(A) Approval required. Travel trailer courts shall be permitted only after approval of the City Council, subject to restrictions and conditions hereinafter designated.
(B) Plan submitted. Before a permit shall be issued for a travel trailer court, the overall plan of the court must be submitted to the City Council for its review. The plan will show:
(1) Proposed road layout and trailer space;
(2) Proposed reservations for parks, playgrounds and other open space;
(3) A generalized landscape plan; and
(4) Any other data that the City Council may require.
(C) Standards and requirements. The travel trailer court shall conform to the following standards and requirements.
(1) Access. All travel trailer courts shall have access to a main arterial street as set forth in the major street plan of the city.
(2) Setback from public street. All travel trailers shall be set back at least 20 feet from any public street.
(3) Roadways. All one-way roadways shall be at least 12 feet in width; and all two-way roadways at least 20 feet in width, and all roadways shall be hard surfaced or graveled.
(4) Landscaping. All areas within the court which are not hard surfaced, including the 20-foot setback space, shall be landscaped and maintained with lawns, trees and shrubs designed to provide privacy and noise containment.
(5) Sizes of space. Each travel trailer space shall be at least 20 feet in width and at least 40 feet in length.
(6) Business license. Prerequisite to the operations of any travel trailer court shall be the obtaining of a quarterly license. The quarterly license fee for travel trailer courts shall be in such amount as established by resolution of the City Council. The license shall be issued only after an inspection by the Building Official. It shall be unlawful to operate a travel trailer court without first obtaining a license and said license shall be refused or revoked upon failure of the owner and/or operator to maintain the court in accordance with the standards and requirements as herein set forth.
(7) Code compliance. In addition to meeting the above requirements, and conforming to the other laws of the city, all mobile home parks shall also conform to requirements of the State Board of Health, and to the adopted fire prevention code, which provisions are hereby adopted by reference, copies of which are filed at the city office for use of the public, and all restrictions, regulations and notations contained therein shall be made a part of this chapter as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between said regulations or codes and this section, this section shall take precedence.
(D) Guarantee of improvements.
(1) Required; form. In lieu of actual construction and completion by the applicant and acceptance by the City Council of the improvements required by this chapter, the applicant shall guarantee the installation and construction of the required improvements within six months from the date of approval by the City Council. The guarantee shall be in the form of either a bond or irrevocable letter of credit in the amount specified in the submission of bid by a competent authority, as provided by the applicant, and an additional 25%. The bond or irrevocable letter of credit shall be made to the city and retained by the city.
(2) Conditions for clearance. The Mayor or designated staff person shall grant clearance only when the Building Inspector determines that all of the following conditions are met:
(a) All of the improvements required have been satisfactorily installed; and
(b) All required inspections have been satisfactorily passed.
(3) Release. The amount of the bond or letter of credit may be released, providing the Building Inspector certifies in writing that the conditions for release have been met. Release of a partial amount of the bond or letter of credit for work completed shall not be granted.
(4) Forfeit. If the applicant does not comply with the conditions specified within the time frame specified, the city shall declare the bond or letter of credit forfeited and deposit the full amount to the General Fund.
(Prior Code, § 9-2-3) (Ord. passed 8-10-2006)