For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AFFIDAVIT. An oath, in writing, sworn before and attested by an individual who has authority to administer an oath.
APPLICANT. Any person making application for a license or permit.
CAMPER. A mobile living unit designed to be mounted upon and conveyed by a vehicle or towed by a vehicle.
IMMOBILIZED MOBILE HOME.
(1) Any structure resting on a permanent foundation with wheels, tongue, and hitch permanently removed. The Village Board establishes the following criteria to complete the immobilization of a mobile home.
(a) The foundation shall extend into the ground below the frost line so as to attach and become part of the real estate. Materials such as concrete, mortared concrete block, or mortared brick extending into the ground below the frost line shall satisfy the requirement for a permanent foundation.
(b) As an alternative to division (1)(a) above, piers may be used, extending into the ground below the frost line, and sufficient in number to properly support the mobile home.
(c) To complete the immobilization, wheels, tongue, and hitch must be permanently removed. Axles may be removed.
(2) The structure is five years of age or newer.
LICENSE. A license certificate issued by the village, allowing a person to operate and maintain a mobile home park under the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations issued hereunder.
LICENSEE. Any person having a license or permit under this chapter.
MOBILE HOME.
(1) A structure designed for permanent habitation and so constructed as to permit its transport on wheels, temporarily or permanently attached to its frame, from the place of its construction to the location or subsequent locations at which it is intended to be a permanent habitation and designed to permit the occupancy thereof as a dwelling place for one or more persons, provided that any such structure resting on a permanent foundation with wheels, tongue, and hitch permanently removed shall not be construed as a MOBILE HOME, but shall be an immobilized mobile home. A MOBILE HOME should not be confused with a camping trailer or recreational vehicle.
(2) The structure is five years of age or newer.
MOBILE HOME, DEPENDENT.
(1) A mobile home or travel-trailer which does not have a flush toilet or a bathtub or shower.
(2) The structure is five years of age or newer.
MOBILE HOME, DOUBLE-WIDE.
(1) Consists of two mobile units joined at the side into a single home, but kept on their separate chassis for repeated transportation to a site.
(2) The structure is five years of age or newer.
MOBILE HOME, INDEPENDENT.
(1) A mobile home with self-contained toilet and bath or shower facilities.
(2) The structure is five years of age or newer.
MOBILE HOME LOT. A parcel of land for the placement of a mobile home and the exclusive use of its occupants.
MOBILE HOME MODULE.
(1) A factory-fabricated building unit transported to a building site, mounted on a permanent foundation supporting the outside perimeter walls, and is designed for residential use.
(2) The structure is five years of age or newer.
MOBILE HOME PAD. The part of an individual mobile home space or lot beneath the mobile home, including the concrete portion of the pad.
MOBILE HOME PARK. An area of land under unified ownership and/or control on which two or more occupied mobile homes are harbored either free of charge or for revenue purposes, and shall include any building, structure, tent, vehicle, or enclosure used or intended for use as part of the equipment of such mobile home park, including courts, developments, and communities.
MOBILE HOME SALES AREA. A parcel of land used for the display, sale, and repair of new or used mobile homes.
MOBILE HOME SPACE. A portion of a mobile home park designed for the use or occupancy of one mobile home.
OWNER or OPERATOR. The licensee.
PERMANENT HABITATION. A period of two or more months.
PERMIT. A permit certificate issued by the village, permitting the construction, alteration, or reduction in number of spaces of a mobile home park under the provisions.
PERSON. Any individual, group of individuals, association, trust, partnership, corporation, person doing business under an assumed name, county, municipality, the state, or any political subdivision or department thereof or any other entity.
REVOCATION. To declare invalid a permit or license issued to the applicant or licensee by the village for an indefinite period of time.
SPACE shall be synonymous with MOBILE HOME SPACE.
SUSPENSION. To declare invalid a permit or license issued to the applicant or licensee by the village for a temporary period of time with an expectation of resumption.
TRAILER COACH. Any vehicle used or maintained for use as a conveyance upon highways or city streets so designed and so constructed as to permit occupancy hereof as a temporary sleeping place for one or more persons having no other foundation than wheels or jacks.
(Prior Code, § 23-1-1) (Ord. passed 7-1-1998; Ord. passed - -2017)