[Amended 11-30-1999 by Ord. No. 113099B]
Mobile home parks shall be allowed as conditional
uses in the R-1 Residential District only and are prohibited in all
other zoning districts within the Village of Wrightstown. No mobile
home park space shall be rented or leased for a period of less than
30 days.
The following definitions are in addition to § 206-4 to further clarify and explain word usage regarding mobile homes and mobile home parks:
A mobile home lacking a bath or shower and toilet facilities.
A mobile home that contains a kitchen, toilet facilities
and a bath or shower and is fully equipped for living purposes.
Includes an individual, partnership, firm, company or corporation,
whether tenant, owner, lessee, licensee or other agent, heir or assign.
A plot of land, whether leased, sold, rented or transferred,
which is intended for the location of one mobile home only.
One mobile home.
A.
No person shall park or occupy a mobile home outside of an approved mobile home park except as provided for in Subsections C(2) and D of this section and except as provided by § 206-23C(5).
B.
Emergency or temporary stopping or parking is permitted
on any street, alley or highway for not longer than one hour, subject
to any other and further prohibition imposed by the traffic and parking
regulation or ordinance for that street, alley or highway.
Permits issued under this article are nontransferable
and will expire under change of occupancy.
A.
Upon a showing of hardship and/or immediate necessity for use, the Village Building Inspector may issue special written permits allowing the location of a mobile home outside of a mobile home park for a period not to exceed 90 days for any one premises in any twelve-month period. The permit shall be granted only upon the written consent of the owner, legal agent of the owner or the lessee of the location for which the permit is issued. Not more than one mobile home shall be granted a permit to locate on any one premises outside a mobile home park. Any violation of this subsection shall be subject to the penalty as set forth in Article X, Administration and Enforcement, of this chapter.
B.
Application for the permit shall be made to the Village Clerk-Treasurer and shall be accompanied by an inspection fee as set forth in Chapter 102, Fees and Penalties, and shall state the name and permanent address of the occupants of the mobile home, the license number of the mobile home and towing vehicle, place of last stay, intended purpose of stay at requested location, whether any occupant is employed in the state, the exact location of the premises, the owner's and/or occupant's sanitary facilities and the permission of the occupant of the dwelling house for their use and a statement that all wastes from mobile home occupancy will be disposed of in a sanitary manner. Application for location on a vacant lot or parcel of land shall be accompanied by a statement of the nature and location of sanitary facilities, which must include a safe water supply and toilet within 200 feet of the proposed location of the mobile home, and a statement of permission from the owner for their use.
C.
All occupied mobile homes not located in a mobile
home park shall be subject to the regulations of this chapter.
A.
No person shall establish, operate or maintain or
permit to be established, operated or maintained upon any property
owned, leased, rented or controlled by him or her a mobile home park
within the Village of Wrightstown without first securing a license
from the Village Board. The license shall expire one year after issuance
and must be renewed annually.
B.
An annual fee as set forth in Chapter 102, Fees and Penalties, shall be charged for the mobile home park license or the renewal thereof.
C.
The application for a license or renewal thereof shall
be made on forms furnished by the Village Clerk-Treasurer and shall
include the name and address of the owner in fee of the tract and
such legal description of the premises upon which the mobile home
park is or will be located as will readily identify and definitely
locate the premises. If the fee is vested in some person other than
the applicant, a duly verified statement by that person that the applicant
is authorized by him or her to construct or maintain the mobile home
park and make the application shall be included.
D.
The applicant shall further comply with mobile home
regulations as set forth in the Wisconsin statutes and any applicable
administrative regulations of the state.
A.
Prior to the issuing of any license or permit for
a mobile home park, the developer shall submit three copies of the
mobile home park plan to the Regional Planning Committee. The plan
shall be approved, in writing, by the Regional Planning Committee
prior to the start of construction or development of the park.
B.
Each mobile home park plan submitted to the Regional
Planning Committee shall contain the following information:
(1)
Exact area and extent of the proposed park, accompanied
by legal description or certified survey map. Plans shall be drawn
at a scale of one inch to 200 feet minimum.
(2)
All roadways, driveways and ingress and egress points
and parking bays.
(3)
Complete layout of storm, sanitary and water systems
for the park.
(4)
Plan for electrical distribution and lighting facilities.
(5)
Method and plan for garbage removal.
(6)
Plans for providing adequate fire protection for the
park.
C.
Electrical service to mobile home spaces shall conform
to the regulations as set forth in Chapter E 391 of the Wisconsin
State Electrical Code.
D.
An adequate supply of pure water, furnished through
a pipe distribution system with supply faucets, shall be furnished
for drinking and domestic purposes.
E.
All mobile homes shall be independent units.
A.
All drives, parking areas and walkways shall be hard-surfaced.
B.
Within the mobile home park a minimum roadway width
of 30 feet shall be established.
C.
The mobile home park shall have direct access to a
state highway, county highway or town road. There shall be sufficient
points of ingress and egress to provide proper traffic movement as
determined by the Regional Planning Committee.
