House trailers and mobile homes shall not be used as permanent places of abode or as permanent dwellings or for indefinite periods of time, except under the following conditions:
(a) Each site for a house trailer or mobile home or similar type vehicle or structure shall contain not less than 5,000 square feet per house trailer, mobile home or similar type vehicle or structure to be situated thereon. There shall not be both a house and a house trailer or mobile home or similar type vehicle or structure situated upon the same Village lot unless the Village lot is of such size and street frontage that an equal division of the lot upon the street frontage leaves the required 5,000 square foot area and off-street parking facilities for any such trailer or mobile home site so created.
(b) Each site shall have a suitable parking area set aside for off-street parking for at least two automobiles.
(c) Each house trailer, mobile home or similar type vehicle shall be properly connected with the Village sanitary sewer system and the Village water system, together with all other utility connections, in compliance with all requirements of the ordinances and regulations as may be in existence in the Village in regard to dwellings.
(d) A permit for each house trailer, mobile home or similar type vehicle to be used as a permanent dwelling or for indefinite periods of time shall first be obtained from the Village. A fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be charged for the permit.
(e) No part of any house trailer, mobile home or similar type vehicle or any building erected under the provisions of this chapter shall be nearer than ten feet to the side of the property lines of the lot or parcel of land as required to contain at least 5,000 square feet. (fifteen feet of frontage) All measurements shall be made at the most extreme projection of such structure.
(f) Each house trailer, mobile home or other similar type vehicle shall not be inhabited by a greater number of occupants than that for which it was designed.
(g) Each house trailer, mobile home or other similar type vehicle shall be equipped with underskirting of a corresponding or matching material used in the construction of each individual trailer. All trailers must be fully skirted within thirty days after their placement.
(h) Each house trailer or mobile home shall be at least forty feet in length and shall be no more than five years old from the date of its first sale by its manufacturer at the time it is authorized for a location under the provisions of this chapter.
(i) Each 5,000 square foot site used as a location for each house trailer, mobile home or similar type vehicle shall have located on the site within the proper set-off lines a proper utility building or garage of neat and attractive appearance. No additions or construction shall be made to or upon each house trailer, mobile home or similar type vehicle authorized under this chapter other than such facilities as may be provided by the original manufacturer of the house trailer, mobile home or similar type vehicle. This prohibition does not include the construction of an open porch of neat and attractive appearance, which shall be permitted, provided that it remains within the proper property and setback lines.
(j) Every house trailer moved and placed within the Village after the effective date of this section shall, within thirty days, be equipped with tie-down straps sufficient to anchor the trailer in place, and the owner of such house trailer shall obtain written approval of the Building Inspector to that effect.
(Ord. 93-7. Passed 9-13-93.)