Whenever used in this chapter, unless a different
meaning appears from context, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
MOBILE HOME
That which is designed to be transported by any motor vehicle
upon a public highway and designed, equipped and used for sleeping,
eating and living quarters, or is intended to be so used.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Any plot or plots of ground upon which two or more units
occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes are located, regardless
of whether or not a charge is made for such accommodations.
PERSON
Includes an individual, partnership, firm, company or corporation,
whether tenant, owner, lessee, licensee, or their agent, heir or assigns.
SPACE
A plot of ground within a mobile home park, designed for
the accommodation of one mobile home unit.
UNIT
A mobile home unit consisting of a section of ground in a
mobile home park of not less than 800 square feet of unoccupied space
designated as a location for only one automobile or mobile home.
[Amended 1-7-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-1740]
This chapter may be enforced by any City officer
or department for which the subject matter of the provision to be
enforced is within the general scope of duties of such officer or
department. For such purpose, any such officer or department member
may enter upon any premises on which any mobile homes are located,
or about to be located, and inspect the same and all accommodations
connected therewith at any reasonable time.
Any action toward the removal of wheels, except
for temporary purposes of repair, or any other action to attach the
mobile home to the ground by means of posts, piers or a foundation
or to construct any addition thereto shall also subject the mobile
home to the requirements of the Building, Plumbing, Electrical and
Zoning Codes.
No person shall establish or operate, upon property owned or controlled by him or her within the City, a mobile home park without having first secured a license therefor from the City Clerk. The application for such license shall be accompanied by a fee as specified in Chapter
169, Licenses and Permits. The license shall expire one year from the date of issuance. Such parks shall comply with § HSS 177, Wis. Adm. Code, which is hereby adopted by reference.
A. There is hereby imposed on each occupied, nonexempt
mobile home located in the City a monthly parking fee as determined
in accordance with § 66.0435, Wis. Stats. Such fees shall
be paid to the City Treasurer on or before the 10th day of the month
following the month for which such fees are due. Such fees shall be
collected by the mobile home park licensee, owner or operator, which
fees shall then be remitted to the City Treasurer as set forth above.
The owner, operator or licensee of a mobile home park shall be liable
for the monthly parking permit fee for any mobile home occupying space
therein, as well as the owner and occupant thereof.
[Amended 3-5-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-1708]
B. Licensees of mobile home parks and owners of land
on which are parked any occupied, nonexempt mobile homes shall furnish
information to the City Clerk and the City Assessor on such homes
added to their park or land within five days after arrival of such
home on forms furnished by the City Clerk in accordance with § 66.0435(3)(c)
and (e), Wis. Stats.
[Amended 3-5-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-1708]
C. Occupants or owners of nonexempt mobile homes parked outside of a mobile home park shall remit such fees directly to the City Treasurer as provided in Subsection
A. It shall be the full and complete responsibility of the licensee of a mobile home park to collect such fees from each occupied, nonexempt mobile home therein and to remit such fees to the City Treasurer as provided in Subsection
A.
[Amended 12-15-1998 by Ord. No. 98-1526]
No licensed mobile home park shall have more
than 50 units or mobile homes parked or kept in such park, and not
more than one license for a mobile home park shall be granted in any
school district located wholly or partially in the City.
No person shall at any time use his or her mobile
home, whether parked outside a mobile home licensed park, for the
purpose of advertising or commercial business.
[Amended 3-4-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-1745]
No owner of any mobile home or licensee of a
mobile home park shall construct or permit the construction of or
maintenance of an addition to a mobile home, such as a frame or other
type of attached lean-to structure or an attached entrance structure
or the like.
[Amended 1-7-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-1740]
Owners or occupants of mobile homes shall not
remove the wheels from the mobile home or set it up on blocks. Protective
enclosure around the base of the mobile home and wheels during the
winter months shall be constructed only in the manner approved by
the Building Inspector.
All plumbing electrical, building and other
work on or at any park licensed under this chapter shall be in accordance
with the ordinances of the City and all state laws and regulations
pertaining to such work.
Any license granted under the provisions of
this chapter shall be subject to revocation or suspension for cause
by the Council upon complaint filed with the Clerk, 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 he or she 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 Council may, within 20 days of the date of such
revocation or suspension, appeal therefrom to the circuit court in
which the mobile home park is located by filing a written notice of
appeal with the City Clerk, together with a bond executed to the City
in the sum of $500 with two sureties or a bonding company approved
by the City Clerk, conditioned for the faithful prosecution of such
appeal and the payment of costs adjudged against him or her.
The lawful use of a mobile home existing outside
of a licensed mobile home park at the time of the adoption of this
chapter (December 17, 1953) may be continued, but no structural alterations
or additions shall be made to such mobile home. If such mobile home
shall cease to be used for dwelling purposes for six months, the mobile
home shall thereafter not be used again for such dwelling use. The
owner of such mobile home, or the owner of the property on which the
same shall have been parked, shall not substitute any other mobile
home for the one in use at the time of the adoption of this chapter,
and when such dwelling use is discontinued, the mobile home shall
be removed from the location where such dwelling use existed.
In addition to the suspension or revocation of any license or permit granted under this chapter, any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, §
1-19.