[Amended 4-11-2012]
A.
Residential-Mobile Home (R-MH) Zoning Districts may hereafter be
established by amendments to the Official Zoning Map in any district
previously classified as residential in accordance with the procedures,
requirements and limitations set forth in this article. Within such
districts, mobile homes, 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.
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 Dwelling Code[1] shall not be permitted in a Residential-Mobile Home (R-MH)
District except as a conditional use. Permits may be obtained only
after approval by the Village Board, after a recommendation from the
Plan Commission.
[1]
Editor's Note: See the State Uniform Dwelling Code, Chs. SPS
320 to 325, Wis. Adm. Code.
C.
No person shall park, locate or place any mobile home outside of
a licensed mobile home community in the Village of Luck, except that
unoccupied mobile homes may be parked on the lawfully situated premises
of a licensed mobile home dealer for the purpose of sales display;
on the lawfully situated premises of a vehicle service business for
the purpose of servicing or making necessary repairs; on the premises
leased or owned by the owner of such mobile home for the purpose of
sales display for a period not exceeding 120 days, provided that no
business is carried on therein; or in an accessory private garage,
building or rear yard of the owner of such mobile home, provided that
no business is carried on therein.
A.
FOUNDATION SIDING
MANUFACTURED HOME
MOBILE HOME
MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY
MOBILE HOME SUBDIVISION
PRIMARY EXPOSURE
SECONDARY EXPOSURE
The following definitions are used in this article:
A fire- and weather-resistant, prefinished material surrounding
the entire perimeter of a home and completely enclosing a space between
the exterior wall of such home and the ground. Foundation siding shall
be properly vented, harmonious, and compatible with the home and installed
within 60 days from the date of placement on site.
A structure which has been certified and labeled as a manufactured
home under 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 to 5426, or which has
been certified and labeled as a manufactured home under §§ 101.91
to 101.96, Wis. Stats., and Ch. SPS 326, Wis. Adm. Code, and is designed
to be used as a dwelling and when placed on site is off its wheels
and is properly connected to utilities and is installed in accordance
with the manufacturer's instructions or a plan certified by a registered
architect or engineer so as to ensure proper support for the home
and has no tow bars or wheels attached to it. No manufactured home
which bears a label certifying approval under 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401
to 5426 or which has been certified and labeled as a manufactured
home under §§ 101.91 to 101.96, Wis. Stats., shall
be required to comply with any building, plumbing, heating or electrical
code or any construction standards other than those promulgated under
those laws. In all other respects, manufactured homes are subject
to the same standards as site-built homes.[1]
A vehicle manufactured or assembled before June 15, 1976,
designed to be towed as a single unit or in sections on a highway
by a motor vehicle and equipped and used, or intended to be used,
primarily for human habitation, with walls of rigid uncollapsible
construction, which has an overall length in excess of 45 feet. "Mobile
home" includes the mobile home structure, its plumbing, heating, air-conditioning
and electrical systems, and all appliances and all other equipment
carrying a manufacturer's warranty. Within a mobile home community,
"mobile home" includes a structure which has been certified and labeled
as a manufactured home as defined under this article.[2]
Any plot or plots of ground upon which three or more manufactured
homes or mobile homes, occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes,
are located, regardless of whether a charge is made for the accommodation.[3]
A parcel of land platted for subdivision according to all
requirements of the Comprehensive Plan, designed or intended for lots
to be conveyed by deed to individual owners for residential occupancy
primarily by mobile homes.
Open areas adjacent to the front wall (or main entrance)
of a dwelling unit.
Open areas adjacent to side and rear walls of a dwelling
unit.
B.
Statutory definitions. In addition to the above definitions, definitions
contained in § 66.0435, Wis. Stats., shall also be applicable.
A.
Mobile homes legally located and occupied on premises outside a licensed
mobile home community 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 Village Clerk-Treasurer
within 60 days after the original 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
are otherwise in conformity with the applicable laws and regulations
of the state and Village. Such nonconforming use shall be automatically
terminated upon a discontinuance for any reason for 12 consecutive
months or if the total structural repairs and alterations to the mobile
home exceed 50% of the net value.
B.
The owner or occupant of a mobile home shall, within five days after
entering of a licensed mobile home community or removing to another
community within the Village, obtain a permit from the Village Clerk-Treasurer.
Such permits shall be issued only for mobile homes which bear a seal,
stamp or certificate of the manufacturer guaranteeing that the mobile
home is constructed in accordance with the standards of the American
National Standards Institute Book A 119.1, as originally existing,
or, if amended, as amended.
