(A) Intent. Mobile home districts and their regulations are established herein in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes:
(1) To regulate the location of mobile homes in relation to the land in order to obtain proper light, air, privacy and usable open spaces;
(2) To regulate the density and distribution of population to avoid congestion and to maintain adequate services;
(3) To provide for the proper location of community shopping facilities so as to increase the general convenience, safety and amenities;
(4) To provide protection from noxious fumes, odors, dust, excessive noises, invasion of abnormal vehicular traffic and other objectionable influences; and
(5) To protect the desirable characteristics of existing residential development, the promotion of stability and the most desirable and beneficial use of the land.
(B) Permitted uses. Main buildings, accessory buildings and land shall be used and buildings shall be erected, altered, moved and maintained only for the uses permitted in any R-1 Residential District. Mobile homes may be occupied and the use of mobile home spaces permitted only in accordance with this section and subject to the issuance of conditional use permits in accordance with provisions of § 155.50(G).
(C) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DEPENDENT MOBILE HOME. A mobile home which does not have a flush toilet and a bath or shower.
INDEPENDENT MOBILE HOME. A mobile home which has a flush toilet and a bath or shower;
MOBILE HOME. Any vehicle or similar portable structure having no foundation other than wheels, jacks, supporting walls or skirting and so designed or constructed as to permit occupancy for dwelling or sleeping purposes.
MOBILE HOME PARK. Any lot or ground upon which two or more mobile homes, occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located regardless of whether or not a charge is made for such accommodations.
MOBILE HOME SPACE. A lot of ground within a mobile home park designed for the accommodation of one mobile home.
NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL BARRIER. Any river, pond, canal, railroad, levee, embankment, fence of hedge.
PARK. Mobile home park.
(D) Location. Each boundary of the park must be at least 200 feet from any permanent residential building located outside the park, unless separated therefrom by a natural or artificial barrier, or unless a majority of the property owners according to area within said 200 feet, consent in writing to the establishment of the park.
(E) Area and yard regulations. Mobile homes shall be so harbored on each space that there shall be at least a 15-foot clearance between mobile homes; provided, however, that with respect to mobile homes parked end-to-end, the end-to-end clearance may be less than 15 feet but shall not be less than ten feet. No mobile home shall be located closer than ten feet from any building within the park or from any property line bounding the park.
(F) Water supply. An adequate supply of pure water for drinking and domestic purposes shall be supplied by pipes to all buildings and mobile home spaces within the park to meet the requirements of the park. Each mobile home space shall be provided with a cold water tap at least four inches above the ground. An adequate supply of hot water shall be provided at all times in the service buildings for all bathing, washing, cleansing and laundry facilities.
(G) Sanitary facilities. Each park accommodating dependent mobile homes shall be provided with toilets, baths or showers, slop sinks and other sanitary facilities which shall conform to the following requirements.
(1) Toilet facilities for males shall consist of not less than one flush toilet and one urinal for the first 15 dependent mobile homes or any less thereof, and for dependent mobile homes in excess of 15, not less than one additional flush toilet and one additional urinal for every 15 additional dependent mobile homes or fractional number thereof.
(2) Toilet facilities for females shall consist of not less than one flush toilet for the first ten dependent mobile homes or any less number thereof, and for dependent mobile homes in excess of ten, not less than one additional flush toilet for every ten additional dependent mobile homes or fractional number thereof.
(3) Each sex shall be provided with not less than one lavatory and one shower or bath tub with individual dressing accommodations for the first ten dependent mobile homes or any less number thereof, additional lavatory and one additional shower or bath tub with individual dressing accommodations for every ten additional dependent mobile homes or fractional number thereof.
(4) Each toilet and each shower or bathtub with individual dressing accommodations, for which provision is made in this division (G) shall be in a private compartment or stall.
(5) The toilet and other sanitary facilities for males and females shall be either in separate buildings or shall be separated, if the same building, by a soundproof wall.
(6) There shall be provided in a separate compartment or stall not less than one flush toilet bowl receptacle for emptying bed pans or other containers of human excreta and an adequate supply of hot running water for cleansing such bed pans or containers.
(H) Service buildings.
(1) Service buildings housing sanitation and laundry facilities, or any of such facilities, shall be permanent structures complying with all applicable ordinances and statutes regulating buildings, electrical installations and plumbing and sanitation systems.
(2) The service buildings shall be well lighted at all times of the day and night, shall be well ventilated with screened openings, shall be constructed of such moisture-proof material, including painted woodwork, as shall permit repeated cleaning and washing, and shall be maintained at a temperature of at least 68°F during the period from October 1 to May 1. The floors of the service buildings shall be of water impervious material.
(3) Service buildings housing sanitation facilities shall be located no closer than 20 feet or farther than 200 feet from any mobile home space upon which a dependent mobile home is harbored.
(4) All service buildings and the grounds of the park shall be maintained in a clean, pleasant condition and kept free of any condition that will menace the health of any occupant or the public or constitute a nuisance.
(I) Sewage and refuse disposal.
(1) Waste from showers, bathtubs, flush toilets, urinals, lavatories, slop sinks and laundries in service and other buildings within the park shall be discharged into a public sewer system in compliance with applicable ordinances.
(2) Each mobile home space shall be provided with a trapped sewer at least four inches in diameter, which shall be connected to receive the waste from the shower, bath tub, flush toilet, lavatory and kitchen sink of the mobile home harbored in such space and having any or all of such facilities. The trapped sewer in each space shall be connected to discharge the mobile home waste into a public sewer system in compliance with applicable ordinances.
(J) Garbage receptacles. Metal garbage cans with tight-fitting covers shall be provided in quantities adequate to permit disposal of all garbage and rubbish. Garbage cans shall be located not farther than 200 feet from any mobile home space. The cans shall be kept in sanitary condition at all times. Garbage and rubbish shall be collected and disposed of as frequently as may be necessary to ensure that the garbage cans shall not overflow.
(K) Fire protection. Every park shall be equipped at all times with fire extinguishing equipment in good working order, of such type, size and number and so located within the park as to satisfy applicable regulations and codes of the village, county and state. No open fires shall be permitted at any place which may endanger life or property. No fires shall be left unattended at any time.
(L) Parking. Parking in any mobile home district shall be in accordance with regulations set forth in § 155.30.
(M) Signs. Signs in any mobile home district shall be designed, erected, altered, moved and maintained in whole or in part, in accordance with regulations set forth in § 155.31.
(Ord. 656-70, passed 2-16-1970)