This article shall regulate the parking, location, and maintaining
of all manufactured homes and manufactured home communities within
the Town of Pittsfield.
The following definitions are in addition to Article III to further clarify and explain word usage in conjunction with this article on manufactured home communities. Manufactured homes, manufactured home communities, and accessory use of a building shall apply, as defined in Article III.
A manufactured home lacking a bath or shower and toilet facilities.
A manufactured home that contains a kitchen, toilet facilities,
bath or shower, and fully equipped for living purposes.
Shall be construed to include an individual, partnership,
firm, company, corporation, whether tenant, owner, lessee, licensee
of other agent, heir or assign.
A plot of land, whether leased, sold, rented, or transferred,
which is intended for location of one manufactured home only.
One manufactured home.
A.
No person shall park or occupy a manufactured home outside of an approved manufactured home community, except as provided for in § 275-33 of this article.
B.
Emergency or temporary stopping or parking is permitted on any street,
alley or highway for not longer than one hour, subject to any other
and further prohibition imposed by the traffic and parking regulation
or ordinance for that street, alley, or highway.
(Permits issued under this section are nontransferable and will
expire under change of occupancy.)
A.
Upon a showing of a hardship and/or immediate necessity for use, the Town Zoning Administrator may issue special written permits allowing the location of a manufactured home outside of a manufactured home community for a period not to exceed 90 days for any one premises in any twelve-month period. The permit shall be granted only upon the written consent of the owner, legal agent of the owner, or the lessee of the location for which the permit is issued. Not more than one manufactured home shall be granted a permit to locate on any one premises outside a manufactured home community. Any violation of this subsection shall comply with the penalty as set forth in Article XII, Administration and Enforcement, of this chapter.
B.
Application for the permit shall be made to the Town Clerk and shall
be accompanied by an inspection fee as provided in the Town Fee Schedule[1] and shall state the names and permanent addresses of the
occupants of the manufactured home, the license number of the manufactured
home and towing vehicle, place of last stay, intended purpose of stay
at requested location, whether any occupant is employed in state,
the exact location of premises, and the owner's and/or occupant's
sanitary facilities, and the permission of the occupant of the dwelling
house for their use, and a statement that all wastes from manufactured
home occupancy will be disposed of in a sanitary manner. Application
for location on a vacant lot or parcel of land shall be accompanied
by a statement of the nature and location of sanitary facilities,
which must include a safe water supply and toilet within 200 feet
of the proposed location of the manufactured home, and a statement
of permission from the owner for their use.[2]
C.
Manufactured homes and dwellings in conjunction with an operating farm in conformance with § 275-25 may be allowed as a conditional use to be used solely by resident owner or laborer actively engaged in the farming operation and must also apply for permit.
D.
All occupied manufactured homes not located in a manufactured home
community shall be subject to the remaining regulations of this chapter.
A.
No person shall establish, operate, or maintain, or permit to be
established, operated, or maintained, upon any property owned, leased,
rented, or controlled by him/her a manufactured home community within
the Town of Pittsfield without first securing a license from the Town
Board. The license shall expire one year after issuance and must be
renewed annually.
B.
C.
The application for a license or renewal thereof shall be made on
forms furnished by the Town Clerk and shall include the name and address
of the owner in fee of the tract (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 manufactured home community and make the application) and such
legal description of the premises upon which the manufactured home
community is or will be located as will readily identify and definitely
locate the premises.
D.
The applicant shall further comply with manufactured home regulations
as set forth in the Wisconsin Statutes.
A.
Prior to the issuing of any license or permit for a manufacture home
park, the developer shall submit three copies of a manufactured home
community plan to the Town Planning Commission of Pittsfield. The
plan shall be approved, in writing, by the Town Board prior to the
start of construction or development of the park.
B.
Each manufactured home community plan submitted to the Town Planning
Commission shall require the following information:
(1)
Exact area and extent of the proposed park, accompanied by a legal
description or certified survey map. Plans shall be drawn at a scale
of one inch to 200 feet minimum.
(2)
All roadways, driveways, and ingress and egress points, and parking
bays.
(3)
Complete layout of storm, sanitary and water systems for the park.
(4)
Plan for electrical distribution and lighting facilities.
(5)
Method and plan of garbage removal.
(6)
Plans for providing adequate fire protection for the park.
C.
All manufactured home communities shall further comply with the sanitation
and health regulations as set forth by the State Department of Health
Services.
D.
Electrical service to manufactured home spaces shall conform to the
regulation as set forth in the Wisconsin State Electrical Code.
E.
An adequate supply of pure water, furnished through a pipe distribution
system with supply faucets, shall be furnished for drinking and domestic
purposes.
F.
All manufactured homes shall be independent units.
A.
All drives, parking areas, and walkways shall be hard surfaced.
B.
