(a)

The R-4 District is intended and designed to provide for certain high density residential areas of the city for the development of modular, manufactured, and mobile home communities which, by reason of their design and location, will be compatible with nearby residential areas.

(Ord. No. 1345, § 1(1), 3-14-2018)

(a)

Only the use of structures or land listed in this section shall be permitted in the R-4 District:

(1)

Any use permitted in the R-1 District.

(2)

Modular, manufactured, and mobile home communities in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and applicable state and federal laws and regulations, except that mobile homes shall not be installed in modular, manufactured, and mobile home communities after July 1, 2018, provided those in place on July 1, 2018 shall be permitted to remain.

(3)

Child care center provided a special permit has been obtained pursuant to Section 19.10.010(f-1).

(Ord. No. 1345, § 1(1), 3-14-2018)

(a)

Accessory uses permitted in and as limited in the R-1 District.

(b)

Accessory buildings as may be required or permitted by state statute or city ordinance.

(c)

Family day care homes, group day care homes, and preschools.

(Ord. No. 1345, § 1(1), 3-14-2018)

(a)

The following definitions shall be applicable only to this chapter. The definitions found in Section 19.02.030 shall also apply. Where conflicts exist, the definitions found in this section shall control.

(1)

Accessory uses/buildings, community. A use incidental to the primary use of Modular, Manufactured, and Mobile home community or homes, such as a direct service facility building, management building, community building, storage buildings for use by community management or common use by the community, or other uses of a similar nature.

(2)

Appurtenances. An attached or detached enclosed addition to a modular, manufactured, or mobile home, situated on the modular, manufactured, or mobile home lot for the use of its occupants, such as an enclosed carport, garage, storage shed, or items of a similar nature.

(3)

Community. A term which is short for and may be used interchangeable with the term "modular, manufactured, and mobile community."

(3)

Common area. Any area or space designed for joint use of tenants occupying modular, manufactured, and mobile home communities.

(4)

Conceptual Plan. A plan required by this chapter to be used for applications to change zoning districts to R-4, showing information required by this chapter in sufficient detail to determine the feasibility for zone change requests as required by Section 19.02.110 of the zoning ordinance.

(5)

Density. The number of modular, manufactured, and mobile home stands per gross acre.

(6)

Existing. Those installations and/or communities which were constructed before the effective date of ordinance number 411, [April 19, 1971], or the ordinance which was in effect at the time of construction.

(7)

Installation. A modular, manufactured, or mobile home which is installed on a modular, manufactured, or mobile home stand.

(8)

Lot. A parcel of land for the placement of a single modular, manufactured, or mobile home and the exclusive use of its occupants, or for community accessory uses.

(9)

Motorized home. A portable dwelling designed and constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle.

(10)

Pickup coach. A structure designed primarily to be mounted on a pickup or truck chassis and with sufficient equipment to render it suitable for use as a temporary or permanent dwelling.

(11)

Private street. A private way which affords principal means of access to abutting individual lots and/or community accessory buildings, and which is owned and maintained by the community owner as distinguished from a public street owned by the city.

(12)

Public street. A public way, owned and maintained by the city, which affords principal means of access to abutting properties.

(13)

Public system (water or sewerage). A system which is owned and operated by a local governmental authority or by an established public utility company controlled by a governmental authority. Such systems are usually existing systems serving the municipality or a water or sewer district established and governed by the laws of the state.

(14)

Site Plan. A custom-made design used for site plan approval actions by the planning a zoning commission and the city council, showing information required by this chapter, chapter 19.12 Site Plans, and other applicable provisions of the zoning ordinance, in sufficient detail to determine compliance with said chapters, pertaining to a specific site or area consisting of drawings, maps and engineering details to set forth the boundary, topography and overall community design, including but not limited to streets, parking facilities, modular, manufactured, or mobile home lot locations and service facilities.

(15)

Skirting. The materials and construction around the perimeter of a modular, manufactured, or mobile home floor between the bottom of the mobile home floor and the grade level of the mobile home stand.

(16)

Stand. That part of an individual lot which has been reserved for the placement of the modular, manufactured, or mobile home and any appurtenances thereto.

