Theresa City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XV
Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks
§ 350-103 Adoption of statutory provisions.
The provisions of § 66.0435, Wis. Stats., and the definitions therein are hereby adopted by reference.
§ 350-104 Parking outside licensed mobile home parks.
A.
Restricted. No mobile home shall be permitted to be located, parked, or occupied in the Village unless the same is in a licensed mobile home park, except those mobile homes occupied outside of a mobile home park on the effective date of this article.
B.
Exceptions.
(1)
Subsection A above is not intended to restrict the location of one- and two-family manufactured homes which meet the applicable one- and two-family standards set forth in Ch. 101, Wis. Stats., and the requirements of this chapter.
(2)
Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, the Village Board may, upon application, issue a special permit for the location of a mobile home outside a mobile home park for temporary use solely as a field office, and such permit shall specifically state the expiration date thereof which shall not exceed 12 months.
§ 350-105 Park license required.
[Amended 2-10-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-02]
No person shall establish or operate upon property owned or controlled by him within the Village a mobile home park without having first secured a license therefor from the Village Board. The application for such a license shall be made to the Village Clerk-Treasurer and shall be accompanied by a fee as prescribed by Chapter 167, Fees, as established in Ch. COMM 95, Wis. Adm. Code. Such park shall comply with Ch. COMM 95, Wis. Adm. Code, which is hereby adopted by reference.
§ 350-106 Review of application.
Before approval of any site, a public hearing shall be held and the Village Board shall view the proposed site and shall consider such evidence as may be presented at the hearing bearing upon the general purpose and intent of this article to promote the public health, safety and general welfare and the specific purpose of this chapter to prevent the overcrowding of land and the development of housing blight.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 13-1-184, Additions to park, and § 13-1-185, Parking permit fees, which immediately followed this section, were deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
§ 350-107 Monthly parking fee; limitations on parking.
A.
There is hereby imposed on each owner of a nonexempt, occupied mobile home in the Village of Theresa a monthly parking fee as determined in accordance with § 66.0435(3), Wis. Stats., which is hereby adopted by reference and made part of this chapter as if fully set forth herein. It shall be the full and complete responsibility of the licensee to collect the proper amount from each mobile home owner. Licensees shall pay to the Village Clerk-Treasurer such parking permit fees on or before the 10th day of the month for which such fees are due in accordance with the terms of this chapter and such regulations as the Village Clerk-Treasurer may reasonably promulgate.
(1)
Licensees of mobile home parks and owners of land on which are parked any occupied, nonexempt mobile homes shall furnish information to the Village Clerk-Treasurer and Assessor on such homes added to their park or land within five days after arrival of such home on forms furnished by the Village Clerk-Treasurer in accordance with § 66.0435(3)(c) and (e), Wis. Stats.
(2)
Occupants or owners of nonexempt mobile homes parked outside of a mobile home park shall remit such fees directly to the Village Clerk-Treasurer as provided in Subsection A. 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 Village Clerk-Treasurer as provided in Subsection A.
B.
Owners of nonexempt, occupied mobile homes, upon receipt of notice from the Village Clerk-Treasurer of their liability for the monthly parking permit fee, shall remit to the Village Clerk-Treasurer a cash deposit as prescribed in Chapter 167, Fees, to guarantee payment of such fees when due to the Village. It shall be the full and complete responsibility of the licensee of a mobile home park to collect such cash deposits from each occupied, nonexempt mobile home therein and to remit such deposits to the Village Clerk-Treasurer. Upon receipt of a notice from the owner or licensee that the nonexempt, occupied mobile home has been or is about to be removed from the Village, the Village Clerk-Treasurer shall apply said cash deposit to reduce any monthly parking permit fees for which said owner is liable and refund the balance, if any, to said owner.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any mobile home in the Village of Theresa at any site other than a licensed mobile home park, except as provided in § 350-104.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
§ 350-108 Mobile home park requirements.
A.
Park requirements. Mobile home parks shall have the following:
(1)
A minimum of five acres.
(2)
A minimum setback of 20 feet on all sides.
(3)
A hard surface road no less than 24 feet wide serving all mobile home spaces. This road shall be either concrete or bituminous hard surfaced.
(4)
Electricity, cable television, natural gas and public sewer and water servicing all mobile home spaces.
(5)
Two parking spaces for each mobile home which shall be hard surfaced with concrete or bituminous pavement.
(6)
Laundry hookups will be required to be made available in each mobile home unit.
(7)
An on-site manager's office.
B.
Space requirements.
(1)
Space frontage: minimum 40 feet.
(2)
Space area: minimum 7,000 square feet.
(3)
Front yard: minimum 15 feet at hitch and 18 feet from house.
(4)
Side yards: minimum 10 feet.
(5)
Rear yard: minimum 20 feet.
C.
Parking area. Each parking space shall be not less than 20 feet wide and 400 square feet in area.
D.
Yards. Each mobile home park shall be completely surrounded, except for permitted entrances and exits, by:
(1)
A yard which shall contain a temporary planting of fast-growing material capable reaching a height of 15 feet or more, such as lombardy poplar; and
(2)
A permanent evergreen planting, the individual trees to be of such number and so arranged that within 10 years they will have formed a screen equivalent in opacity to a solid fence or wall. Such permanent planting shall be grown or maintained to a height of not less than 15 feet.
§ 350-109 Maintenance of facilities.
It shall be a condition of the granting of a permit for the establishment of any mobile home park, and a continuing condition for the operation of the same, that:
A.
All parking spaces, walks and driveways shall be constructed and maintained so as to prevent the accumulation of surface water and the formation of substantial muddy areas.
B.
The planting screen required by § 350-108 shall be established and maintained.