In order to obtain a permit to construct or an original license to operate a mobile home park, the applicant shall file with the Mayor a written application and plan documents, and such plan documents shall be prepared by a registered engineer or architect licensed to practice in the State of Illinois, with registration seal affixed. Two copies of the plan document shall accompany the application filed with the City to obtain a permit to construct or alter a mobile home park or an original license to operate a mobile home park, not previously licensed by the Department. These plans shall include, but not be limited to, the design and construction criteria set forth herein.
A. 
Every applicant shall file with the Mayor a written application and plan documents for the proposed construction or alteration of a mobile home park. The plan documents shall be prepared by a registered engineer or architect licensed to practice in the State of Illinois, with registration seal affixed to the plan.
B. 
The application shall be completed by the applicant and the engineer or architect and shall include:
(1) 
The full name and address of the applicant or applicants, or names and addresses of the partners if the applicant is a partnership, or the names and addresses of the officers if the applicant is a corporation, and the present or last occupation of the applicant at the time of the filing of the application. If the applicant is a corporation, a copy of the certificate of incorporation must be filed with the application.
(2) 
The proposed method of lighting the structures and land upon which the mobile home park is to be located.
(3) 
The plot plans of the mobile home park, building plans and specifications for existing buildings and facilities, and the plans and specifications for new buildings and facilities or the proposed alterations in existing facilities.
(4) 
An affidavit of the applicant as to the truth of the matters contained in the application shall be attached.
(5) 
Each application shall be accompanied by an application fee for a permit to construct or for a permit to alter to increase the size of the park in amounts set from time to time by the City Council.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
A. 
Sites selected for mobile home development shall be well-drained and free from topographical or geological hindrances and from other conditions unfavorable to a proper residential environment. The mobile home development shall not be located near swamps, marshes or other breeding places of insects, rats and mice. When a good, natural drainage is not available, storm drainage shall be provided and such drainage shall not endanger any water supply or surface watercourse.
B. 
The Mayor may conduct a site survey to ascertain that the proposed location complies with the above requirements.
A. 
All streets and driveways in every park shall be constructed in compliance with Chapter 230, Subdivision of Land, of the City Code.
B. 
All streets constructed in parks shall have a minimum road width of 30 feet for the purpose of this chapter, and shall be considered private streets. If a mobile home park has more than 50 units, a thirty-two-foot width may be required by the City Council.
C. 
Sidewalks and walkways shall be constructed abutting a street in a mobile home park and shall be a minimum of four feet in width; provided, however, there shall be no minimum width requirement for sidewalks for each individual lot. No portion of a mobile home shall block, in any way, the pedestrian traffic on the walkways.