(17)

Yard, Community. The front, rear, or side yard(s) required by the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Mount Pleasant for the entire community, as modified by this chapter.

(18)

Yard, Lot. The area on the same lot with a modular, manufactured, or mobile home between the lot line and the front, rear, or side of the modular, manufactured, or mobile home. For purposes of this ordinance the "front" of a modular, manufactured, or mobile home shall be considered as that part of the mobile home facing toward the approved street or right-of-way as required by this ordinance.

(Ord. No. 1345, § 1(1), 3-14-2018)

(a)

The following minimum requirements shall be observed subject to the modifications contained in Section 19.02.100:

(1)

For any permitted use excepting a modular, manufactured, and mobile home community, the minimum requirements shall be the same as those set out for the R-1 District.

(2)

For any modular, manufactured, and mobile home community, the requirements shall be as follows:

(A)

The minimum total modular, manufactured, and mobile home community area shall be five (5) acres;

(B)

Each community yard abutting on a public street shall be considered a community front yard by the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Mount Pleasant and shall be either a minimum of fifty (50) feet or a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet when a continuous landscape buffer is installed. For every one hundred (100) linear feet, the landscape buffer shall consist of two (2) evergreen trees, one (1) overstory deciduous tree, and eight (8) woody shrubs (not grasses). The number of required trees and shrubs shall not be reduced by special exception;

(C)

All other community yards, whether side or rear, shall be a minimum of fifty (50) feet when adjacent to any lot zoned as an "AR, SR, R-1, R-1a, or R-2" district and thirty (30) feet when adjacent to any lot zoned as a "B" or "M" district. R-4 Districts which abut any AR, SR, R-1, R-1A or R-2 Districts shall require a buffer as required in Section 19.12.090.

(D)

Buildings shall not be constructed or installed in community yards. Accessory uses of modular, manufactured, and mobile home community shall be located on lots so designated on the site plan.

(E)

The following minimum landscaping shall be installed within the community: One (1) deciduous overstory tree with a trunk diameter two (2) inches or greater for every five (5) modular, manufactured, and mobile home lot, one (1) pine/evergreen tree for every five (5) modular, manufactured, and mobile home site, and one (1) woody shrub for every one (1) modular, manufactured, and mobile home lot. Required trees and shrubs shall be dispersed evenly throughout the interior areas of the community. Trees and shrubs installed as part of any required landscape buffer shall be additional and shall not be counted for purposes of satisfying this requirement.

(F)

Every lot upon which a modular, manufactured, or mobile home is placed shall be provided with a minimum of one (1) exterior storage building of one hundred (100) square feet in floor space or larger. Such storage building shall not be located in a front lot yard area of a lot, shall be located on the same lot as the modular, manufactured, and mobile home it serves, shall be no closer than four feet to lot lines, and shall be constructed according to the city building code. Storage buildings may be attached to the modular/manufactured home they serve, provided they comply with the city building code and the home manufacturer's instructions. Storage buildings shall be required to be installed within six (6) months of occupancy of the lot.

(G)

Exterior areas of home lots shall comply with City Code Chapter 13, Nuisances.

(Ord. No. 1345, § 1(1), 3-14-2018)

(a)

The minimum dimension of the main body of the principal building(s) shall not be less than twenty-four (24) feet for all principal permitted uses, except that minimum width regulation shall not apply to modular, manufactured, and mobile homes located in approved modular, manufactured, and mobile home communities.

(Ord. No. 1345, § 1(1), 3-14-2018)

(a)

Conceptual plan required. Each petition for a change to the R-4 zoning classification submitted to the city council shall be accompanied by a modular, manufactured, and mobile home community conceptual plan. The conceptual plan may be conceptual in nature and shall show the information required by this section. Said conceptual plan shall show each modular, manufactured, and mobile home lot, the general locations of water, gas, electrical and sewer utilities, the general location of storm water detention facilities, the general location of service buildings, driveways, public sidewalks in the right-of-way, recreation areas, required community and lot yards and setbacks, parking facilities, landscaping, adjacent land uses and zoning, present zoning of the site, applicant name, property owner name, legal description of land to be rezoned, and any other feature required by applicable ordinances. The conceptual plan shall be considered by the planning and zoning commission and the city council who may approve or disapprove said plan or require such changes thereto as are deemed necessary to effectuate the intent and purpose of this ordinance. All changes to the R-4 classification shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 19.02.110 of this chapter.

