(A) It shall be unlawful to place a mobile home within the jurisdiction of the City without first obtaining a Building Permit permitting placement of the mobile home. The fee for the Building Permit shall be as provided within § 150.10 of the Revised Code or Ordinances.
(B) The application for Building Permit shall be upon such forms and shall comply with such procedures as prescribed by the City of Mt. Vernon pursuant to the Revised Code of Ordinances and the applicable Ordinances and Codes of the City of Mt. Vernon.
(C) Each application for a Building Permit for a mobile home shall include proof satisfactory to the Building Inspector of the City of Mt. Vernon of all matters needed to determine inspection requirements as hereinafter set forth.
(D) No Building Permit for placement of a mobile home within the jurisdiction of the City shall be issued until after the following inspection requirements have been satisfied:
(1) If the mobile home is new and has not been previously set up or occupied and if the Certificate of Origin, Certificate of Title, Purchase Agreement, or other evidence satisfactory to the Building Inspector establishing such fact is filed with the Application for Building Permit, no physical inspection of the interior and exterior of the mobile home shall be required, provided the Building Permit application shall include not less than five (5) quality color photographs of the interior rooms of the mobile home and not less than five (5) quality color photographs of the exterior of the mobile home, which photographs shall become the property of the City.
(2) If the requirements of subparagraph (D)(1) above are not met, then the interior and exterior of the mobile home shall be subject to inspection by the Building Official (or his designee) of the City of Mt. Vernon to determine whether said mobile home meets the Mobile Home Standards as set forth within this Article. The fee for inspection, which shall be paid prior to the issuance of a Building Permit, shall be $30 if the mobile home is situated within Jefferson County, Illinois and $50 plus the prevailing standard mileage rate under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code per mile for travel to and from the site where the mobile home is inspected if said site is not situated within Jefferson County, Illinois; the inspection fee shall be in addition to the fee for the Building Permit.
(3) Notwithstanding any provision herein, the City of Mt. Vernon reserves the right to inspect any mobile home for which an application for Building Permit is filed. If an inspection is conducted and if a misrepresentation or other inaccuracy in the information provided under paragraph (C)(1) above is discovered then the inspection fee shall be assessed and paid in addition to any penalties imposed under this Ordinance.
(Prior Code, Art. 19, § 19.3)