Chaffee City Zoning Code

Where mobile home and trailer parking prohibited. It shall be unlawful in the City for any person, for any reason, to park any trailer or mobile home on any street or other public place, or on any tract of land owned by any person, occupied or unoccupied, within the City except as provided in this Section.

Permissible emergency stopping and parking. Emergency or temporary stopping or parking is permitted on any street for not longer than two (2) hours, subject to any other and further prohibitions, regulations or limitations imposed by traffic code or any parking regulation or ordinance for the street concerned.

Parking upon premises other than approved mobile home and trailer park or designated area prohibited. No person shall park, place, erect or occupy any trailer or mobile home on any premises or on any lot or tract of land within the City limits of the City of Chaffee, Missouri, except in an approved mobile home or trailer park.

The application shall be in writing signed by the applicant and shall include the name and address of the applicant, the address and legal description of the mobile home park, a complete plan of the park platted in conformity with the requirements of this Subsection, plans and specifications of all buildings, improvements, and facilities constructed or to be constructed within the mobile home park, and such other and further information as may be requested by the Building Inspector.

The application and all accompanying plans and specifications shall be filed in duplicate.

The Building Inspector shall investigate the applicant and inspect the application of the proposed plans and specifications.

If the applicant is found to be of good moral character, the Building Inspector will then refer the application to the City Council who shall refer the application to the Planning and Zoning Commission for its action and determination with respect to confirmation with zoning and special requirements of this Chapter.

Each boundary of the parks shall be at least fifty (50) feet from any permanent residential building located outside the park, unless separated therefrom by natural or artificial barrier or unless the majority of the property owners, according to number within such fifty (50) feet, consent in writing to the establishment of the park. Each trailer or mobile home park shall consist of not less than four (4) acres in area.

Each park shall be located on a well-drained site properly graded to insure rapid drainage and freedom from stagnant pools of water.

Water supply taps. An adequate supply of pure water for drinking and domestic purposes shall be supplied by pipes to all mobile home spaces within each park to meet the requirements of the park. Each mobile home space shall be provided with cold water tap at least four (4) inches above the ground.

All service buildings on the grounds of each park shall be maintained in a clean, sightly condition, kept free of any condition that will menace the health of any occupant or the public or constitute a nuisance.

Types of buildings. Service buildings housing any facility shall be permanent structures complying with all applicable provisions of the Building and Fire Code, and other ordinances and Statutes regulating buildings, electrical installations, plumbing and sanitation systems.

Sewage requirements generally. Waste from showers, bathtubs, flush toilets, urinals, lavatories, slop sinks and laundries and service and other buildings within each park shall be discharged into a public sewer in compliance with applicable provisions of this Code and other ordinances, or when a public sewer is not available, into a private sewer and disposal plant or into a septic tank system of such construction and in such manner as will present no health hazard and as will conform to applicable sanitation codes and ordinances.

For each mobile home space there shall be provided a trap sewer at least four (4) inches in diameter, which shall be connected to receive the waste from the shower, tub, flush toilet, lavatory and kitchen sink of the mobile home harbored in such space and having any or all of such facilities. The trap sewer in each space shall be connected to discharge the mobile home waste into a public sewer system in compliance with applicable provisions of this Code or other ordinances or into private sewer disposal plant or into a septic tank system of such construction and in such manner as will present no health hazard and will conform to applicable codes and ordinances pertaining to sewage disposal.

Fire extinguishing equipment. 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 of the Fire Department. No open fires shall be permitted at any place which may endanger life or property. No fires shall be left unattended at any time. Outdoor cooking fires may be permitted in customary devices such as barbecue grills or pits of portable or permanent nature.

Streets. Privately owned streets shall be provided on the site where necessary to furnish principal trafficways for convenient access to the mobile home stands or pads and other important facilities upon the park property. The street systems shall be designed:

All entry streets and other collector streets with guest parking on both sides: 36 feet.

Collector streets with no parking: 22 feet.

Minor or dead-end street with no parking: 20 feet.

One-way minor streets with no parking (acceptable only if less than five hundred (500) feet total length and serving less than twenty-five (25) mobile home stands): 11 feet.

It shall be the duty of each licensee under this Subsection to keep a register containing a record of all mobile home owners and occupants with mobile homes located within the park and the register shall contain the following information:

The licensee shall keep the register available for inspection at all times by Law Enforcement Officers, the public health officials and other officials whose duties necessitate acquisition of the information contained in the register. The register record for each occupant registered shall not be destroyed for a period of two (2) years following the date of departure of the registered from the park.

Trailer or mobile home must have been manufactured within two (2) years prior to the date of placing said trailer or mobile home on the property, and cannot have been previously titled subsequent to the certificate of origin.

Trailer must either:

Upon placement, the trailer or mobile home must be permanently affixed to the ground on a permanent foundation, being of a masonry construction and underpinned along the entire perimeter with a permanent material of concrete, block or brick all of which being installed in a workmanlike manner with complete mortar joints where applicable.

The vehicular frame and running gear must be modified and/or destroyed, such that it is impractical to move the mobile home or trailer. The tongue of the mobile home or trailer must be removed.

Not more than one (1) mobile home or trailer shall be placed upon a lot, with said lot being of a minimum size of at least forty (40) feet in width and at least one hundred (100) feet in length.

An application must be submitted for the replacement of the mobile home/trailer. The application shall be accompanied by a fifteen dollar ($15.00) filing fee. Said application shall be in writing and shall be submitted to the Building Inspector who must approve the application. Said application shall be made by the person or persons who own the lot where the trailer or mobile home is proposed to be replaced. The application shall contain information, so that the Building Inspector and the City Council may determine whether all requirements, restrictions and regulations have been or will be met. The application shall contain all of the information as described within this Section and shall contain a diagram of the lot and location and placement of the proposed replacement trailer or mobile home and any other additional information as may reasonably be required by the Building Inspector. Upon approval of the application by the Building Inspector, the application shall be submitted to the City Council which upon approving the application shall grant the permit. If it can be determined from the application that the requirements of this Article have not been met, then the application and permit shall be denied. If any replacement trailer or mobile home is placed upon a lot which does not conform with the requirements of this Section, the same shall be immediately removed by the owner of the lot and/or the trailer and/or the mobile home.

Any mobile home or trailer being replaced on any lot in accordance with this Section shall be placed and shall comply with all use, height, area and parking regulations and Zoning Ordinances affecting the property in accordance with such restrictions, regulations and Zoning Ordinances as may apply to the lot or tract of land where the trailer or mobile home is placed. Such regulations and restrictions include, but are not limited to, setback restrictions for buildings located on the premises.

Any replacement of an existing mobile home or trailer by a new mobile home or trailer must be effectuated within a period of sixty (60) days from the time the existing mobile home or trailer is removed from the lot. An extension of such time may be granted by the City Council for good cause shown, but in no case shall the extension of the time for accomplishment of the replacement be extended for more than sixty (60) additional days.