(b)

Site plan required. Site plans shall be required in accordance with Chapter 19.12 for all uses permitted in this district, unless exempted by Chapter 19.12.

(1)

Site plans shall be generally compliant with any approved modular, manufactured, and mobile home community conceptual plan used for rezoning actions. Site plans may be permitted to have minor deviations from conceptual plans if approved by the city council after receiving a recommendation from the planning and zoning commission.

(2)

In addition to the information required by chapter 19.12, site plans shall show any special requirements or supplemental information required by this chapter.

(Ord. No. 1345, § 1(1), 3-14-2018)

(a)

Signs shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 19.09.

(Ord. No. 1345, § 1(1), 3-14-2018)

(a)

Inspection for compliance. The building and zoning administrator or any other employee of the city acting within the scope of their employment shall have the authority to enter and inspect the facilities of communities at any reasonable time and enforce applicable provisions of the city code. If access is not granted by the owner, the city shall have the right to obtain legal means necessary to enter, inspect, and enforce applicable provisions of this chapter and the City Code of Mount Pleasant, Iowa.

(b)

Existing communities and installations. Communities and installations in existence at the time of the passage of this ordinance, which are zoned R-4 by this or previous ordinances, shall be considered as having met all of the requirements of this ordinance. Any enlargements, additions or extensions to communities shall be in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and regulated accordingly.

(c)

Construction Standards. No modular, manufactured, or mobile home, whether temporary or permanent, shall be connected to water, sewer, or electrical service unless the home complies with the applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations, including but not limited to the city building code, and the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Act of 1974 and applicable regulations. Compliance with the above-referenced standards shall be determined by the building and zoning administrator or his or her designee. A certificate of compliance issued by the manufacturer of the modular, manufactured, or mobile home shall be permanently affixed on a readily visible location on the exterior of the modular/manufacture[d]/mobile home as prima facie evidence of such compliance.

(d)

Area limitation of uses. The area proposed for a community shall have at least five (5) acres of gross development area and may be developed in two (2) or more stages, provided that said stages conform in all respects with the overall community site plan. Occupancy shall not be permitted until all facilities and improvements are installed and operational for not less than twenty (20) lots. The maximum density allowed for the gross development area shall be eight (8) modular, manufactured, or mobile home units per gross acre.

(e)

Modular, manufactured, and mobile home lot area. Every lot shall front onto an approved private street as defined in this Chapter and shall conform to the following minimum lot area and width requirements.

(1)

Lots within the community utilized for residential dwellings.

(A)

The lot area shall be a minimum of four thousand five hundred (4,500) square feet with a minimum depth of eighty (80) feet, and with a minimum frontage on an approved private street of not less than fifteen (15) feet.

(B)

Such minimum lot area may be reduced by an amount equal to an area included in common open space, which is defined as an area permanently reserved as open space, i.e. land not included in individual lots, parking area or street, contiguous and immediately available to the individual lot or lots having reduced minimum areas, and by means of location, size, shape and landscaping being obviously and primarily for the utilization and enjoyment of the inhabitants of the said contiguous lots. In no event shall an individual lot be reduced in area to less than three thousand (3,000) square feet.

(2)

Lots within the community utilized for community accessory buildings or uses.

(A)

Any lot within the community utilized for community accessory buildings or uses shall be a minimum of three thousand five hundred (3,500) square feet. Any structure designed for such uses shall be of permanent type construction meeting all applicable building codes.

(f)

Yards, modular, manufactured, and mobile home lot. All lot yards shall be subject to the following provisions:

(1)

Lot front yard. Every lot shall have a lot front yard not less than fifteen (15) feet in depth measured from the edge of surfaced public or private street, or right-of-way to the closest point on the lower face of the building.

(2)

Lot side and rear yards. Lot side and rear yards shall be provided and maintained as set forth in this chapter.

