No person owning, leasing, occupying or having charge of any
premises shall maintain or keep any nuisance thereon, nor shall any
such person keep or maintain such premises in a manner causing substantial
diminution in the value of the other property in the neighborhood
in which such premises is located.
If the nuisance is not abated by the property owner or resident
within the time designated by the order, the enforcement officer shall
cause the same to be abated. The Enforcement Official shall certify
the cost of any abatement(s) performed under this Section, plus an
administrative fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to the Village
Clerk or other officer in charge of finance who shall cause the certified
cost to be included in a special tax or added to the annual real estate
tax bill at the collecting official's option, and the same shall be
collected in the same manner and procedure as for collecting real
estate taxes. The Enforcement Officer may extend the time during which
the nuisance must be abated for up to thirty (30) days upon a showing
that the property owner is working in good faith to abate the nuisance
or upon a showing that the nuisance cannot be abated in ten (10) days.
The Enforcement Officer may grant multiple extensions, but no one
extension shall be more than thirty (30) days.
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A. The
Board of Trustees has enacted this Article for the purpose of protecting
the health and safety of the inhabitants of the Village.
B. The
Board finds that there are significant differences between mobile
homes, manufactured homes, and recreational vehicles which warrant
treating these various types of residential vehicles in different
ways.
C. The
Board finds that mobile homes, as defined in this Article are detrimental
to the safety and health of the residents of the Village due to the
lower safety standards, compared with manufactured homes. However,
the Board finds that the property interests of those with existing
mobile homes and the fact that mobile homes are currently occupied
warrants phasing such residential vehicles out rather than imposing
an immediate prohibition.
D. The
Board finds that recreational vehicles, while suitable for short term
occupancy are not appropriate for long term occupation within the
Village due to design limitations and the lack of appropriate utilities
for such purposes.
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When used in this Article
II of Chapter
215, the following words shall have the meanings set forth herein:
CONVERTED VEHICLE
Any combination of the vehicles described in this Article,
which although not originally designed and not suitable for occupancy,
have been converted or modified to provide temporary, movable living
quarters containing facilities for cooking, sleeping, or sanitation.
HOUSE TRAILER
A trailer or semi-trailer which is designed, constructed,
and equipped as a dwelling place, living abode, or sleeping place,
either permanently or temporarily, and is equipped as a conveyance
on streets or highways.
MANUFACTURED HOME
Means, for all purposes except floodplain regulations, a
transportable, factory-built structure that is manufactured in accordance
with the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 5401) and that is designed to be used
as a permanent single dwelling unit. This definition does not include
a recreational vehicle or travel trailer or other similar vehicles
and does not include a mobile home.
MOBILE HOME
A transportable, factory-built structure that is designed
to be used as a single dwelling unit that was manufactured before
1976 or otherwise does not comply with the construction standards
in the Federal Manufactured Housing Constructjon and Safety Standards
Act of 1974 (421 J.S.C. Sec. 5401). This definition does not include
a recreational vehicle or travel trailer or other similar vehicles
nor does it include manufactured homes.
RECREATIONAL CONVEYANCE
A vehicular type unit built on or for use on a chassis and
designed primarily as living quarters for recreational, camping, vacation,
or travel use, and which has its own motor power or is mounted on
or drawn by another vehicle.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
Any recreational conveyance, house trailer, trailer, and
converted vehicle. The term "recreational vehicle" shall not include
buses or trailers unless converted to that use.
RESIDENTIAL VEHICLE
A recreational vehicle, mobile home, or manufactured home,
but does not include modular homes or buildings constructed on-site.
The term residential vehicle also includes slide-in campers, shells,
and truck caps when used for residential purposes.
SLIDE-IN CAMPERS, SHELLS, and TRUCK CAPS
Those items structured and designed to be mounted temporarily
or permanently in the bed of a pickup or light truck, to provide enclosed
storage space for transportation of property or quarters for recreational,
camping, vacation, or travel use. When mounted, the entire unit, consisting
of the pickup or light truck, and the slide-in camper, shell, or truck
cap constitutes a recreational vehicle. When dismounted, the slide-in
camper, shell, or truck cap becomes an item of recreational equipment.
TRAILER
Any vehicle without motor power designed to carry property
or passengers wholly on its own structure and to be drawn by a motor
vehicle.
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Any residential vehicle which is not in compliance with this
Article is declared to be a nuisance.
[Ord. No. 139, 4-13-2021]
No person may place or maintain a mobile home within the Village
after February 1, 2021. Mobile homes in the Village before February
1, 2021, may remain at their present locations but may not be relocated
within the Village.
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A. Manufactured
homes are permitted in the Village, provided that manufactured homes
brought into the Village after February 1, 2021, must be inspected
after placement and meet existing Building Codes prior to occupancy.
B. In
lieu of an inspection, the owner of a manufactured home may submit
proof that the manufactured home bears the seal of the Public Service
Commission or the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,
as required by Section 700.035, RSMo., affixed to the manufactured
home.
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A. Recreational
vehicles may not be used for residential occupation for a period of
more than seven (7) days in any sixty (60) day period. There shall
be a rebuttable presumption that any recreational vehicle connected
to public utilities is being used for residential occupation while
so connected.
B. Recreational
vehicles may not be connected to any public utilities unless that
connection meets all current Village Codes. Nothing in this Section
shall be interpreted to require an internal inspection of the residential
vehicle.
C. Recreational
vehicles may not be parked on any Village street or any State or County
road or within ten feet (10) feet of the edge of the pavement of any
such street or road.