Princeton City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XV
Mobile Homes
§ 430-101 Intent; applicability; requirements.
A.
Mobile home parks (also called a "mobile home community") may hereafter be established only in accordance with the procedures, requirements and limitations set forth in this article. Mobile home parks, with such additional supporting uses and occupancies as are permitted herein, may be established subject to the requirements and limitations set forth in these and other regulations. For purposes of this article, manufactured homes are not considered to be mobile homes.
B.
It is the intent of this article to recognize mobile homes constructed prior to October 1, 1974, as distinct and different from units designated as mobile homes within the definitions of this article and to prohibit units not meeting the requirements for mobile homes as defined herein. Units constructed prior to 1974 are prohibited. Mobile homes meeting the requirements of the One- and Two-Family Building Dwelling Code shall not be permitted in a mobile home park except as a conditional use. Such conditional use permits may be obtained only after approval by the Plan Commission and Common Council.
§ 430-102 Definitions.
A. DEPENDENT MOBILE HOME LICENSEE or OPERATOR LICENSING AUTHORITY MOBILE HOME PARK or MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY MOBILE HOME SUBDIVISION NONDEPENDENT UNIT PERSON RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOME SPACE UNIT
The following definitions are used in this article:
A mobile home which does not have complete bathroom facilities.
Any person licensed to operate and maintain a mobile home park under this article.
The City of Princeton.
Any park, camp, court, site, plot, parcel or tract of land designed, maintained, intended or used for the purpose of supplying a location or locations or accommodations for 10 or more mobile homes and shall include all buildings used or intended for use as part of the equipment thereof, whether or not a charge is made for the use of the mobile home park and its facilities. "Mobile home park" shall not include automobile or mobile home sales lots on which unoccupied mobile homes are parked for the sole purpose of inspection and sale.
A parcel of land platted for subdivision according to all requirements of Chapter 415, Subdivision of Land, and the Comprehensive Plan, designed or intended for lots to be conveyed by deed to individual owners for residential occupancy primarily by mobile homes.
A mobile home that has a complete toilet and bath or shower facilities.
An individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, trust, whether owner, lessee, licensee or their agent, heir or assignee.
A single-family dwelling built on or after October 1, 1974, in accordance with the ANSI Code (American National Standards Institute) or in accordance with the HUD Code (Housing and Urban Development), both of which govern the heating and cooling systems, electrical systems, firesafety, body and frame construction, thermal protections and plumbing systems. All said homes shall bear the proper approved Wisconsin insignia as required by the Wisconsin Administrative Code, §§ SPS 320.12 through 320.17. "Mobile home" also means any coach, cabin, trailer, house car or other structure which is, or was as originally constructed, designed to be transported by any motor vehicle upon a public highway and designed, equipped or used for sleeping, eating or living quarters or as a place of business, or is intended to be so used, whether mounted upon wheels or supports or capable of being moved by its own power or transported by another vehicle, and includes any additions, attachments, foundations, annexes and appurtenances thereto.
A plot of ground within a mobile home park designed for the accommodation of one mobile home unit.
Any mobile home unit.
B.
Statutory definitions. In addition to the above definitions, definitions contained in § 66.0435, Wis. Stats., shall also be applicable.
§ 430-103 Mobile homes in parks only.
A.
It shall be unlawful, except as provided in this article or elsewhere in this Zoning Code, for any person to park or use any mobile home on any street, alley, highway or road or other public place, or on any parcel of land or other space within the City of Princeton.
B.
Emergency or temporary stopping or parking is permitted on any street, alley, highway or road for no longer than six hours, subject to any other and further prohibition, regulation or limitation imposed by the traffic and parking regulations or ordinance for that street, alley, highway or road.
C.
In mobile home park communities, recreational vehicles shall not be occupied as living quarters and sales lots shall not be permitted.
D.
No mobile home park site shall be rented for a period of less than 30 days.
E.
No person shall park or occupy any mobile home on any premises which is situated outside an approved licensed mobile home park.