(g)

Separation between modular, manufactured, and mobile homes, accessory uses, and appurtenances shall comply with the following provisions:

(1)

Every modular, manufactured, and mobile home shall be separated from community accessory buildings and other modular, manufactured, and mobile homes on adjacent lots by a minimum distance of twenty (20) feet, and from accessory/storage buildings on adjacent lots by a minimum distance of fourteen (14) feet.

(2)

Modular, manufactured, and mobile homes shall be located on each lot so that there will be at least a five (5) foot open space between the modular, manufactured, and mobile home, including any permanently enclosed appendage, and any lot boundary; and a ten (10) foot open space at the rear of the modular, manufactured, and mobile home.

(3)

Appurtenances attached or detached to a modular, manufacture[d], and mobile home shall be provided with a minimum separation of:

(A)

Twenty (20) feet from any other attached appurtenance on an adjacent lot.

(B)

Twenty (20) feet from any community accessory building or modular, manufacture[d], and mobile home on an adjacent lot.

(C)

Fourteen (14) feet from any accessory building on an adjacent modular, manufacture[d], and mobile home lot.

(4)

Separation between any detached appurtenance or accessory building and any modular, manufactured, and mobile home on the same modular, manufacture[d], and/or mobile home lot shall be in compliance with the city building code.

(5)

Modular, manufactured, and mobile homes shall be separated from each other on opposing sides of public or private streets a minimum of forty-five (45) feet provided that in no event shall the required front lot yard be less than set forth in this ordinance. No modular, manufactured, and mobile home accessory use or appurtenance shall be permitted in the required modular, manufactured, and mobile home lot front yard, or in the required separation between modular, manufactured, and mobile homes on opposing sides of public or private streets as provided in this ordinance.

(h)

Lot markers. Each lot shall comply with the following provisions:

(1)

The limits of each lot shall be clearly marked on the ground by permanent steel or iron rods driven into the ground with the top of said rods flush with the finish lot grade.

(2)

Location of lot limits on the ground shall be approximately the same as shown on the accepted plans. The degree of accuracy obtainable by working with a scale on the plan, and then a tape on the ground is acceptable. This is in no way to be construed as permitting lots of a lesser size than the required minimum, or in permitting lesser lot yard or separation dimensions than set forth elsewhere in this ordinance.

(i)

Modular, manufactured, and mobile home communities areas limited to service uses.

(1)

No part of any modular, manufactured, and mobile home community shall be used for nonresidential purposes, except such uses that are required for the direct servicing and well-being of community residents, that are required for the management and maintenance of the community, and that are designated for such purposes on the approved site plan. Such restrictions shall not control the permissible use of other real estate located in the R-4 District as described in [sections] 19.26.020 and 19.26.030 of Appendix D, entitled "Zoning."

(2)

Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed as prohibiting the sale by an owner of a modular, manufactured, and mobile home located on a modular, manufactured, and mobile home stand, and connected to the pertinent utilities. Any sales of modular, manufactured, and mobile homes in place on the modular, manufactured, and mobile home stand shall not in any way relieve any parties involved from complying with all the applicable regulations of this ordinance.

(j)

Recreation areas shall be required and shall comply with the following provisions:

(1)

In all communities, there shall be one (1) or more recreation areas which shall be easily accessible to all community residents.

(2)

The size of such recreation areas shall be based upon a minimum of two hundred fifty (250) square feet for each lot. No outdoor recreation area shall contain less than twenty-five hundred (2,500) square feet.

(3)

Required recreational area shall be computed in addition to any other common open space required elsewhere in this ordinance.

(4)

Recreation areas shall be so located as to be free of traffic hazards and should be easily accessible.

(5)

Recreation areas may be combined with storm water detention facilities when said facilities are well drained and dry when not in use, when seeded with grass consistent with surrounding areas, and when the finished grade is consistent with surrounding areas and not steeper than one vertical unit for every ten horizontal units (1:10).

(6)

Up to thirty percent (30%) of the required recreation area shall be permitted to be located in a required modular/manufacture[d]/mobile home community general perimeter, so long as no buildings, structures, equipment, apparatus, or other personal property are installed or located in the perimeter area.

