(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, construct, alter or extend any mobile home within the city unless a plan for the mobile home park or independently sited mobile home has been approved by the city Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council and unless the person holds a valid building permit issued by the city Building Official in the name of the person for the specific construction, alteration or extension proposed, except that the placement of a permanent mobile home within a licensed mobile home park, shall not require approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission but shall be accompanied by the regular fee for a building permit.
(B) All applications for permits for independently sited permanent mobile homes shall conform to the standards which are required for the issuance of a building permit by the city.
(C) All applications for permit for licensed mobile home parks shall contain the following:
(1) A formal written request by the applicant containing the name and address of the applicant;
(2) Location and legal description of the mobile home park;
(3) Plans and specifications of the water supply and refuse and sewage disposal facilities;
(4) Plans and specifications of all buildings constructed or to be constructed within the mobile home park;
(5) Plans and specifications of roadways, walkways, driveways and parking areas; and
(6) A complete plat of the mobile home park drawn legibly and conforming to the requirements for plats set forth by the County Clerk of Johnson County, Texas, but not be limited to the following:
(a) Names and addresses of the record owner, engineer and/or surveyor;
(b) Proposed name of the park, which shall not have the same spelling as or be pronounced similar to the name of any other mobile home park located within the city, or within five miles of the city, unless the park is contiguous to a recorded park and the plat represents an additional installment or increment of the original park. Neither shall any street within the park duplicate or cause confusion with the name of any existing city street;
(c) The area and dimensions of the tract of land;
(d) The park boundary lines indicated by heavy lines;
(e) The number, location and size of all mobile home lots with a number or letter to identify each lot or site;
(f) The locations and width of roadways, walkways, driveways and parking areas;
(g) The location of water and sewer lines and riser pipes;
(h) Date of preparation, scale of plat and north point;
(i) Location of city limits line, the outer border of the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, and boundaries, if they traverse the park, form part of the boundary of the park, or are contiguous to that boundary;
(j) Vicinity sketch or key map on the plat at a smaller scale approved by the Director of Planning;
(k) The location, dimensions, description and flow line of existing watercourses and drainage structures within the park or on contiguous tracts;
(l) The location and details of lighting and electrical systems; and
(m) The setback lines on all lots and sites with respect to property lines and roadways.
(D)
All applications shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee in the amount as set by the City Council and maintained in the master fee schedule.
(E) When, upon review of the application, the Building Official is satisfied that the proposed plan meets the requirements of this chapter, a permit shall be issued.
(F) Any person whose application for a permit under this chapter had been denied may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the City Council under the procedure provided by § 152.07 below.
(Ord. 6-86, passed 10-1-1986; Ord. 05-19-2020-MASTER, passed 5-19-2020)
Penalty, see § 152.99