[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Hudson 2-7-1972. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings hereinafter designated:
A canvas or folding structure mounted on wheels and designed
for travel, recreation and vacation use.
A flush toilet lavatory, bath and kitchen sink.
A mobile home which does not have complete bathroom facilities.
That which is, or was as originally constructed, designed
to be transported by any motor vehicle upon a public highway and designed,
equipped and used primarily for sleeping, eating and living quarters,
or is intended to be so used; and includes any additions, attachments,
annexes, foundations and appurtenances, except that a house trailer
is not deemed a mobile home if the assessable value of such additions,
attachments, annexes, foundations and appurtenances equals or exceeds
50% of the assessable value of the mobile home.
A portable, temporary dwelling to be used for travel, recreation
and vacation, constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled
vehicle.
A structure designed to be mounted on a truck chassis for
use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation and vacation.
A building housing toilet and bathing facilities for men
or women, and may also include buildings containing laundry facilities
and other facilities as required by this chapter or desired by the
licensee.
All vehicles and portable structures built on a chassis whether designed to be towed upon the highway or self-propelled, designed as a temporary or permanent dwelling for travel, recreational or vacation use and not included in the definition of "nondependent mobile home" in § 59-1 of this Code. For purposes of this chapter, dependent mobile homes, as defined in this chapter, camping trailers, pickup coaches, motor homes and similar recreational vehicles are considered to be travel trailers unless otherwise indicated.
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A plot of ground upon which two or more travel trailers are
occupied for dwelling, regardless of whether or not a charge is made
for such accommodations.
A plot of ground within a travel trailer park designed for
accommodation of one travel trailer.
A.
No person shall occupy or park for purposes of occupancy
any travel trailer or dependent mobile home on any public or private
street or land with the Town of Hudson outside of a licensed travel
trailer park, except that one travel trailer may be parked for not
more than 30 days on premises on which a permanent dwelling is located.
The Town Board shall have authority to extend the permitted time of
occupancy for persons working on public construction projects serving
the Town of Hudson.
B.
Parking of unoccupied travel trailer and dependent
mobile homes outside an approved travel trailer park is lawful in
the following instances:
(1)
On the premises of an authorized travel trailer dealer
provided no business is practiced therein.
(2)
One travel trailer unit may be parked in an accessory
private garage or building or a rear yard of the owner, provided no
business is practiced therein.
(3)
On the premises of any vehicle service business for
the purpose of servicing or making repairs thereto.
A.
No travel trailer shall be used as a permanent place
of abode, dwelling or business or for indefinite periods of time.
Continuous occupancy extending beyond three months in any twelve-month
period shall be presumed to be permanent occupancy.
B.
Any action toward removal of the wheels of a travel
trailer except for temporary purposes of repair or to attach the trailer
to the grounds for stabilizing purposes is hereby prohibited.
A.
No person shall establish, operate or maintain a travel
trailer park or permit the same on premises owned, leased or controlled
by him with the Town of Hudson without first having obtained a valid
unexpired license therefor issued by the Municipal Clerk and approved
by the Town Board.
B.
Travel trailer park licenses shall expire one year
from date of issue and may be renewed for additional one-year periods
under this chapter.
C.
Licenses shall be subject to revocation or suspension
by the governing body for violation of any of the provisions of this
chapter or terms or conditions imposed by the governing body and endorsed
upon the license, or any of the ordinances of the Town of Hudson regulating
health, morals, safety or welfare. Such revocation or suspension shall
be governed by the provisions of § 66.0435(2)(d), Wis. Stats.,
relating to revocation or suspension of mobile home park licenses.
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D.
Any person whose license has been suspended or revoked
under this chapter shall not be eligible for a license or renewal
hereunder for a period of 12 months thereafter.
F.
Unexpired travel trailer park licenses may be transferred
from one owner or operator to another upon payment of a fee as set
from time to time by resolution of the Town Board the Town Clerk.
A.
No travel trailer park shall be located in any fire
district.
B.
Travel trailer parks shall comply with all requirements
of Wis. Admin. Code Chapter ATCP 79; and if such park admits or proposes
to accommodate dependent mobile homes, the park shall also comply
with all requirements of Wis. Admin. Code Chapter SPS 326. Such codes
are hereby adopted by reference and made a part of this chapter as
if fully set forth herein. Before any park license shall be issued,
the applicant shall present to the governing body proof of such compliance.
Provisions of Wis. Admin. Code Chapter SPS 326 shall supersede provisions
of Wis. Admin. Code Chapter ATCP 79, if applicable, under this subsection.
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C.
The minimum tract size of a travel trailer park shall
be five acres.
D.
Travel trailer spaces within each park shall have
a minimum width of 25 feet and a minimum depth of 40 feet.
E.
A minimum of 11/2 off-street automobile parking spaces
shall be provided for each travel trailer space within the park.
F.
All travel trailer parks shall be designed to provide
maximum feasible privacy to occupants and located on such sites within
the Town of Hudson as are most appropriate to recreational use and
not contrary to the Zoning Ordinance, building or subdivision control,
fire district or other ordinances or regulations of the town, and
not to create traffic hazards.
