The mobile home district is established in order to provide and regulate the placement of mobile homes in the village with regard to providing adequate standards to protect public health, safety, morals, convenience and general welfare. The general purpose includes the following specific purposes:

(1)

To provide adequate standards and regulations for mobile homes, and to protect and promote the compatibility to adjacent land uses;

(2)

To protect mobile home areas from overcrowding by regulating the intensity of development by density standards;

(3)

To promote public comfort and welfare by providing for usable open space on the same zoning lot with the mobile home development;

(4)

To provide regulations and standards for the development of a safe, healthy, and well-designed community for permanent mobile home living.

No mobile home, whether occupied or unoccupied, may be located or placed outside the mobile home district, except as follows:

(1)

For use as a shelter on the site of a construction project, during the course of construction, provided the mobile home shall not be occupied for human habitation.

(2)

For display purposes as a part of a mobile home sales or rental business, provided the mobile home shall not be occupied for human habitation.

(3)

For use in conjunction with carnivals, circuses, fairs, rodeos, or Christmas tree sales, while they are on the site.

(4)

For replacement of an existing mobile home pursuant to section Z-16 of this chapter and only with a special use permit.

(1)

Performance standards for mobile home parks. An overall development plan delineating the street system, parking areas, mobile home sites, recreational uses, utility easements, and any other on-site improvements shall be submitted and reviewed by the planning and zoning manager for compliance with the following performance standards:

(a)

Mobile home parks shall have not less than 20 acres of land area.

(b)

There shall be a minimum of 6,000 square feet of site area per mobile home.

(c)

Travel trailers, recreational vehicles, non-permanent shelters, or other vehicles designed for sleeping purposes, other than mobile homes, shall not be permitted for occupancy within a mobile home park.

(d)

A mobile home park shall contain recreational open spaces, not less than two percent of the gross area of which shall be developed for recreational purposes.

(e)

A designated recreational vehicle, travel trailer, and/or boat storage area shall be provided with an aggregate area of 50 square feet per mobile home space.

(f)

The mobile home park management shall provide a space on each mobile home site for outdoor storage. If the park management can show that it does not need 50 square feet per mobile home for recreational storage as contained in subsection 1(e) above, then this section shall be used to meet a portion or all of said requirement.

(g)

The mobile home stand shall meet the following requirements:

1.

The stand shall be the same size or larger than the mobile home sitting upon it.

2.

The stand shall be built of concrete in either a slab or split-slab fashion.

3.

The gradient shall provide adequate drainage.

4.

Skirting shall be required around each mobile home. Said skirting shall, at a minimum, comply with the Winnebago County Building and Health Codes.

(h)

All streets for vehicular circulation, including those dedicated to public use and those which are private, shall meet the following minimum requirements:

1.

A 30-foot-wide designated right-of-way.

2.

A 22-foot-wide roadway consisting of ten inches of compact aggregate base surfaced with 1 ½ inches of asphalt.

3.

Four-foot shoulders on each side of said roadway.

4.

No cul-de-sacs shall be permitted in a mobile home park.

(i)

Each mobile home site shall have a paved sidewalk at least 36 inches in width between the mobile home and its on-site parking space.

(j)

Only one mobile home may be located on a mobile home site as designated in a mobile home park, and shall be subject to the following yards and setbacks for each site:

1.

Front yard: a minimum of ten feet.

2.

Side yard: a minimum of five feet.

3.

Rear lot line: a minimum of ten feet.

4.

Minimum distance of 20 feet between mobile homes and/or other permitted structures.

5.

Minimum distance of ten feet from accessory structures or paved parking areas.

(k)

No mobile home or dwelling shall be located less than 25 feet from the property line of the mobile home park.

(l)

Only one accessory structure shall be permitted on a mobile home site with a maximum size of 600 square feet. (Ord. No. 48-95)

(m)

A minimum of two improved automobile parking spaces shall be provided for each mobile home, both of which shall be on the mobile home site.

(n)

All utilities, including television service, shall be underground.

(o)

All mobile homes shall comply with the requirements of the Illinois Mobile Home Tiedown Act.

(2)

Detached units in mobile home park and subdivision.

