9-3-4: MOBILE HOME PARKS:
   A.   Mobile Home Park Permit:
      1.   Permit Required; Application: A mobile home park permit may be issued by the City of Carmi permitting a mobile home park to be located on any site conforming to the requirements of this chapter. An applicant for a mobile home park permit shall file an application for such permit with the City Clerk. No application for a mobile home park permit shall be considered unless that applicant furnishes to the City Clerk a completed and certified application for mobile home park permit form.
      2.   Fee: A fee of sixty dollars ($60.00) shall accompany the application to cover the cost of publication, postage and legal fees involved in the issuance of said mobile home park permit.
      3.   Notice Requirements: The City Clerk, not more than thirty (30) days, nor less than seven (7) days before the hearing at which the application for the mobile home park permit is to be considered, shall send written notice of the hearing to the owner or owners as recorded in the Office of the County Recorder of Deeds, of all property within three hundred feet (300') in each direction of the property for which the permit is requested. Such distance of three hundred feet (300') is to be measured from established lot or property lines. The notice herein required shall contain the address of the location for which the mobile home park permit is requested, a brief statement of the nature of the requested mobile home park permit, the name and address of the legal and beneficial owner of the property for which the special use is requested and the time and place of hearing. In addition, the City Clerk shall cause notice to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, not more than thirty (30) days nor less than seven (7) days prior to such hearing.
      4.   Hearing: A public hearing shall then be held by the City Council and any party may appear in person, by agent or attorney. After the hearing the Council shall vote upon the application and the vote of the Council shall be final with regard to the issuance of a mobile home park permit.
      5.   Time Limit For Establishing Park: The applicant, upon being issued a mobile home park permit, shall within a period not to exceed six (6) months from the date of issuance, place a mobile home upon the site or the permit shall expire.
      6.   Transferability Of Permit: A mobile home park permit as described in this chapter may be transferred to another person only upon the written approval of the Council, prior to transfer.
   B.   Minimum Lot Size, Setback Requirements:
      1.   No mobile home park shall be located in Carmi on a tract less than two (2) acres in area.
      2.   No mobile home park shall be developed on any tract that is less than two hundred fifty feet (250') in both width or depth.
      3.   No part of any mobile home or other structure in any mobile home park shall be situated closer than ten feet (10') to any boundary line of the park.
   C.   Spacing Of Mobile Homes:
      1.   Every mobile home space within a mobile home park shall meet the following requirements:
         a.   Minimum width: Fifty feet (50').
         b.   Minimum depth: One hundred feet (100').
      2.   Mobile homes within any park shall be placed so that no part of any mobile home is closer than:
         a.   Ten feet (10') to any park street;
         b.   Ten feet (10') to any boundary line of the park; or
         c.   Twenty feet (20') to any part of any other mobile home or structure. (Ord. 1522, 2-21-2017)