(A) Applications.
(1) Applications for a special permit to establish, construct and maintain a manufactured home park under the provisions of this chapter shall be made to the Council.
(2) The application for a permit shall be accompanied by four copies of the park plan, showing the following either existing or proposed:
(a) The extent and area proposed for manufactured home park purposes;
(b) Roads and driveways;
(c) Location of sites or units for trailers;
(d) Locations and number of sanitary conveniences;
(e) Proposed disposition of surface drainage;
(f) Proposed street surfacing and lighting;
(g) Location of water and sanitary sewer lines; and
(h) Any other information requested by the Council.
(3) Each application for a special permit shall be accompanied by a certificate of ownership on all of the property within 250 feet of any boundary line of the proposed camp site.
(4) Each applicant shall be required to pay a fee, the sum to be fixed by resolution of the Council.
(5) No special permit for any manufactured home park shall be issued by the Council until after a public hearing has been held on the matter by the Council. This hearing shall be advertised in the official newspaper of the city at least ten days before the hearing. At least ten days prior to the public hearing, the Council shall mail a notice of the hearing to each of the property owners shown on the certificate of ownership at their last known address so that they might appear and be heard.
(6) After the public hearing, the Council may grant or deny the application for permit by a majority vote of its members.
(B) Construction permit.
(1) The applicant for a construction permit for the construction of a manufactured home park or any part thereof shall comply with all of the provisions of this chapter.
(2) Each application shall be accompanied by four copies of detailed plans of the proposed construction and improvement of the site.
(3) Each application for a construction permit to construct the manufactured home park or to expand an existing manufactured home park shall be accompanied by plans approved by the State Department of Health showing that the applicant is complying with all recommendations, suggestions and laws under the jurisdiction of that Department.
(4) The construction permit shall be issued by the city after it has been approved by a majority of the Council.
(C) Site requirements.
(1) Every manufactured home park shall be located on a well-drained area and the premises shall be properly graded to prevent the accumulation of storm or other waters.
(2) Each unit shall have a minimum width of 40 feet measured at right angles to its side lines.
(3) Each unit shall have a gross area of not less than 4,000 square feet.
(4) There shall be a minimum distance of ten feet between the trailer and the front of the street line of the unit.
(5) Where an alley is provided adjacent to the back line of the unit, there shall be a minimum setback of five feet from the back line. Where there is no alley, the setback from the back line of the unit shall be not less than ten feet.
(6) There shall be not less than five feet between a trailer and any side line of a unit.
(7) There shall be not less than ten feet of space between trailers in all directions.
(8) A concrete slab or patio may be constructed on the ground beside each trailer parking space. This slab shall be not less than 160 square feet and two inches thick.
(9) Skirting shall be installed around each manufactured home.
(10) At least one shade tree shall be placed and maintained on each unit.
(11) Except for the areas used for the trailer, patio, sidewalk and off-street parking space, the entire unit shall be sodded or seeded and maintained with grass.
(12) Each unit shall abut on and have access to a street which shall be at least 40 feet wide between gutters, except that streets may be 30 feet wide if off-street parking of a minimum of one car space per unit is provided or if parking is permitted on one side of the street only. The construction of the street shall conform to the standards established by the city and specified as a five-ton street. The streets are to be built and maintained by the owners of the manufactured home park. All streets and ways established by the manufactured home park are hereby declared public to the extent that they shall be under the supervision and control of the police enforcement powers of the city with respect to traffic laws and other laws as may be applicable to public ways and places.
(13) A curb shall be constructed on each side of the street according to specifications of the city.
(14) Every manufactured home park shall provide for a minimum setback of at least 30 feet where the park abuts upon a residential area and an adequate buffer zone shall be created through landscaping.
(15) The parking of more than one trailer on any single unit shall not be permitted.
(16) No manufactured home may be inhabited by more than two persons per bedroom.
(17) Water facilities, sewage disposal and street lighting shall be installed and maintained by the owner of the manufactured home park and shall be constructed in accordance with laws of the state, the recommendations of the State Health Department and the provisions of this chapter and policies of the city.
(18) Fire hydrants shall be placed throughout the area in a way as to satisfy the District Fire Marshal that adequate fire protection is achieved.
(19) All boats, boat trailers, hauling trailers not used at least once every four weeks, and all other equipment not stored within the manufactured homes or the utility enclosure that may have been provided shall be stored in a separate place provided by the park owner and not upon the plots occupied by manufactured homes nor upon the streets within the manufactured home park.
(D) Administration.
(1) This chapter shall be administered and enforced by the Administrator who may institute in the name of the city any appropriate actions or proceedings against a violator as provided by law.
(2) It is unlawful for any person to violate, disobey, omit, neglect or refuse to comply with or to resist the enforcement of any of the provisions of this chapter.
(3) It is the intent and it is hereby declared that if any provision of this chapter conflicts with any other provision, that the provision that places the greater restrictions shall prevail and be in force and effect.
(4) The Council shall have the right to vary or modify the strict application of any of the regulations or provisions contained in this chapter in cases in which there are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships in the way of strict applications.
(Prior Code, § 4.10) Penalty, see § 10.99