Whenever used in this article, unless a different meaning appears
from the context, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A manufactured home which does not have bathroom or shower
and toilet facilities.
A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which
is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used for long-term
residential use when connected to required utilities.[1]
A structure, transportable in one or more sections, built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling unit, with or without permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems contained in it, and is certified and labeled as a manufactured home under 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 to 5426. For purposes of this article, a manufactured home Class I shall be considered a single-family or two-family home when meeting the requirements of Article III, § 300-19, and, therefore, may locate in any district permitting such use.
A structure, transportable in one or more sections, built
on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling unit,
with or without permanent foundation, when connected to the required
utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and
electric systems contained in it, and built prior to the enactment
of the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards
Act of 1974, which became effective July 15, 1976.
Any park, court, camp, site, plot, parcel, or tract of land
designed, maintained, intended or used for the purpose of supplying
a location or accommodations for more than two manufactured homes
and shall include all buildings used or intended for use as part of
the equipment thereof, whether or not a charge is made for the use
of the manufactured home park and its facilities. "Manufactured home
park" shall not include automobile or manufactured home sales lots
on which unoccupied manufactured homes are parked for purposes of
inspection and sale.[2]
A manufactured home that has bath or shower and toilet facilities.
Includes an individual, partnership, firm, company, or corporation,
whether tenant, owner, lessee, or licensee, or his or its agent, heir
or assign.
A plot of ground in a manufactured home park of not less
than 44 feet in width and 80 feet in depth, with a minimum area of
3,520 square feet and a front yard setback of 15 feet, side yard 10
feet and backyard 10 feet off service road designation for the location
for only one automobile and/or only one manufactured home.[3]
A manufactured home unit.
A.
It shall be unlawful, except as provided in this article, for any
person to park any manufactured home on any street, alley, highway
or other public place or on any tract of land owned by any person
within the Town of Lawrence.
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 prohibitions, regulations or limitations imposed by the
traffic and parking regulations or ordinances for that street, alley
or highway.
C.
No person shall park or occupy any manufactured home on any premises which is situated outside an approved manufactured home park (except under special permit as provided in § 300-158 of this article). The parking of only one unoccupied manufactured home in an accessory private garage, building or in a rear yard is permitted, provided that no living quarters shall be maintained or any business practiced in said manufactured home while such manufactured home is so parked or stored.
A.
Upon a showing of hardship and/or immediate necessity for use, the Town Board may issue a special written permit allowing the location of a manufactured home outside a manufactured home park. All provisions of this article governing the location, use and sanitation of manufactured home parks shall, so far as they are applicable, apply to any manufactured home located outside such manufactured home park. The permit shall be granted only upon 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 park. The person to whom this permit is granted shall be subject to the parking fee as provided in § 300-168 of this article.
B.
Application for the permit shall be made to the Town Clerk/Treasurer
and shall be accompanied by an inspection fee as provided in the Town
Fee Schedule and shall state the names and permanent addresses of
the occupants of the manufactured home; the license number of their
manufactured home and towing vehicle; place of last stay; intended
purpose of stay at requested location; whether the occupants are nonresident
tourists; whether any occupant is employed in this state; the exact
location of the premises, the name of the owner and the occupant of
any dwelling on the premises and the owner's and/or occupant's permission
to locate; a statement of the nature and location of 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.
A.
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 manufactured home park within
the limits of the Town of Lawrence without having first secured a
license for each such park from the Town Board 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.
B.
The application for such license or the renewal thereof shall be filed with the Town Clerk/Treasurer. After approval of such application in accordance with Subsection A and before issuance of such license, the applicant shall pay an annual fee as provided in the Town Fee Schedule and cause to be filed a surety bond in the amount of $5,000. The bond shall guarantee the collection by the licensee of the monthly permit fee provided for in § 300-168 and the payment of such fees to the Town Clerk/Treasurer, the payment by the licensee of any fine or forfeiture, including legal costs, imposed upon or levied against said licensee for a violation of the ordinances of said Town pursuant to which said license is granted, and shall also be for the use and benefit and may be prosecuted and recovery had thereon by any person, firm, or corporation who or which may be injured or damaged by reason of the licensee violating the provisions of this article. Licenses issued hereunder cannot be transferred by the licensee, and, should there be a sale or other conveyance or transfer of such manufacture home park, then there shall be a new application for such license and a new fee required. Licenses issued hereunder shall not be sold or otherwise transferred by the licensee.[1]
C.
The application for a license or a renewal thereof shall be made
on forms furnished by the Town Clerk/Treasurer 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 park and make the application) and
such a legal description of the premises upon which the manufactured
home park is or will be located as will readily identify and definitely
locate the premises. The application shall be accompanied by two copies
of the park plan showing the following, either existing or as proposed:
(1)
The extent and area used for park purposes.
(2)
Roadways and driveways.
(3)
Location of units for manufactured homes.
(4)
Location and number of sanitary conveniences, including toilets,
washrooms, laundries and utility rooms to be used by occupants of
units.
(5)
Method and place of sewage disposal.
