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In this division, the following definitions shall be applicable:
MANUFACTURED AND MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY
A parcel of land which has been developed for the placement of mobile homes and is owned by an individual, a firm, trust, partnership, public or private association, or corporation. Individual lots within a mobile home community are rented to individual mobile home users.
MANUFACTURED HOME
A manufactured home is HUD-certified and labeled under the National Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974.[1]
MOBILE HOME
A transportable structure, being eight feet or more in width (not including the overhang of the roof), built on a chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
A prefabricated structure that is no larger than 400 square feet, or that is certified by the manufacturer as complying with the code promulgated by the American National Standards Institute as ANSI A119.5, and that is designed to be towed and used primarily as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel or seasonal purposes.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to park any mobile home in the City of Onalaska at any site other than a space within a mobile home community. A recreational vehicle is not considered a mobile home for the purposes of this section.
SPACE
A plot of ground within a manufactured and mobile home community, designed for the accommodation of one manufactured or mobile home.
UNIT
A single manufactured or mobile home.
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Editor's Note: See 42 U.S.C. § 5401 et seq.
A. 
License required. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to operate a manufactured and mobile home park without having first obtained a mobile home park license.
B. 
License application. Applicants for a mobile home park license must complete and return an application form furnished by the office of the City Clerk. At the time the application is submitted, a fee shall be paid as set forth on the City of Onalaska Fee Schedule, which shall be reviewed annually.
C. 
Inspection. The office of the City Clerk shall notify the Chief of Police, Fire Chief, Health Officer, and Inspection Department of each new application for a license, and these officials shall inspect or cause to be inspected each application and the premises, together with such other investigation as shall be necessary to determine whether the applicant and the premises sought to be licensed comply with the regulations, ordinances and laws applicable thereto. The Chief of Police, Fire Department, Health Officer and Inspection Department shall furnish to the City Clerk any information derived from such investigation, accompanied by a recommendation as to whether a license should be granted, modified or denied. No license shall be renewed without a reinspection of the premises.
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Issuance. Based upon the investigation recommendation and payment of fee, the City Clerk shall issue a license to the applicant. A license issued under this section shall expire on June 30 of each year.
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Bond. In order to protect the revenue of the City, the City Clerk may require any mobile home park license holder liable for the monthly municipal permit fee imposed by Section 7.03.13 to place with them, before or after a license is issued, such security, not in excess of $10,000. If any license holder fails or refuses to place such security, the City Clerk may revoke the mobile home park license. If any taxpayer is delinquent in the amount of the fees imposed by this chapter, the City Clerk may, upon 10 days' notice, recover the fees, interest and penalties from the security placed with the office of the City Clerk by such license holder. No interest shall be paid or allowed by the City to any person for the deposit of such security.
[Amended 11-14-2023 by Ord. No. 1772-2023]
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Revocation. Any license or permit granted under Title 13 of this Code of Ordinances shall be subject to revocation or suspension by the Common Council for any violation of this section. Upon complaint filed with the City Clerk, signed by any law enforcement officer, Health Officer, Building Inspector or City official, the Common Council shall order a public hearing. At least 10 days prior to the hearing, the holder of the license shall be furnished with a copy of the complaint and shall be given written notice of the hearing whereat the licensee may be heard as to why the license should not be suspended or revoked. If the license is suspended or revoked, the holder of the license may within 20 days of the date of revocation or suspension appeal the decision to the La Crosse County Circuit Court pursuant to § 66.0435(2)(d), Wis. Stats.
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Monthly fee. In addition to the license fee, the City of Onalaska shall collect from each unit occupying space or lots in a community in the City of Onalaska, except from manufactured and mobile homes that constitute an improvement to real property under § 70.043(1), Wis. Stats., a monthly municipal permit fee computed as follows:
1. 
The City Assessor shall determine the total fair market value of each mobile home in the City, subject to the monthly municipal permit fee.
