For the purpose of this chapter, the terms defined in this chapter shall
have the meanings and definitions below:
DEPENDENT UNIT
A mobile home which does not have complete bathroom or shower and
toilet facilities and is not intended for year-round occupancy.
MOBILE HOME
Any structure taxed as a mobile home under the Wisconsin statutes
and constructed in such a manner as will permit occupancy thereof as a dwelling,
or sleeping quarters for one or more persons, and so designed that it is or
may be mounted on wheels and used as a conveyance on highways or city streets,
propelled or drawn by its own or other motor power, or it can be transported
in one or several segments by some other means other than its own power, excepting
a device used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. For purposes of
this chapter, each mobile home must be constructed after 1976 and meet all
federal government requirements for building standards and codes.
MOBILE HOME PARK
Any park, court, campsite, plot, parcel or tract of land designed, maintained, intended or used for the purpose of supplying a location or accommodation for mobile homes (nondependent units only), and shall include all buildings used or intended for use as part of the equipment thereof, whether or not a charge is made for the use of the Mobile Home Park District as authorized by Chapter
255, Zoning. A mobile home park shall not include automobile or mobile home sales lots on which unoccupied mobile homes are parked for purposes of inspection and sale.
NONDEPENDENT UNIT
A mobile home equipped with complete bath and toilet facilities,
all furniture, cooking and heating appliances and complete year-round facilities.
PERSON
An individual, partnership, firm, company or corporation, whether
tenant, owner, lessee, licensee or his or its agent, heirs or assigns.
SIZE
Each mobile home located within a mobile home park in the city shall
contain a minimum of 960 square feet of livable area.
SPACE
A plot of ground in a mobile home park of not less than 6,000 square
feet designed for the location of one mobile home with sufficient area for
the parking of two automobiles.
Except as provided in this chapter, no person shall park any mobile
home on any street, alley or highway or other public place or any tract of
land owned by any person within the city that is not properly zoned and within
the definition of a "mobile home park."
A. Emergency or temporary stopping or parking is permitted
on any street, alley or highway for not longer than 24 hours, subject to any
other and further prohibitions, regulations or limitations imposed by the
traffic and parking regulations and ordinances for that particular street,
alley or highway that the mobile home is parked on.
B. A special permit may be granted the City Clerk or Mayor
for a longer period after a written application therefor is made to the city.
The application shall give the name of the applicant, the owner or lessee
of the mobile home, the desired location and the dates and hours requested
for overtime parking. The permit may be granted for not to exceed five days
if the issuing official finds that such parking will not interfere with the
orderly flow of traffic or be otherwise injurious to the welfare of the city
or its residents. The permit may be granted on the condition that the parking
fees for such location are paid to the City Clerk in advance.
C. No person shall park or occupy any mobile home on any
premises which is situated outside an approved mobile home park. The parking
of only one unoccupied mobile home in an accessory private garage building
or in a rear yard is permitted, provided that no living quarters shall be
maintained or any business practiced in such mobile home while it is so parked
or stored, except recreational-type campers. No person shall park or occupy
any mobile home unit as defined in this chapter as a result of the inclusion
of additions, attachments and annexes, foundations and appurtenances.
D. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to mobile
homes parked in the city and occupied as homes as a nonconforming use prior
to April 6, 1970. Replacement of such mobile homes shall not be permitted,
provided that in hardship cases the Common Council may, by resolution formally
adopted by the Common Council, permit a person to replace his present mobile
home. The permit allowing replacement of such mobile home shall not extend
beyond the life of the current owners. Upon death of the current owners, the
replacement mobile home shall be removed from the property. Current owners
may not transfer ownership of a nonconforming mobile home.
There is hereby imposed on each owner or operator of a mobile home park
licensed herein a monthly tax, as determined in accordance with W.S.A. s.
66.058, on each occupied, nonexempt mobile home which shall be parked in such
park at any time during the month. The licensee shall collect the proper amount
from each mobile home and pay the Clerk such parking permit fee or tax on
or before the 10th of the month following the month for which such fee or
tax is due, in accordance with the terms of this chapter and such regulations
as the Clerk may reasonably promulgate.
The Council may revoke any license or permit issued pursuant to this
chapter and in accordance with W.S.A. s. 66.058.