D.
There shall be one hard-surfaced off-street automobile
parking space for each mobile home unit. Minimum dimension of the
parking space shall be 10 feet by 20 feet in size.
The following regulations shall apply to all
mobile home spaces that are sold, rented, leased or transferred in
an approved mobile home park:
A.
Mobile homes and mobile home parks shall be a conditional
use in the R-1 District.
B.
The minimum size of a mobile home park shall be five
acres in sewered area.
C.
Size required.
(1)
In a location without sewer (allowed in hardship situations
only), each mobile home shall occupy a lot of no less than 1 1/2 acres
in area and no less than 100 feet in width.
(2)
In locations with sewer provided, each mobile home
shall be on a lot of no less than 5,000 square feet in area and no
less than 50 feet in width.
D.
A concrete or bituminous pad shall be constructed
on each mobile home space. The minimum size of this pad shall be 10
feet wide by 15 feet long. The minimum thickness of the surfacing
shall be four inches. The pad shall enclose all utility connections
for the mobile home.
E.
Each mobile home space shall provide a front yard
setback of 10 feet and a rear yard setback of 20 feet. Side yards
shall have a minimum setback of five feet each.
F.
The yard setbacks shall be seeded and landscaped,
and in no case shall they be used for off-street parking or be occupied
by a mobile home and/or its accessory buildings except for the following
conditions:
The Village Board of Wrightstown shall have
the authority to impose a parking fee on mobile homes within an approved
mobile home park or outside of an approved park as provided in W.S.A.
s. 66.058. The parking fee shall be based on the following regulations:
A.
There is hereby imposed on each owner or operator
of a mobile home park licensed hereunder a parking permit fee on each
occupied mobile home unit which shall have been parked in such mobile
home park. The parking fee shall also apply to mobile home units located
outside of an approved mobile home park. The amount of the parking
fee shall be determined by the Village Board of Wrightstown and the
Village Assessor in accordance with W.S.A. s. 66.058. No mobile home
space shall be rented for a period of less than 30 days.
B.
The Village Assessor shall determine the total fair
market value of each occupied mobile home, minus the tax-exempt household
furnishings and then equalized to the general level of assessment
on other real and personal property in the Village of Wrightstown.
C.
The value of each occupied mobile home thus determined
shall be multiplied by the tax rate established on the preceding January
1 assessment of general property.
D.
The total annual parking permit fee shall be divided
by 12 to determine the monthly fee.
E.
A new fee rate and a new valuation shall be established
each January and shall continue for that calendar year.
F.
Said parking fee shall be collected by the owner or
operator of the mobile home park and paid to the local taxing authority
on or before the 10th day of the month following the period for which
such parking fee is due.
G.
No fee shall be imposed on a mobile home from another
state, unless said unit has been placed within the Village of Wrightstown
for a sixty-day period.
H.
The Village of Wrightstown may retain 10% of the parking
fee for administration costs.
I.
The Village of Wrightstown shall pay to the school
district in which the park is located, within 20 days after the end
of each period, such proportion of the remainder of the fees collected
in the preceding month and the credit allowed under W.S.A. s. 16.993
as the ratio of the most recent property tax for school purposes bears
to the total tax levy for all purposes in the municipality.
[Amended 11-30-1999 by Ord. No. 113099B]
A.
In every mobile home park there shall be located the
office of the attendant or person in charge of said park. A copy of
the park license and of this chapter shall be kept in said office.
B.
It is hereby made the duty of the attendant or person
in charge, together with the licensee, to:
(1)
Keep a register of all occupants, to be open at all
times to inspection by state, federal and local officials, which shall
show for all occupants of the mobile home park the following:
(a)
Names and addresses.
(b)
Number and ages of all children.
(c)
Number of public elementary school children.
(d)
Number of public secondary school children.
(e)
State of legal residence.
(f)
Dates of entrance and departure.
(g)
License numbers of all mobile homes and towing
or other vehicles.
(h)
State issuing such license.
(i)
Purpose of stay in park.
(j)
Place of last location and length of stay.
(k)
Place of employment of each occupant.
(2)
Maintain the park in a clean, orderly and sanitary
condition at all times.
(3)
Ensure that the provisions of this chapter are complied
with and enforced and report promptly to the proper authorities any
violations of this chapter or any other violations of law which may
come to his or her attention.
(4)
Report to the Health Officer all cases of persons
or animals infected or suspected of being infected with any communicable
disease.
(5)
Maintain in convenient places, approved by the Wrightstown
Fire Inspector, hand fire extinguishers in the ratio of one for each
eight mobile home spaces.
(6)
Collect the monthly parking permit fee provided for
in Subsection I of this section. A book shall be kept showing the
names of persons paying service charges and the amount paid.
(7)
Submit with the total monthly parking permit fee payment
to the Village Clerk-Treasurer a monthly report showing the names
of persons paying said fees and the amount paid if less than for a
full month. The report shall also indicate departure time for current
tenants and arrival time for new tenants, including departure time
if occurring the same month.
