It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or operate,
within the limits of the city, any manufactured housing or mobile
home and/or travel trailer park unless such person shall first obtain
a license therefor.
(Ordinance adopted 7/3/73, sec.
2.01; 1989 Code, sec. 12-41)
The annual license fee for each manufactured housing or mobile home and/or travel trailer park, or transfer thereof, shall be as provided in appendix
A of this code.
(Ordinance adopted 7/3/73, sec.
2.02; 1989 Code, sec. 12-42; Ordinance
adopting 2016 Code)
(a) Applications
for a manufactured housing or mobile home and/or travel trailer park
license shall be filed with the city council, and upon approval by
the city council, and having first obtained a building permit from
the city building official, the city secretary shall issue the license.
Applications shall be in writing, signed by the applicant, and shall
contain the following to enable determination that the mobile home
and/or travel trailer park will comply with the legal requirements:
(1) The name and address of the applicant;
(2) The location and legal description of the manufactured housing or
mobile home and/or travel trailer park;
(3) A complete plan of the park showing compliance with section
3.06.071;
(4) Plans and specifications of all buildings and other improvements
constructed, water, sewer, gas, electricity, telephone, and garbage
disposal, or to be constructed, with the manufactured housing or mobile
home and/or travel trailer park.
(b) The
application and all accompanying plans and specifications shall be
filed in triplicate. The mayor, health officer, and city planning
and zoning commission shall investigate the applicant, and inspect
the proposed plans and specifications. Each of them shall then make
a report to the city council concerning such applicant and include
therein their recommendations relative to the issuance of a license.
If the mobile home and/or travel trailer park will be in compliance
with all provisions of this article and all other applicable ordinances
or statutes, the city council may approve the application, and, in
the case of proposed parks, make such approval contingent upon the
completion of the park according to the plans and specifications submitted
with the application. After approval of park by the city council,
before any work is started, there shall be a building permit acquired
from the city building official. The city secretary, at the direction
of the city council, shall issue the license.
(Ordinance adopted 7/3/73, sec.
2.03; 1989 Code, sec. 12-43)
The city council may revoke any license issued under this division
in case any of the provisions hereof are violated. However, before
the license may be revoked, the city council must give ten (10) days’
notice to the holder of the license and hold a hearing thereon. After
the license has been revoked, the license may be reissued if the reasons
for the revocation have been duly corrected.
(Ordinance adopted 7/3/73, sec.
2.05; 1989 Code, sec. 12-45)
Upon application for a transfer of a license issued under this article, the city council may issue a transfer upon payment of the transfer fee as provided in appendix
A of this code. Such original license, and transfer thereof, may be granted at any time during the year and shall expire at the end of the fiscal year of the city unless previously revoked or terminated.
(Ordinance adopted 7/3/73, sec.
2.06; 1989 Code, sec. 12-46; Ordinance
adopting 2016 Code)
The license certificate shall be conspicuously posted in the
office of or on the premises of the manufactured housing or mobile
home and/or travel trailer park at all times.
(Ordinance adopted 7/3/73, sec.
2.07; 1989 Code, sec. 12-47)