(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates, or requires, a different meaning.
MOBILE HOME. Any vehicle or portable structure designed for long-term occupancy, containing sleeping accommodations, sanitary facilities, kitchen facilities, and plumbing and electrical connections; which structure shall be designed to be transported after fabrication on its own wheels, on a flat bed truck, or on detachable wheels, which, when arriving at the site where it is to be occupied as a dwelling unit, including major appliances, is ready for occupancy.
MOBILE HOME PARK. A tract of land in single ownership which has been developed with all necessary facilities and services in accordance with a site development plan meeting all the requirements of this chapter and which is intended for the express purpose of providing a satisfying living environment for mobile home residents on a long-term basis.
(B) No person shall own, operate, conduct, occupy, or use any mobile home and/or mobile home park unless such person complies with all the provisions and standards relating to health, sanitation, and safety, as provided in the state statutes under I.C. 16-41-27-1 et seq. and related sections, and unless he or she further complies with all such conditions contained in the ordinances to the town.
(C) (1) All mobile home parks within the jurisdictional zoning of the town shall be established only after proper application for conditional use has been made to the Board of Zoning Appeals, referred to the Plan Commission, and a permit granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals after a hearing in accordance with Section 19-60 of the town code.
(2) In the event that at the time a permit for a mobile home park is granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals, said Board of Zoning Appeals imposes certain conditions for use, said conditions of use not be maintained, the Board of Zoning Appeals, after such public notice and hearing according to law, may revoke such permit, and the operation of a mobile home park under such permit shall be discontinued.
(D) The following design standards shall be construed as minimum requirements for all mobile home parks.
(1) Mobile home parks shall meet all requirements as set forth in the state statutes and the ordinances of the town, and in any appropriate regulations of any state regulatory agency applicable to mobile home parks.
(2) Each mobile home lot shall be provided with water, sewage, electricity, and any other utility connection common to the area.
(3) Each mobile home lot shall be provided with submerged or hidden refuse containers with tight sealing lids.
(4) The minimum area of a mobile home park shall be ten acres with access to major thoroughfare as approved by the Town Plan Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals.
(5) The minimum area per mobile home lot shall be 4,000 square feet.
(6) Except at established entrances and exits serving the mobile home park, a dense greenbelt of evergreen trees and/or shrubs, not less than six feet high after one full growing season and which at maturity is not less than 12 feet high, shall be located and effectively maintained at all times along the boundary of the mobile home park.
(7) Any mobile home park shall be adequately lighted as determined by the particular plan for said mobile home park as approved by the Town Plan Commission and the Board of Zoning Appeals.
(8) Each mobile home lot shall be provided with a foundation designed to support the maximum anticipated foundation loads during all seasons, and approved by the Building Commissioner. When solid concrete slabs are not used, the area between the foundation shall be filled with a four-inch layer of washed rock.
(9) Off-street parking must be provided to accommodate at least one and one-half vehicles per mobile home lot. There shall be conveniently located areas for visitor parking at a ratio of one-half spaces per lot with a minimum of 25 spaces provided per park.
(10) All roads within a mobile home park must have a concrete or hot or cold bituminous concrete surface of at least 20 feet in width. Entrance roads must have a pavement width of at least 34 feet.
(11) No addition shall be made to a mobile home except a canopy and/or porch open on three sides, or an addition made by the mobile home manufacturer.
(12) At least 250 square feet per mobile home lot, not to include streets, parking areas, park service area, and not a part of the mobile home lots, shall be provided in one or more locations on the premises for recreational purposes. The minimum of such a recreation area shall be 20,000 square feet or the above, whichever is greater.
(13) The mobile home park shall be designed so as not to increase the stormwater run-off to adjoining property that will result from the development.
(14) Each mobile home shall have properly attached to it a skirt or extension of adequate nonflammable material or other material acceptable to the Building Commissioner, covering the opening from the bottom of the unit to the ground.
(Prior Code, § 8.7) (Ord. passed 7-7-1974) Penalty, see § 154.999