"Health officer"
as used in this chapter means the director of the Wichita-Sedgwick County department of public health or his authorized representative.
"House trailers"
as used in this chapter means any portable structure or vehicle designed for highway travel which is used or intended to be used for either living, sleeping, eating or cooking purposes and which does not include all of the following facilities: a flush water closet, a lavatory, a bath or shower and kitchen sink.
"Inspecting officer"
as used in this chapter means the city clerk of Valley Center, Kansas.
"Mobile home"
as used in this chapter means any portable structure or vehicle designed for highway travel which is used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating and which includes a kitchen sink, a flush water closet, a lavatory, a bathtub or shower, a stove and a refrigerator.
"Mobile home park"
as used in this chapter means land used or intended to be used by one or more occupied mobile homes and/or house trailers and shall provide spaces for at least ten mobile homes and/or house trailers.
"Mobile home space"
as used in this chapter means a plot of ground within a mobile home park which is designated to accommodate one mobile home or house trailer and which provides service facilities for water, sewage, and electricity.
"Occupy," "occupancy," or "occupied"
as used in this chapter means the use of any mobile home or house trailer by any person for living, sleeping, cooking or eating purposes for any period of four or more consecutive days.
"Park"
as used in this chapter means mobile home park.
"Roadway"
as used in this chapter means any private street located within a park and provided for the general vehicular and pedestrian circulation within the park.
(Ord. 401 § 1, 1967)
All persons presently parking trailers in the city shall obtain a park license, upon the expiration of their existing license with such license being issued only after approval of the required application by the inspection officer and the health officer and only after payment of the required fee. All persons operating parks shall obtain a park license before occupancy or continued use of such park, with such license being issued only after approval of the required application by the inspection officer and the health officer and only after payment of the required fee. Said park licenses for both existing and new parks shall be renewed annually, twelve months from the date of the previous license, after approval by the inspection officer and health officer and after the payment of the required fee. No person shall operate a park without a current park license.
(Ord. 401 § 3, 1967)
A. 
All persons operating parks shall make an application to the inspection officer for a park license. Such application shall be in triplicate, in writing, signed by the applicant, and shall include the following: the name, address and telephone number of the applicant; the location and legal description of the mobile home park; three copies of a plot plan of the park drawn to scale, at not less than one inch equal thirty feet, showing park dimensions; number, location and size of mobile home spaces; location and width of roadways, walkways, off-street parking and easements; location and size of buildings, sewers, water lines and gas lines; and the location and specifications of any sewage disposal system and water supply wells.
B. 
Only those parks which comply with all sections of this chapter will be eligible for a (G) mobile home district zoning classification.
(Ord. 401 § 4, 1967)
All persons developing new parks shall make an application to the inspection officer for a park license. Such application shall be in triplicate, in writing, signed by the applicant and shall include the following: the name, address and telephone number of the applicant; the location and legal description of the proposed park; three complete sets of plans for the park showing compliance with all applicable provisions of this chapter including a plot plan of the park drawn to scale, at not less than one inch equals thirty feet, showing the park dimensions; number, location and size of mobile home spaces; location and width of roadways, walkways, off-street parking and easements; location, size and specifications of buildings, sewers, water lines and gas lines; the location and specifications of any sewage disposal system and water supply system; the existing topography and a drainage grading plan. The submitted plans may be approved by the inspection officer for construction only after they have been reviewed and approved by the health officer. One set of the approved plans shall be retained by the health officer, one by the inspection officer, and one returned to the applicant. Approval and issuance of a park license for such new parks shall not be made until construction in accordance with the approved plans has been completed.
(Ord. 401 § 5, 1967)
License fee for the park license provided for herein shall be as follows: For each trailer house that the license allows to be parked in an area, a fee of twelve dollars per year shall be paid.
(Ord. 401 § 17, 1967)
The city governing body is authorized to revoke license issued pursuant to the terms of this chapter, if after due investigation they determine the holder thereof has violated any of the provisions of this chapter or that any trailer house or trailer park or mobile home is being maintained in an unsanitary or unsafe manner or is a nuisance.
(Ord. 401 § 18, 1967)
A. 
All parks shall be located in accordance with the provisions of Sections 14.20.310 through 14.20.330 and shall be located on a well drained site properly graded to insure adequate drainage and freedom from stagnant pools of water.
B. 
No license for a mobile home park shall be issued unless the location of the park is on land zoned for a mobile home district as provided in Sections 14.20.310 through 14.20.330.
(Ord. 401 § 6, 1967)
At least one mobile home space in each park shall contain not less than forty-five hundred square feet. All additional mobile home spaces in each park shall contain a minimum of fifteen hundred square feet for each such additional space with the boundaries properly marked.