§ 430-104 Mobile home park license and application.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to establish, operate or maintain, or permit to be established, operated or maintained upon any property owned, leased or controlled by him/her a mobile home park within the limits of the City of Princeton without first having obtained a license for each such mobile home park from the Common Council pursuant to this article. Such license shall expire one year from the date of issuance but may be renewed under the provisions of this article for additional periods of one year.
B.
The application for such license or the renewal shall be accompanied by a fee as prescribed by Chapter 182, Fees, for each 50 spaces or fraction thereof.
C.
Application for license.
(1)
The application for a license or a renewal thereof shall be made on forms furnished by the Zoning Administrator and shall include the name and address of the owner in fee of the lands upon which said mobile home park is to be located (if the fee is vested in some person other than the applicant, a duly verified statement by that person that the applicant is authorized by him/her to construct or maintain the mobile home park and to apply for a license), and the location and legal description of the premises upon which the mobile home park is to be or is located as will readily identify and definitely locate the premises.
(2)
The application shall be accompanied by two copies of the complete mobile home park plan showing the following, either existing or as proposed:
(a)
The extent and area used for mobile park purposes;
(b)
Roadways and driveways;
(c)
Location of space for mobile homes;
(d)
Location and number of sanitary conveniences, including toilets, washrooms, laundries and utility rooms to be used by occupants of spaces;
(e)
Method and plan of sewage disposal;
(f)
Method and plan of garbage removal;
(g)
Plan for water supply;
(h)
Plan for lighting of spaces;
(i)
Plan for rubbish disposal;
(j)
All other matters required of this chapter.
(3)
If the existing or proposed mobile home park is designed to serve nondependent mobile home units, such plans shall clearly set forth the location of all sewer and water pipes and connections.
D.
Every licensee shall furnish the Zoning Administrator and City Assessor with information on mobile homes added to the mobile home park within five days after their arrival on forms prescribed by the Department of Revenue.
§ 430-105 Inspection and enforcement.
A.
No mobile home park license shall be issued until the Zoning Administrator shall notify the Common Council, and the Common Council or its designee shall have inspected each application and the premises on which mobile homes will be located to insure compliance with the regulations, ordinances and laws applicable thereto. No licensee will be renewed without a reinspection of the premises. For the purposes of making inspections and securing the enforcement of this chapter, such officials or their authorized agents shall have the right and are hereby empowered to enter on any premises on which a mobile home is located, or about to be located, and to inspect the same and all accommodations connected therewith at any reasonable time.
B.
Whenever the Common Council determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe that there has been a violation of any provision of this chapter, the Common 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 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: 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 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.
C.
Any person affected by any notice which has been issued in connection with the enforcement of any provision of this chapter shall take the remedial action required to effect compliance with the provisions of this chapter. In the event that such action is not taken in the period provided for in the notice issued pursuant to Subsection B herein, the license or permit shall be subject to revocation or suspension pursuant to § 66.0435, Wis. Stats. The holder of the license or permit shall be entitled to a public hearing on the issue of revocation or suspension; shall be given 10 days' notice in writing of such hearing; and shall be entitled to appear and be heard as to why such license shall not be revoked. The holder of such permit or license shall have such rights to appeal revocation or suspension of his/her permit or license as shall be provided by law.
§ 430-106 Mobile home park standards.
A.
Each mobile home space/lot within a mobile home park shall be clearly defined and shall contain at least 4,000 square feet of land area for the exclusive use of the occupant; such space shall be no less than 50 feet in width and no less than 85 feet in depth. The area occupied by a mobile home shall not exceed 50% of the total area of the mobile home space (including any awnings, carports, vehicles or attachments thereto). Each mobile home space shall be landscaped in accordance with the plans approved by the Common Council. The mobile home park shall be so arranged that all spaces shall face or abut on an approved public roadway giving easy access thereto. Each space shall have a ten-square-feet-by-twenty-square-feet paved off-street parking space for an automobile. The yard shall be landscaped except for necessary driveway and sidewalk needs, which shall not exceed 1/2 the width of the space. Temporary storage shall not be allowed on lawn areas.
B.
Street rights-of-way shall be at least 66 feet in width and shall be paved to City specifications. There shall be a concrete sidewalk along at least one side of roads, access drives off roads to all parking spaces, and mobile home spaces shall be paved.