C.
Nothing herein shall prevent the owner of a mobile home under Subsection A hereof from replacing the mobile home with a newer model, provided that the replacement unit meets all applicable standards of construction in the industry existing as of the date of replacement, not at the date of manufacture of the replacement unit.
A.
Where an R-MH District is to be established for the development of
a single mobile home community only, minimum area shall be 10 acres.
Minimum number of lots or spaces completed and ready for occupancy
before first occupancy is permitted shall be established as 25% of
total units permitted on zoned site.
B.
These limitations shall not apply where expansion of an existing
mobile home community is concerned and where such expansion will not
increase variation from requirements applying to mobile home communities,
as set forth herein.
A.
Permitted principal uses and structures. The following principal
uses and structures are permitted within R-MH Districts: one-family
detached mobile homes (residential mobile home). In mobile home communities,
recreational vehicles shall not be occupied as living quarters and
sales lots shall not be permitted, but dwellings may be sold on lots
they occupy in residential use.
B.
Permitted accessory uses and structures. Uses and structures that
are customarily accessory and clearly incidental to permitted principal
uses and structures shall be permitted, except for those requiring
specific approval as provided below.
A.
No person shall construct, alter, modify or extend any mobile home
community or mobile home community building or facility within the
limits of the Village without first securing a mobile home community
developer's permit from the Village. Such permits shall be issued
by the Village Clerk-Treasurer upon approval by the governing body.
B.
Application for a mobile home community developer's permit shall
be filed with the Village Clerk-Treasurer with sufficient copies for
the Clerk-Treasurer to forward one to each of the Building Inspector,
Fire Chief and Police Chief, who shall investigate and review said
application to determine whether the applicant, the premises on which
said community will be located and the proposed design and specifications
thereof and all buildings proposed to be constructed thereon will
comply with the applicable regulations, ordinances and laws of the
state and Village and report their findings in writing to the governing
body within 60 days. Such reports shall be considered by the governing
body before any permit is issued hereunder. Failure of any officer
or body to report within the allotted time shall be deemed a favorable
recommendation.
C.
Application for mobile home community developer's permit shall be
accompanied by a fee set by the Village Board to cover the cost of
investigation and processing, plus regular building permit fees for
all buildings or structures to be erected within the proposed community.[1]
D.
Applications shall be made on forms furnished by the Village Clerk-Treasurer
and shall include the following information:
(1)
Name and address of applicant.
(2)
Location and legal description of the proposed community, addition,
modification or extension.
(4)
Complete preliminary engineering plans and specifications, including
a scale drawing of the proposed community showing, but not limited
to:
(a)
Plans and specifications of all utilities, including sewage
collection and disposal, stormwater drainage, water and electrical
distribution and supply, refuse storage and collection, lighting,
telephone and television antenna systems.
(b)
Location and width of roadways and walkways, buffer strips,
and recreational and other common areas.
(c)
The location of mobile home stands within the mobile home spaces,
including a detailed sketch of at least one typical mobile home space
and stand therein.
(d)
Landscape plan showing all plantings.
(e)
Plans and specifications of all community buildings and structures.
(5)
Interest of the applicant in the proposed mobile home community or
extension thereof. If the owner of the tract is a person other than
the applicant, a duly verified statement by the owner that the applicant
is authorized by him to construct and maintain the proposed community,
addition, modification or extension and make the application shall
be provided.
(6)
Written statements describing proposed community operations, management
and maintenance, including proposed fees and charges and other requirements
to be imposed on community occupants by the community operator.
E.
Final engineering plans and specifications complying with the provisions
of this article and the zoning regulations and any modifications or
conditions imposed by the governing body shall be submitted to the
Village Clerk-Treasurer and checked by the proper municipal officials
for compliance before the permit is issued.[3]
All mobile home communities and modifications of or additions
or extensions to existing communities shall comply with the following:
A.
Chapter SPS 326, Wis. Adm. Code, as now existing or hereafter amended,
is hereby made a part of this section and incorporated herein by reference
as if fully set forth, except that such regulations shall not be deemed
to modify any requirement of this article or any other applicable
law or ordinance of the state or Village.
B.
