(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b) hereof, mobile homes may be located only in mobile home parks which have been approved and licensed according to the terms of this article. Mobile home parks may be located in any district as prescribed by the city zoning ordinance, as amended.
(b)
It
shall be unlawful to place any mobile home, as defined in the Manufactured
Housing Standards Act, V.T.C.A., Occupations Code, ch. 1201 and specifically
distinguished from a manufactured home as also therein defined, within
the city. Manufactured homes shall be allowed upon compliance with
the terms of this article and other ordinances of the city. Mobile
homes now present in the city shall be unaffected by this section,
but may not be relocated within the city.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(a); Ordinance
adopting Code)
Each mobile home park shall be located on a well-drained site,
properly graded to insure rapid drainage and freedom from standing
pools of water.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(b))
Mobile home spaces in each mobile home park shall be provided
consisting of a minimum of eighteen hundred (1,800) square feet for
each space, which shall be at least thirty feet (30') wide and clearly
defined; provided, however, that mobile home parks in existence on
the effective date of this section which provide mobile home spaces
having a width or area less than herein prescribed may continue to
operate with spaces of the existing width and area, but in no event
shall any mobile home space be less than twenty-five feet (25') wide
and have an area of less than one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250)
square feet.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(c))
Mobile homes shall be so harbored on each space within a mobile
home park that there shall be at least fifteen feet (15') of clearance
between mobile homes; provided, however, that, with respect to mobile
homes parked end-to-end, the end-to-end clearance may be less than
fifteen feet (15') but shall not be less than ten feet (10'). No mobile
home shall be located closer than fifteen feet (15') from any building
within the park or from any property line bounding the park.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(d))
Off-street parking facilities in the ratio of one and one-half
(1-1/2) spaces for each mobile home space shall be provided in each
mobile home park.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(e))
All mobile home spaces within a mobile home park shall abut
upon a driveway of not less than twenty feet (20') in width, which
shall have unobstructed access to a public street, alley or highway.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(f))
All driveways and walkways within each mobile home park shall
be provided with an all- weather surface and lighted at night with
electric lamps of not less than twenty-five (25) watts each, spaced
at intervals of not more than one hundred feet (100').
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(g))
Each mobile home park shall provide an electrical outlet supplying
at least one hundred ten (110) volts for each mobile home space.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(h))
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 such park or in connection with such mobile home any additional
structure, building or shelter in connection with or attached to a
mobile home; except, however, awnings of metal, suitably constructed,
may be attached to a mobile home.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(i))
Each boundary of a mobile home park, except those adjacent to
a street or highway right-of-way, shall be provided with a continuous
natural or artificial barrier.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(j))
All plumbing, electrical, building and other work on or at any
park licensed under the provisions of this article shall be in conformity
with the provisions of this code, state law and city ordinances, rules
and regulations regulating such work.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(k))
An adequate supply of water for drinking and sanitary purposes
shall be supplied by pipes to all buildings and mobile home spaces
within the mobile home park to meet the requirements of the park.
An adequate supply of hot water shall be provided at all times in
the service buildings for all bathing, washing, cleaning and laundry
facilities.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(l))
Waste from showers, bathtubs, flush toilets, urinals, lavatories,
slop sinks and laundries in service and other buildings within each
mobile home park shall be discharged into a public sewer system in
compliance with applicable provisions of this section or into a private
sewer and disposal plant or septic tank system of such construction
and in such manner as will present no health hazard.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(m))
Metal garbage cans with tightfitting covers shall be provided
in each mobile home park in quantities adequate to permit disposal
of all garbage and rubbish. The cans shall be kept in sanitary condition
at all times. Garbage and rubbish shall be collected and disposed
of as frequently as may be necessary to insure that the garbage cans
shall not overflow. Fees for collection and disposal of garbage shall
be in accordance with like fees for other residential areas of the
city.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(n))
(a)
Every
mobile home park shall be equipped at all times with fire extinguishing
equipment in good working order, of such type, size and number and
so located within the park as to satisfy applicable regulations of
the fire code. No open fires shall be permitted at any place within
the mobile home park.
(b)
Bottled
gas for cooking purposes shall not be used at individual mobile home
spaces unless the containers are properly connected by copper or other
suitable metallic tubing. Bottled gas cylinders shall be securely
fastened in place. No cylinder containing bottled gas shall be located
in a mobile home space or within five feet (5') of a door thereof.
State and local regulations applicable to the handling of bottled
gas and fuel must be followed.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(o))
No owner or person in charge of any dog, cat or other pet animal
shall permit it to run at large or commit any nuisance within the
limits of any mobile home park.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(p))
All service buildings and the grounds of each mobile home park
shall be maintained in a clean, sightly condition and kept free of
any condition that will menace the health of any occupant or the public
or constitute a nuisance.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(q))
If service buildings housing sanitation and laundry facilities
are provided in any mobile home park, they shall be permanent structures
complying with all applicable provisions of this article, state law
or city ordinances regulating buildings, electrical installations
and plumbing and sanitation systems.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(r))
The service buildings shall be well lighted at all times of
the day and night, shall be well ventilated with screened openings,
shall be constructed of such moisture-proof material, including painted
woodwork, as shall permit repeated cleaning and washing, and shall
be maintained at a temperature of at least sixty-eight degrees (68°)
Fahrenheit during the period from October first (1st) to May first
(1st). The floors of the service buildings shall be of water-impervious
material.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(s))
Service buildings housing sanitation facilities shall be located
not closer than fifteen feet (15') nor farther than two hundred feet
(200') from any mobile home space upon which a mobile home is harbored.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(t))
(a)
It
shall be the duty of each licensee or permittee under the provisions
of this article to keep a register containing a record of all mobile
home owners and occupants located within the mobile home park. The
register shall contain the following information:
(1)
The name and address of each mobile home occupant;
(2)
The name and address of the owner of each mobile home and the motor
vehicle by which it is towed;
(3)
The make, model, year and license number of each mobile home and
motor vehicle;
(4)
The state, territory or country issuing such licenses; and
(5)
The date of arrival and of departure of each mobile home.
(b)
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. The register record for each occupant registered
shall not be destroyed for a period of three (3) years following the
date of departure of the registrant from the park.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(u))
The licensee or permittee under the provisions of this article,
or a duly authorized attendant or caretaker, shall be in charge at
all times and shall keep the mobile home park, its facilities and
equipment in a clean, orderly and sanitary condition. The attendant
or caretaker shall be answerable, with the licensee or permittee,
for the violation of any provision of this article to which the licensee
or permittee is subject.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(v))
No mobile home shall be permitted in any mobile home park in
the city unless said home contains bathing, cooking and bathroom facilities.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(w))
All mobile homes in the city will be tied down and underpinned.
(2000 Code, sec. 3.702(x))
