Mobile home parks 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.

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.

The following definitions are used in this article:

Statutory definitions. In addition to the above definitions, definitions contained in § 66.0435, Wis. Stats., shall also be applicable.

Prohibited location. Except as otherwise provided in this article, it shall be unlawful for any person to inhabit or park any mobile home or trailer outside of a licensed mobile home community/park complying with the requirements of this article on any street, alley, or highway, or other public place, or on any parcel of land owned by any person, firm or corporation within the City of Weyauwega, provided that emergency or temporary stopping or parking is permitted on any street, alley or highway subject to other and further prohibitions, regulations or limitations imposed by the traffic and parking regulations of the City of Weyauwega.

Exception for parking and storing of an unoccupied trailer. The parking of only one unoccupied trailer in an accessory private garage building or in the rear yard of a residential premises is permitted under this article, provided that no living quarters shall be maintained and no business is conducted in whole or in part from such trailer while such trailer is so parked or stored in such place.

Exception for trailer displayed for sale. The placing of a trailer on any properly zoned nonresidential premises in the City of Weyauwega solely for the purpose of display and sale is not prohibited by this article, provided that such trailer is not in actual use or occupied for residential purposes and provided further that all other ordinances of the City of Weyauwega are fully complied with.

Exception for emergency or temporary stopping or parking on public way. Emergency or temporary stopping or parking of a trailer on the public streets, alleys, or highways in the City of Weyauwega for not longer than an aggregate of one hour per day is permitted under this article, provided that any and all laws, regulations and ordinances governing the traffic and parking of vehicles on all such streets, alleys, or highways are fully complied with and provided further that such stopping or parking does not violate any other ordinance of the City of Weyauwega.

Exception for present licensee. A "present licensee" as defined in this article shall be entitled to indefinitely continue to use and occupy the trailer presently used and occupied by such present licensee for residential purposes under the permit issued to and recently held by such present licensee. Such right and permit to use and occupy such trailer of a present licensee shall continue, however, only so long as the presently occupied trailer is used and occupied by such present licensee and is maintained by him/her in a sanitary condition and complies in all respects with all the provisions of all other applicable ordinances in the City of Weyauwega and with all provisions of the electrical and building codes of the State of Wisconsin and with all the provisions of the rules and regulations of the State of Wisconsin Department of Commerce and including the State Plumbing Code, which state codes and regulations of said state agencies are herein incorporated by reference, and only so long as said trailer does not constitute a public nuisance and the present licensee continues to timely pay the applicable monthly parking permit fee for such trailer as is or may be established by separate ordinance or resolution of the City Council.[1] This exception in favor of a present licensee is specifically limited to the presently occupied trailer of the present licensee and shall not apply to any replacement trailer acquired by or intended to be occupied by the present licensee and shall not apply to any other transferee, lessee, or tenant of the present trailer of a present licensee or to any other occupant thereof and is specifically further limited to the specific location in the City of Weyauwega where the present trailer of the present licensee is now located. The permit or license of the present licensee can be revoked for failure to comply with any of the above conditions or for other cause, and such revocation shall be in addition to all other penalties herein provided.[2]

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 Weyauwega without first having obtained a license for each such mobile home park from the City 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.

The application for such license or the renewal shall be accompanied by a fee as set by the City Council.[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. The application shall be accompanied by two copies of the complete mobile home park plan showing the following, either existing or as proposed: the extent and area used for mobile park purposes; roadways and driveways; location of space for mobile homes; location and number of sanitary conveniences, including toilets, washrooms, laundries and utility rooms to be used by occupants of spaces; method and plan of sewage disposal; method and plan of garbage removal; plan for water supply; plan for lighting of spaces; plan for rubbish disposal; and all other matters required by this article. 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.

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.

No mobile home park license shall be issued until the Zoning Administrator shall notify the City Council and the City Council or its designee shall have inspected each application and the premises on which mobile homes will be located to ensure compliance with the regulations, ordinances and laws applicable thereto. No license will be renewed without a reinspection of the premises. For the purposes of making inspections and securing the enforcement of this article, 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.

Whenever the City Council determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe that there has been a violation of any provision of this article, the City 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:

Any person affected by any notice which has been issued in connection with the enforcement of any provision of this article shall take the remedial action required to effect compliance with the provisions of this article. 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(2)(d), 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 the revocation or suspension of his/her permit or license as shall be provided by law.

Each mobile home space/lot within a mobile home park shall be clearly defined and shall contain at least 6,000 square feet of land area for the exclusive use of the occupant; such space shall be no less than 34 feet in width and no less than 100 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 City 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. 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.[1]

Roadways shall be at least 60 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.

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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.

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.

There shall be an open space of at least 20 feet between the sides of adjacent mobile homes with at least 10 feet from the lot line. 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.

No tents shall be erected or occupied on any space, and there shall be no outdoor camping anywhere in the mobile home park.

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 City Council.

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.

No mobile home shall be parked in a mobile home park outside of a designated space therein.

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.

The mobile home park shall be so arranged that no dependent unit shall be located further than 200 feet from the toilets and service buildings provided for herein, and walkways to such buildings shall be paved and well lighted.

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.

An adequate supply of pure water furnished through a pipe distribution system connected directly with the public water main with supply faucets located not more than 200 feet from any dependent mobile home shall be furnished for drinking and domestic service in all mobile home parks.

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 pressure of 20 pounds per square inch and capable of furnishing a minimum of 125 gallons of water per day per space.

No common drinking vessels shall be permitted, nor shall any drinking water faucets be placed in any toilet room.

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.

All liquid wastes from showers, toilets, laundries, faucets, lavatories, etc., shall be discharged into the public sewer system.

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 that they can be closed when not connected and trapped in such a manner as to be maintained in an odor-free condition.

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.

Each faucet shall be equipped with facilities for drainage of waste and excess water.

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.

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 article shall be posted therein and the park register shall, at all times, be kept in said office.

The attendant or person in charge and the park licensee shall operate the park in compliance with this article and regulations and ordinances of the City and state and their agents or officers and shall have the following duties:

Park occupants shall comply with all applicable requirements of this article 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.

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.

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.

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 article or any law or ordinance of the state or City or lawful regulation or order adopted thereunder.

Mobile homes shall be parked only on the mobile home stands provided and shall be placed thereon in accordance with all requirements of this article.

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.

No person shall discharge any wastewater on the surface of the ground within any mobile home park.

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 article.

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/she 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/her, 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.

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 article and all other applicable laws of the state and ordinances of the City.

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 municipality and their authorized agents.

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.

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.

Storage under mobile homes is prohibited.

In connection with mobile home parks, no sign intended to be read from any public way adjoining the mobile home park shall be permitted, except that:

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.

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 or 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Protection of visibility for automotive traffic, cyclists and pedestrians. At intersections of any streets, public or private, the provisions of § 530-55 shall apply and are 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.

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:

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 utility easements.

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.

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: