Each mobile home park licensed or to be constructed under the provisions of this chapter shall provide for the following in the manner hereinafter specified.
(A) Supervision. Every mobile home park shall be managed by a responsible individual, whose name, address and telephone number shall be on file at all times with the Department, and whose duty it shall be to maintain the park, its facilities and equipment in a clean, orderly and sanitary condition, and be answerable, with the licensee, for any violation of the provisions of this chapter.
(B) Location and space. No mobile home park shall be so located that the drainage of the park area will endanger any water supply. All such parks shall be well drained. No waste water from mobile homes shall be deposited on the surface of the ground.
(C) Water supply. An adequate supply of water of safe, sanitary quality, approved by the Department shall be furnished at each mobile home park. The water distribution system shall be designed and constructed to the requirements of the Drinking Water Systems Code and the state’s Plumbing Code and shall be installed and maintained by a licensed state plumber in accordance with the Plumbing License Law. Each independent mobile home site shall be provided with a cold water tap at least four inches above the ground and properly installed in accordance with applicable codes.
(D) Disposal of sewage and other water-carried wastes.
(1) All sewage and other water-carried wastes shall be disposed of into a public sewerage system whenever the interceptor or sewer main of such system is adjacent to or within 200 feet of the park. In mobile home parks in which such connections are not available, disposal shall be into an approved private sewage disposal system which includes a sanitary means of disposal, the operation of which creates neither a nuisance, nor a menace, to health.
(2) When a water carriage system of sewage is used, each mobile home site shall be provided with a sewer connection for the combined liquid waste outlet or outlets of each mobile home, and trapped below the frost line. It shall be the duty of the owner or operator of said mobile home park to provide an approved type of water- and odor-tight connection, and it shall be the duty of said owner or operator to make such connection and keep all occupied mobile homes connected to said sewer while located in a mobile home park. Sewer connections in unoccupied mobile home sites shall be so closed that they will emit no odors or cause a breeding place for flies, and shall be in full compliance with all federal, state and city codes, regulations and ordinances. No water or waste shall be allowed to fall on the ground from the mobile home.
(E) Garbage and rubbish storage and disposal.
(1) A sufficient number of adequate fly-proof and water-tight containers shall be supplied for the storage of garbage, in accordance with standards of the Department.
(2) Garbage containers shall be emptied at least once a week and shall not be filled to overflowing, or allowed to become foul smelling, or a breeding place for flies.
(3) Garbage and rubbish shall be disposed of in a manner which creates neither a nuisance nor a menace to health and which is approved by the Department. Exterior premises shall be kept free from accumulation of trash and debris.
(4) Adequate insect and rodent control measures shall be employed. All buildings shall be fly-and-rodent-proof, and rodent harborages shall not be permitted to exist in the park.
(F) Central cooking and eating facilities. When community kitchens and dining rooms are provided, such facilities and equipment as are supplied must be maintained in a sanitary condition and kept in good repair.
(G) Electrical outlets.
(1) Electrical outlets for each individual mobile home site shall be provided and the installation shall be in compliance with all state and city electrical codes and ordinances. Each mobile home shall have its electrical service wires inspected by the City Electrical Inspector at the time it is connected to the power supply and a city electrical permit is required before hook-up is made. It shall be the responsibility of both the mobile home park owner and the owner of the individual mobile home to see that a city electrical permit is obtained for each mobile home.
(2) It is further provided that service feeders from pole or pedestal are to be run in rigid conduit 18 inches below ground level to a point under a mobile home and below a mobile home lighting panel to a 12-inch by 12-inch by six-inch junction box and from this point, flexible conduit is to be used to the lighting panel in a mobile home.
(H) Fire protection. Mobile homes in mobile home parks shall each be equipped with fire extinguishers in working order, one in each end of the mobile home. Each fire extinguisher shall be periodically examined and kept at all times in a condition for use.
(I) Porches and canopies. Temporary porches and canvas-roofed canopies are permitted for mobile homes, and auxiliary rooms may also be authorized by regulation of the Department if constructed of fire-resistant materials of such specifications as shall be required by such regulations.
(J) Skirting of perimeter. The base of each mobile home along the perimeter shall be completely enclosed with either commercial skirting, mortared brick or mortared concrete block in a manner as approved by the Department. The skirting shall be installed to allow proper ventilation and be equipped with an access panel of suitable size to enable inspection.
(K) Building Code applicable. All buildings constructed or altered, all plumbing and all electrical and heating installations shall be in accordance with city building ordinances and the rules and regulations of the Department.
(L) Foundations. Each mobile home in a mobile home park shall be situated on a permanent foundation, consisting of either piers, a solid slab or runners.
(1) Concrete piers. The minimum size required per pier is two feet by two feet by two feet. The distance from center of pier to center of pier shall not exceed ten feet.
(2) Concrete slab. The minimum depth of a solid slab is six inches. A frost wall, six inches wide by 16 inches deep, shall be constructed around the perimeter when a solid slab foundation is used.
(3) Concrete runners. Runners shall be at least three feet wide by eight inches deep. Runners shall be placed beneath the center of the “I-beams”. There shall be two “I-beams” on single wides, four on double wides and six on triple wides.
(M) Tiedowns. Each mobile home in a mobile home park shall be tied down in accordance with the state’s Mobile Home Tiedown Act, 210 ILCS 120/1 et seq., in at least six places with three places on each length side of the mobile home. Looped reinforcing rods or eye bolts shall be placed in concrete piers for anchoring.
(N) Animal control. No cats, dogs or other animals shall be permitted to run at large within a mobile home park and it is the responsibility of the mobile home park owner to maintain an adequate system of animal control within the mobile home park.
(1960 Code, § 19-1-8) (Ord. 5170, passed 12-6-1993)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see 210 ILCS 120/1 to 120/7