[R.O. 2008 §240.120; Ord. No. 224 §§1 — 10, 4-6-1967]
A.Â
Any vehicle as hereinafter defined may not be located within the
City limits of Ironton, Missouri, other than on a recognized, currently
authorized trailer court as prescribed and regulated by ordinances
of the said City.
B.Â
TRAILER COACH
1.Â
2.Â
3.Â
Definitions. As
used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any vehicle, house car, camp car, or any portable or mobile
vehicle on wheels, skids, rollers, or blocks, either self-propelled,
or propelled by other means which is designated to be used for living,
sleeping or commercial purposes.
Any such vehicle as herein defined standing or parked for any
purpose whatsoever on any public or private property other than a
currently authorized trailer court may not be removed from wheels
to any permanent foundation or semi-permanent foundation for any purpose,
or with the purpose of securing City sewer, light or water service
which under the terms of this Section shall be denied.
Privately owned vehicles on private property for storage purposes
shall be excluded from the terms of this Section, provided that they
are kept in neat and orderly condition subject to inspection by the
City Building Committee and/or City Health Department.
C.Â
Each day shall constitute a new and separate violation of this Section
and be deemed a separate offense.
D.Â
Exceptions.
1.Â
This Section shall not apply to any trailer coach being used
in any manner prohibited by this Section, within the limits of said
City, prior to the passage hereof; and this Section shall not apply
to any trailer coach which may replace any aforementioned trailer
coach, on the same location within said City, so long as such replacing
shall be done within one (1) year following removal of the first trailer
coach, and as long as the replacement shall be of equal or greater
size.
2.Â
This Section shall not apply to trailer coaches which may be
located within said City, but no more than one (1) trailer coach per
lot, if, prior to locating same, a written consent is obtained by
the person so locating said trailer coach from each property owner
whose land is adjacent to the lot whereon the trailer coach is to
be located. For the purpose of this Section, land across a public
street or alley shall be considered "adjacent." If an adjacent lot
is owned by the owner or owners of the lot whereon the trailer coach
is to be located, then written permission must first be obtained from
the owner of the lot next adjacent.
3.Â
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to permit location
of more than one (1) trailer coach upon one (1) lot within said City
contrary to the ordinances of said City prescribing and regulating
trailer courts.
[R.O. 2008 §615.010; Ord. No. 382 §1, 11-9-1987]
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the
meaning indicated:
A mobile home or trailer that does not have flush toilet
and a bath or shower.
A mobile home or trailer which has a flush toilet and a bath
or shower.
Any person licensed to operate and maintain a mobile home
park under the provisions of this Chapter.
A factory-built structure or structures more than eight (8)
body feet in width and thirty-two (32) feet or more in length, equipped
with the necessary service connections and made so as to be readily
movable as a unit or units on its or their own running gear and designed
to be used as a dwelling unit or units without a permanent foundation.
The phrase "without a permanent foundation" indicates that the support
system is constructed with the intent that the mobile home placed
thereon may be moved from time to time at the convenience of the owner.
The person or persons designated by the Board of Aldermen
to issue permits, make inspections and perform duties as set out in
this Chapter.
An area or plot of ground upon which two (2) or more mobile
homes or trailers, occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are
located or intended to be located, regardless of whether or not a
charge is made for such accommodation.
A plot of ground within a mobile home or trailer park designed
for the accommodation of one (1) mobile home or trailer.
Any pond, canal, fence, hedge or similar feature.
Mobile home or trailer park.
Any person to whom a temporary permit is issued to maintain
or operate a mobile home or trailer park under the provisions of this
Chapter.
Any natural individual, firm, trust, partnership, association
or corporation.
A vehicle built and designed to be used for temporary occupancy
or travel, recreational or vacation use. Said vehicles contain plumbing,
heating and electrical systems which are operated with or without
connections to outside utilities. Recreational vehicles, include,
but are not limited to, campers, motor homes camping trailers, fifth
wheels and travel trailers. "Recreational vehicle" means a portable
vehicular unit mounted on wheels designed to provide temporary living
quarters for recreational, camping or travel use and of such size
or weight as not to require special highway movement permits.
