The annual fee for a mobile home park license shall be set by the Village Board; such fee shall also be paid upon the renewal of such license. Licenses may be transferred during a license year for a fee as prescribed by § 66.0435(3)(b), Wis. Stats.

The temporary permit fee for each 180-day period shall be 1/2 of the annual license fee prescribed in Subsection A of this section.

Application for initial license. Application for an initial mobile home park license shall be filed with the Village Clerk. The application shall be in writing, signed by the applicant and shall include the following:

Application for renewal license. Upon application, in writing, by a licensee and upon payment of the annual license fee and the filing of a bond as required elsewhere in this article, the Village Board may issue a certificate renewing such license for another year, providing all the terms and conditions of this article and the terms and conditions of the initial license have been and are being fully complied with.

Application for transfer of license. Upon application, in writing, for transfer of a license and payment of the transfer fee, and the filing of a bond as required elsewhere in this article, the Village Board may issue a transfer, provided all the terms and conditions of this article and the terms and conditions of the initial license have been and are being fully complied with.

The park shall be located on a well-drained site, properly graded to ensure rapid drainage and free from stagnant pools of water.

Each park shall provide mobile home spaces, and each such space shall be clearly defined or delineated. Each space shall have an area of not less than 6,500 square feet, exclusive of roadways; provided, however, that mobile home parks which, at the time of the adoption of this article, existed lawfully with mobile home spaces that do not comply with any of the foregoing minimum area and width or minimum average width requirements, may continue to operate and shall be excused from such compliance. Any additions to any existing mobile home parks shall provide mobile home spaces that have an area of not less than 7,000 square feet.

Each park shall be approved by the Village Board after public notice and hearing.

The right-of-way for collector streets is to be 70 feet in width with a travelled portion of the roadway to be 36 feet in width, same to be provided with a curb and gutter construction or, at the option of the owner, open drain ditch for disposal of surface water and built to Village specifications; said right-of-way beyond the travel portion of the roadway can be used for off-street parking. Noncollector streets may be of lesser size, but the street plan for noncollector streets must be approved by the Village Board before the license is issued. The Village Board shall issue, prior to construction, a street plan approval certificate upon which the owner can rely that the street system, if constructed in conformity with the plans as filed, shall be deemed in compliance with the terms of this article.

All driveways and walkways within the park shall be hard-surfaced and lighted at night with uniform, low-level, ornamental-type lighting for each lot.

Mobile homes shall be so located on each space that there shall be at least a twenty-foot clearance between mobile homes; provided, however, that with respect to mobile homes parked end-to-end, clearance may not be less than 20 feet. No mobile home shall be located closer than 10 feet to any building within the park or closer than 25 feet to any property line of the park which does not abut upon a public street or highway. No mobile home shall be located closer than 25 feet to any property line of the park abutting upon a public street or highway. In addition, the mobile home shall be located on the mobile home space in such a way as to comply with the setback and side yard requirements with respect to conventional buildings in the district in which the mobile home park is located, if said requirements are more restrictive.

Fencing and hedges, excepting boundary screening fencing and hedges referred to in § 480-96, are limited in mobile home spaces to three feet in height, and the design and material used for fencing must be acceptable to the Village Board.

Each mobile home space shall be provided with two blacktop-paved off-street parking spaces no less than 400 square feet and no less that 20 feet in depth. No overnight on-street parking shall be permitted.

Not withstanding Subsection F above, accessory buildings may be closer than 10 feet to a mobile home on the same space, provided such buildings meet all state and local building codes.

Utilities.

Service buildings.

Sewage and refuse disposal.

Personal storage. Waste, debris, and garbage shall be deposited in metal cans or other suitable containers with tight-fitting covers with a sufficient supply of said containers for adequate disposal of all waste. Each space shall have a shed or storage cabinet located within the space fully enclosed, providing a square-foot, ground-level area of not less than 50 square feet, and not to exceed eight feet in height. The storage shed or cabinet shall be of a common design with other like storage sheds or cabinets provided in the park, and the general design shall be compatible with remaining buildings in the park. All equipment and cans used for storage or collection of garbage, refuse or equipment shall be kept in a sanitary condition at all times. Garbage, rubbish and debris shall be collected and disposed of as frequently as is necessary to ensure that garbage and refuse containers do not overflow or create an odor or otherwise cause a nuisance.