C.
Parking.
(1)
A minimum of two off-street parking spaces surfaced with bituminous concrete or similar material capable of carrying a wheel load of 4,000 pounds shall be provided for each mobile home space.
(2)
Each mobile home park shall maintain paved off-street parking lots for guests of occupants in the amount of one parking space for each mobile home space. Such parking shall be located within 300 feet of the mobile homes to be served.
D.
Each space shall be properly landscaped with at least one tree, hedges, grass, fences, windbreaks and the like. All mobile home parks shall have a greenbelt or buffer strip not less than 20 feet wide along all boundaries. Unless adequately screened by existing vegetative cover, all mobile home parks shall be provided within such greenbelt or buffer strip with screening of natural growth or screen fence, except where the adjoining property is also a mobile home park. Compliance with this requirement shall be made within five years from the granting of the mobile home park developer's permit. Permanent planting shall be grown and maintained at a height of not less than six feet. Screening or planting requirements may be waived or modified by the governing body if it finds that the exterior architectural appeal and functional plan of the park, when completed, will be materially enhanced by modification or elimination of such screen planting requirements.
E.
No mobile home shall be parked closer than 10 feet to the side lot lines nor closer than 25 feet to the front (street) lot line or within 25 feet of the rear lot line.
F.
There shall be an open space of at least 20 feet between the sides of adjacent mobile homes. Automobiles may park no closer than five feet to the side of any mobile home; automobiles shall not, however, be parked nearer than five feet to any side lot line.
G.
No tents shall be erected or occupied on any space, and there shall be no outdoor camping anywhere in the mobile home park.
H.
All nondependent units must be connected to public water and sanitary sewer systems, and plans for disposal of surface stormwater shall be approved by the Common Council.
I.
Every mobile home space shall be furnished with an electric service outlet. Such outlet shall be equipped with an externally operated switch or fuse with not less than 100 amperes capacity and a heavy-duty outlet receptacle. All utility lines shall be placed underground.
J.
No mobile home shall be parked in a mobile home park outside of a designated space therein.
K.
Each mobile home space shall contain a paved area upon which said mobile home is to be placed. Said paved area shall be at least as large as the mobile home which is to be placed thereon.
L.
The mobile home park shall contain a recreation area. The recreation area shall be a minimum of 1/2 acre for each 100 sites. The minimum recreation area in a mobile home park shall be 1/2 acre.
§ 430-107 Water supply.
A.
An adequate supply of public water furnished through a pipe distribution system connected directly with the public water main shall be furnished for drinking and domestic service in all mobile home parks, such plans to be approved by the City Engineer.
B.
Individual water service connections provided for direct use of an independent unit shall be so constructed that they will not be damaged by the parking of such mobile home. Such system shall be adequate to provide 20 pounds per square inch pressure and capable of furnishing a minimum of 125 gallons of water per day per space.
C.
No common drinking vessels shall be permitted, nor shall any drinking water faucets be placed in any toilet room.
D.
Every mobile home park servicing dependent units shall provide an abundant supply of hot water at all reasonable hours for bathing, washing and laundry facilities.
§ 430-108 Waste and garbage disposal.
A.
All liquid wastes from showers, toilets, laundries, faucets, lavatories, etc., shall be discharged into the public sewer system.
B.
Every space designed to serve a nondependent unit shall be provided with sewer connections which shall comply with all applicable state plumbing codes. The sewer connections shall be provided with suitable fittings so that watertight connections can be made. Such connections shall be so constructed so that they can be closed when not connected and trapped in such a manner as to be maintained in an odor-free condition.
C.
All sanitary facilities in any unit which are not connected with a public sewer system by approved pipe connections shall be sealed and their use is hereby declared unlawful.
D.
Each faucet shall be equipped with facilities for drainage of waste and excess water.
E.
Every mobile home unit shall be provided with a substantial flytight, watertight, leakproof, nonabsorbent metal garbage depository from which contents shall be removed and disposed of in a sanitary manner by the park custodian at least weekly.
§ 430-109 Number of spaces.
