A. License Required:
1. License Required: No person shall establish, maintain, conduct or operate a manufactured home park or recreational camping area within the County without first obtaining a license therefor from the County Health Department.
2. Single License Required: Any person desiring to operate either a manufactured home park or recreational camping area on the same site in connection with the other need only obtain one license.
3. Number Of Sites Approved: The license shall state the number of manufactured home sites, independent recreational camping sites and dependent recreational camping sites allowed according to the County Health Department's approval.
4. Renewal; Additional Sites: No renewal license shall be issued if the number of sites specified in the application exceeds those of the original application unless the plans for expansion or the construction for expansion are first approved by the County Health Department.
5. Multiple Municipalities: Any manufactured home park or recreational camping area located in more than one municipality shall be dealt with as two (2) separate manufactured home parks or camping areas.
6. Display Of License: The license shall be conspicuously displayed in the office of the manufactured home park or camping area.
7. Transferability: The license is not transferable as to place or person.
8. Term Of License: Each primary license or renewal license for year-round establishments shall expire on December 31 next following its issuance.
B. Other Parks:
1. State Parks: Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to include any of the State-operated facilities within parks.
2. Manufactured Home Park: The term "manufactured home park" shall not be construed to include manufactured homes, buildings, tents or other structures temporarily maintained by any individual or company on premises associated with a work project and used exclusively to house labor or other personnel occupied in such work project.
3. Special Parks: Recreational camping area does not include youth camps, industrial camps, migrant labor camps, as defined in Minnesota statutes and State Commissioner of Health Rules, United States Forest Service Camps, State Forest Service Camps, State Wildlife Management Areas or State-owned public access areas which are restricted in use to picnicking and boat landing.
4. Municipal Parks: Any manufactured home park or recreational camping area owned or operated by any municipality other than the City of Moorhead, or political subdivision of this State shall meet all sanitary and safety provisions of this Chapter, shall be inspected as herein provided and make all reports, as herein required of a licensee.
C. Application:
1. Manner And Place Of Filing: The application for license to operate and maintain a manufactured home park or recreational camping area shall be made to the County Health Department, at such office and in such manner as may be prescribed by the Department.
2. Form; Required Information: The applicant for a primary license or annual license shall make application in writing upon a form provided by the Department setting forth:
a. Name; Address: The full name and address of the applicant; partners, if the applicant is a partnership; or the names and addresses of the officers, if the applicant is a corporation.
b. Legal Description: A legal description of the site, lot, field or tract of land upon which the applicant proposes to operate and maintain a manufactured home park or recreational camping area.
c. Proposed, Existing Facilities: The proposed and existing facilities on the site for sanitary community buildings including toilets, urinals, sinks, wash basins, slop sinks, showers, drains and laundry facilities.
d. Water, Sewage, Garbage, Fire And Storm Protection, Lighting: The source of water supplies, the disposal method for sewage, garbage and refuse, the method of fire and storm protection and the method of park site lighting.
e. Months Of Operation: The calendar months of the year when the applicant will operate the manufactured home park or recreational camping area.
f. New Construction, Alteration: Plans and drawings for new construction or alteration, including buildings, wells, plumbing and sewage disposal systems.
D. Fees: The Board, by resolution, may establish reasonable fees for the administration of this Chapter. Such fees may be changed by resolution of the Board from time to time as they deem appropriate. The primary license application shall also be accompanied by an approved local zoning permit or a statement from the local zoning administrator that a permit is not required. The fees submitted for the primary license shall be retained by the Department, even though the proposed project is not approved and a license is denied.
E. Sanitary Facilities: During the pendency of the application for such primary license, any change in the sanitary or safety facilities of the intended manufactured home park or recreational camping area shall be immediately reported in writing to the Department through the office in which the application was made. If no objection is made by the Department to changes in the sanitary or safety facilities within sixty (60) days of the date the change is reported, it shall be deemed to have the approval of the Department.
F. Permits:
1. Approval Report: When the plans and specifications have been approved, the Department shall issue an approval report permitting the applicant to construct or make alterations pertaining to water and sewage disposal upon a manufactured home park or recreational camping area and the appurtenances thereto according to the plans and specifications presented.
2. Building Permits; Code Compliance: Issuance Of License: Such approval does not relieve the applicant from securing building permits in municipalities having a building code; or from complying with other municipal ordinances applicable thereto not in conflict with this Chapter.
3. Inspection: When construction has been completed in accordance with approved plans and specifications, the Department shall promptly cause the manufactured home park or recreational camping area and appurtenances thereto to be inspected.
4. Issuance Of License: If, upon completion of the inspection, it is found that the requirements of this Chapter have been met by the applicant, the Department shall forthwith issue the primary license in the name of the County.
G. Denial Of Application; Resubmittal: If the application to construct or make alterations upon a manufactured home park or recreational camping area and the appurtenances thereto or a primary license to operate and maintain the same is denied by the Department, it shall be stated in writing the reason or reasons for denying the application. If the objections can be corrected, the applicant may amend his application and resubmit it for approval, and if denied, the applicant may appeal the decision to the County Board of Health.
H. License Renewals:
1. Annual License: License renewals shall be obtained on an annual basis. All license renewal applications shall be submitted to the Department on forms provided by the Department no later than December 31 of the year preceding the year for which application is made.
2. Seasonal License: Renewal licenses for manufactured home parks and recreational camping areas which operate for a continuous period of six (6) months (183 days) or less shall be issued effective the first day of the establishment's operation in the calendar year for which the license is issued. Such renewal license shall expire after the one hundred eighty third day from the effective date of the license or on December 31 of the year in which the license was issued, whichever occurs first. (Ord., 12-11-1984)