The manufactured housing or mobile home and/or travel trailer
park shall conform to the following requirements:
(1) The
park shall be located on a well-drained site, properly graded to insure
rapid drainage and freedom from stagnant pools of water.
(2) Mobile
home and/or travel trailer lots shall be provided, consisting of a
minimum of four thousand (4,000) square feet for each lot, which shall
be at least thirty-five (35) feet wide and clearly defined. Mobile
homes or travel trailers shall be so harbored on each lot that there
shall be at least a twenty-five-foot clearance between mobile homes
or travel trailers; provided, however, that with respect to mobile
homes or travel trailers parked end-to-end, the end-to-end clearance
between mobile homes or travel trailers may be not less than ten (10)
feet. No mobile home or travel trailer shall be located closer than
ten (10) feet from any building within the park or twenty-five (25)
feet from any property line bounding the park.
(3) All
mobile home and/or travel trailer lots shall abut upon a driveway
of not less than twenty-five (25) feet in width which shall have unobstructed
access to public street, alley or highway. All driveways shall be
hard surfaced, well-marked in the daytime, and lighted at night. The
minimum quality of such driveway surfacing shall be a two-course hot
top surface.
(4) Walkways not less than two (2) feet wide shall be provided from the mobile home and/or travel trailer lots to the service buildings. The walkway shall be hard surfaced, as provided in subsection
(3) above, well-marked in the daytime and lighted at night.
(5) For
each mobile home or travel trailer lot there shall be two (2) off-street
parking spaces provided.
(6) All
dependent mobile home parks and/or subdivisions shall provide restroom
and shower facilities in a central location.
(Ordinance adopted 7/3/73, sec.
3.01; 1989 Code, sec. 12-61; Ordinance
adopting 2016 Code)
Manufactured housing or mobile home and/or travel trailer parks
may be located only in conformity with the comprehensive zoning ordinance
of the city, and in addition to the requirements contained therein,
each boundary of the park must be at least two hundred (200) feet
from any permanent residential building located outside the park,
unless separated therefrom by a natural or artificial barrier, or
unless a majority of the property owners according to area within
the two hundred (200) feet consent in writing to the establishment
of the park; provided, however, that the provisions of this section
shall not apply to manufactured housing or mobile home and/or travel
trailer parks already in existence and operation at the time of the
passage of the ordinance from which this section was derived, and
such existing and operating parks shall be treated as a nonconforming
use insofar as the requirements of this section are concerned.
(Ordinance adopted 7/3/73, sec.
3.02; 1989 Code, sec. 12-62)
Every person owning or operating a manufactured housing or mobile
home and/or travel trailer park shall maintain such park, and any
facilities, fixtures, and permanent equipment in connection therewith,
in a clean and sanitary condition and shall maintain said equipment
in a state of good repair.
(Ordinance adopted 7/3/73, sec.
3.03; 1989 Code, sec. 12-63)
It shall be unlawful for any person operating a manufactured
housing or mobile home and/or a travel trailer park or occupying a
mobile home or travel trailer to construct or permit to be constructed
in such park, or in connection with such mobile home or travel trailer,
any additional structure, building or shelter in connection with or
attached to a mobile home or travel trailer, except, however, awnings
of canvas or metal, suitably constructed, may be attached to mobile
homes or travel trailers, as well as portable, prefabricated, temporary
rooms for the express purpose of increasing mobile home or travel
trailer 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 or travel trailer to which it is accessory
is moved;
(5) Finish
and appearance to be as near the same as possible to the mobile home
or travel trailer to which it is accessory;
(6) The
length must not exceed the length of the mobile home or travel trailer
to which it is accessory; and
(7) Only
one (1) such room per mobile home and travel trailer shall be permitted.
(Ordinance adopted 7/3/73, sec.
3.04; 1989 Code, sec. 12-64)
Each manufactured housing or mobile home and/or travel trailer
park shall be provided with a building to be known as the office and
a sign thereon in which shall be kept copies of all records pertaining
to the management and supervision of the park, as well as all rules
and regulations of the park, such records, rules and regulations to
be available for inspection by law enforcement officers, public health
officials, and other officials whose duties necessitate acquisition
of the information contained therein.
(Ordinance adopted 7/3/73, sec.
3.05; 1989 Code, sec. 12-65)
It shall be the duty of the owner, his or her agent, representative
or manager to prescribe rules and regulations for the management of
the manufactured housing or mobile home and/or travel trailer park,
to make adequate provisions for the enforcement of such rules, and
to subscribe to any and all subsequent rules and regulations which
may be adopted for the management of such park. Copies of all such
rules and regulations shall be furnished to the city council. 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) Provide
or demand that all mobile homes or travel trailers have skirts and
tie-downs within sixty (60) days of placement of mobile home;
(5) Tie-downs
to be applicable to FHA standards.
(Ordinance adopted 7/3/73, sec.
4.01; 1989 Code, sec. 12-66)
All manufactured housing and mobile homes shall be properly
connected to approved water, sewer, and electrical systems.
(Ordinance adopted 7/3/73, sec.
5.01; 1989 Code, sec. 12-67)
Bottled gas for cooking purposes shall not be used at individual
manufactured housing, mobile home or travel trailer lots unless the
containers are properly connected by copper or suitable metallic tubing.
Bottled gas cylinders shall be securely fastened in place. No cylinder
containing bottled gas shall be located in manufactured housing, mobile
homes or travel trailers or within five (5) feet of a door thereof.
State and local regulations applicable to the handling of bottled
gas and fuel oil must be followed.
(Ordinance adopted 7/3/73, sec.
5.02; 1989 Code, sec. 12-68)