(k)

Community street systems shall comply with Chapter 19.06. of the zoning ordinance, entitled "Loading and Parking", except as modified or allowed by this section.

(1)

Access to communities shall be designed to minimize congestion and hazards at the entrance or exit and allow free movement of traffic on adjacent streets. The entrance road connecting the community streets with a public street or road shall have a minimum road pavement width [of] twenty-four (24) feet, and parking shall be prohibited at both sides.

(2)

Interior streets shall be surfaced roadways of adequate width to accommodate anticipated traffic, and shall meet the following minimum requirements:

(A)

Street parking shall be permitted except as prohibited and shall be limited to twenty-four consecutive hours.

(B)

All two-way streets, no parking on one side, at least twenty-four (24) feet wide.

(C)

One-way minor street, no parking, at least twelve (12) feet wide. (Acceptable only if less than five hundred (500) feet total length and serving less than twenty-five (25) mobile home lots.)

(D)

Dead-end streets shall comply with the following requirements:

1.

Dead ends streets no longer than three hundred (300) feet in length shall terminate in a t-shaped turnaround. The turnaround shall be no less than seventy feet in length with a midpoint situated at the center of the dead-end street served. Street parking shall be prohibited within the turnaround and upon the dead-end street within twenty-five (25) feet of the turnaround. Street lengths shall be measured from the intersection of origin to the center of the turnaround; or

2.

Dead-end streets longer than three hundred feet (300) feet but no longer than five hundred (500) feet in length shall terminate in a cul-de-sac with an outside pavement diameter of at least eighty (80) feet. Street lengths shall be measured from the intersection of origin through the center of the cul-de-sac. Center islands shall be prohibited. Street parking shall be prohibited within the cul-de-sac.

3.

Dead end streets longer than five hundred (500) feet shall be prohibited.

(E)

No parking signs shall be installed where parking is prohibited by this section. Such signs shall be no farther than one hundred twenty-five (125) feet apart, shall have adequate wording, and shall be approved by the building and zoning administrator or his or her designee. The building and zoning administrator shall be permitted to require additional signs as he or she deems appropriate. The owner shall be required to maintain all signs installed along private streets.

(3)

Required illumination of community street systems. All communities shall be furnished with lighting units spaced and equipped with approved fixtures placed at such mounting heights as will provide the following average maintained levels of illumination for the safe movement of pedestrians and vehicles at night.

(A)

Major street intersections and steps or stepped ramps: Individually illuminated with a minimum of 0.4 foot-candle.

(B)

All other parts of the community street system: 0.6 foot-candle, with an interval minimum of 0.25 foot-candle.

(l)

Parking areas shall comply with Chapter 19.06. of the zoning ordinance, entitled "Loading and Parking", except as modified by this section.

(1)

Parking areas shall be provided in all communities for the use of community occupants and guests. Such areas shall be furnished at the rate of at least two (2) spaces for each modular, manufactured, and mobile home lot.

(2)

Required parking spaces shall be located entirely on each modular, manufactured, and mobile home lot. Parking spaces shall be permitted to be installed in any required lot yard.

(3)

Sufficient common area off-street parking and storage area shall be provided for storing vehicles such as boats, boat trailers, travel trailers, pickup coaches, truck tractors, trucks over one ton pickup size, recreational vehicles, and items of a similar nature. Said parking and storage area shall be in addition to parking required elsewhere in this section, shall be installed at a rate of two hundred (200) square feet for every seven (7) modular, manufactured, and mobile home lots, shall be constructed with a hard, smooth, dust free surface. The parking and storage of vehicles and items listed in this paragraph shall not be permitted in parking areas required elsewhere in this section, but rather in the common area storage area provided for herein.

(4)

Temporary modular, manufactured, and mobile home storage shall be permitted in communities prior to permanent placement on the stand. Such storage shall not be closer than twenty (20) feet from homes, on streets, in required community yards, and shall not exceed fourteen days. Storage shall be permitted on grassy areas.