(6)
Method and plan for garbage removal.
(7)
Plan for water supply.
(8)
Plan for electrical lighting of units.
D.
If the existing or proposed park is designed to serve nondependent
manufactured home units, such plans shall clearly set forth the location
of all sewer and water pipes and connections.
No manufactured home park license (or permit for location outside
of a licensed manufactured home park) shall be issued until the Town
Clerk/Treasurer shall notify the Building Inspector or his authorized
agent of such application, and these officials shall inspect or cause
to be inspected each application and the premises to determine whether
the applicant and the premises on which manufactured homes will be
located comply with the regulations, ordinances and laws applicable
thereto. These officials shall furnish to the Town 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. No license shall
be renewed without a reinspection of the premises. For the purpose
of making inspections and securing enforcement, such officials or
their authorized agents shall have the right, and are hereby empowered,
to enter on any premises on which a manufactured home is located,
or about to be located, and inspect the same and all accommodations
connected therewith at any reasonable time.
A.
For the protection of abutting property owners, as well as manufactured
home park residents, a fifty-foot buffer strip shall be provided and
maintained within all property lines of the site, said buffer strip
to be used for the planting of shrubbery and trees.
B.
Each manufactured home or manufacture home space shall provide a
front yard setback of 15 feet, a rear yard setback of 10 feet and
a side yard setback of 10 feet. The above 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:
C.
Parking requirement. One off-street parking stall shall be provided
within each manufactured home space. No parking stall, building or
structure located in a manufactured home park shall exceed 30 feet
in width or length.
D.
Pad. There shall be constructed on each manufactured home or manufactured
home space a concrete pad to be used for the accommodation of necessary
water and sanitary connection as stipulated within the State Plumbing
Code.
A.
Every manufactured home or manufactured home park shall be located
on a well-drained area, and the premises shall be properly graded
so as to prevent the accumulation of stormwater or other waters. No
manufactured home or manufactured home park shall be located in any
area that is situated so that drainage from any barnyard, outdoor
toilet or other source of filth can be deposited in its location.
B.
Manufactured home spaces shall be clearly defined and shall consist
of a minimum width of not less than 44 feet, measured at right angles
to lot line, and a depth of not less than 80 feet; maximum coverage
limited to 36%. The park shall be arranged so that all spaces shall
face or abut on a driveway of not less than 50 feet in width, giving
easy access from all units to a public street. Such driveway shall
be hard surfaced, maintained in good condition, have natural drainage,
be well lighted at night and shall not be obstructed.[1]
C.
The park shall be so laid out that no dependent unit shall be located
farther than 200 feet from the toilets and service buildings provided
for herein, and walkways for such buildings shall be graveled or paved
and well lighted at night.
D.
Every manufactured home space shall be furnished with an electric
service outlet. Such outlet shall be equipped with an externally operated
switch or fuse of not less than 30 amperes' capacity and a heavy-duty
outlet receptacle. Electrical outlets shall be weatherproof, and no
power lines shall be less than 15 feet above ground, unless installed
underground by approved methods.
E.
No manufactured home unit shall be parked in a park outside of a
designated space.
A.
An adequate supply of pure water furnished through a pipe distribution
system with supply faucets located not more than 200 feet from any
dependent manufactured home shall be furnished for drinking and domestic
purposes in all parks.
B.
Individual water service connections provided for street use of an
independent unit shall be so constructed that they will not be damaged
by the parking of such units. Such system shall be adequate to provide
20 pounds pressure per square inch and capable of furnishing a minimum
of 125 gallons per space.
C.
No common drinking vessels shall be permitted, nor shall any drinking
water faucets be placed in any toilet room.
D.
Every manufactured home park serving dependent units shall provide
an abundant supply of hot water at all reasonable times for bathing,
washing and laundry facilities.
A.
Every manufactured home park designed to serve dependent units shall
have erected thereon suitable buildings for housing toilets, lavatories,
showers, slop sinks, and laundry facilities as required by this article,
such buildings to be known as "service buildings." Service buildings
shall be located not more than 200 feet from any dependent unit space
nor closer than 15 feet to any manufactured home park space. Such
buildings shall be of permanent construction and adequately lighted,
screened and ventilated.
B.
There shall be provided separate toilet rooms for each sex. Water
flush toilets shall be required. Toilets shall be provided for each
sex in the ratio of one toilet for each eight dependent units or fraction
thereof and shall have separate compartments. Every male toilet room
shall also contain one urinal for each 16 dependent units, but in
no case shall any male toilet be without one urinal. Toilet rooms
shall contain lavatories with hot and cold water in the ratio of one
lavatory to every two or fewer water closets.
C.
Separate bathing facilities for each sex shall be provided with one
shower enclosed in a compartment at least four feet square for each
eight dependent units or fraction thereof. Each shower compartment
shall be supplemented by an individual dressing compartment of at
least 12 square feet.
D.
Laundry facilities shall be provided in the ratio of one double-tray
unit and one conventional-type washing machine, or one automatic washing
machine, with electric outlet, for each eight units. Sufficient drying
facilities shall be available.