There shall be at least 20 spaces in each mobile home park and no more than 200 spaces; all requirements of this article for the issuance of a license shall be complied with prior to the issuance of such license and proper rezoning as to each of the available spaces designed into said mobile home park. All accommodations required by this article shall be based upon the total park capacity according to the accepted plans.
§ 430-110 Operation of mobile home parks; responsibilities of park management.
A.
In every mobile home park there shall be located an office of the attendant or person in charge of said park. A copy of the park license and of this chapter shall be posted therein and the park register shall, at all times, be kept in said office.
B.
The attendant or person in charge and the park licensee shall operate the park in compliance with this chapter and regulations and ordinances of the City and state and their agents or officers and shall have the following duties:
(1)
Maintain a register of all park occupants, to be open at all times to inspection by state, federal and municipal officers, which shall show:
(a)
Names and addresses of all owners and occupants of each mobile home.
(b)
Number of children of school age.
(c)
State of legal residence.
(d)
Dates of entrance and departure of each mobile home.
(e)
Make, model, year and serial number or license number of each mobile home and towing or other motor vehicles and state, territory or country which issued such licenses.
(f)
Place of employment of each occupant, if any.
(2)
Notify park occupants of the provisions of this chapter and inform them of their duties and responsibilities and report promptly to the proper authorities any violations of this chapter or any other violations of law which may come to their attention.
(3)
Report to City authorities all cases of persons or animals affected or suspected of being affected with any dangerous communicable disease.
(4)
Supervise the placement of each mobile home on its stand which includes securing its stability and installing all utility connections and tiedowns.
(5)
Maintain park grounds, buildings and structures free of insect and rodent harborage and infestation and accumulations of debris which may provide rodent harborage or breeding places for flies, mosquitoes and other pests.
(6)
Maintain the park free from growth of noxious weeds.
(7)
Maintain the park free of litter, rubbish and other flammable materials; provide portable fire extinguishers of a type approved by the Fire Chief in all locations designated by the Chief and maintain such extinguishers in good operating condition and cause every area within the park designated as a fire lane by the Fire Chief to be kept free and clear of obstructions.
(8)
Check to insure that every mobile home unit has furnished, and in operation, a substantial, fly-tight, watertight, rodentproof container for the deposit of garbage and refuse in accordance with the ordinances of the City. The management shall provide stands for all refuse and garbage containers so designed as to prevent tipping and minimize spillage and container deterioration and facilitate cleaning.
(9)
Provide for the sanitary and safe removal and disposal of all refuse and garbage at least weekly. Removal and disposal of garbage and refuse shall be in accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin and the ordinances and regulations of the City, including regulations promulgated by the Fire Chief.
§ 430-111 Responsibilities and duties of mobile home park occupants.
A.
Park occupants shall comply with all applicable requirements of this chapter and regulations issued hereunder and shall maintain their mobile home space, its facilities and equipment in good repair and in a clean and sanitary condition.
B.
Park occupants shall be responsible for proper placement of their mobile homes on the mobile home stand and proper installation of all utility connections in accordance with the instructions of the park management.
C.
No owner or person in charge of a dog, cat or other pet animal shall permit it to run at large or to cause any nuisance within the limits of any mobile home park.
D.
It shall be the duty of every occupant of a park to give the park licensee or management, or his agent or employee, access to any part of such park or mobile home premises at reasonable times for the purpose of making such repairs or alterations as are necessary to effect compliance with this chapter or any law or ordinance of the state or City or lawful regulation or order adopted thereunder.
E.
Mobile homes shall be parked only on the mobile home stands provided and shall be placed thereon in accordance with all requirements of this chapter.
F.
No mobile home owner or occupant shall conduct in any unit or any mobile home park any business or engage in any other activity which would not be permitted in single-family residential areas in the City.
G.
No person shall discharge any wastewater on the surface of the ground within any mobile home park.
H.
No person shall erect or place upon any mobile home space any permanent or temporary structure intended to be used for dwelling purposes or in connection with any mobile home unit except as specifically authorized by this chapter.
§ 430-112 Additional regulations on mobile homes and mobile home parks.
A.