[Ord. No. 678, 9-13-2021]
Any vehicle, other than a mobile home or motor vehicle, intended
for dwelling or sleeping purposes and having no foundation other than
wheels, jacks or skirting.
[R.O. 2008 §615.020; Ord. No. 382 §2, 11-9-1987]
A.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or operate a mobile
home or trailer park within the limits of the City of Ironton, unless
such person shall first obtain a license therefor.
B.Â
The annual license charge for any person to maintain or operate a
mobile home or trailer park within the limits of the City of Ironton
shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) for each mobile home or trailer park.
In addition, the licensee shall make a written report to the City
Clerk prior to January 15th of each year listing the average number
of mobile homes or trailers renting or leasing spaces within the mobile
home or trailer park for the review year. This number shall be multiplied
by two dollars fifty cents ($2.50) for an average monthly amount.
Said average monthly amount shall then be multiplied by twelve (12)
months to obtain the yearly fee for mobile home or trailer park spaces
during the upcoming year. The formula for determining the full license
and fee shall be as follows:
[Ord. No. 678, 9-13-2021]
1.Â
License Charge: $50.00 annual license charge to operate the mobile
home or trailer park;
2.Â
Fee For Mobile Homes Or Trailers: Average number spaces rented x
$2.50 per month = additional fee.
Example: 7 average number of spaces rented x $2.50 = $17.50;
$17.50 x 12 months equals $210.00; $210.00 is additional annual and
total is $50.00 + $210.00 = $260.00 total annual license fees.
3.Â
Short-Term Rental Fee: In addition to the fee for mobile homes or
trailers within the mobile home or trailer park, a short-term, rental
fee (less than fifteen (15) days per month) shall be applied towards
all recreational vehicles renting space within the mobile home or
trailer park. The fee for recreational vehicles Shall be $1.25 per
month. The operator of the mobile home or trailer park, within his
or her annual written report to the City Clerk as stated aforesaid,
shall also list the average number of recreational vehicles renting
or leasing spaces on a short-term basis (less than fifteen (15) days
per month) for the previous year.
Example: 7 average number of spaces rented x $1.25 = $8.75 x
12 months equals $105.00; $105.00 is additional annual fee.
4.Â
Total License And Fees — If Short-Term Rentals Included: In
the event the owner or operator of the mobile home and trailer park
also rents space for recreational vehicles, then, in addition to the
aforesaid fee for mobile homes or trailers within the park, then the
total fee for such person maintaining recreational vehicles shall
be computed as follows:
a.Â
Fifty dollar ($50.00) annual license to operate the mobile home or
trailer park;
b.Â
Average number of spaces rented for mobile homes or trailers at two
dollars fifty cents ($2.50) per month; and
c.Â
Average number of spaces rented for recreational vehicles at $1.50
per month.
Example: If the mobile home or trailer park rents an average
of 7 mobile homes or trailers per month and 7 recreational vehicles
per month, then the total license and fees per annum would be to-wit:
C.Â
No license shall be issued by the City Clerk until the location and
licensee are approved by the Board of Aldermen and no owner of land
or improvements thereon shall lease or let the same to be used as
a mobile home or trailer park until the site has been inspected and
the location and the licensee approved by the Board of Aldermen.
