It is unlawful for any person to own or manage any manufactured home community within the limits of the city without a valid license issued by the city.
(Ordinance 440-2007, sec. 4, adopted 10/18/07)
(a) 
An applicant for a manufactured home community license shall file with the city a written application on a form provided for that purpose and signed by the owner or manager, or his or her agent. The following information is required in the application:
(1) 
Correct names and correct current addresses and telephone numbers of the lessor, sublessor, owner, property manager, resident manager, and insurance company;
(2) 
Trade name of the manufactured home community;
(3) 
Correct and current names and addresses of all registered agents of any of the parties above named that are corporations;
(4) 
Correct current zoning district in which the mobile home community is located;
(5) 
Accurate number of manufactured home plots;
(6) 
Current correct telephone number, name, and address of a person responsible for paying utility bills for the common area of the manufactured home community.
(b) 
Licenses are annual and expire on the 31st day of December of the year issued. The owner shall make application to renew the license no later than December 31 of the current year.
(c) 
The city may, at any time, require additional relevant information of the owner or manager to clarify items on the application, and the owner or manager shall do so.
(d) 
When more than fifty percent (50%) of the ownership of the manufactured home community changes or there is a change of a general partner, the new owners and partners shall obtain a new license.
(e) 
The owner or licensee shall notify the city in writing of each change in ownership and each change in property manager, resident manager, individual responsible for paying utility bills, and individual responsible for compliance with this article, or any information required in this section, within thirty (30) days of the change.
(f) 
If an annual license cannot be issued at the time the application is filed, a temporary license may be issued upon payment of the license fee, which shall be valid until such time as the annual license is issued or the temporary license is revoked for failure or refusal to comply with this article.
(Ordinance 440-2007, sec. 5, adopted 10/18/07)
(a) 
The city will not issue a manufactured home community license until the applicant has met all the prerequisites for a license and paid all applicable fees.
(b) 
The annual fee for each manufactured home community license is as provided for in the fee schedule found in the appendix of this code.
(c) 
If the applicant pays a fee under this section by check or other instrument which is not honored, the license for which the payment was made is void and invalid.
(d) 
The applicant shall pay the license fee at the time he or she files an application with the city.
(e) 
In addition to the annual fee, the applicant shall pay a late charge equal to ten (10) percent of the annual licensing fee for any portion of the first month the annual licensing fee is late and five (5) percent of the annual licensing fee for any portion of each succeeding month the fee is late or twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for any portion of any month that annual licensing fee is late, whichever is greater.
(Ordinance 440-2007, sec. 6, adopted 10/18/07)
(a) 
Each license issued pursuant to this article to a manufactured home community owner or manager shall be posted and displayed by the owner or manager in the business office of the manufactured home community or in another conspicuous place to which tenants have access.
(b) 
A replacement license may be issued for one lost, destroyed, or mutilated upon application on the form provided by the city. A replacement license may have the word “Replacement” stamped across its face.
(c) 
A manufactured home community license is not assignable or transferable from one person to another or from one place to another.
(Ordinance 440-2007, sec. 7, adopted 10/18/07)
The owner and manager shall maintain the manufactured home community in compliance with the provisions of this article and with all applicable city ordinances and state and federal laws in order to obtain, retain, or renew a manufactured home community license.
(Ordinance 440-2007, sec. 8, adopted 10/18/07)