The maximum number of mobile home spaces shall be 10 per acre, and
individual spaces shall not be less than 4,350 square feet in area
and shall be arranged to afford ample area for a variety of units
and a setback of 40 feet from all public rights-of-way and 10 feet
from any community drive or common area, including common parking
areas, 10 feet from all community boundary lines, and 15 feet from
any other unit, building or structure. Accessory structures, such
as awnings, cabanas, storage cabinets, carports, windbreaks or attached
porches, shall be considered part of the unit for purposes of determining
compliance with this provision. The minimum size of a mobile home
community shall be 10 acres; the minimum dimensions of a mobile home
site shall be 50 feet wide by 85 feet long; all drives, parking areas
and walkways shall be hard-surfaced; there shall be a minimum yard
setback of 40 feet at all lot lines of the mobile home community;
no mobile home site shall be rented for a period of less than 30 days;
and there shall be two surfaced automobile parking spaces for each
mobile home.[1]
C.
No mobile home community shall be laid out, constructed or operated
without Village water supply and sanitary sewer service. All water
or sanitary sewer facilities in any unit not connected with public
water or sewer systems by approved pipe connections shall be sealed
and their use is hereby declared unlawful.
D.
Individual valved water service connections shall be provided for
direct use of each unit, so constructed and installed that they will
not be damaged by frost or parking of the unit. Water systems shall
be adequate to provide a pure, potable water supply of six gallons
per minute at a minimum pressure of 20 psi and capable of furnishing
a minimum of 150 gallons per unit per day. Fire hydrants shall be
installed within 500 feet of every mobile home stand and community
building.
E.
All liquid wastes originating at units or service or other buildings
shall be discharged into a sewerage system extended from and connected
with the public sewerage system. Such systems shall comply with all
provisions of the state code and Village ordinances relating to plumbing
and sanitation. Each individual space shall be provided with a three-inch
watertight sewer connection protected from damage by heaving and thawing
or parking of the unit and located within the rear 1/3 of the stand,
with a continuous grade which is not subject to surface drainage,
so constructed that it can be closed when not in use and trapped in
such a manner that it can be kept odor free.
F.
Adequate provision shall be made for the disposal of solid and liquid
wastes in a manner approved by the Health Officer and Fire Chief.
Open burning of waste or refuse is prohibited.
G.
All television cable systems, electrical and telephone distribution
lines and oil or gas piping serving the community or spaces therein
shall be installed underground. Distribution systems shall be new
and all parts and installations shall comply with all applicable federal,
state and local codes.
H.
Each space shall be provided with a weatherproof electrical overcurrent
protection device, disconnect means and branch service of not less
than 60 amperes for two-hundred-twenty-volt service located adjacent
to the water and sewerage outlets. Receptacles shall be of the four-pole
four-wire grounding type and have a four-prong attachment for 110
to 220 volts.
I.
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.
J.
Condition of soil, groundwater level, drainage and topography shall
not create hazards to the property, health or safety of occupants
of mobile home spaces or living units. The site shall not be exposed
to objectionable smoke, noise, odors or other adverse influences,
and no portion subject to unpredictable and/or sudden flooding, subsidence
or erosion shall be used for any purpose which would expose persons
or property within or without the community to hazards.
K.
Exposed ground surfaces in all parts of every mobile home community
shall be paved or covered with stone screenings or other solid material
or protected with a vegetative growth that is capable of preventing
soil erosion and eliminating objectionable dust.
L.
The ground surface in all parts of every mobile home community shall
be graded and equipped to drain all surface water in a safe, sanitary
and efficient manner.
M.
All communities shall be furnished with lighting so spaced and equipped
with luminaires placed at such heights as will provide the following
average maintained levels of illumination for the safe movement of
pedestrians and vehicles at night:
N.
All mobile home spaces shall abut upon a street. All streets shall
be provided with a smooth, hard and dense surface which shall be well
drained under normal use and weather conditions for the area. Pavement
edges shall be curbed and protected to prevent raveling of the wearing
surface and shifting of the pavement base. Grades of streets shall
be sufficient to ensure adequate surface drainage but not more than
8%, provided that a maximum grade of 12% may be used if approved by
the Director of Public Works as safe and designed to avoid traffic
hazards. Streets shall be at approximately right angles within 100
feet of an intersection. Intersections of more than two streets at
one point shall not be allowed. A distance of at least 150 feet shall
be maintained between center lines of offset intersecting streets.[2]
O.
All communities shall be provided with pedestrian walks between individual
mobile homes, community streets and community facilities of not less
than three feet in width. Walks in locations where pedestrian traffic
is concentrated shall be a minimum of 3 1/2 feet wide. Grade and surfacing
of walks shall be approved by the Director of Public Works as safe
and comparable to sidewalks in other areas of the municipality subject
to similar usage.
P.
All mobile home communities 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 communities
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 community. Compliance with this requirement
shall be made within five years from the granting of the mobile home
community 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 community, when completed, will be materially enhanced by modification
or elimination of such screen planting requirements.
