Village of Mazomanie, WI Article III Maintenance

§ 280-26 Responsibilities of management.

A. The person to whom a license for a mobile home community is issued shall provide adequate supervision to maintain the community in compliance with this chapter and to keep its facilities and equipment in good repair and in a clean and sanitary condition.

B. The management shall notify the community residents of all applicable provisions of this chapter and inform them of their duties and responsibilities under this chapter.

C. The management shall supervise the placement of each mobile home on its mobile home stand, which includes securing its stability and installing all utility connections.

D. The management shall maintain a register containing the names of all community residents identified by lot number or street address. Such register shall be available to any authorized person inspecting the community.

E. The management shall notify the enforcing agency immediately of any suspected communicable or contagious disease within the community.

§ 280-27 Responsibilities of residents.

A. The resident shall comply with all applicable requirements of this chapter and shall maintain his mobile home lot, its facilities and equipment in good repair and in clean and sanitary condition.

B. The resident shall be responsible for proper placement of his mobile home on its mobile home stand and proper installation of all utility connections in accordance with the instructions of the management.

C. Pets, if permitted in the community, shall be governed by appropriate Village ordinances.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: See Ch. 158, Animals.

D. Skirtings, porches, awnings, and other additions shall be installed only if permitted and approved by the management. When installed, they shall be maintained in good repair. The space immediately underneath a mobile home shall be used for storage only if permitted by the management. If permitted, the following conditions shall be satisfied:

(1) The storage area shall be provided with a base of impervious material.

(2) Stored items shall be located so as not to interfere with the underneath inspection of the mobile home.

(3) The storage area shall be enclosed by skirting.

E. The resident shall store and dispose of all his rubbish and garbage in a clean, sanitary and safe manner. The garbage container shall be rodentproof, insectproof and watertight.

§ 280-28 Accessory structures.

A. Accessory structures remain as per definition dependent upon the mobile home and shall not be used as complete independent living units with permanent provisions for sleeping, cooking and sanitation. Such structure shall be erected, constructed and occupied on a mobile home lot as directed by the management of the mobile home development, as required by applicable state or local standards and as specified in this chapter.

B. Accessory structures shall be designed in a manner that will enhance the appearance of the mobile home development.

C. Accessory structures shall not obstruct required openings for light and ventilation of the mobile home and shall not prevent inspection of mobile home equipment and utility connections.

D. Construction and electrical installations shall comply with the applicable regulations of the municipality.

E. Electrical circuits supplying the accessory structure shall be independent of the circuit supplying the mobile home.

F. Accessory buildings shall not exceed 600 square feet and there shall be no more than one per lot.

§ 280-29 Mobile home placement and anchorage.

A. The mobile home shall be properly placed on its foundation and its stability shall be affirmed.

B. The mobile home shall be properly secured against high wind velocities. Overturning, sliding or uplift shall be prevented through anchors, tie-downs or similar devices. Mobile homes shall be anchored in accordance with the minimum standards set out in the United States Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, book known as "NBS Building Science Series 107, Soil and Rock Anchors for Mobile Homes - A State of the Art Report," issued October 1979. The minimum standards recommended in Section 2.3 of that book shall apply, unless local conditions make it impossible to comply with those standards, in which case other techniques recommended elsewhere in the book shall apply.

§ 280-30 Solid waste management.

A. The storage, collection and disposal of refuse in the mobile home community shall be so conducted as to create no health hazards, rodent harborage, insect breeding areas, accident or fire hazards or air pollution.

B. Where suitable collection service is not available from municipal or private agencies, the management shall provide this service. All refuse shall be collected and transported in covered vehicles or covered containers.

§ 280-31 Insect and rodent control.

A. Grounds, buildings and structures shall be maintained free of insect and rodent harborage and infestation. Extermination methods and other measures to control insects and rodents shall conform to the requirements of the Village.

B. The mobile home community shall be maintained free of accumulations of debris which may provide rodent harborage or breeding places for flies, mosquitoes and other pests.

C. Storage areas shall be so maintained as to prevent rodent harborage; lumber, pipe and other building material shall be stored at least one foot above the ground.

D. Where the potential for insect and rodent infestation exists, all exterior openings in or beneath any structure shall be appropriately screened with wire mesh or other suitable materials.

E. The growth of brush, weeds and grass shall be controlled to prevent harborage of ticks, chiggers and other noxious insects. The community shall be so maintained as to prevent the growth of ragweed, poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac and other noxious weeds considered detrimental to health. Open areas shall be maintained free of heavy undergrowth of any description.