D.Â
The Board of Aldermen, if it be known upon a hearing before said
Board that any licensee has violated the provisions of this Chapter
or Regulations and Code of the Division of Health, State of Missouri,
concerning mobile home or trailer parks, may revoke the license of
any licensee issued under this Chapter. Provided that the City Clerk
shall first, upon motion of said Board, direct a notice of the date,
time and place of such hearing, setting forth the grounds upon which
said licensee is to appear and show cause why such license should
not be revoked; and such notice shall be served by the City Clerk
upon the licensee, or upon any employee of the licensee at the time
of service in charge of the place of business licensed; and licensee
shall have full right to have counsel and to produce witnesses in
licensee's behalf in such hearing. Said hearing shall be conducted
as other proceedings of the Board of Aldermen are conducted, and no
license shall be revoked except upon vote thereof by a majority of
the members elected to the Board of Aldermen, the Mayor having no
vote except in case of a two (2) to two (2) tie vote by the members
elected to the Board.
E.Â
In case any license issued hereunder is revoked, surrendered or forfeited
by the licensee, not used or used only for a portion of the license
period, after the effective date of such license, no refund of any
license charge or part thereof shall be made.
F.Â
Any mobile home or trailer park now in existence shall be permitted
to operate as it is operating on or before November 9, 1987; provided,
however, that the owner or operator of said mobile home or trailer
park shall within ninety (90) days of November 9, 1987, submit in
duplicate to the City Clerk a plat of said mobile home or trailer
park showing the location of the mobile homes or trailers now existing
and also where proposed mobile home or trailer spaces are to be placed,
also all roadways, water, sewer and gas connections as now located
or proposed. In the event no such plat is furnished within ninety
(90) days, said mobile home or trailer park shall be subject to all
the rules and regulations provided for in this Chapter pertaining
to a newly established mobile home or trailer park.
[R.O. 2008 §615.030; Ord. No. 382 §3, 11-9-1987]
A.Â
Application for Initial License.
1.Â
Application for an initial mobile home or trailer park license
shall be filed with and issued by the City Mobile Home Inspector.
The application shall be in writing, signed by the applicant and shall
include the following:
a.Â
The name and address of the applicant;
b.Â
The location and legal description of the mobile home or trailer
park;
c.Â
A complete plan of the park in conformity with the requirements of Section 415.070 of this Chapter;
d.Â
Plans and specifications of all buildings, improvements and
facilities constructed or to be constructed within the mobile home
or trailer park;
e.Â
Such further information as may be requested by the City Mobile
Home Inspector to enable him/her to determine if the proposed park
will comply with legal requirements.
2.Â
The application and all accompanying plans and specifications
shall be filed in triplicate. The City Mobile Home Inspector shall
investigate the applicant and inspect the application and the proposed
plans and specifications. If the applicant is of good moral character,
and the proposed mobile home or trailer park will, when constructed
or altered in accordance with such plans and specifications, be in
compliance with all provisions of this Chapter and all other applicable
ordinances and Statutes, the City Mobile Home Inspector shall approve
the application, and upon completion of the park according to the
plans, shall issue the license.
B.Â
Application Of Renewal Of License. Upon application
in writing by a licensee for renewal of a license and upon payment
of the annual license fee, the City Mobile Home Inspector shall issue
a certificate renewing such license for another year.
C.Â
Application For Transfer Of License. Upon application,
in writing, for transfer of a license, the City Mobile Home Inspector
shall issue a transfer if the transferee is of good moral character.
The Board of Aldermen will establish a fee for transfer of license
and submit said fee for approval by the citizens of the City of Ironton
at the next general election.
[R.O. 2008 §615.040; Ord. No. 382 §4, 11-9-1987]
A.Â
It shall be unlawful within the limits of the City of Ironton for any reason to park any trailer or mobile home on any street, alley, or highway or any public place or on any tract of land owned by a person, occupied or unoccupied, within the City of Ironton except as provided in this Chapter and in the Zoning Code (see Chapter 402).
B.Â
Emergency or temporary stopping or parking is permitted on any street,
alley, or highway for not longer than two (2) hours, subject to any
other further prohibitions, regulations, or limitations imposed by
the traffic and parking regulations or ordinances for that street,
alley or highway.
C.Â
No person shall park or occupy any mobile home on the premises of any occupied dwelling, or on any lot which is not a part of the premises of any occupied dwelling, either of which is situated outside of an approved mobile home park after November 9, 1987, except as provided in the Zoning Code (see Chapter 402).