Wrecked, damaged or dilapidated mobile homes shall not be kept or stored in a mobile home park or upon any premises in the City. The Building Inspector shall determine if a mobile home is damaged or dilapidated to a point which makes it unfit for human occupancy. Such mobile homes are hereby declared to be a public nuisance. Whenever the Building Inspector so determines, he shall notify the licensee or landowner and owner of the mobile home in writing that such public nuisance exists within the park or on lands owned by him giving the findings upon which his determination is based and shall order such home removed from the park or site or repaired to a safe, sanitary and wholesome condition of occupancy within a reasonable time, but not less than 30 days.
B.
The Building Inspector, Fire Chief or their lawful agents or employees are authorized and directed to inspect mobile home parks not less than once in every twelve-month period to determine the health, safety and welfare of the occupants of the park and inhabitants of the City as affected thereby and the compliance of structures and activities therein with this chapter and all other applicable laws of the state and ordinances of the City.
C.
Fires in mobile home parks shall be made only in stoves and other cooking or heating equipment intended for such purposes. Outside burning is prohibited except by permit and subject to requirements or restrictions of the Fire Chief.
D.
All plumbing, building, electrical, oil or gas distribution, alterations or repairs in the park shall be in accordance with the regulations of applicable laws, ordinances and regulations of the state and municipalities and their authorized agents.
E.
All mobile homes in mobile home parks shall be skirted unless the unit is placed within one foot vertically of the stand with soil or other material completely closing such space from view and entry by rodents and vermin. Areas enclosed by such skirting shall be maintained free of rodents and fire hazards.
F.
The mobile home stand shall be improved to provide adequate support for the placement and tie-down of the mobile home. Construction specifications of the mobile home stands shall be as determined by the City Engineer. Anchors or tie-downs shall be provided, such as cast-in-place concrete "dead men," eyelets embedded in concrete screw augers or arrow head anchors shall be placed at each corner of the mobile home stand and at intervals of at least 20 feet. Each device shall be able to adequately sustain the weight of the mobile home, its contents and inhabitants.
G.
No person shall construct, alter or add to any structure, attachment or building in a mobile home park or on a mobile home space without a permit from the Building Inspector. Construction on, or addition or alteration to the exterior of a mobile home shall be of the same type of construction and materials as the mobile home affected. This Subsection shall not apply to addition of awnings, antennas or skirting to mobile homes. Accessory structures on mobile home spaces shall comply with all setback, side yard and rear yard requirements for mobile home units.
H.
Storage under mobile homes is prohibited.
§ 430-113 Compliance with plumbing, electrical and building regulations. [1]
All plumbing, electric, electrical, building and other work on or at any mobile home park under this chapter shall be in accordance with the ordinances of the City and the requirements of the State Plumbing, Electrical and Building Codes and the regulations of the Department of Health Services. Licenses and permits granted under this chapter grant no right to erect or repair any structure, to do any plumbing work or to do any electric work.
§ 430-114 Limitations on signs.
In connection with mobile home parks, no sign intended to be read from any public way adjoining the district shall be permitted except:
A.
No more than one identification sign, not exceeding 20 square feet in area, for each principal entrance.
B.
No more than one sign, not exceeding four square feet in area, advertising property for sale, lease or rent, or indicating "Vacancy" or "No Vacancy," may be erected at each principal entrance.
C.
In the case of new mobile home communities consisting in whole or in part of mobile home subdivisions or condominiums, one sign, not exceeding 20 square feet in area, may be erected for a period of not more than two years at each principal entrance to advertise the sale of lots or dwellings.
D.
No source of illumination for any such signs shall be directly visible from adjoining streets or residential property, and no such signs shall be erected within five feet of any exterior property line.
§ 430-115 Common recreational facilities.
A.
No less than 10% of the total area of any mobile home community established under these regulations shall be devoted to common recreational areas and facilities, such as playgrounds, swimming pools, community buildings, ways for pedestrians and cyclists away from streets and play areas for small children for other recreational areas in block interiors. At least one principal recreation and community center shall contain not less than 5% of the total area of the community.
B.