(a)

Lot size. Every one-family detached dwelling hereafter erected or located in the mobile home district shall have a lot area of not less than 6,600 square feet, with a minimum width at the established building line of 60 feet.

(b)

Yards. No building shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with such building structure or enlargement:

Front. A front yard equal to at least one-half the right-of-way of the street on which the lot fronts; however, in no case shall the front yard be less than 30 feet nor require more than 60 feet.

Side. A side yard on each side of the zoning lot of not less than six feet; except, where a side yard adjoins a street, the minimum width shall be increased to equal one-half the right-of-way of the adjoining street, with a minimum of 30 feet but not require more than 60 feet.

Rear. A rear yard of not less than 30 feet.

(c)

Height. In the mobile home district, no building shall be erected or altered to a height in excess of 35 feet or 2 ½ stories.

(1)

Intent and purpose. To provide areas for mobile homeowners who wish to own their own land and to regulate these subdivisions.

(2)

General conditions.

(a)

Mobile home subdivisions shall have not less than 20 acres of land area.

(b)

Only mobile homes shall be permitted in a mobile home subdivision.

(c)

There shall be a minimum of 6,000 square feet of site area per mobile home.

(3)

Design and performance standards. All design and performance standards shall meet the requirements of chapter 32 of the Village Municipal Code (Subdivision regulations), and those required in subsection (1) of section Z-45.

(4)

Table of uses. Permitted uses and special uses in the mobile home zoning district are found in article IX, Agricultural and residential table of uses.

No recreational vehicle, whether occupied or unoccupied, may be located or placed outside a recreational campground except as follows:

(1)

For use as a shelter on the site of a construction project, during the course of construction, provided the recreational vehicle shall not be occupied for human habitation.

(2)

For display purposes as part of a recreational vehicle sales or rental business, provided the recreational vehicle shall not be occupied for human habitation.

(3)

For use in conjunction with carnivals, circuses, fairs or rodeos while they are on the site.

(4)

In residential districts, as regulated by chapter 38, article IV, division 2, of the Village Code.

(1)

Location. Recreational campgrounds are allowed only in the agricultural districts, and only with a special use permit.

(2)

Purposes. The recreational campground special use permit procedures are established in order to provide and regulate the placement of recreational vehicles in the village with regard to providing adequate standards to protect and promote public health, safety, morals, convenience and general welfare. The general purpose includes the following specific purposes:

(a)

To provide regulations and standards for accommodating recreational vehicles having temporary occupancy in the village;

(b)

To provide sites for accommodating recreational campgrounds in appropriate areas;

(c)

To comply as much as possible with the objective and purposes of the zoning district in which recreational campgrounds are located, and to protect and promote the compatibility of recreational campgrounds to adjacent land uses;

(d)

To insure adequate light, air, access and service for each recreational vehicle;

(e)

To provide for temporary occupancy in recreational campgrounds which are located on land having definite recreational and environmental resources.

(3)

Regulations.

(a)

Administration.

1.

Pre-application conference. Prior to applying for a special use permit, the applicant is required to confer with the plats committee. A conference shall be scheduled by the planning and zoning manager within 30 days after receipt of the following basic information and data, displayed to scale on maps:

a.

The boundaries of the property;

b.

Existing easements and covenants affecting the property.

c.

Land characteristics, such as natural drainage, swamp areas and wooded areas.

d.

Development characteristics, such as surrounding streets, existing buildings, availability of community sewer, water and other utilities.

e.

An overall land use development plan delineating the street systems, parking areas, concrete pads, recreational areas, public and private utility installation and any additional on-site improvements.

(b)

Accompanying the land use development plan shall be a phasing plan for the development of the projects.

1.

Special use permit filing procedure. After the receipt of a written report from the plats committee, the applicant may file for a special use permit in accordance with provisions of this chapter.

(c)

General conditions.

1.

Recreational campgrounds shall have not less than 20 acres of land area.

2.

Recreational campgrounds shall be developed in accordance with design standards set forth in this article.

(d)

Design and performance standards.

1.

Each campground shall provide a sanitary dumping station to enable recreational vehicles to empty their waste facilities as approved by the county health department.

2.

All utilities, including television service, shall be located underground.

3.

Sanitary facilities, as approved by the county health department, shall be provided.