(A) The manufactured home park shall be located on a well drained area, and the premises shall be properly graded so as to prevent the accumulation of storm or other waters. There shall be a green belt, 15 feet in width, of plantings around the periphery of the manufactured home park that adjoins any residential zones, to effectively screen the interior of the manufactured home park.
(B) All roads and rights-of-way within a manufactured home park shall be privately owned, maintained, traffic and speed regulated, lighted, laid out and drained in accordance with safety and accepted engineering practices. All water mains, hydrants, sanitary sewers, and storm sewers within a manufactured home park shall be privately owned and maintained as prescribed by the City Public Utilities Commission. The Commission may, when reasonable, allow a manufactured home park owner to develop the park in stages as it is occupied. All electrical wiring, telephone wires, and other utility wires, pipes or lines shall be constructed and installed underground.
(C) The minimum area of a manufactured home lot shall be 4,000 square feet. The parking of more than one manufactured home on any single manufactured home lot shall not be permitted. A manufactured home with all its accessory buildings shall cover not more than 25% of the area of the plot on which it is situated. Each manufactured home lot shall have a manufactured home stand of a hard paved surface or crushed rock in good repair, a minimum of ten feet in width and of sufficient length and width to contain the wheels and tongue or hitch support of the manufactured home.
(D) Travel trailers are not permitted within a manufactured home park.
(E) The occupant or occupants of a manufactured home shall pay the same sewer rental charge as is payable from time to time by the resident or residents of a dwelling house in the city.
(F) Manufactured homes and their additions shall be separated from each other and from other buildings and structures by at least 15 feet, provided that manufactured homes placed end to end may have a clearance of ten feet where opposing rear walls are staggered.
(G) It shall be the responsibility of the manufactured home park owner to see that good housekeeping and living conditions are maintained in the manufactured home park at all times. Each manufactured home lot shall be landscaped or maintained in grass. City ordinances governing mowing and weeds apply. No unused building materials, debris, or rubbish shall be allowed to accumulate. No outside storage of oil drums or trailer equipment shall be permitted unless it is effectively screened or concealed.
(H) No building permit shall be issued for a park until a plot plan building plans, utility plan, and drainage plan is filed with the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer r and approved by the Public Utility Commission as conforming to this chapter, and until a permit fee of $50 shall have been paid to the city.
(I) The owner of a manufactured home park shall permit access to any and all premises or buildings in the manufactured home park by administrative officers and enforcement officials at any time in performance of their duties. The owner of a manufactured home shall permit entrance at any reasonable hour to administrative officers and enforcement officials for purpose of inspection or in performance of their duties.
(J) No building permit for a manufactured home park in the city shall be issued by the city, nor shall any plan for a manufactured home park be approved by this city, unless the manufactured home park plan provides for at least 12 manufactured home lots, and otherwise complies with the requirements of this chapter.
(Ord. 140, passed 8-20-1971; Am. Ord. 141, passed 9-13-1971) Penalty, see § 10.99