The following definitions shall be applicable
in this article:
COLLECTOR STREET
A street designed primarily for through traffic and leading
directly to an exit or entrance and permitting two-way traffic.
LICENSEE
Any person, partnership or corporation licensed to operate
and maintain a mobile home park under the provisions of this article.
MOBILE HOME
A detached single-family dwelling unit with all of the following
characteristics:
A.
Designed and constructed for long-term occupancy
and containing sleeping accommodations, a flush toilet, a tub and
shower bath and kitchen facilities, with plumbing, electrical and
fuel connections provided for attachment to outside systems.
B.
Designed and constructed to be transported after
fabrication on its own wheels, or on flatbed or other trailers or
detachable wheels.
C.
Upon delivery at the site where it is to be
occupied as a dwelling containing major appliances and furniture,
and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking
and assembly operations and location on foundational supports and
connection to utilities and the like.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Any plot of ground upon which two or more mobile homes, occupied
for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located, regardless of whether
or not a charge is made for such accommodation.
MOBILE HOME SPACE
A plot of ground within a mobile home park designated for
the accommodation of one mobile home.
NONCONFORMING MOBILE HOME PARK
Any mobile home park in existence and otherwise in full compliance
with all applicable Village ordinances as of the date of the adoption
of this article.
PERMITTEE
Any person to whom a temporary permit is issued to maintain
or operate a mobile home park under the provisions of this article.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, trust, partnership, voluntary association
or corporation.
It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or operate a mobile home park within the limits of the Village of Orfordville unless such person shall first obtain a license therefor, except that the maintenance or operation of a mobile home park in existence on the effective date of this article may be continued under the terms set forth in §
320-62. Mobile homes shall only be located in mobile home parks.
Mobile home parks may be located in the Multiple-Family
Residence District (R-3).
A playground and recreational area shall be
furnished and equipped. The area is to be not less than one acre for
each 10 acres of mobile home parking spaces or portion thereof (exclusive
of streets). The playground and recreational area shall be planted
with trees and shrubs and kept mowed.
The licensee or permittee, or a duly authorized
attendant or caretaker, shall be in charge at all times to keep the
mobile home park, its facilities and equipment in a clean, orderly
and sanitary condition. The attendant or caretaker shall be answerable,
with the licensee or permittee, for the violation of any provision
of this article to which the licensee or permittee is subject.
Any license granted under the provisions of
this article shall be subject to revocation or suspension for cause
by the Village Board upon complaint filed with the Village Clerk-Treasurer,
signed by any law enforcement officer, health officer or building
inspector after a public hearing upon such complaint, provided that
the holder of such license shall be given 10 days' notice in writing
of such hearing, and the licensee shall be entitled to appear and
be heard as to why such license shall not be revoked. Any holder of
a license which is revoked or suspended by the Village Board may appeal
therefrom to the Circuit Court for Rock County as provided by law.
The license certificate shall be conspicuously
posted in the office of or on the premises of the mobile home park
at all times.
No mobile home shall be moved into any mobile
home park and no mobile home shall be occupied until the terms and
conditions of the initial license have been fully satisfied and all
construction therein completed throughout the entire park area; provided,
however, that a staged development plan for a mobile home park may
be filed, and, if approved by the Village Board or by the designated
official, the mobile home park may be occupied and operated in accordance
with the terms and conditions of that part of the stage of development
as is set forth in the plan.
Except as expressly modified herein, all private
roadway systems within the mobile home park shall be installed and
maintained in accordance with existing Village specifications, or
as said specifications may from time to time be modified.
All roadways within the mobile home park shall
be maintained by the licensee and shall not be the responsibility
of the Village.
It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any
person to park any mobile home on any street, alley or highway or
on land owned by any person within the Village of Orfordville, except
as follows:
A. In a duly licensed mobile home park.
B. For a period not to exceed 15 days where the occupancy
is temporary or transient.
C. In a rear yard, not to exceed 15 days, or in a garage,
provided that no living quarters are maintained or business conducted
in said mobile home, unless the time is extended by a Village Board
special permit; provided, however, that if the mobile home is less
than 24 feet in length, the same may be stored in the rear yard for
an indefinite time, provided that no living quarters are maintained
or business is conducted in said mobile home. (It is the intention
of the Village Board, by this subsection, to permit an unoccupied
mobile home 24 feet in length or over to be stored in a rear yard,
outside of a garage, for a period not to exceed 15 days and to permit
a mobile home less than 24 feet in length, generally being a camper-type
home, to be stored, if unoccupied, in a rear yard outside of a garage
for an indefinite period).
D. On owner-occupied property on which the owner-occupant
desiring to occupy a mobile home has installed sanitation facilities
which comply with the Plumbing Code and upon which said owner intends
to commence building a home within three months and intends to complete
said home within 12 months, the Village Board may issue a permit therefor,
for a special permit fee as set by the Village Board, but the permit
shall state on the face thereof that the permit will expire automatically,
without further notice, if the construction does not commence within
three months of the date of issue and the construction is not completed
within 12 months of the date of issue.
Mobile homes which, prior to the original effective
date of this article, were located outside of a mobile home park may
continue to locate outside of a mobile home park, but only upon the
following conditions:
A. The mobile home shall be subject to the monthly parking permit fee as established in §
320-75.
B. Upon removal of the mobile home, the mobile home shall
be subject to this article, and the area formerly occupied by the
mobile home shall no longer be used for mobile home purposes, except
as permitted by this article.
C. The right to continue to use the area for mobile home
purposes shall not be terminated in the event of a bona fide sale
of the mobile home by the owner or his personal representatives or
assigns, but a sale of the mobile home by a foreclosing creditor,
trustee in bankruptcy, or any other party shall forfeit the right
to use the mobile home on the location as granted by this section.
In hardship cases, the Village Board may, in
its discretion, grant a temporary permit, not to exceed six months,
said permit to clearly state the expiration date thereon, provided
that sanitation rules as set forth in this article are complied with
and provided that consent of all adjacent owners or occupiers of land
is obtained. The temporary permit may be renewed for additional six-month
periods by the Village Board if the hardship continues beyond the
licensed period.