Fire protection. Every park shall be equipped at all times with fire-extinguishing equipment in good working order, of such type, size and number and so located within the park as to satisfy applicable reasonable regulations of the Fire Department. No open fires shall be permitted at any place which may endanger life or property. No fires shall be left unattended at any time.

Age, size and roof of mobile homes. No person shall move into a mobile home park nor shall any licensee permit any person to move into a mobile home park a mobile home which is more than one year old. All homes in a mobile home park shall have shingled roofs and residential siding. All homes shall be at least 14 feet wide and shall have at least 900 square feet of living space. Any mobile home under 1,000 square feet shall not have more than two bedrooms.

Prohibition against renting. No owner of a mobile home park shall rent said mobile home. All homes in a mobile home park shall be owner occupied, except as follows:

All mobile home parks in existence upon the effective date of this article shall be deemed nonconforming parks and shall be permitted to continue in operation, provided all other applicable Village ordinances are fully complied with and provided further that all services presently being supplied with or without charge to the customer, including but not limited to heat, water, power, light, parking, drainage, screening, and sanitation shall be continued.

All licenses and fees of this article shall apply to nonconforming parks.

Substantial abandonment of the use being made by the nonconforming park of a continuous period of six months shall terminate the right of the nonconforming park to operate under this section, and thereafter, all remaining provisions of this article shall apply.

The use of a nonconforming park cannot be extended without Village Board approval.

Within 10 days after the original effective date of this article, each mobile home park owner or operator, in order to claim the benefits of this section, shall file with the Village Board a set of pictures, at a cost to the nonconforming park owner or operator not to exceed $25, setting forth such views of the existing park as the Building Inspector shall require, and said pictures shall be filed with the Village Clerk. Each picture is to contain a legend on the reverse side thereof, setting forth as a minimum the date taken, who took the picture and the direction the camera was facing.

Storage area. Each mobile home park shall provide a storage area for recreational vehicles, including trucks. Such area shall be of sufficient size to provide for parking of such vehicles for all residents of the park.

Recreation. Each mobile home park shall provide at least one of the following for recreational purposes as determined by the Village Board based on its size and location to existing parks and recreational facilities:

Upon removal of the mobile home, the mobile home shall be subject to this article, and the area formerly occupied by the mobile home shall no longer be used for mobile home purposes, except as permitted by this article.

The right to continue to use the area for mobile home purposes shall not be terminated in the event of a bona fide sale of the mobile home by the owner or his personal representatives or assigns, but a sale of the mobile home by a foreclosing creditor, trustee in bankruptcy, or any other party shall forfeit the right to use the mobile home on the location as granted by this subsection.

Outside storage regulated. Outside storage, including, but not necessarily limited to, lawn equipment, lawn chairs, bicycles, toys, utensils, lumber, debris and items of a like or dissimilar nature of any kind and nature whatsoever, shall not be stored outside. "Outside storage" in this subsection shall mean storage outside of any enclosure fully screened from view. Storage under the mobile home shall be deemed outside storage unless the storage is screened from view. This provision concerning outside storage refers to all mobile homes, whether located within or without a mobile home park.

Wrecked, damaged or dilapidated mobile homes. Wrecked, damaged or dilapidated mobile homes shall not be kept or stored either within or without a mobile home park at any time. The Building Inspector shall determine if a mobile home is damaged or dilapidated to a point which makes said mobile home unfit for human occupancy on either a temporary or permanent basis. Whenever such a determination is made, the mobile home shall be vacated and removed from the premises.

Attempt to convert mobile home to permanent abode regulated. Any action to attach a mobile home to the ground by means of posts, piers, foundations or otherwise, or to attach an addition thereto in any way, shall be subject to the requirements of the Building Code as well as this article, and if the Building Code does not permit the addition, said addition shall be prohibited.[1]