Q.
In all mobile home communities, there shall be one or more recreation
areas easily accessible to all community residents. No single recreation
area shall contain less than 2,500 square feet unless each mobile
home site is provided with a contiguous common recreational area not
less than 20 feet wide at the narrowest dimension. Recreation areas
shall be so located as to be free of traffic hazards and convenient
to the mobile home spaces which they serve.
R.
Single-family nondependent mobile homes and approved accessory structures
included in the original plans and specifications or revisions thereof,
parks, playgrounds, open space, off-street parking lots, one community
office and service buildings for exclusive use of community residents
shall be the only permitted uses in mobile home communities, provided
that the Village Board may approve the following uses when designed
and limited to exclusive use of community residents:
S.
All mobile home communities shall be provided with safe and convenient
vehicular access from abutting public streets or roads to each mobile
home space. Entrances to communities shall be designed to minimize
congestion and traffic hazards and allow free movement of traffic
on adjacent streets.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to establish, operate, maintain
or administer or permit to be established, operated or maintained
upon any property owned, leased or controlled by him a mobile home
community within the Village without a valid, unexpired mobile home
community license issued by the Village Clerk-Treasurer and approved
by the Village Board upon determination that the standards in this
section have been met and payment of the required fees.
B.
Mobile home community licenses shall be issued for a calendar year
and shall expire on December 31 next succeeding date of issue. Licenses
may be issued after January 1 of any year but no rebate or diminution
of the fee shall be allowed therefor.
D.
Licenses granted under this section shall be subject to revocation
or suspension by the governing body for cause in accordance with § 66.0435(2),
Wis. Stats., and the procedures in that section shall be followed.
"Cause" as used in this subsection shall include but not be limited
to:
(1)
Failure or neglect to abide by the requirements of this article or
the laws or regulations of the State of Wisconsin relating to mobile
home communities and their operation.
(2)
Conviction of any offense under the laws of the state or ordinances
of the Village relating to fraudulent or misleading advertising or
deceptive practices regarding the sale or renting of mobile homes
or the leasing or rental of mobile home spaces or sale, lease or operation
of community facilities.
(3)
Operation or maintenance of the mobile home community in a manner
inimical to the health, safety or welfare of community occupants or
the inhabitants of the Village, including but not limited to repeated
violations of laws or ordinances relating to health, sanitation, refuse
disposal, fire hazards, morals or nuisances.
(4)
Transfer or sale of an ownership interest in any mobile home space
or the underlying land other than to another eligible licensee. Such
action shall also subject the owner of the underlying land to all
requirements of the state or municipal subdivision control laws and
regulations regardless of the size or number of lots or spaces so
transferred or sold.[2]
E.
Except as provided in Subsection F of this section, no mobile home community license shall be granted for any premises or to any person not meeting the following standards and requirements:
(1)
All standards and requirements set forth in § 620-85 except as specifically waived or modified in writing by the Village Board and endorsed on the mobile home community developer's permit. This requirement includes a valid certificate from the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services that the community complies with the provisions of Ch. SPS 326, Wis. Adm. Code, applicable thereto.[3]
(2)
Mobile home communities should be used only for the parking and occupancy of single-family nondependent mobile homes and accessory structures and appurtenances and uses authorized and approved under § 620-85R.
(3)
Applicant shall file with the Village Board certificates of the Building
Inspector certifying that all equipment, roads, sanitary facilities,
water facilities and other equipment and facilities, including roads,
have been constructed or installed in the community as required by
this article and are in required operating condition at the time of
said application. In addition, the Chief of Police and the Chief of
the Fire Department shall inspect or cause to be inspected each application
and the premises to determine compliance with all applicable laws,
regulations and ordinances applicable thereto. These officials shall
furnish the Village Board in writing the information derived from
such investigation and a statement as to whether the applicant and
the premises meet the requirements of the department for which the
officer is certifying.
F.
Mobile home communities in existence and operating under a valid mobile home community license upon the effective date of this chapter, including communities in areas hereafter annexed to the Village, shall be exempt from the requirements hereof relating to land use and occupancy, provided that such use and occupancy complied with the applicable laws and ordinances in effect at the time of issuance of the original license, but shall file application for a mobile home community developer's nonconforming use permit and comply with all other provisions of this article within six months after the effective date hereof, provided that an existing mobile home community having a density in excess of that provided in § 620-85B shall not increase its density and shall be operated in other respects in accordance with this article. The governing body may extend the time for compliance as herein required upon such conditions as it shall determine necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of community occupants or inhabitants of the Village. All extensions, modifications or additions to lawfully licensed existing communities or facilities or structures therein shall comply with this article.