To be countable as common recreational area, interior-block ways for pedestrians or cyclists shall form part of a system leading to principal destinations. Such ways may also be used for installations of utilities.
C.
Common recreational area shall not include streets or parking areas, shall be closed to automotive traffic except for maintenance and service vehicles, and shall be improved and maintained for the uses intended.
§ 430-116 General site planning for mobile home communities.
The following guides, standards and requirements shall apply in site planning for mobile home communities:
A.
Principal vehicular access points. Principal vehicular access points shall be designed to encourage smooth traffic flow with controlled turning movements and minimum hazards to vehicular or pedestrian traffic. Merging and turnout lanes and/or traffic dividers shall be required where existing or anticipated heavy flows indicate need. In general, minor streets shall not be connected with streets outside the district in such a way as to encourage the use of such minor streets by substantial amounts of through traffic. No lot within the community shall have direct vehicular access to a street bordering the development.
B.
Access for pedestrians and cyclists. Access for pedestrians and cyclists entering or leaving the community shall be by safe and convenient routes. Such ways need not be adjacent to or limited to the vicinity of vehicular access points. Where there are crossings of such ways and vehicular routes at edges of planned developments, such crossings shall be safety located, marked and controlled and where such ways are exposed to substantial vehicular traffic at edges of communities, safeguards may be required to prevent crossings except at designated points. Bicycle paths, if provided, shall be so related to the pedestrianway system that street crossings are combined.
C.
Protection of visibility — automotive traffic, cyclists and pedestrians. At intersections of any streets, public or private, the provisions of § 430-52 shall apply and is hereby adopted by reference. Where there is pedestrian or bicycle access from within the community to a street at its edges by paths or across yards or other open space without a barrier to prevent access to the street, no material impediment to visibility more than 2.5 feet above ground level shall be created or maintained within 25 feet of said street unless at least 25 feet from said access measured at right angles to the path.
D.
Exterior yards for mobile home communities; minimum requirements; occupancy. The following requirements and limitations shall apply to yards at the outer edges of mobile home communities:
(1)
Along public streets. Where mobile home parks adjoin public streets along exterior boundaries, a yard at least 25 feet in minimum dimensions shall be provided adjacent to such streets. Such yard may be used to satisfy open space depth requirements for individual dwellings but shall not contain carports, recreational shelters, storage structures or any other structures generally prohibited in yards adjacent to streets in residential districts. No direct vehicular access to individual lots shall be permitted through such yards, and no group parking facilities or active recreation areas shall be allowed therein.
(2)
At edges of mobile home park boundaries (other than at streets or alleys). Where mobile home parks are so located that one or more boundaries are at the edges of mobile home parks and adjoining neighboring districts without an intervening street, alley or other permanent open space at least 20 feet in width, an exterior yard at least 20 feet in minimum dimension shall be provided. Where the adjoining district is residential, the same limitations on occupancy and use of such yards shall apply as stated above concerning yards along public streets. Where the adjoining district is nonresidential, such yards may be used for group or individual parking, active recreation facilities or carports, recreational shelters or storage structures.[1]
E.
Ways for pedestrians and/or cyclists in exterior yards. In any exterior yard, required or other, ways for pedestrian and/or cyclists may be permitted, if appropriately located, fenced or landscaped to prevent potential hazards arising from vehicular traffic on adjacent streets or other hazards and annoyances to users or to occupants of adjoining property. When otherwise in accord with the requirements concerning such ways set forth above, approved ways in such locations shall be counted as common recreation facilities and may also be used for utilities easements.
F.
Yards, fences, walls or vegetative screening at edges of mobile home communities. Along the edges of mobile home communities, walls or vegetative screening shall be provided where needed to protect residents from undesirable views, lighting, noise, or other off-site influences or to protect occupants of adjoining residential districts from potentially adverse influences within the mobile home community. In particular, extensive off-street parking areas and service areas for loading and unloading other than passenger vehicles, and for storage and collection of trash and garbage, shall be screened.
G.
