Lake City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VIII
Recreational Vehicles, Mobile Homes and Campgrounds
§ 530-45 Determination of dwelling unit or recreational vehicle.
A mobile home over 32 feet in length will be treated as a principal building or dwelling unit. Any mobile home under 32 feet in length will be treated as a recreational vehicle. Buses used for human habitation shall also be treated as recreational vehicles. [Other standards apply in Recreational-Residential (RR-1) Districts. See § 530-36.]
§ 530-46 Recreational vehicles outside of approved parks.
Any recreational vehicle located outside a state- or County-approved park shall:
A.
Meet all of the dimensional, setback, and density requirements of the district in which it is located.
B.
Have a privy or other waste disposal system meeting the requirements of Chapter 518, Sewage Systems, Private.
C.
Not be stored on undeveloped land. Such units shall be permitted to be stored within a garage, carport, or accessory structure or in the rear or side yard areas of developed parcels of land, provided that setback requirements are met. The storage of more than three units shall require a conditional use permit.
D.
Acquire a 911 emergency number for the parcel.
§ 530-47 Temporary dwellings.
Recreational vehicles shall be permitted to be used for temporary dwelling purposes for an aggregate time period of up to four months per calendar year in all zoning districts except commercial. Any such unit that is to be used for temporary dwelling purposes and which is located on a site for a period of time greater than four months per annum shall require a land use permit.
§ 530-48 Removal notice.
A time limit of not less than 15 days and not more than 30 days shall be given in the order for removal of any recreational vehicle not complying with the provisions of this article.
§ 530-49 Mobile home parks.
A.
A conditional use permit shall be required to establish a mobile home park.
B.
Mobile home parks shall conform to regulations of the Wisconsin Administrative Code, Department of Health Services.
C.
The minimum size of a mobile home park shall be three acres.
D.
Maximum number of mobile home sites: 10 per acre.
E.
Minimum width of a mobile home site: 40 feet.
F.
Maximum height of a mobile home trailer: 15 feet.
G.
Minimum distance between mobile home trailers: 20 feet.
H.
Minimum distance between mobile home and service road: 10 feet.
I.
Each mobile home park shall be completely enclosed, except for permitted entrances and exits.
J.
No mobile home sales office or other business or commercial use shall be located on the mobile home park except for a park office as required in the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
K.
Minimum side yard setback: 20 feet at all front, side and rear lot lines of the mobile home park.
L.
Unless opaquely screened by existing vegetation cover, mobile home parks shall be screened by a temporary planting of fast-growing material capable of reaching a height of 15 feet or more, such as hybrid poplar, and a permanent evergreen planting such as Norway pine, the individual trees to be such a number and so arranged that within 10 years they will have formed a screen equivalent in opaqueness to a solid fence or wall. Such permanent planting shall be grown or maintained to a height of not less than 15 feet.
M.
Where shoreline access is to be provided for a mobile home park, there must be at least 50 feet of frontage for every four dwelling units in the park.
§ 530-50 Campgrounds and camping resorts.
A.
A conditional use permit shall be required to establish a campground or camping resort.
B.
All campgrounds and camping resorts shall conform to the requirements of the Wisconsin Administrative Code and Department of Health Services.
C.
The minimum size of a campground or camping resort shall be three acres.
D.
The maximum number of sites shall be 10 per acre and the maximum number of camping units shall be one per site, except that 10% of the total number of sites can be constructed and used as dual sites.
E.
All drives and parking areas other than those at individual trailer sites shall be hard surfaced with crushed rock or similar material.
F.
There shall be automobile parking space for each site, plus one extra parking space for every three sites.
G.
Maximum length of a mobile home, trailer, camping trailer, bus or other type recreational vehicle used for human habitation and to be parked in a campground or camping resort is 50 feet.
H.
Where shoreline access is to be provided for a campground or camping resort, there must be at least 100 feet of frontage for every 10 camp spaces in the campground or camping resort.
I.
No trailer shall be less than 20 feet from the front, side, or rear lot lines of the camp.
J.
Marshland and shoreline areas shall not be altered.
K.
The screening provisions for mobile home parks shall be met.
L.
In a campground or camping resort, a unit with its occupants shall not establish year-round residency. It is the intent of this chapter that campgrounds and camping resorts be establish for a transient trade.