It is the intent and purpose of this article to regulate the placing of mobile homes of all types and varieties in the City of Neillsville with regard to providing adequate standards to protect the public health, safety, morals, convenience, and general welfare.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
No mobile home as defined in this chapter shall be occupied or used for living or sleeping purposes unless it is located in an area that has been granted an appropriate permit by the Zoning Administrator. Temporary mobile homes or travel trailers used on construction projects or in conjunction with carnivals and circuses may be permitted when approved by the Zoning Administrator.
The "mobile home park," as defined in § 450-3B, is established:
A. 
To provide regulations and standards for the development of a safe, healthy and well-designed community for permanent mobile home living.
B. 
To provide, in appropriately located areas within specific zoning districts, sites for mobile home living developed at reasonable density consistent with sound standards of public health and safety.
C. 
To comply as much as possible with the objectives and purposes of each zoning district in which mobile home parks are located.
D. 
To ensure adequate light, air, access and open space for each mobile living unit.
E. 
To regulate the mobile home park such that it will complement the land use policy of the zoning district.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
A. 
Application conference. Prior to applying for a conditional use permit, the applicant is required to confer with the Planning Commission. A conference shall be scheduled by the Planning Commission within 30 days after receipt of the following basic information and data, displayed to scale on maps:
(1) 
The boundaries of the property;
(2) 
Existing easements and covenants affecting the property;
(3) 
Land characteristics, such as natural drainage, swamp areas and wooded areas;
(4) 
Development characteristics, such as surrounding streets, existing buildings, available community sewer, water and other utilities;
(5) 
An overall land use development plan delineating the street system, parking areas, concrete pads, recreational areas, public and private utility installations and any additional on-site improvements. Accompanying the land use development plan shall be a phasing plan for the development of the projects.
B. 
Planning Commission review and recommendation. The Planning Commission shall review the proposed conditional use permit to determine its conformity with land development trends in the community; standards of the Master Plan; and recognized principles of design, land use planning and landscape architecture. The Planning Commission shall convey in writing to the applicant:
(1) 
Approval;
(2) 
Approval with conditions;
(3) 
Approval with modifications;
(4) 
Rejection of the proposal. This communication must be made within 60 days of receipt of the conditional use permit application.
C. 
Conditional use permit filing procedure. After receipt of a written report from the Planning Commission, the applicant may file for a conditional use permit in accordance with the provisions of § 450-61.
(1) 
Findings of facts. Within 30 days after the close of the public hearing on the proposed conditional use permit, the Common Council shall make a written finding of facts. For the Common Council to make an affirmative recommendation, it must find in each of the following instances that:
(a) 
The establishment of a proposed mobile home park will not be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, morals, comfort, or general welfare.
(b) 
The proposed mobile home park will not be injurious to the use and enjoyment of other property in the immediate vicinity for the purposes already permitted nor substantially diminish and impair property values within the neighborhood.
(c) 
The proposed mobile home park will not impede the normal or orderly development and improvement of the surrounding property for uses permitted in the district.
(d) 
Adequate utilities, access roads, drainage, and/or other necessary facilities have been, are being, or will be provided.
(e) 
Adequate measures have been or will be taken to provide ingress and egress so designed as to minimize traffic congestion in the public streets.
(2) 
Effect of denial. No application for a conditional use permit which has been denied wholly or in part by the Common Council shall be resubmitted for a period of one year from the date of said denial, except on the grounds of new evidence or proof of changed conditions found to be valid by the Planning Commission.