Internal relationships. The site plan shall provide for safe, efficient, convenient and harmonious groupings of structures, uses and facilities, and for appropriate relation of space inside and outside buildings to intended uses and structural features. In particular:
(1)
Streets, drives and parking and service areas. Streets, drives and parking and service areas shall provide safe and convenient access to dwellings and community facilities and for service and emergency vehicles, but streets shall not be so laid out as to encourage outside traffic to traverse the community, nor occupy more land than is required to provide access as indicated, nor create unnecessary fragmentation of the community into small blocks. In general, block size shall be the maximum consistent with use, the shape of the site and the convenience and safety of the occupants.
(2)
Vehicular access to streets. Vehicular access to streets from off-street parking areas may be direct from dwellings if the street or portion of the street serves 50 units or less. Determination of units served shall be based on normal routes anticipated for traffic. Along streets or portions of streets serving more than 50 dwelling units, or constituting major routes to or around central facilities, access from parking and service areas shall be so combined, limited, located, designed and controlled as to channel traffic conveniently, safely and in a manner that minimizes marginal traffic friction, and direct vehicular access from individual dwellings shall generally be prohibited.
(3)
Ways for pedestrians and cyclists; use by emergency, maintenance or service vehicles.
(a)
Walkways shall form a logical, safe and convenient system for pedestrian access to all dwellings, project facilities and principal off-street pedestrian destinations. Maximum walking distance in the open between dwelling units and related parking spaces, delivery areas and trash and garbage storage areas intended for use of occupants shall not exceed 100 feet.
(b)
Walkways to be used by substantial numbers of children as play areas or routes to school, bus stops or other destinations shall be so located and safeguarded as to minimize contacts with normal automotive traffic. If an internal walkway system is provided, away from streets, bicycle paths shall be incorporated in the walkway system. Street crossings shall be held to a minimum on such walkways and shall be located and designated to provide safety and shall be appropriately marked and otherwise safeguarded. Ways for pedestrians and cyclists, appropriately located, designed and constructed may be combined with other easements and used by emergency, maintenance or service vehicle but shall not be used by other automotive traffic.
H.
Utilities. The Common Council may require utility easements of widths deemed adequate for the intended purpose on each side of all rear lot lines and on side lot lines or across lots where necessary or advisable for electric power and communication poles, wires, conduits; storm and sanitary sewers; and gas, water and other utility lines. All utilities shall be underground unless excepted by the Common Council.
I.
Drainage easements. Where a mobile home development is traversed by a watercourse, drainageway channel or stream, an adequate drainageway or easement shall be provided as may be required by the Common Council. The location, width, alignment and improvement of such drainageway or easement shall be subject to the approval of the Common Council; and parallel streets or parkways may be required in connection therewith. Where necessary stormwater drainage shall be maintained by landscaped open channels of adequate size and grade to hydraulically accommodate maximum potential volumes of flow. These design details are subject to review and approval by the Common Council.
J.
Survey monuments. Survey monuments, street grading, surfacing, curb and gutter and sidewalks shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 415, Subdivision of Land.
K.
Stormwater drainage facilities. The developer shall construct stormwater drainage facilities, which may include curbs and gutters, catch basins and inlets, storm sewers, road ditches and open channels, as may be required. All such facilities are to be of adequate size and grade to hydraulically accommodate maximum potential volumes of flow; the type of facility required, the design criteria and the sizes and grades to be determined by the City Engineer. Storm drainage facilities shall be so designed as to present no hazard to life or property; and the size, type, and installation of all stormwater drains and sewers proposed to be constructed shall be in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the Board of Public Works and the City Engineer.
L.
Street lamps. The developer shall install ornamental street lamps along all streets proposed to be dedicated of a design compatible with the neighborhood and type of development proposed. Such lamps shall be placed at each street intersection and at such interior block spacing as may be required by the Plan Commission and Common Council.
M.
Street trees. The developer shall plant at least one tree of a species acceptable to the City and of at least six feet in height for each 50 feet of frontage on all streets proposed to be dedicated. The required trees shall be planted in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Common Council.
N.
Erosion control. The developer shall cause all grading, excavations, open cuts, side slopes, and other land surface disturbances to be mulched, seeded, sodded or otherwise protected so that erosion, siltation, sedimentation and washing are prevented to City standards.
