When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
ARTERIAL HIGHWAY: Any road or thoroughfare used primarily for regional travel and referred to as "highway", "expressway" or "freeway".
INTERIOR ACCESS DRIVE: Any street within a mobile home and/or travel trailer park which allows access from a mobile home and/or travel trailer lot to a public road.
MOBILE HOME OR TRAVEL TRAILER: Any vehicle or similar portable structure having no foundation other than wheels, jacks, blocks or skirtings and so designed or constructed as to permit use for occupancy dwelling or sleeping purposes.
MOBILE HOME AND/OR TRAVEL TRAILER LOT: Mobile home and/or travel trailer being located on a separate lot. Subdivision could retain a central management and could be operated as a condominium, retaining ownership of streets and common open spaces.
PARK: Mobile home and/or travel trailer park.
PERSON: Any natural individual, firm, trust, partnership, association or corporation.
SECONDARY THOROUGHFARE: Any road or thoroughfare used primarily for travel between an arterial highway and local residential streets and referred to as "collector" streets. (Ord. 648, 7-18-1978)
A. Placement Outside Of Parks: No mobile home or travel trailer shall be permitted to be placed on a residential lot so long as occupied for dwelling or overnight sleeping purposes, outside of mobile home parks, mobile home subdivisions or multipurpose area as set out in subsection B of this section.
B. Designation Of Multipurpose Area: The following area located within the city shall be designated a multipurpose area (area in which single-family residences and mobile homes or travel trailers may be located):
A tract of land bounded by the alley between Bowie and Crockett Streets on the north, the present south city limits on the south, South 7th Street on the west and Tower Road on the east. (Ord. 648, 7-18-1978)
C. Nonconforming Uses: Existing mobile homes and/or travel trailers located outside of a mobile home park or subdivision or the designated multipurpose area may be altered, expanded or changed within the city provided that such alteration, expansion or change is in compliance with all applicable building code provisions of the city and further provided that no such alteration, expansion or change shall be commenced until the appropriate permit for said alteration, expansion or change has been obtained from the appropriate city official and all applicable inspections have been conducted and, provided further that said alteration, expansion or change shall not result in an increase of the number of occupants which are permitted in said mobile home and/or travel trailer. All mobile homes and/or travel trailers located in the city shall be subject to all city building codes and standards, specifically including, but not limited to, the Standard Unsafe Building Abatement Code (1997 or current version). Provided further that any mobile home located within the city but located outside of a mobile home park or subdivision or the designated multipurpose area which shall be destroyed or removed from its residential lot may be replaced by another mobile home in accordance with all provisions of this chapter if said mobile home is replaced within ninety (90) days from the date of its destruction or removal. (Ord. 12-21-99, 12-21-1999)
D. Temporary Permits: A temporary permit to allow mobile homes and/or travel trailers on residential lots shall be available from the city secretary on the following conditions:
1. The applicant shall show good reason for seeking the temporary permit, such as proof of ownership of the residential lot and an application for a lot in the mobile home park or subdivision but such example given herein shall not be all inclusive of such reason.
2. Under no circumstances shall a mobile home and/or travel trailer be allowed to remain indefinitely on a residential lot while occupied for dwelling or used for overnight sleeping purposes. (Ord. 648, 7-18-1978)
A. License Required: It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or operate within the city limits any mobile home and/or travel trailer park unless such person shall first obtain a license therefor.
B. License Fees: The annual license fee for mobile home and/or travel trailer park shall be twenty five dollars ($25.00) per year. The fee for the transfer of ownership of such license, as provided for in this chapter, shall be five dollars ($5.00)
C. Application For License:
1. Applications for a mobile home and/or travel trailer park shall be filed with the board of commissioners and upon approval by the board of commissioners, the city secretary shall issue the license. Applications shall be in writing, signed by the applicant and shall contain the following:
a. The name and address of the applicant.
b. The location and legal description of the mobile home and/or travel trailer park.
c. A complete plan of the park showing compliance with subsections 9-5-4A and B of this chapter.
d. Plans and specifications of all buildings and other improvements constructed or to be constructed within the mobile home and/or travel trailer park.
e. Such further information as may be requested by the board of commissioners to enable it to determine if the mobile home and/or travel trailer park will comply with the legal requirements.
2. The application and all accompanying plans and specifications shall be filed in triplicate.
D. Investigation Of Application: The city secretary and city planning and zoning commission shall investigate the applicant and inspect the proposed plans and specifications. Each of them shall then make a report to the board of commissioners concerning such applicant and include therein their recommendations relative to the approval of the plat.
E. Approval Of Application: If the mobile home and/or travel trailer park will be in compliance with all provisions of this chapter and all other applicable ordinances or statutes, the board of commissioners may approve contingent upon the completion of the park according to the plans and specifications submitted with the application.
F. Variances: The board of commissioners shall have authority, in their discretion, to grant variances and deviations from the provision of this chapter in cases where a strict application of this chapter would cause undue hardship.
G. Issuance Or Denial Of License: Upon completion of development of the park, the city secretary and the city engineer shall make a site visit and shall proceed to document chapter provisions violated and ask the board of commissioners to refuse the application or, upon compliance, immediately issue a license to operate a mobile home park within the jurisdiction of the city.
H. Revocation Of License: The board of commissioners may revoke any license issued under this chapter in case any of the provisions hereof are violated. However, before said license may be revoked, the board of commissioners must give ten (10) days' notice to the holder of the license, and the holder may request a hearing thereon. Such request shall be made, in writing, to the city secretary within the ten (10) day notice period. If said license is revoked, the license may be reissued if the discrepancies causing said revocation have been duly corrected.
I. Transfer And Duration: Upon application for a transfer of the license, the board of commissioners may issue a transfer upon payment of the transfer fee. Such original license and transfer thereof may be granted at any time during the year and shall expire at the end of the year unless previously revoked or terminated.
J. Posting Of License: The license certificate shall be conspicuously posted in the office of or on the premises of the mobile home and/or travel trailer park at all times. (Ord. 648, 7-18-1978)
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