(A) Every trailer court shall be located on a well-drained area and the premises shall be properly graded so as to prevent the accumulation of storm and other waters.
(B) Areas shall be provided for parking of motor vehicles. Such areas shall accommodate at least the number of vehicles equal to the number of trailer coach spaces provided. If a plan is approved whereby parking area is provided next to the trailer coach, only the number of vehicles shall be parked next to a trailer coach as provided in the plot plan.
(C) No trailer court shall be composed of an area of less than two acres. Each trailer coach space provided for the occupancy of a single mobile home unit shall have an area of not less than 5,000 square feet, and no trailer court shall be permitted an average density of trailer coach spaces of more than seven per acre.
(D) All trailer courts shall provide trailer coach spaces sufficiently sized so that no trailer or any structure is located less than ten feet from the nearest adjacent boundary.
(E) Space between trailers may be used for parking of motor vehicles if space is clearly designated and the vehicle is parked at least ten feet from the nearest adjacent boundary, and no more vehicles may be parked in such designated area than designated in the plot plan.
(F) Each trailer coach space shall abut or face a clear unoccupied space, driveway, roadway, or street within the trailer court area of not less than 28 feet in width, which shall have unobstructed access to a public highway, street, or alley.
(G) The trailer court shall be surrounded by a landscaped strip of open space 50 feet wide along the street frontage of a major street and 25 feet wide along all other perimeter lines of the trailer court area.
(H) In no instance shall a trailer court be created in an area where it would be completely surrounded by single family residences or a residential district, nor in an area where the entrance and exits would front on a single-family or residential district.
(I) The trailer court shall be so planned and arranged that all trailer court spaces and accessory buildings shall have access only on an interior roadway within the trailer court. Any trailer coach spaces abutting a dedicated right-of-way shall be fenced and screen planted.
(J) The City Council, before issuing any special permit, shall give due consideration to environmental factors involved in order that all livability may be secured and any adverse affects to surrounding property valued or uses must be considered by the City Council.
(K) In considering livability, recognition shall be given to the setting of trailer coaches on lots, the availability of schools and shopping facilities, the nature of the abutting zone districts, and the zone district in which the trailer court is to be located.
(L) Consideration shall be given to school district plan and density.
(M) Signs shall be permitted only by consent of the City Council.
(N) Each trailer coach shall be set back on its trailer coach space a minimum of 25 feet, have a minimum rear yard set back of 15 feet, and minimum side yard set back of ten feet, except where the trailer coach space is a corner lot the side yard set back abutting an interior thoroughfare shall be 25 feet.
(O) Wheels shall be removed from all trailer coaches. No permanent attachment shall be added to a trailer coach. No temporary buildings or parts of buildings shall be attached to or added to a trailer coach without first obtaining a license from the City Council. The City Council, or a committee composed of two Council members appointed by the Mayor annually with the consent of the Council, shall have authority to issue a license without hearing and for a fee not to exceed $5.
(P) Clotheslines or the hanging of clothes on any trailer coach space shall not be permitted, and the trailer court shall provide a general area for clothes drying space.
(Q) Accessory buildings and accommodations shall be as provided for by this chapter or the trailer court license.
(R) All trailer coaches must be skirted with a suitable material approved by the City Council, and blocked with special jacks or other suitable equipment.
(S) Each trailer coach space must provide separate telephone jacks, water and sewer hook-ups with shut-offs as approved by the City Council or the City Health Officer and the City Engineer, and separate electrical hook-ups. In the event overhead electrical power is to be used in the trailer court, a plan must be submitted and approved by the City Council, and in approving the plan, the City Council must give consideration to scenic beauty.
(T) The operator, owner, and licensee of the trailer court shall be responsible and liable for all city taxes, assessments, and utility fees for service.
(U) All waste from showers, toilets, laundries, faucets, and lavatories shall be wasted into a sewer system extended from and connected with the city sewer system. All plumbing shall comply with local and state laws.
(V) Storage, collection, and disposal of refuse in the trailer court shall be so managed as to create no health hazards, rodent harborage, insect breeding areas, accident, or air pollution. All refuse shall be stored in fly-tight, water-tight, rodent-proof containers, which shall be provided in sufficient number and capacity to prevent any refuse from overflowing and placed as approved by the City Council. All containers shall be contained within a city-approved enclosure, which enclosure shall be upon a concrete slab or base.
(W) All sewer and water utilities, other city utilities, roadways, and other items required by the special permit or license shall be constructed and maintained at the expense of the owner or licensee of the trailer court.
(Ord. 278, passed 2-1-1971) Penalty, see § 10.99