O.
Partition fences. When the land included in the mobile home park abuts upon or is adjacent to land used for farming or grazing purposes, the developer shall erect, keep, and maintain partition fences, satisfying the requirements of the Wisconsin statutes for a legal and sufficient fence, between such land and the adjacent land. A covenant binding the developer, its grantees, heirs, successors, and assigns to erect and maintain such fences, without cost to the adjoining property owners, so long as the land is used for farming or grazing purposes shall be included upon the mobile home development map.
P.
Street name signs and posts. The developer shall install or cause to be installed street name signs at all street intersections. Plans and specifications for the street name signs and posts shall be approved by the Common Council.
§ 430-117 Temporary permit for mobile homes in hardship cases.
In hardship cases, the Common Council may in its discretion grant a temporary permit, not to exceed six months; said permit to clearly state the expiration date thereon, provided sanitation rules as set forth in this article are complied with and provided that consent of all adjacent owners or occupiers of land is obtained. The temporary permit may be renewed for additional six month periods by the Common Council if the hardship continues beyond the licensed period.
§ 430-118 Statutory provisions adopted; fees; parking; occupancy.
[Adopted as Title 7, Ch. 5, of the City Code]
A.
State statute adopted. The provisions of § 66.0435, Wis. Stats., and the definitions therein are hereby adopted by reference.
B.
Applicability. This chapter shall apply only to mobile homes manufactured prior to June 15, 1976. All such types of homes manufactured after June 15, 1976 are classified as "manufactured homes" and are not subject to the provisions of this chapter.
C.
Monthly permit fee. There is hereby imposed on each occupied, nonexempt mobile home located in the City a monthly permit fee as determined in accordance with § 66.0435, Wis. Stats. Such fees shall be paid to the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer on or before the 10th day of the month following the month for which such fees are due.[1]
D.
License required. No person shall establish or operate upon property owned or controlled by him/her within the City a mobile home park without having first secured a license therefor from the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer. The application for such license shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed in Chapter 182, Fees. The license shall expire one year from the date of issuance. Such parks shall comply with the applicable provisions of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
E.
Information to be furnished. Licensees of mobile home parks and owners of land on which are parked any occupied, nonexempt mobile homes shall furnish information to the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer and City Assessor on such homes added to their park or land within five days after arrival of such home on forms furnished by the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer in accordance with § 66.0435, Wis. Stats.
F.
Mobile homes outside mobile home parks. Occupants or owners of nonexempt mobile homes parked outside of a mobile home park shall remit such fees directly to the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer as provided in Subsection C. It shall be the full and complete responsibility of the licensee of a mobile home park to collect such fees from each occupied, nonexempt mobile home therein and to remit such fees to the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer as provided in Subsection C.
G.
Parking outside licensed mobile home parks restricted.
(1)
No person shall park, locate or place any mobile home outside of a licensed mobile home park in the City, except that the parking of only one unoccupied mobile home in an accessory private garage building or in a rear yard shall be permitted provided no living quarters shall be maintained or business practiced in such mobile home.
(2)
No person shall stop, stand or park a mobile home on any street, alley or highway within the City in violation of Chs. 340 to 348, Wis. Stats., or the traffic ordinances and regulations of the City.
H.
Mobile home occupancy permits.
(1)
Mobile homes legally located and occupied on premises outside a licensed mobile home park prior to the enactment of this chapter may be continued in such location, provided that the owner of the premises on which such unit is located shall apply to the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer within 60 days after the effective date of this chapter for a use permit showing the date on which such use and occupancy commenced, the names of the owner and occupants and that such use and occupancy is otherwise in conformity with the applicable laws and regulations of the state and City. Such nonconforming use shall be automatically terminated upon a discontinuance for any reason for 12 consecutive months.
(2)
Such mobile homes legally located and occupied on premises outside of a mobile home park prior to September 13, 1983, may be replaced with another mobile home at that location, provided, in the opinion of the Zoning Administrator, such replacement would enhance the aesthetic beauty and value of the premises and that such use and occupancy is otherwise in conformity with the applicable laws, ordinances and regulations of the state and City.