(m)

Sidewalks shall be required to comply with the following provisions:

(1)

All communities shall be provided with sidewalks. Sidewalks shall be constructed on a minimum of one side of all private streets in the community. Sidewalks shall connect streets and/or sidewalks in the adjacent public way and all community facilities provided for community residents.

(2)

Sidewalks shall be permitted to be attached to private streets. Gradients for all walks shall not be greater than twelve (12) percent, cross slopes shall be at a rate of one-fourth inch per foot, and the street edge of the sidewalk surface shall be located above the curb one-third inch for every foot horizontally from the curb. In all other respects, all sidewalks will be constructed to applicable provisions of the city building code, state and federal requirements, and other specifications approved by the city. Sidewalks shall be constructed of minimum four (4) inch thick Portland cement concrete, over a gravel or sand subbase. Sidewalks subject to vehicular traffic shall be a minimum of six (6) inches thick.

(3)

If a sidewalk does not exist in one side of the adjacent right-of-way, the city shall be permitted, as a condition of approving the site plan, to require the community owner to install a sidewalk meeting city specifications in one side of the city right-of-way and to dedicate the sidewalk to the city upon completion.

(n)

Modular, manufactured, and mobile home stands shall comply with the following provisions:

(1)

The area of the stand shall be improved to provide a level area graded to drain surface water, for the placement of the modular, manufactured, and mobile home.

(2)

Skirting of a permanent type material and construction shall be installed to enclose the open space between the bottom of a mobile home floor and the grade level of the mobile home stand and shall be so constructed to provide substantial resistance to heavy winds, thereby alleviating to the maximum extent possible, lifting action created on the underside of the modular, manufactured, and mobile home by heavy winds, to prevent the area from becoming an attractive nuisance, to prevent the harborage of animals, rodents, and other pests, and to provide ventilation.

(3)

Skirting shall be maintained in an attractive manner consistent with the exterior of the modular, manufactured, and mobile home and to preserve the appearance of the modular, manufactured, and mobile home community. Skirting which is damaged with dents, bends, holes, or other damage shall be repaired or replaced.

(o)

Utility supply and distribution system. Utility systems shall comply with the following provisions:

(1)

The water system shall be designed, constructed, and maintained according to specifications of Mount Pleasant Municipal Utilities, SUDAS, American Waterworks Association, and the city plumbing code, as applicable. Waterline locations, ownership of the water system, and any easements, shall be indicated on the site plan.

(2)

An adequate and safe sewerage system shall be provided in all communities for conveying and disposing of all sewage. Such system shall be designed, constructed, and maintained in accordance with state and local laws and regulations. All private sewer mains and laterals shall be constructed according to specifications of the City of Mount Pleasant and connected to the city sewer system. The sewage disposal system shall be owned by the community owner from all upstream outlets to the furthest downstream point(s) of connection to the city-owned sewer main. Sewer line locations, ownership of the sewer system, and any easements, shall be indicated on the site plan.

(3)

Every community shall contain an electrical wiring system consisting of necessary wiring, fixtures, and equipment which shall be installed and maintained in accordance with applicable codes and regulations governing such systems, and the city electrical code. Main electrical power lines should be constructed underground. The electrical distribution system may be owned by the electrical utility or the community owner. Electrical line locations, ownership of the electrical system, and any easements, shall be indicated on the modular, manufactured, and mobile home community site plan.

(p)

Refuse handling.

(1)

If city garbage collection services are not used, community-owned facilities for the collection and disposal of garbage and trash shall be shown on the modular, manufactured, and mobile home community site plan, and shall be screened from public view in accordance with Chapter 19.12 of the Zoning Ordinance.

(q)

Natural gas system.

(1)

Natural gas piping systems shall be installed and maintained in accordance with applicable codes and regulations governing such systems. Liquefied petroleum gas shall be permitted only where natural gas is not available, or when costs incurred by the community owner to bring natural gas to the site exceed five percent (5%) of the cost to fully construct the site, excluding only the costs of individual homes and costs to install the homes. Fuel oil shall not be used by modular, manufactured, or mobile homes.

(r)

Fire protection.

(1)

Communities shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the city of Mount Pleasant Fire Department, the city building code and the city fire code. Fire hydrants shall be installed in the community's water system and located at such locations as determined by the Mount Pleasant Fire Department and the city water department.