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The fair market value, minus the tax-exempt household furnishings thus established, shall be equalized to the general level of assessment for the prior year on other real and personal property in the City.
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The value of each mobile home thus determined shall be multiplied by the general property gross tax rate, less any credit rate under § 79.10, Wis. Stats., established on the preceding year's assessment of general property.
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The total annual permit fee thus computed shall be divided by 12 and shall represent the monthly municipal permit fee.
B. 
Collection. It shall be the full and complete responsibility of the licensee of a mobile home park to collect the monthly municipal permit fee from the owner or occupant of each unit occupying space in a mobile home community, and the licensee shall be equally liable for the monthly fees on or before the 10th of the month following the month for which such fees are due in accordance with the terms of this section. Prior to such payment, the licensee may deduct, for administrative purposes, 2% of the monthly fees collected.
C. 
Reporting. The monthly municipal permit fee is applicable to units moving into the City at any time during the year. The licensee shall furnish information to the office of the City Clerk and the City Assessor on units added to the community within five days of their arrival, on forms prescribed by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue. As soon as the City Assessor receives the notice of an addition of a unit to a community, they shall determine its fair market value and notify the City Clerk of that determination. The City Clerk shall equate the fair market value established by the City Assessor and apply the appropriate tax rate, divide the annual permit fee thus determined by 12 and notify the unit holder of the monthly fee to be collected from the unit owner. Liability for the payment of the fee shall begin on the first day of the next succeeding month and continue for the months in which the unit remains in the City of Onalaska.
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Valuation and fee rate. A new monthly municipal permit fee and a new valuation shall be established each January and shall continue for that calendar year. The valuation established shall be subject to review as are other values established under Ch. 70, Wis. Stats. If the Board of Review reduces a valuation on which previous monthly payments have been made, the City shall refund the excess payments and shall collect the tax paid back from the school district.
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Distribution of fees. The City may retain 10% of the monthly municipal permit fees collected in each month, without reduction for the 2% licensee administration fee, to cover the costs of administration. The City shall pay to the school district in which the community is located, within 20 days after the end of each month, such portion of the remainder of the fees collected in the preceding month as the ratio of the more recent property tax levy for school purposes bears to the total tax levy for all purposes in the City.
F. 
Delinquencies. Failure to timely pay the monthly municipal permit fees shall be treated as a default in payment of personal property tax and is subject to all procedures and penalties applicable under Chs. 70 and 74, Wis. Stats.
G. 
Exemptions. Recreational vehicles are exempt from the monthly municipal permit fee. The exemption shall also apply to steps and a platform, not exceeding 50 square feet, that lead to a recreational vehicle, but does not apply to any other addition, attachment, patio or deck.
A. 
Operation responsibilities of manufactured and mobile home park management.
1. 
In every manufactured or mobile home park there shall be located an office for park management. A copy of the park license shall be posted therein in addition to a park register of all occupied units.
2. 
Park management shall operate the park in compliance with this section and regulations and ordinances of the City and state and their agents or officers, and park management shall maintain a register of all park occupants, to be open at all times to inspection by state, federal and municipal officers as required under SPS 326.18, Wis. Adm. Code. The register may be kept electronically.
B. 
Responsibilities of manufactured and mobile home park occupants. It shall be the duty of every occupant of a park to provide park management access to any part of such manufactured or mobile home premises at reasonable times for the purpose of making such repairs or alterations as are necessary to effect compliance with this section or any law or ordinance of the state or City or lawful regulation or order adopted thereunder.
A. 
Any person who violates a provision of this division shall, upon conviction thereof, and in addition to any other penalty imposed herein, pay an amount as prescribed by Section 1.01.17 of this Code of Ordinances, together with costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fines and costs of prosecution, shall be imprisoned in the county jail until said fines and costs are paid, but not exceeding 90 days for each violation, except that the fine for violation of the reporting requirements stated in Section 7.03.12C shall not exceed $25. Each and every day that such violation continues is hereby deemed to constitute a separate offense.