(A) It shall be unlawful within the corporate limits of the village for any person to park any house trailer or mobile home on any street or on any tract of land owned by a person, occupied or unoccupied, within the village except as provided in this section.
(B) No person shall park or occupy any trailer or mobile home on the premises of any occupied dwelling or on any lot which is not a part of the premises of any occupied dwelling either of which is situated outside of an approved mobile home park, provided that the parking of only one unoccupied house trailer in an accessory private garage building or in a rear yard in any district, is permitted provided no living quarters shall be maintained or any business practiced in such house trailer while such trailer is parked or stored.
(C)
House trailers or mobile homes shall not be used as permanent places of abode or as permanent dwellings for indefinite periods of time, except under the following conditions.
(1) Each house trailer or mobile home must be of a double-wide or larger nature (not single-wide house trailer or mobile home) and the lot on which house trailer or mobile home is located shall contain at least 7,500 square feet.
(2) Each house trailer or mobile home site shall conform to the existing residence buildings in the area; and all lot coverage requirements, yard requirements and off-street parking requirements set forth in this subchapter shall be adhered to.
(3) Each house trailer or mobile home must be located on a solid foundation and the perimeter of each house trailer or mobile home shall be enclosed with sold brick or block, with proper ventilation. No skirting shall be used around the perimeter of any house trailer or mobile home.
(4) Each house trailer or mobile home shall be properly connected with the public sanitary and water system in compliance with all regulations and requirements of the Twin Cities Water and Sewer District as the same would apply to dwellings.
(5) Each house trailer or mobile home shall not be occupied or inhabited by a greater number of persons than that for which it was designed.
(6) Each house trailer or mobile home to be used as a permanent place of abode or as a permanent dwelling indefinite periods of time shall first obtain from the Village Zoning Inspector a permit. The Zoning Inspector shall issue the permit to an applicant according to the above requirements upon satisfactory proof that said requirements have been complied with.
(D) Factory built housing utilized for permanent places of abode must not be older than three years upon placement, meeting the above conditions in divisions (C)(1) through (C)(6).
(Ord. 2052, passed 9-3-1998; Ord. 2835, passed 11-17-2022)