For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
Agent means any person authorized by the licensee of a mobile home park to operate or maintain such park.
Common access route means a private way which affords principal means of access to individual mobile home stands or auxiliary buildings.
County Health Director means the legally designated head of the County Health Department or his authorized representative.
Drive-way means a minor entrance-way off the common access route within the park, into an off-street parking area serving one or more mobile homes.
Drying yard means an area specifically designated for use by residents for the purpose of hanging clothes out to dry, usually approximately 2,500 square feet per one hundred (100) living units.
Electrical connection means the connection consisting of all wiring, fittings and appurtenances from the disconnect box to the distribution system within a mobile home or travel trailer.
Front means that part of the mobile home space which abuts the common access or private drive, if double, the owner shall elect which one is the front, and such an election shall be stated shown on the final plat.
Internal street means the same as Common Access Route.
License means a written license issued by the City Building Official permitting a person to operate and maintain a mobile home park or travel trailer park under the provisions of this chapter.
Licensee means any person licensed to operate and maintain a mobile home park or travel trailer park under the provisions of this chapter.
Mobile home means a moveable or portable dwelling constructed on a chassis and which has been designed so that it may be occupied and used without a permanent foundation; further, a single-family dwelling unit suitable for year-round occupancy and which has provision for compliance with the applicable code requirements for dwellings. The vehicle shall be eligible for registration and licensing by the state for being transported, on the public streets and highways.
Mobile home lot means a parcel or tract of land for the placement of a single mobile home and the exclusive use of its occupants and which is located in a mobile home subdivision approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission of the city.
Mobile home park means a unified development of two (2) or more mobile home spaces, or stands arranged on a tract of land under private ownership, meeting all requirements of this chapter.
Mobile home subdivision means a unified development of mobile home sites or lots which have been divided for the purpose of individual ownership, and which is governed by the provisions of the subdivision regulations of the city.
Natural or artificial barrier means any creek, ravine, pond, railroad, fence, hedge, or similar physical separations which prohibit a direct view from outside the mobile home park.
Park occupant means one who occupies a mobile home or travel trailer within a licensed park.
Parking space means a minimum space nine (9) feet in width by twenty (20) feet in length, located within the boundary of the mobile home space for the purpose of automobile storage.
Permit means a written permit or certification issued by the building official permitting the construction, alteration, or extension of a mobile home park or travel trailer park, under the provisions of this chapter and regulations issued hereunder.
Person means any natural individual, firm, trust, partnership, association, entity, or corporation, or any combination thereof.
Pickup coach means a structure designed to be mounted on a pickup or truck chassis with sufficient equipment to render it suitable for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses.
Playground means a tract or parcel of land one to four (4) acres in size which is reserved and designed primarily for a children's play area, and equipped with conventional playground facilities such as swings, slides, and the like, in addition to larger facilities such as ballfields or adult recreation areas.
Plot plan means a graphic representation, drawn to scale, in a horizontal plane, delineating the outlines of the land included in the plan and all proposed use locations, accurately dimensioned, and indicating the relation of each use to that adjoining, and to the boundary of the property.
Register means a well bound book, kept legibly covering all pertinent information required by this chapter.
Replacement means the act of moving one mobile home from its existing stand and replacing it with another mobile home.
Screening device means a solid masonry or wooden wall or fence a woven wire or chain link fence with metal strips woven the mesh to form a solid screen, a woven wire or chain link fence with evergreen shrubs forming a sight screen.
Service building means a structure housing a toilet, a lavatory, and such other facilities as may be required by this chapter.
Sewer connection means the connection consisting of all pipes, fittings, and appurtenances from the drain outlet of mobile home or travel trailer to the inlet of the corresponding sewer service riser pipe of the sewage system serving the mobile home park, or travel trailer park.
Sewer service riser pipe means that portion of a sewer service which extends vertically to the ground elevation and terminates at a mobile home or travel trailer stall.
Site means same as stand, unless otherwise stated.
Site plan means the same as plot plan.
Stall means that limited portion of the mobile home stand which has been readied for the placement and use of a mobile home in accordance with this chapter.
Stand means an area within the park which has been improved for a single mobile home or travel trailer as provided in this chapter.
Tot lot means a small parcel of land, usually one-half (½) acre or less in size, designed as a children's play area, and equipped with swings, slides, merry-go- rounds, and similar facilities.
Tourist means and includes any traveler, excursionist or itinerant person.
Tourist court, motel means and includes any place in the city used primarily for the purpose of receiving and lodging tourists for pay.
Travel trailer means a vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as a temporary dwelling, selfpropelled or to be towed behind a motor vehicle, without a special permit being needed, of a gross weight of not more than 4,500 pounds and having an overall length of not more than twenty-eight (28) feet.
Travel trailer park means a unified development under private ownership designed primarily for transient service, on which travel trailers, pickup coaches and self-propelled motorized vehicles, are parked or situated and used for the purpose of supplying to the public a parking space for such vehicles, meeting all the requirements of this chapter.
Travel trailer stand. A parcel or area of land for the placement of a single travel trailer and the exclusive use of its occupants and which is located in a travel park approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission of the city.
Water connection means the connection consisting of all pipes, fittings, and appurtenances from the water riser pipe to the water inlet pipe of the distribution system within a mobile home or travel trailer.
Water riser pipe means that portion of the private water service system serving a mobile home or travel trailer park, which extends vertically to the ground elevation and terminates at a designated point at a mobile home or travel trailer space.
(Ord. 5-7-85-1, passed 5-7-85)