Any mobile home park shall conform to the following requirements:
(1)
Drainage.
The park shall be located on a well-drained
site, properly graded to insure rapid drainage and freedom from stagnant
pools of water.
(2)
Size of spaces; distance requirements.
Mobile home spaces
shall be provided consisting of a minimum of 3,600 square feet for
each space, which shall be at least 35 feet wide. There shall be no
minimum lot depth. Mobile homes shall be so harbored on each space
that there shall be at least 20 feet clearance between mobile homes.
No mobile home shall be located closer than eight feet from any building
within the park and it must be set back at least 20 feet from the
streets in the mobile home park.
(3)
Driveways; access to spaces.
All mobile home spaces
shall abut upon a driveway of not less than 28 feet in width which
shall have unobstructed access to a public street, alley or highway.
All streets shall be hard surfaced, well marked in the daytime and
lighted at night. The minimum quality of the street to be approved
with the city engineer in accordance with other subdivision street
requirements.
(5)
Electrical outlets.
An electrical outlet supplying at
least 110 volts shall be provided for each mobile home space.
(6)
Setbacks from park boundary and adjacent streets.
No
mobile home shall be situated closer to the street upon which the
mobile home park fronts or any boundary line surrounding the mobile
home park than 20 feet from the property line.
(7)
Utility lines to be placed underground.
All utility
wires, conductors, pipes, connections or other items that may be used
to provide services to the mobile homes in a mobile home park, including
but not limited to gas lines, electric lines and telephone lines,
shall be placed and installed underground.
(8)
Recreational facilities.
There shall be a minimum of
8% of the gross mobile home park site devoted to and occupied by recreational
facilities for the use and benefit of occupants of the mobile homes
in the park.
(9)
Streets.
(A)
All streets shall have a 40-foot easement which can be used for that
purpose; provided, however, that each street shall have a minimum
width of 28 feet with each street having on each side a six-inch curb
and gutter of concrete.
(B)
All streets shall meet the minimum standards that are required by
the city for subdivisions and all dead-end streets shall have a turning
width of at least 80 feet in diameter.
(10)
Height limit.
Mobile homes, carports, garages, storage
buildings, laundry houses or other buildings shall not exceed a height
of one and one-half stories.
(11)
Skirting.
All mobile homes located within a mobile home
park shall be equipped with skirts (provided, however, that the city
building inspector may grant exceptions to the rule when the mobile
home is to be located in the park for 14 days or less), the skirting
to be in place within 90 days from the date the mobile home is in
place on the provided space.
(2004 Code, sec. 157.30)
(a)
Mobile
home parks may be located only in conformity with the comprehensive
zoning ordinance of the city and, in addition to the requirements
contained herein, each boundary of the park must be at least 200 feet
from any permanent residential building located outside the park,
unless separated therefrom by a natural or artificial barrier, the
determination of the sufficiency of the [barrier] being made by the
city council, or unless a majority of the property owners according
to area within 200 feet consent, in writing, to the establishment
of the park.
(b)
The
provisions of this section shall not apply to mobile home parks already
in existence and operation at the time of the passage of this article,
and the existing and operating parks shall be treated as a nonconforming
use insofar as the requirements of this section are concerned.
(2004 Code, sec. 157.31)
Every person owning or operating a mobile home park shall maintain
the park, and any facilities, fixtures and permanent equipment in
connection therewith, in a clean and sanitary condition, and shall
maintain the equipment in a state of good repair.
(2004 Code, sec. 157.32)
Each mobile home park shall be provided with a building to be
known as the “office,” in which shall be kept copies of
all records pertaining to the management and supervision of the park,
as well as rules and regulations [which] shall be available for inspections
by law enforcement officers, public health officials and other officials
whose duties necessitate acquisition of the information contained
therein.
(2004 Code, sec. 157.33)
(a)
(1)
It shall be the duty of the owner or his or her agent, representative
or manager to prescribe rules and regulations for management of the
park, to make adequate provisions for the enforcement of the rules
and to subscribe to any and all subsequent rules and regulations which
may be adopted for the management of the park.
(2)
Copies of all rules and regulations shall be furnished to the city
council.
