As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
An oath in writing, sworn before and attested by an individual
who has authority to administer an oath.
Any person making application for a license or permit.
Any structure resting on a permanent foundation with wheels, tongue and hitch permanently removed and complying with the requirements of Article II of this chapter.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A license certificate issued by the City allowing a person
to operate and maintain a mobile home park under the provisions of
this chapter and the rules and regulations issued hereunder.
Any person having a license or permit under this chapter.
A structure designed for permanent habitation and so constructed
as to permit its transport on wheels, temporarily or permanently attached
to its frame, from the place of its construction to the location or
subsequent location at which it is intended to be a permanent habitation
and designed to permit the occupancy thereof as a dwelling place for
one or more persons; provided that any such structure resting on a
permanent foundation with wheels, tongue and hitch permanently removed
shall not be construed as a "mobile home", but shall be an "immobilized
mobile home". A mobile home should not be confused with a camping
trailer or recreational vehicle.
A parcel of land for the placement of a mobile home and the
exclusive use of its occupants.
A factory-fabricated building unit transported to a building
site, mounted on a permanent foundation supporting the outside perimeter
walls, and which is designed for residential use.
That part of an individual mobile home space or lot beneath
the mobile home, including the concrete portion of the pad.
An area of land under unified ownership and/or control on
which two or more occupied mobile homes are harbored, either free
of charge or for revenue purposes, and shall include any building,
structure, tent, vehicle or enclosure used or intended for use as
part of the equipment of such mobile home park, including courts,
developments and communities.
A parcel of land used for the display, sale and repair of
new or used mobile homes.
A portion of a mobile home park designed for the use or occupancy
of one mobile home.
A mobile home or travel-trailer which does not have a flush
toilet or a bathtub or shower.
A mobile home which consists of two mobile units joined at
the side into a single home, but kept on their separate chassis for
repeated transportation to a site.
A mobile home with self-contained toilet and bath or shower
facilities.
The licensee.
A period of two or more months.
A certificate issued by the City, permitting the construction,
alteration or reduction in number of spaces of a mobile home park
under the provisions in this chapter, or a building permit for the
location of a mobile home within or outside of a mobile home park.
Any individual, group of individuals, association, trust,
partnership, corporation, person doing business under an assumed name,
county, municipality, the State of Illinois or any political subdivision
or department thereof or any other entity.
To declare invalid a permit or license issued to the applicant
or licensee by this City for an indefinite period of time.
Shall be synonymous with "mobile home space."
To declare invalid a permit or license issued to the applicant
or licensee by the City for a temporary period of time with an expectation
of resumption.
The Mobile Home Park Act (210 ILCS 115/1 et seq.) and the Mobile
Home Tiedown Act (210 ILCS 120/1 et seq.), as passed, approved and
amended by the Illinois General Assembly, are hereby adopted by the
City. The applicable provisions as they pertain to mobile homes and
immobilized mobile homes shall be controlling within the corporate
limits of the City. (See Figure 5.[1])
[1]
Editor's Note: Figure 5 is included as an attachment to this chapter.
The Rules and Regulations for Mobile Home Parks, as approved
by the Illinois Department of Public Health, are hereby adopted by
the City. The applicable provisions as they pertain to mobile homes
and immobilized mobile homes shall be controlling within the City.
