Any person seeking to establish, operate, alter or expand a mobile home park shall obtain a permit to construct or license to operate a mobile home park. "Construct or operate a mobile home park", as used in this chapter, shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, supplying or maintaining common water, sewer or other utility supplies or services, or the collection of rents directly or indirectly from two or more independent mobile homes. (All plans shall be submitted to the City Council for approval prior to the granting of a permit.)
A permit does not relieve the applicant from complying with this Code or other ordinances applicable thereto.
The City Council shall review each application and plan documents submitted. When the application and plan documents are found to be in compliance with the Rules and Regulations for Mobile Home Parks, as promulgated by the Illinois Department of Public Health, the City Council may issue the proper permit to construct or alter a mobile home park to the applicant. Permits shall be valid for one year from date of issue.
Upon completion of the proposed construction of a mobile home park or the proposed alteration of a mobile home park, the applicant shall notify the Mayor in order that an inspection of the complete facilities can be made.
Any license granted hereunder shall be subject to revocation or suspension by the Mayor. However, the Mayor shall first serve or cause to be served upon the licensee a written notice in which shall be specified the way or ways in which such licensee has failed to comply with the statutes, or any rules or regulations promulgated by the City pertaining thereto. The notice shall require the licensee to remove or abate such nuisance, unsanitary or objectionable condition specified in such notice within five days or within a longer period of time as may be allowed by the Mayor. If the licensee fails to comply with the terms and conditions of the notice within the time specified or such extended period of time, the Mayor may revoke or suspend such license.
Each mobile home that locates within a mobile home park shall secure an appropriate building permit from the City. This section shall apply to mobile homes owned or substantially under the control of the mobile home park owner, whether or not the mobile home is located within the park on a temporary basis. For mobile homes not owned or substantially under the control of the mobile home park owner, the mobile home park owner has the ultimate responsibility of paying the building permit fee for the location of a mobile home within the park, whether or not the mobile home is located within the park on a temporary basis. The mobile home park owner may collect the building permit fee from the owner of the mobile home. A fully completed building permit application, in a form prescribed by the City, shall accompany the permit fee.
From and after March 1, 1988, no mobile home, immobilized mobile home or manufactured home shall be located in the City unless the unit has the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards metal seal affixed thereto.