(A) Definition. MOBILE DWELLING UNIT shall mean living quarters, such as mobile homes, motor homes, travel trailers, campers, truck bodies, railroad cars, shacks, and improvised shelters which may be moved by tractor, truck, or automobile, or can be carried, transported, or towed from one place to another without the use of regular house-moving equipment. Use for such living quarters shall include the acts of sleeping, preparation of meals, sanitary measures such as bathing, dishwashing, or laundering clothes, or any natural or performed operation which involves waste material objectionable from a nuisance standpoint.
(B) Permitted. Mobile dwelling units will be permitted to be used only in mobile home courts approved by the Indiana State Board of Health, and except as otherwise stipulated in the provisions of this section.
(C) Temporary living quarters. One motor home or travel trailer or camper, as distinguished from other mobile dwelling units defined herein, may be temporarily parked on a residential lot and occupied by the motor home's owner and the owner's family for the purpose of using the same as a temporary living quarters for a period not to exceed 30 days, after which such unit must be moved to a mobile home park approved by the Indiana State Board of Health. In all cases, such units must conform to the prescribed set-back requirements for accessory buildings.
(D) Wheel removal. Removal of the wheels of a trailer, except temporarily for repair, or the permanent blocking-up of a trailer, whether situated in a camp or elsewhere, shall not be construed to convert the trailer into a permanent place of abode.
(E) Storage. Travel trailers, motor homes, campers, or camper bodies may be stored on an owner's property during periods of non-use only if such are stored off the street and in an inconspicuous location.
(F) Replacing mobile dwelling unit. If a mobile dwelling unit in existence and situated on lots within the town as of the date of passage, October 17, 2006, of the ordinance codified in this division, is destroyed by fire or other act of God or calamity, or is dilapidated and in disrepair, it may be replaced on the same lot, provided set-back requirements of the White County Area Plan Commission are satisfied. All mobile dwellings now legally in place on lots in the town, not to exceed two such units per lot, shall be deemed not in violation of this section. If a mobile dwelling unit is removed from its location on or after the date of adoption of this section and not replaced within one year, or if not replaced or repaired after a fire or other act of God or calamity, for a period of one year, then the location and lot shall no longer be eligible to have a mobile dwelling unit thereon, and replacement, repair, or installation of a mobile dwelling unit shall be a violation of this section. No replacement mobile home or mobile dwelling unit may be greater than ten years of age from date of original construction of the mobile home or mobile dwelling unit.
(G) Corporate limits of town. From and after the date of the ordinance codified herein, new or used mobile dwelling units may not be installed on a lot located within the corporate limits of the town.
(1998 Code, § 18-2) (Ord. 18-3, passed 10-17-2006)