(Ord. 401 § 7(A), 1967)
All mobile homes or house trailers shall be so located on the mobile home space as to maintain no less than five feet setback clearance from any side boundary line and no less than twenty feet side clearance form another mobile home, house trailer or building.
(Ord. 401 § 7(B), 1967)
All mobile homes or house trailers shall be so located on the mobile home space as to maintain a front setback of no less than twenty feet from the centerline of a park roadway or twenty-five feet from any public street or highway right-of-way, and in no instance, shall such setback be less than five feet form the edge of the park roadway.
(Ord. 401 § 7(C), 1967)
All mobile homes or house trailers shall be so located on the mobile home space as to maintain no less than five feet setback clearance from the rear boundary of the mobile home space and no less than twelve feet rear clearance from another mobile home or house trailer.
(Ord. 401 § 7(D), 1967)
All mobile home spaces shall abut upon a roadway or street of not less than thirty feet in width. Each park roadway shall be continuous.
(Ord. 401 § 7(E), 1967)
All park roadways and mobile home spaces shall be clearly identified with letters or numerals of a light reflecting material. Such letters or numerals are to be a minimum of two inches in height.
(Ord. 401 § 7(F), 1967)
Off-street parking shall be provided so that at least one space per trailer is provided; provided that, park roadways shall not be used to provide the required off-street parking.
(Ord. 401 § 7(G), 1967)
All park roadways shall be lighted at night with fifty watt lamps at a maximum interval of two hundred feet located approximately twenty feet from the ground.
(Ord. 401 § 7(H), 1967)
All parks shall have a recreation area which is safely located and has play equipment and benches for at least a number of persons equal to one and one-half persons per trailer space in the park.
(Ord. 401 § 7(I), 1967)
An accessible, safe and potable supply of water as approved by the health officer shall be provided in each park; provided that if city water is available it shall be used and in such case all applicable ordinances of the city shall be complied with.
(Ord. 401 § 8(A), 1967)
Individual water service connections to the park water supply system shall be provided at each mobile home space. Such service connections for new parks shall be at least three-quarters inch in diameter and equipped with three-quarters inch valve outlet. The outlet shall be located at least four inches above ground surface and protected from surface water flooding. Water service pipes shall be protected against freezing. Below ground shutoff valves may be used but stop and waste valves shall not be used.
(Ord. 401 § 8(B), 1967)
Each mobile home space shall be provided with no less than a three inch sewer connection. Such individual connection shall be provided with suitable fittings so that a watertight connection can be made between the mobile home or house trailer drain and the sewer connection. The connection shall be so constructed that it can be and is closed when not connected to the mobile home or house trailer and shall be trapped in such a manner as to be maintained in an odor free condition. When the park sewer system is connected to the city's sanitary sewer system, individual connection shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the applicable ordinances of the city.
(Ord. 401 § 9(A), 1967)
Individual house trailer or mobile home sewer connections in new parks shall be made to submains of sufficient size to serve the park at its ultimate maximum capacity. Where a new park sewer system is connected to the city's sewer system such submains shall be at least six inches in diameter.
(Ord. 401 § 9(B), 1967)
When the sewer lines of the park are not connected to a public sewer, a sewage treatment plant or sewage disposal system approved by the health officer shall be provided. The design of such facilities for new parks shall be based on the ultimate maximum of capacity of the park. The approval of the health officer shall be obtained on the type of treatment proposed and on the design of the facility prior to the construction.
(Ord. 401 § 9(C), 1967)
Provisions for garbage and refuse storage, collection and disposal shall be maintained so as to create no health hazards, rodent harborage, insect breeding areas, accident hazards or air pollution and shall comply with the ordinances of the city.
(Ord. 401 § 10, 1967)
A weatherproof electrical outlet supplying at least one hundred ten volts shall be provided for each mobile home space. All electrical wiring shall comply with applicable provisions of the electric code of the city. No power lines shall be permitted to lie on the ground or to be suspended less than fifteen feet above the ground over any roadway or service area.
(Ord. 401 § 11, 1967)
When liquefied petroleum gas is used, containers for such gas shall be the liquefied petroleum gas containers approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission for its intended purpose and shall be integrally attached to the mobile home or house trailer in a manner as approved by the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association, Inc., or other approved authority. In the absence of such approved containers attached to the mobile home or house trailer systems shall be installed as follows:
A. 
No LP container holding more than twenty-five gallons water capacity shall be connected to a mobile home or house trailer;
B. 
