(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to place or use any single-wide mobile home or manufactured home within the unincorporated areas of Lake County, Indiana, except as follows:
(1) For agricultural purposes in accordance with § 154.120 of the Lake County Zoning Code; and
(2) When located within approved licensed manufactured home park.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, alter, or enlarge a manufactured home park unless:
(1) The use complies with the terms of this chapter;
(2) The person holds a letter of approval from the Indiana State Board of Health; and
(3) The person has received preliminary approval from the County Council in accordance with the County Zoning Code, as amended, and this chapter.
(C) It shall be unlawful to:
(1) Rent or occupy any manufactured home stand for periods of less than one calendar month;
(2) Deed off or transfer ownership of individual manufactured home sites;
(3) Occupy, or allow to be occupied, any manufactured home stand prior to having received a certificate of occupancy for the stand;
(4) Occupy, or allow to be occupied, any manufactured home stand if the dimensions of the manufactured home exceed the maximum dimensions approved on the certificate of occupancy for that stand.
(D) (1) No occupancy permit for any manufactured home stand shall be issued until:
(a) All basic elements (utilities, parking, access, streets, curbs, walkways, storm drainage systems, and other required improvements) indicated on the approved plan have been inspected and approved by the County Inspecting Officials; and
(b) All appurtenances (landscaping, recreation areas, swimming pools, community buildings) indicated in the approved plan have been inspected and approved by the County Inspecting Officials or a performance bond equal to the estimated cost of these items has been posted with the Board of Lake County Commissioners.
(2) Divisions (D)(1)(a) and (b) above shall not be construed to mean a manufactured home park must be completed in its entirety prior to obtaining occupancy permits, but rather a total approved plan may be constructed, inspected, and approved in phases of not less than ten units per phase, as authorized by the Plan Commission staff.
(E) Every manufactured home park operator shall keep an up-to-date register of all manufactured home park tenants including names, ages of children under 21 years, date manufactured home was moved into the park, and date of removal. The information shall be made available to the Lake County Plan Commission at its request.
(Prior Code, § 152.005) (Ord. 1626, passed 6-13-1995) Penalty, see § 152.999