(s)

Responsibilities of community management/owner.

(1)

The community owner shall operate the community in compliance with this ordinance and regulations issued hereunder and shall provide adequate supervision to maintain the community, its facilities and equipment in good repair, in a clean and sanitary condition, free from nuisance, in compliance with the approved site plan, if applicable, and in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

(2)

The community owner shall notify community occupants of all applicable provisions of this ordinance and inform them of their duties and responsibilities under this ordinance, and regulations issued hereunder.

(3)

The community owner shall be responsible for the proper placement of each mobile home on its mobile home stand which includes securing its stability, installing all utility connections, and required skirting.

(4)

The community owner shall maintain a register containing the names of all community occupants. Such register shall be available to any authorized person inspecting the community.

(t)

Responsibilities of community occupants.

(1)

Each community occupant shall comply with all applicable provisions of the City Code including but not limited to nuisance ordinances, this ordinance, the City's property maintenance code, and/or the City's building code.

(2)

Each community occupant which owns their modular, manufactured, or mobile home, accessory buildings, appurtenances, and steps shall maintain said items in compliance with the city's property maintenance code and/or the building code under which said items were constructed or installed. If community management is unable or refuses to provide information which can be used to determine ownership of said items, or if ownership cannot otherwise be determined, community management shall be responsible to maintain said items in compliance with the city's property maintenance code and/or the building code under which said items were constructed or installed.

(u)

Restriction on occupancy.

(1)

A modular, manufactured, and mobile home shall not be occupied unless skirting is installed,

(2)

Unless the modular, manufactured, and mobile home is properly installed and anchored, connected to water, sewerage and electrical utilities, in compliance with all other provisions of this ordinance, and all occupancy requirements of applicable local, state, and/or federal laws and regulations.

(v)

Community regulations, variances, and special exceptions.

(1)

Any variations or exceptions to this chapter shall be limited to the proceedings described in the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Mount Pleasant, Iowa; and in no event shall any variation or exception exceed the restrictions described in Section 19.26.090. entitled "Special Requirements for Modular, Manufactured, and Mobile Home Communities", (e)(1)(B) of this chapter.

(w)

Occupancy.

(1)

It shall be unlawful to use any mobile home for human occupancy within the corporate limits of the City of Mount Pleasant, except when located in an approved modular, manufactured, or mobile home community, and in an area licensed by the State of Iowa as a modular, manufactured, or mobile home community; except as to the particular nonconforming uses permitted in this chapter.

(x)

Storage.

(1)

This chapter does not prohibit the storage of a travel trailer, pickup coach, motorized home, recreational vehicle, etc., for any one (1) occupant providing that the stored location of said unit is in compliance with the regulations of the zoning ordinance, this chapter and other ordinances of the City of Mount Pleasant. The storage of a modular, manufactured, or mobile home is only permitted in an approved modular, manufactured, or mobile home community. At no time shall parked or stored modular, manufactured, or mobile homes, travel trailers, pickup coaches, motorized homes, recreational vehicles, etc., be occupied or used for living, sleeping or housekeeping purposes in modular, manufactured, or mobile home communities.

(y)

Penalty.

(1)

This ordinance shall be enforced according to the provisions of Appendix D, Section 19.02.090, entitled "Violation and penalties."

(2)

Alternatively, the city shall be permitted at its discretion to enforce all parking violations as follows: It shall be the duty of traffic officers so instructed to take the state vehicle tag number of all persons violating the parking provisions of this ordinance and make complaint therefor. Any person who parks any vehicle or recreational vehicle in violation of this ordinance and receives a ticket for violation of this article shall be subject to the following penalty:

(A)

A ten-dollar ($10) fine, and said fine shall be deposited in the box located at the Mount Pleasant Police Department in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.

(B)

A ticket for any violation of this article shall be paid within forty-eight (48) hours after the ticket has been placed on said vehicle. If not paid within forty-eight (48) hours, the fine will increase to fifteen dollars ($15.00).

(Ord. No. 1345, § 1(1), 3-14-2018)