(b)
In
addition thereto, it shall be the duty of the owner or his or her
agent, representative or manager to comply strictly with the following:
(1)
Provide for regular inspection of the water and sanitary conveniences;
(2)
Provide for the collection and removal of garbage and other waste
material;
(3)
Prohibit the placing or storage of unsightly material or vehicles
of any kind;
(4)
Prohibit the placing of any mobile home more than five years of age
in the mobile home park;
(5)
Provide for the regular cleaning, painting, repairing and disinfecting
of all buildings;
(6)
Take such other measures as may be deemed to be necessary by the
city to preserve the health, comfort and safety of all persons residing
in the park and the general public;
(7)
Report to the city, within 24 hours, all cases of communicable diseases
or suspected cases of communicable diseases affecting any guest or
employee of the park;
(8)
Report immediately in the police department of the city all acts
of disorderly character committed by any person or persons inside
of the park; and
(9)
See that copies of all rules and regulations are prepared and posted
in conspicuous locations throughout the park.
(2004 Code, sec. 157.34)
(a)
Each
mobile home park shall be under the direct management of the owner
or his or her agent or representative, for whose acts he, she or they
shall be fully responsible.
(b)
The
name of the person entrusted with the direct management of a park
shall be filed for reference with the city council.
(c)
The
person or persons must be of good reputation and character and shall
satisfy the city council of their experience and capacity to supervise,
manage, regulate and control the park and maintain good sanitary conditions
in and about the park.
(2004 Code, sec. 157.35)
It shall be unlawful for any person operating a mobile home
park or occupying a mobile home to construct or permit to be constructed
in the park, or in connection with the mobile home, any additional
structure, building or shelter in connection with or attached to a
mobile home; except, however, awnings of canvas or metal, suitably
constructed, may be attached to the mobile homes, as well as portable,
prefabricated, temporary rooms, for the express purpose of increasing
the mobile home living area, commonly called “cabanas,”
which meet the following requirements:
(1)
Of
metal only, fire-resistive, double-wall mechanical joint panels (no
welded joints between panels permitted);
(2)
Strength
of materials and structure to meet minimum standards of the city building
code;
(3)
Capable
of being dismantled when moved;
(4)
Such
rooms shall be completely dismantled and removed from the site at
the time the mobile home to which it is accessory is moved;
(5)
Finish
and appearance to be as near the same as possible to the mobile home
to which it is accessory;
(6)
The
length must not exceed the length of the mobile home to which it is
accessory; and
(7)
Only
one such room per mobile home shall be permitted.
(2004 Code, sec. 157.37)
(a)
Required.
It shall be the duty of the licensee to keep
a register containing a record of all mobile home owners and occupants
located within the park.
(b)
Contents.
The register shall contain the following information:
(1)
Name and address of each occupant;
(2)
The make, model and year of all automobiles and mobile homes;
(3)
License number and owner of each mobile home;
(4)
The state issuing the license;
(5)
The date of arrival and of departure of each mobile home (upon the
owner or operator of the mobile home park receiving notice of intention
to depart, the notice is to be relayed immediately to the tax assessor/collector);
and
(6)
Whether or not each mobile home is an independent or dependent mobile
home.
(c)
Availability for inspection.
(1)
The park shall keep the register available for inspection, at all
times, by law enforcement officers, public health officials and other
officials whose duties necessitate acquisition of the information
contained in the register.
(2)
The register records shall not be destroyed for a period of three
years following the date of registration.
(2004 Code, sec. 157.38)
A responsible attendant or caretaker, owner or operator shall
be in charge at all times to keep the mobile home park, its facilities
and equipment in a clean, orderly and sanitary condition, and he or
she shall be answerable, with the licensee, for any violation of the
provisions of this article.
(2004 Code, sec. 157.39)
A service and inspection fee of $2.00 per mobile home per month
is hereby imposed on each mobile home park owner to defer the costs
of the city in servicing and inspecting the mobile home park. The
fee is to be added to the water bill of the owner of his or her agent,
who, in turn, may collect the fee from each mobile home owner.
(2004 Code, sec. 157.40)