G.
Travel trailer parks shall be designed to blend with
and enhance the beauty and economic value of the surrounding properties
and to produce an attractive environment of sustained aesthetic and
ecological desirability. For this purpose the Town Board may require
the developer to provide vegetative screen planting which will reach
a height of 15 feet and form a screen equivalent in capacity to a
solid fence or wall in five years or to provide other appropriate
screening of the premises.
H.
Access to and from travel trailer parks shall be to
nonresidential streets, highways or service roads.
I.
Commercial facilities and structures, such as restaurants
and Laundromats, swimming pools and golf courses, may be located in
a travel trailer park upon approval of the governing body if they
do not occupy a total of more than 10% of the park area and are located,
designed and intended for serving park occupants.
J.
All construction within a travel trailer park shall
comply with the building, electrical, heating and plumbing codes of
the State of Wisconsin and the Town of Hudson.
K.
Each travel trailer park shall contain at least one
service building housing sanitation, toilet and laundry facilities.
Service buildings shall conform to the provisions of Wis. Admin. Code
Chapter ATCP 79, state and municipal building, electrical, heating
and plumbing codes.
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L.
Travel trailer parks shall have at least 25 linear
feet of outdoor clothes drying line for each space and one mechanical
clothes drying unit for every 10 spaces or fraction thereof.
M.
An adequate supply of pure water shall be located
not more than 300 feet from each travel trailer for drinking and domestic
purposes. The park shall be so laid out that no travel trailer shall
be located farther than 300 feet from the toilets and service buildings
provided, and walkways to such buildings shall be graveled or paved
and well lighted by no less than 0.3 footcandles at night.
N.
Every travel trailer space shall be furnished with
an electrical service outlet equipped with an externally operated
switch or fuse of not less than 30 amperes capacity and a heavy duty
outdoor outlet receptacle. Electrical outlets shall be weatherproof
and no power lines shall be located less than 15 feet above the ground.
O.
In new travel trailer parks or extensions of existing
travel trailer parks, all distribution lines, including, without limitation,
electrical, water, sewerage and telephone lines, shall be located
underground.
A.
No travel trailer within a park shall be used as a permanent place of abode, dwelling or business in violation of § 95-3 of this chapter.
B.
No unit shall be parked in the travel trailer park
outside a designated space.
C.
No vehicle, travel trailer or other obstruction shall
be placed on any space or other area designated as a fire lane by
the Fire Chief or his deputy.
A.
The person to whom a travel trailer park license is
issued shall provide adequate supervision to maintain the park in
compliance with this chapter and keep facilities and equipment therein
in good repair and in a clean and sanitary condition.
B.
There shall be located in every travel trailer park
a park office wherein the licensee or his agent shall maintain a register
of all park occupants to be open at all times to inspection by state,
federal and municipal officers, showing:
(1)
Names and addresses of all owners and occupants of
each travel trailer.
(2)
Dates of entrance and departure of each travel trailer.
(3)
Make, model, year and serial number or license number
of each travel trailer and towing or other motor vehicle and state,
territory or county issuing such licenses.
C.
The licensee or his agent shall inform all travel
trailer residents of the provisions of this chapter and their duties
and responsibilities hereunder.
D.
The licensee or his agent shall notify the health
officer immediately of any suspected communicable or contagious disease
within the park.
E.
The licensee or his agent shall provide for the sanitary
and safe removal and disposal of all refuse and garbage at least weekly
from the park in accordance with the laws of the state and ordinances
of the municipality or orders or regulations of the health officer
or Fire Chief.
F.
The licensee shall provide portable fire extinguishers
of a type, number and placement approved by the Building Inspector/Zoning
Administrator and maintain such extinguishers in good operating condition.
A.
Every travel trailer owner or occupant shall comply
with all applicable requirements of this chapter or other ordinances
or regulations of the municipality.
B.
The travel trailer owner or occupant shall be responsible
for proper placement of his travel trailer on the space. Travel trailers
shall not be located less than 15 feet from any other trailer or building
within the park nor less than 40 feet from any park boundary or public
highway or street nor less than 25 feet from any park drive or walkway.
C.
Pets, if permitted by the park management, shall not
be permitted by the owners to run at large or commit any nuisance
within the park.
D.
No person within a travel trailer park shall store
or dispose of rubbish or garbage in an unclean, insanitary or unsafe
manner. Garbage and refuse shall be placed in rodent-proof, insect-proof,
watertight containers provided by the park licensee.
The licensee of every travel trailer park and
his agents and employees shall grant access to the enforcement officers
of the town or their authorized agents at all reasonable times for
the purpose of inspecting the premises for compliance with this chapter
or any other ordinance of the town. The Fire Chief, Building Inspector/Zoning
Administrator and health officer shall inspect or cause to be inspected
all travel trailer parks within the town at least once in every three-month
period.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter or fail to perform any duty required hereby or do any act hereby prohibited shall, in addition to any penalty imposed under § 95-4C, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not more than $200, together with the costs of prosecution, and upon default of payment of such forfeiture or costs shall be imprisoned in the county jail until such forfeiture and costs are paid but not exceeding 30 days.
