As used in this chapter:

"Accessory building" means any structure repositioned or built detached from the original dwelling quarters.

"Mobile home" is a portable structure built on a chassis and designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation, a permanent dwelling when connected to utilities.

"Mobile home park" means any tract or parcel of land used for the accommodation of mobile homes with the occupants of the mobile-home not owning such tract or parcel of land or any part thereof.

"Mobile home shell" means the shell of mobile home removed from wheels and chassis to be placed on either a permanent foundation or to be used on a temporary basis.

"Mobile home subdivisions" means any tract or parcel of land subdivided into lots to be sold as locations for mobile homes.

"Transient" means thirty-day maximum occupancy of lot.

"Travel trailer park" means a travel trailer park in any lot, tract or parcel of land used in whole or in part for the accommodation of transients.

"Travel trailers" is a structure built on a chassis designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses.

( Ord. No. 121415-507 , 12-14-2015)

Existing mobile home parks located outside of Trailer Park/Mobile Homes District shall be included in these regulations. Single mobile homes located on lots or parcels of land outside of Trailer Park/Mobile Homes District which are not a part of a mobile home park shall not be exempt from the provisions of this chapter. The following restrictions and exemptions shall apply to mobile homes, mobile home parks and mobile home subdivisions. The placement of travel trailers and mobile homes will not prohibit mobile homes in local retail, central businesses, industrial or manufacturing districts where the same are being located for resale, nor shall it prohibit the manufacturing of mobile homes or the storage thereof in industrial or manufacturing districts. All provisions contained in this code relative to subdivision, platting, land uses and requirements relative to construction, use and occupancy of structures shall apply to mobile homes, mobile home parks and mobile home subdivisions.

( Ord. No. 121415-507 , 12-14-2015)

A.

The minimum width and/or depth of the mobile home park shall be three hundred (300) feet and the minimum total area shall be two (2) acres.

B.

The minimum area for each mobile home shall be not less than three thousand (3,000) square feet with a minimum width of thirty (30) feet.

C.

The requirements as to lot size, setbacks from the front, rear and side requirements relative to paving, curbing, sidewalks, gutters and alleys are set forth in Title 16. Also applicable are subsections A. and B. of this section; except that no part of a mobile home including patio awnings or cabana roof or other structure used in connection with it shall be closer than twelve (12) feet from any other mobile home nor closer than ten (10) feet to any driveway or road. Streets shall have thirty-foot right-of-way and not less than twenty-four (24) feet of paving.

D.

Off-street parking spaces in mobile home parks or travel trailer parks shall be provided at the ratio of two (2) spaces per trailer in locations convenient to individual trailers or groups of trailers.

E.

Provisions shall be made in mobile home parks for public water supply, sanitary sewers, fire protection, refuse collection, and bathing facilities. Not less than eight (8) percent of the gross site area shall be devoted to recreational facilities, generally provided in a central location. In larger developments, recreation facilities can be decentralized with one (1) area large enough for a small softball park (two-thirds (⅔) of an acre). Recreation areas may include space for community buildings and community use facilities, such as indoor recreation areas, swimming pools, hobby and repair shops, and service buildings.

F.

Approval and Installations. All electrical systems must comply with the National Electrical Code and Anthony Municipal Code and ordinances.

G.

Plumbing and sewer systems shall conform with the town ordinances.

H.

Gas lines and connections shall conform with town ordinances.

I.

Permits are required for moving a mobile home on or off a lot or parcel or tract of land within the town limits.

J.

Anchorage Requirements—Minimum tie-down for mobile home parks and mobile home subdivisions (hurricanes and/or high winds).

1.

Anchors: Soil tests are required to assure that the trailer will withstand three thousand seven hundred fifty (3,750) pounds of pull per each ten (10) feet of mobile homes.

2.

Mobile homes shall be grounded as protections against fire and lightning.

3.

Foundations: In addition to the foregoing safety tie-down requirements, mobile homes located in mobile home subdivisions shall be set on slab foundation or such other type of foundation approved by the town inspector, with the wheels of the mobile home either attached or removed.

K.

No mobile home shell nor mobile home structure shall be used anywhere in the town either as living quarters, accessory building, or any other use except in those areas designated for mobile homes.

L.

All trailer sites shall be skirted to prevent the accumulation of rubbish litter and stray animals.

M.

Trailers exceeding thirty-two (32) by ten (10) feet, or exceeding three hundred twenty (320) square feet shall be considered mobile homes, to distinguish them from travel trailers.

N.

Any mobile home that is stationary for more than thirty (30) days is considered a dwelling and is liable for town taxes whether wheels are on the ground or not.

O.

All mobile home lots or sites shall, when located in a mobile home subdivision, have walls built around the property lines, that is that a solid masonry wall of not less than four (4) feet nor more than six (6) feet in height shall be built along all property lines of the portion of the property which is being used in the placement of any mobile home except along front property lines or where a lower height of wall is required to permit visibility at corners, intersections and driveways, or alongside street property lines in which case the fence or wall may be located behind any desired landscaping.

( Ord. No. 121415-507 , 12-14-2015)