G.
Each applicant for an original or renewal license shall file with the Village Clerk-Treasurer a bond in the sum of $1,000 for each 50 mobile home spaces or fraction thereof guaranteeing the collection by the licensee of the monthly permit fees as provided in Chapter 395, Mobile Homes, of this Code and the compliance of the licensee and the community management with the provisions of this article. Such bond shall also be for the use and benefit and may be prosecuted and recovery had thereof by any person who may be injured or damaged by reason of the licensee violating any provision of this article.[5]
A.
In every mobile home community there shall be located an office of
the attendant or person in charge of said community. A copy of the
community license and of this article shall be posted therein and
the community register shall, at all times, be kept in said office.
B.
The attendant or person in charge and the community licensee shall
operate the community in compliance with this article and regulations
and ordinances of the Village and state and their agents or officers
and shall have the following duties. They shall:
(1)
Maintain a register of all community 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 community occupants of the provisions of this article and
inform them of their duties and responsibilities and report promptly
to the proper authorities any violations of this article or any other
violations of law which may come to their attention.
(3)
Report to the Health Officer 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
tie-downs.
(5)
Maintain community 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 community free from growth of noxious weeds.
(7)
Maintain the community 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 community designated as a fire lane by the Fire Chief to
be kept free and clear of obstructions.
(8)
Check to ensure that every mobile home unit has furnished, and in
operation, a substantial, flytight, watertight, rodentproof container
for the deposit of garbage and refuse in accordance with the ordinances
of the Village and the regulations of the Health Officer.[1] 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 municipality, including regulations
promulgated by the Health Officer and the Fire Chief.[2]
A.
Community 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.
B.
Community 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 community 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 community.
D.
Each owner or occupant of a nonexempt mobile home within a mobile
home community shall remit to the licensee or authorized community
management the cash deposit and monthly permit fee.[1]
E.
It shall be the duty of every occupant of a community to give the
community licensee or management, or his agent or employee, access
to any part of such community 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 Village or lawful regulation or order adopted thereunder.
F.
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.
G.
No mobile home owner or occupant shall conduct in any unit or any
mobile home community any business or engage in any other activity
which would not be permitted in single-family residential areas in
the Village.
H.
No person shall discharge any wastewater on the surface of the ground
within any mobile home community.
I.
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.
A.
Wrecked, damaged or dilapidated mobile homes shall not be kept or
stored in a mobile home community or upon any premises in the Village.
The Building Inspector or Village Board 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 or Village Board so determines,
he or it shall notify the licensee or landowner and owner of the mobile
home in writing that such public nuisance exists within the community
or on lands owned by him, giving the findings upon which his or its
determination is based, and shall order such home removed from the
community 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 Health Officer, Building Inspector, Fire Chief, Village Engineer,
or their lawful agents or employees are authorized and directed to
inspect mobile home communities not less than once in every twelve-month
period to determine the health, safety and welfare of the occupants
of the community and inhabitants of the Village 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 Village.[1]
C.
Fires in mobile home communities 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 community shall be in accordance with the regulations
of applicable laws, ordinances and regulations of the state and municipality
and their authorized agents.
E.
All mobile homes in mobile home communities 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.
No person shall construct, alter or add to any structure, attachment
or building in a mobile home community or on a mobile home space without
a permit from the Village 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 the 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.
G.
Storage under mobile homes is prohibited.
All plumbing, electric, electrical, building and other work
on or at any mobile home community under this article shall be in
accordance with the ordinances of the Village and the requirements
of the state plumbing, electrical and building codes and the regulations
of the State Department of Safety and Professional Services. Licenses
and permits granted under this article grant no right to erect or
repair any structure, to do any plumbing work or to do any electric
work.
A.
In connection with mobile home communities, no sign intended to be
read from any public way adjoining the district shall be permitted,
except that:
(1)
No
more than one identification sign, not exceeding 20 square feet in
area, may be erected for each principal entrance.
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
B.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 for automotive traffic, cyclists and pedestrians. At intersections of any streets, public or private, the provisions of § 620-57 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.
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 R-MH communities 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 R-MH Districts (other than at streets or alleys). Where
R-MH communities are so located that one or more boundaries are at
the edges of R-MH Districts 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.
E.
Ways for pedestrians and/or cyclists in exterior yards. In any exterior
yard, required or other, ways for pedestrians 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.
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 fewer. 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 vehicles
but shall not be used by other automotive traffic.
