A.   Whenever The City Council determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe that there has been a violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter, the City Council shall give notice of such alleged violation to the person to whom the permit or license was issued as hereinafter provided. Such notice shall:

      1.   Be put in writing.

      2.   Include a statement of the reasons for its issuance.

      3.   Allow a reasonable time for the performance of any act it requires.

      4.   Be served upon the owner or his/her agent as the case may require. Provided, that such notice or order shall be deemed to have been properly served upon such owner or agent when a copy thereof has been sent by registered mail to his/her last known address or when a copy thereof has been posted in a conspicuous place in or about the dwelling affected by the notice or when he/she has been served with such notice by any method authorized or required by the laws of this State.

      5.   Contain an outline of remedial action which, if taken, will effect compliance with the provisions of this Chapter and with regulations adopted pursuant hereto.

   B.   Any person affected by any notice which has been issued in connection with the enforcement of any provision of this Chapter may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the City Council. Provided, that such person shall file in the office of the City Clerk a written petition requesting such hearing and setting forth a brief statement of the grounds therefor within ten (10) days after the date the notice was served. The filing of the request for a hearing shall operate as a stay of the notice and the suspension except in the case of an order issued under subsection E of this Section. Upon receipt of such petition, the City Council shall set a time and place for such hearing and shall give the petitioner written notice thereof. At such hearing, the petitioner shall be given an opportunity to be heard and to show why such notice should be modified or withdrawn. The hearing shall be commenced not later than ten (10) days after the day on which the petition was filed. Provided, that upon application of the petitioner, the City Council may postpone the date of the hearing for a reasonable time beyond such ten (10) day period when, in his/her judgment, the petitioner has submitted good and sufficient reasons for such postponement.

   C.   After such hearing, the City Council shall sustain, modify or withdraw the notice, depending upon its findings as to compliance or noncompliance with the provisions of this Chapter and of regulations adopted pursuant hereto. If the City Council should sustain or modify such notice, it shall be deemed to be an order. Any notice served pursuant to subsection A4 of this Section shall automatically become an order if a written petition for a hearing shall not have been filed in the office of the City Council within ten (10) days after such notice is served. After a hearing in the case of any notice suspending any permit required by this Chapter or by any regulation adopted pursuant hereto, when such notice shall have been sustained by the City Council, the permit shall be deemed revoked. Any such permit which shall have been suspended by a notice shall be deemed to be automatically revoked if a petition for hearing shall not have been filed in the office of the City Council within ten (10) days after such notice was served.

   D.   The proceedings at such a hearing, including the findings and decision of the City Council, and together with a copy of every notice and order related thereto, shall be entered as a matter of public record in the office of the City Council, but the transcript of the proceedings need not be transcribed unless judicial review of the decision is sought as provided by this Section. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the City Council may seek relief therefrom in any court of competent jurisdiction, as provided by the laws of this State.

   E.   Whenever the City Council finds that an emergency exists which requires immediate action to protect the public health, it may, without notice or hearing, issue an order reciting the existence of such an emergency and requiring that such action be taken as it may deem necessary to meet the emergency, including the suspension of the permit or license. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Chapter, such order shall be effective immediately. Any person to whom such an order is directed shall comply therewith immediately but, upon petition to the City Council, shall be afforded a hearing as soon as possible. The provisions of subsections C and D of this Section shall be applicable to such hearing and the order issued thereafter. (Ord. 288, 3-2-71; 1994 Code)

   A.   General Requirements: Condition of soil, ground water level, drainage and topography shall not create hazards to the property or the health or safety of the occupants. The site shall not be exposed to objectionable smoke, noise, odors or other adverse influences, and no portion subject to unpredictable and/or sudden flooding, subsidence or erosion shall be used for any purpose which would expose persons or property to hazards.

   B.   Soil and Ground Cover Requirements: Exposed ground surfaces in all parts of every mobile home park shall be paved or covered with stone screening or other solid material or protected with a vegetative growth that is capable of preventing soil erosion and of eliminating objectionable dust.

   C.   Site Drainage Requirements: Site drainage requirements shall be constructed according to a plan approved by the City Engineer.

   D.   Park Areas for Nonresident Users:

      1. No part of any park shall be used for nonresidential purposes, except such uses that are required for the direct servicing and well-being of park residents and for the management and maintenance of the park.

      2. Nothing contained in this Section shall be deemed as prohibiting the sale of a mobile home located on a mobile home stand and connected to the pertinent utilities.

   E.   Required Separation Between Mobile Homes:

      1. Mobile homes shall be separated from each other and from other buildings and structures by at least fifteen feet (15'); provided, that mobile homes placed end-to-end may have a clearance of ten feet (10') where opposing rear walls are staggered.

      2. An accessory structure, such as an awning, cabana, storage cabinet, carport, windbreak and porch, which has a floor area exceeding twenty five (25) square feet and has an opaque top or roof shall, for purposes of all separation requirements, be considered to be part of the mobile home.

   F.   Required Recreation Areas:

      1. In all parks accommodating or designed to accommodate fifteen (15) or more mobile homes, there shall be one or more recreation areas which shall be easily accessible to all park residents.

      2. The size of such recreation areas shall be based upon a minimum of one hundred (100) square feet for each lot. No outdoor recreation area shall contain less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet.

      3. Recreation areas shall be so located as to be free of traffic hazards and should, where the topography permits, be centrally located.

   G.   Required Setbacks, Buffer Strips and Screening:

      1. All mobile homes shall be located at least twenty five feet (25') from any park property boundary line abutting upon a public street or highway and at least twenty five feet (25') from other park property boundary lines.

      2. There shall be a minimum distance of fifteen feet (15') between the mobile home stand and abutting park street.

      3. All mobile home parks shall be provided with screening, such as fences or natural growth, along the property boundary line separating the park and such adjacent nonresidential uses.

   H.   Park Street System and Car Parking:

      1. General Requirements: All mobile home parks shall be provided with safe and convenient vehicular access from abutting public streets or roads to each mobile home lot. Such access shall be provided by streets, driveways or other means in conformance to City codes.

      2. Park Entrance: Entrances to mobile home parks shall be designed to minimize congestion and hazards and allow free movement of traffic on adjacent streets. No parking shall be permitted on the park entrance street for a distance of one hundred feet (100') from its point of beginning unless the park entrance is at least thirty four feet (34') wide (curb face to curb face).

      3. Internal Streets: Surfaced roadways shall be of adequate width to accommodate anticipated traffic and, in any case, shall meet the following minimum requirements:

         a. All streets, except minor streets - 40 feet (curb face to curb face).

         b. Minor streets - 36 feet (curb face to curb face).

         c. Street right-of-way width is to be measured from property line to property line. The minimum right of way of streets so measured shall be:

For local or minor streets   60 feet

For collector or secondary streets   60 feet

         d. Dead-end streets shall be limited in length to four hundred feet (400') and shall be provided at the closed end with a turnaround having an outside roadway diameter of at least eighty feet (80'), curb face to curb face, and a street property line diameter of at least ninety feet (90').

         e. Streets shall be laid out so as to intersect as nearly as possible at right angles, and no street shall intersect any other street at less than eighty degrees (80o).