Within the manufactured home communities, a minimum roadway width
of 30 feet shall be established.
C.
The manufactured home community shall have direct access to a state
highway, county highway, or Town road. There shall be sufficient points
of ingress and egress to provide proper traffic movement, as determined
by the Town Board.
D.
There shall be one hard-surfaced off-street automobile parking space
for each manufactured home unit. Minimum dimension of the parking
space shall be 10 feet by 20 feet in size.
The following regulations shall apply to all manufactured home
spaces that are sold, rented, leased, or transferred in an approved
manufactured home community:
A.
The minimum size of a manufactured home community shall be 10 acres
in sewered areas.
C.
A concrete or bituminous pad shall be constructed on each manufactured
home space. The minimum size of this pad shall be 10 feet wide by
15 feet in length.
D.
The minimum thickness of the surfacing shall be four inches. The
pad shall enclose all utility connections for the manufactured home.
E.
Each manufactured home space shall provide a front yard setback of
10 feet and a rear yard setback of 20 feet. Side yards shall have
a minimum setback of five feet each.
F.
The yard setbacks shall be seeded and landscaped and in no case shall
they be used for off-street parking or be occupied by a manufactured
home and/or its accessory buildings, except for the following conditions:
The Town Board of Pittsfield shall have the authority to impose
a parking fee on manufactured homes within an approved manufactured
home community or outside of an approved park, as provided for in
Wisconsin Statutes. The parking fee shall be based on the following
regulations:
A.
There is hereby imposed on each owner or operator of a manufactured
home community licensed hereunder a parking permit fee on each occupied
manufactured home unit which shall have been parked in such manufacture
home park. The parking fee shall also apply to manufactured home units
located outside of an approved manufactured home community. The amount
of the parking fee shall be determined by the Town Board of Pittsfield
and the local Town Assessor in accordance with § 66.0435,
Wis. Stats., and as amended. No manufactured home space shall be rented
for a period of less than 30 days.
B.
The local Assessor shall determine the total fair market value of
each occupied manufactured home, minus the tax-exempt household furnishings,
and then equalized to the general level of assessment on other real
and personal property in the Town of Pittsfield.
C.
The value of each occupied manufactured home thus determined shall
be multiplied by the tax rate established on the preceding May 1 assessment
of general property.
D.
Total annual parking permit fee shall be divided by 12 to determine
monthly fee.
E.
A new fee rate and a new valuation shall be established each January
and shall continue for that calendar year.
F.
Said parking fee shall be collected by the owner or operator of the
manufactured home community and paid to the local taxing authority
on or before the 10th day of the month following the period for which
such parking permit is due.
G.
No fee shall be imposed on a manufactured home from another state,
unless said unit has been placed within the Town of Pittsfield for
a sixty-day period.
H.
The Town of Pittsfield may retain 10% of the parking fee for administration
costs.
I.
The Town of Pittsfield shall pay to the school district in which
park is located, within 20 days after the end of each period, such
proportion of the remainder of the fees collected in the preceding
month as the ratio of the most recent property tax levy for school
purposes bears to the total tax levy for all purposes in the municipality.
A.
In every manufactured home community, there shall be located the
office of the attendant or person in charge of said park. A copy of
the park license and of this article shall be kept in said office.
B.
It is hereby made the duty of the attendant or person in charge,
together with the licensee to:
(1)
Keep a register of all occupants, to be open at all times to inspection
by state, federal, and local officials, which shall show for all occupants
of the manufactured home community the following:
(a)
Names and addresses.
(b)
Number and ages of all children.
(c)
Number of public elementary school children.
(d)
Number of public secondary school children.
(e)
State of legal residence.
(f)
Dates of entrance and departure.
(g)
License numbers of all manufactured homes and towing or other
vehicles.
(h)
State issuing such license.
(i)
Purpose of stay in park.
(j)
Place of last location and length of stay.
(k)
Place of employment of each occupant.
(2)
Maintain the park in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition at
all times.
(3)
Ensure that the provisions of this chapter are complied with and
enforced and report promptly to the proper authorities any violations
of this chapter or any other violations of law which may come to his/her
attention.
(5)
Maintain in convenient places, approved by the Tri-County Fire Inspector,
hand fire extinguishers in the ratio of one for each eight manufactured
home spaces.
(6)
Collect the monthly parking permit fee provided for in § 275-38 of this article. A book shall be kept showing the names of persons paying said service charges and the amount paid.
(7)
Submit with the total monthly parking permit fee payment to the Town
Treasurer a monthly report showing the names of persons paying said
fees and the amount paid, if less than for a full month. The report
shall also indicate departure time for current tenants and arrival
time for new tenants, including departure time if occurring the same
month.
(8)
Adhere to any other conditions as stated in the conditional use permit
granted by the Town of Pittsfield.