Containers shall be located at the front of the mobile home or house trailer near the hitch;
C. 
Containers shall be set on a firm, fire resistive base with a ventilated cover protecting the regulator and relief valve;
D. 
Containers shall be located at least ten feet from any building or property line;
E. 
There shall be no door or window opening below the relief valve within five feet.
(Ord. 401 § 12(A), 1967)
Natural gas may be connected to mobile homes or house trailers under the following conditions:
A. 
All gas lines supplying mobile homes or house trailers shall be of adequate size to provide a sufficient supply of gas that will allow all appliances in the mobile home or house trailer to operate at their normal rates of capacity;
B. 
Where a gas utility company supplies gas to individual mobile homes or house trailers the service line to the mobile home or house trailer shall be sized as required by the utility serving the same and a meter loop shall be made in accordance with the requirements of said utility company;
C. 
All gas lines including gas service lines serving the mobile home or house trailer shall be buried not less than eighteen inches below the ground to a point at or below the mobile home or house trailer;
D. 
For each individual mobile home or house trailer there shall be a gas stop cock, an automatic shutoff valve, a six-inch breakaway nipple which may consist of a three-quarter inch by six inch threaded PVC nipple, and an American Gas Association approved flexible connector, all installed on the line side of the connection of the mobile home or house trailer and in place readily accessible for use.
(Ord. 401 § 12(B), 1967)
It shall be the duty of the person operating each park to keep a register containing a record of all mobile home and house trailer owners and tenants located within each park. The register shall contain the name and address of each occupant; the make, model, year and manufacturer of each mobile home and each house trailer; the dates of arrival and departure of each mobile home and house trailer.
(Ord. 401 § 13 (part), 1967)
The person operating each park, shall keep the register available for inspection at all times by law enforcement officers, assessor, public health officials and other officials whose duties necessitate acquisition of the information contained in the register. The original records of the register shall not be destroyed for a period of three years following the date of registration.
(Ord. 401 § 13 (part), 1967)
A. 
Alterations and additions which are affected by provisions herein within or to a park and facilities shall be made only after application to the inspection officer and in conformity with all of the sections of this chapter.
B. 
No additions of any kind shall be built onto or become a part of any mobile home or house trailer except with the written approval of the inspection officer. Skirting of coaches is permissible, but such skirting shall not permanently attach the coach to the ground, provide a harborage for rodents or create a fire hazard.
C. 
The wheels of the mobile home or house trailer shall not be removed except temporarily when necessary for repairs. Jacks or stabilizers may be placed under the frame of the mobile home or house trailer to prevent movement on the springs while the trailer is parked and occupied. A mobile home or house trailer shall not be permanently attached to the ground or otherwise converted to a building unless it complies with the appropriate housing ordinances of the city.
(Ord. 401 § 14, 1967)
The intent and purpose of Sections 14.20.310 through 14.20.330 is to establish a use district which provides for location of adequate housing facilities in mobile home and trailer parks designed and constructed to accommodate mobile homes and house trailers and other uses compatible with such parks which provide related services necessary and appropriate to the satisfactory functioning of such parks. Commercial and office facilities are to be provided in separate districts specifically allowing such uses. Such areas shall be well suited for residential purposes in terms of compatible adjacent and nearby uses, provide an adequate healthy environment, have school facilities available, be located along major thoroughfares or adequately improved collectors, be well drained and have municipal-type (or their equivalent) water and sewer facilities available. The density level for this district shall be comparable to that allowed for four-family dwellings.
(Ord. 401 § 16 (part), 1967)
A. 
In the mobile home district, no building or premises shall be used and no building shall be hereafter erected, enlarged, converted or altered unless otherwise provided in this chapter, except for one or more of the following uses. All buildings or structures erected, enlarged, converted or altered in the mobile home district shall conform to the following area and height and setback regulations.
B. 
Uses permitted shall be as follows:
1. 
Mobile homes parks;
2. 
Public schools, elementary schools and high schools, and private schools having a curriculum equivalent to and substantially the same as that of a public elementary school or public high school;
3. 
Churches;
4. 
Parks, playground and community buildings operated by a public agency or nonprofit organization;
5. 
Recreation facilities such as swimming pools, tennis courts, shuffle boards, lakes providing fishing for residents of the mobile home park but not open and available for the general public;
6. 
Day nurseries and kindergartens;
7. 
Public and private golf courses not including miniature golf courses and driving ranges;
8. 
Public libraries;
9. 
Home occupations;
10. 
Accessory structures and uses when such are located on the same lot and traditionally and customarily incidental and subordinate to any of the permitted uses in this section.
(Ord. 401 § 16(A), 1967)