterior of a mobile home shall be of the same
type of construction and materials as the mobile home affected. This
Subsection shall not apply to addition of awnings, antennas or skirting
to mobile homes. Accessory structures on mobile home spaces shall
comply with all setback, side yard and rear yard requirements for
mobile home units.
G.
Storage under mobile homes is prohibited.
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All plumbing, electric, electrical, building and other work
on or at any mobile home park under this chapter shall be in accordance
with the ordinances of the Town and the requirements of the State
Plumbing, Electrical and Building Codes and the regulations of the
Department of Safety and Professional Services, Regulation of Industry,
Buildings and Safety. Licenses and permits granted under this chapter
grant no right to erect or repair any structure, to do any plumbing
work or to do any electric work.
The following guides, standards and requirements shall apply
in site planning for mobile home communities:
A.
Principal vehicular access points. Principal vehicular access points
shall be designed to encourage smooth traffic flow with controlled
turning movements and minimum hazards to vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
Merging and turnout lanes and/or traffic dividers shall be required
where existing or anticipated heavy flows indicate need. In general,
minor streets shall not be connected with streets outside the district
in such a way as to encourage the use of such minor streets by substantial
amounts of through traffic. No lot within the community shall have
direct vehicular access to a street bordering the development.
B.
Access for pedestrians and cyclists. Access for pedestrians and cyclists
entering or leaving the community shall be by safe and convenient
routes. Such ways need not be adjacent to or limited to the vicinity
of vehicular access points. Where there are crossings of such ways
and vehicular routes at edges of planned developments, such crossings
shall be safely located, marked and controlled and where such ways
are exposed to substantial vehicular traffic at edges of communities,
safeguards may be required to prevent crossings except at designated
points. Bicycle paths, if provided, shall be so related to the pedestrian
way system that street crossings are combined.
C.
Ways for pedestrians and/or cyclists in exterior yards. In any exterior
yard, required or other, ways for pedestrian and/or cyclists may be
permitted, if appropriately located, fenced or landscaped to prevent
potential hazards arising from vehicular traffic on adjacent streets
or other hazards and annoyances to users or to occupants of adjoining
property. When otherwise in accord with the requirements concerning
such ways set forth above, approved ways in such locations shall be
counted as common recreation facilities and may also be used for utilities
easements.
D.
Internal relationships. The site plan shall provide for safe, efficient,
convenient and harmonious groupings of structures, uses and facilities,
and for appropriate relation of space inside and outside buildings
to intended uses and structural features. In particular:
(1)
Streets, drives and parking and service areas. Streets, drives and
parking and service areas shall provide safe and convenient access
to dwellings and community facilities and for service and emergency
vehicles, but streets shall not be so laid out as to encourage outside
traffic to traverse the community, nor occupy more land than is required
to provide access as indicated, nor create unnecessary fragmentation
of the community into small blocks. In general, block size shall be
the maximum consistent with use, the shape of the site and the convenience
and safety of the occupants.
(2)
Vehicular access to streets. Vehicular access to streets from off-street
parking areas may be direct from dwellings if the street or portion
of the street serves 50 units or less. Determination of units served
shall be based on normal routes anticipated for traffic. Along streets
or portions of streets serving more than 50 dwelling units, or constituting
major routes to or around central facilities, access from parking
and service areas shall be so combined, limited, located, designed
and controlled as to channel traffic conveniently, safely and in a
manner that minimizes marginal traffic friction, and direct vehicular
access from individual dwellings shall generally be prohibited.
(3)
Ways for pedestrians and cyclists: use by emergency, maintenance
or service vehicles.
(a)
Walkways shall form a logical, safe and convenient system for
pedestrian access to all dwellings, project facilities and principal
off-street pedestrian destinations. Maximum walking distance in the
open between dwelling units and related parking spaces, delivery areas
and trash and garbage storage areas intended for use of occupants
shall not exceed 100 feet.
(b)
Walkways to be used by substantial numbers of children as play
areas or routes to school, bus stops or other destinations shall be
so located and safeguarded as to minimize contracts with normal automotive
traffic. If an internal walkway system is provided, away from streets,
bicycle paths shall be incorporated in the walkway system. Street
crossings shall be held to a minimum on such walkways and shall be
located and designated to provide safety and shall be appropriately
marked and otherwise safeguarded. Ways for pedestrians and cyclists,
appropriately located, designed and constructed may be combined with
other easements and used by emergency, maintenance or service vehicle
but shall not be used by other automotive traffic.
[Added 3-13-2019 by Ord.
No. 1]
Violations of this chapter shall be subject to the penalty provided in § 1-3, General penalty.