E.
Slop sinks for disposal of liquid wastes originating at the units
shall be provided in a separate room of the service building in the
ratio of one slop sink for each 16 dependent units.
F.
The above accommodations shall be based on the total park capacity
according to accepted plans.
G.
Floors of toilets, showers and the laundry shall be of concrete,
tile or similar material impervious to water and easily cleaned and
pitched to a floor drain.
A.
All liquid waste from showers, toilets, laundries, faucets, lavatories,
etc., shall be discharged into a public sewer system if available
or into a septic tank system approved by the State Department of Safety
and Professional Services.[1]
B.
Every space (designed to serve a nondependent unit) shall be provided
with sewer connections which shall comply with the State Plumbing
Code. The sewer connection 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
to be maintained in an odor-free condition.
C.
Each faucet shall be equipped with facilities for drainage of waste
and excess water.
D.
Every manufactured home unit shall be provided with a substantial
flytight, watertight metal garbage depository from which the contents
shall be removed and disposed of in a sanitary manner by the park
custodian at least twice weekly between May 1 and October 15 and otherwise
weekly.
A.
In every manufactured home park 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 posted therein and the park register
shall at all times 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 guests, to be open at all times to inspection
by state and federal officers and the Town Board or its designee,
which shall show for all guests:[1]
(a)
Names and addresses.
(b)
Number of children of school age.
(c)
State of legal residence.
(d)
Dates of entrance and departure.
(e)
License numbers of all manufactured homes and towing or other
vehicles.
(f)
States issuing such licenses.
(g)
Purpose of stay in park.
(h)
Place of last location and length of stay.
(i)
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 article are complied with
and enforced and report promptly to the proper authorities any violations
of this article or any other violations of law which may come to his/her
attention.
(5)
Maintain in convenient places, approved by the Fire Chief, hand
fire extinguishers in the ration of one to each eight units.
(6)
Collect the monthly parking permit fee provided for in § 300-168 of this article. A book shall be kept showing the names of the persons paying said service charges and the amount paid.
(7)
Prohibit the lighting of open fires on the premises.
All plumbing, electrical, building and other work on or at any
park licensed under this article shall be in accordance with the ordinances
of the Town of Lawrence and the requirements of the State Building,
Electrical and Plumbing 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 structures,
to do any plumbing work, or to do any electrical work.
There is hereby imposed on each owner or operator of a manufactured home park licensed herein a monthly parking permit fee on each occupied, nonexempt manufactured home which shall have been parked in such park at any time during the month and upon manufactured homes parked outside of licensed manufacture home parks in accord with § 300-157 of this article.
A.
The amount of the monthly parking permit fee for the following year
shall be established by the Town Board yearly at least two months
prior to the beginning of the year. The amount of the fee shall be
determined as indicated within § 66.0435(3), Wis. Stats.,
and further defined as follows:
(1)
School
costs.
(b)
The sum of the above {Subsection A(1)(a)[1] and [2]} divided by 12 will determine the total student cost per manufactured home per month.
(2)
Municipal
costs, as determined by the Town Clerk/Treasurer, as follows: the
sum of the residential portion of the current municipal budget divided
by the current Town population according to available records times
the average number of persons per manufactured home divided by 12
will determine the municipal cost per manufactured home per month.
B.
It shall be the full and complete responsibility of the licensee
to collect the proper amount from each manufactured home owner or
occupant and to pay to the Town Clerk/Treasurer such parking permit
fees on or before the 10th of the month following the month for which
such fees are due.
C.
Occupied manufactured home monthly parking permit fees shall be subject
to pro rata amount for each twenty-four-hour period if less than 15
days.
D.
A licensee failing to pay to the Town Clerk/Treasurer such parking
permit fees on or before the 30th of the month following the month
for which such fees are due shall be assessed a penalty of 5% of the
amount of fees due.
E.
Collection of delinquent monthly parking fee. The collection of delinquent
monthly parking fees shall be as provided in § 66.0435(3)(g),
Wis. Stats.
F.
Revocation or suspension of license. The Town Board may suspend or
revoke a license after a hearing held pursuant to § 66.0435(2)(d),
Wis. Stats.
The Town Board is hereby authorized to revoke any license or
permit issued pursuant to the terms of this article in accordance
with § 66.0435, Wis. Stats.
Manufactured homes and manufactured home parks may be located
in such districts as permitted by the zoning laws of the Town. No
manufactured home or manufactured home park shall be located so that
drainage from any barnyard, outdoor toilet or other source of filth
can be deposited in its location.
Any person violating any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a penalty as prescribed in § 1-3 of this Code. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
A.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of
this article is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by
any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed
a separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof.
B.
All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, inconsistent with or contrary
to this article are hereby repealed, except that nothing in this article
shall be interpreted so as to conflict with state laws or orders regulating
manufactured homes or manufactured home parks or any of the requirements
of any ordinances of the Town of Lawrence not mentioned or made inapplicable
by the express terms of this article.
C.
Should there be a conflict between Town and state regulations, the
most restrictive shall prevail.