D.Â
Any mobile home located on an individual lot outside of an approved mobile home park on November 9, 1987, shall be considered as a nonconforming use under the provisions of the Zoning Code (see Chapter 402).
E.Â
The replacement of any nonconforming mobile home with a newer, or
improved, model may be allowed upon application to the City Planning
and Zoning Commission and Board of Aldermen for a special use permit;
provided, however, that the Planning and Zoning Commission and Board
of Aldermen may require any improvements in location, clearances,
utility services, access or similar features which they may deem necessary
to protect the health and welfare of the occupants of the neighborhood
in general.
F.Â
Travel trailers intended primarily for recreational or camping use
may be parked or stored on the premises of any dwelling occupied by
the trailer owner, provided that such parking or storage shall not
constitute any obstruction to proper traffic movement and that such
trailer shall not be occupied for other than overnight sleeping purposes
on a periodic basis.
[R.O. 2008 §615.050; Ord. No. 382 §5, 11-9-1987]
B.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove the wheels or other
transporting device from any trailer or mobile home, or otherwise
affix said trailer or mobile home permanently to the ground unless
a permit to do so is obtained from the City Mobile Home Inspector
of the City of Ironton. Any such removal of wheels or other transporting
device shall be construed as converting the trailer or mobile home
into a single-family dwelling and shall make the same subject to all
ordinances of the City of Ironton pertaining to zoning. However, said
trailer or mobile home shall always be subject to the provisions of
this Chapter and shall not be construed as having been changed to
a permanent dwelling unit.
C.Â
It shall be unlawful to occupy for sleeping or other residential
purposes any trailer which has been rendered immobile by the removing
of wheels or by placing the same on a foundation or the ground unless
such trailer is constructed and located so that it complies with all
the ordinances of the City of Ironton, including the provisions of
this Chapter.
[R.O. 2008 §615.060; Ord. No. 382 §6, 11-9-1987]
A.Â
The mobile home or trailer park shall conform to the following requirements:
1.Â
The park shall be located on a well-drained site, properly graded
to ensure rapid drainage and freedom from stagnant pools of water.
2.Â
Mobile home spaces shall be provided consisting of a minimum
of three thousand five hundred (3,500) square feet for each space
for mobile homes, up to and including homes sixty (60) feet in length
and four thousand (4,000) square feet for homes over sixty (60) feet
in length. Each space shall be at least forty (40) feet wide and clearly
defined; provided, however, that mobile home parks in existence on
November 9, 1987, which provide mobile home spaces having a width
of less than that hereinabove prescribed, may continue to operate
with spaces of the existing width and area.
3.Â
Mobile homes shall be so harbored on each space that there shall
be at least fifteen (15) feet of clearance between mobile homes; provided,
however, that with respect to mobile homes parked end-to-end, the
end-to-end clearance may be less than fifteen (15) feet but not less
than ten (10) feet. No mobile home shall be located closer than ten
(10) feet from any building or closer than six (6) feet from any property
line bounding the park. An accessory structure which has a horizontal
area exceeding twenty-five (25) square feet if attached to a mobile
home or located within ten (10) feet of its window, and has an opaque
top or roof that is higher than the nearest window, shall, for purposes
of all separation requirements, be considered to be part of the mobile
home.
4.Â
All mobile home spaces shall abut upon a driveway of not less
than twenty (20) feet in width, which shall have unobstructed access
to a public street, alley or highway.
5.Â
Walkways not less than two (2) feet wide shall be provided from
the mobile home spaces to the service buildings.
6.Â
All driveways and walkways within the park shall be hard surfaced
and lighted at night with electric lamps of not less than twenty-five
(25) watts each, spaced at intervals of not more than one hundred
(100) feet.
7.Â
Each park shall provide service buildings to house such toilet,
bathing and other sanitation facilities and such laundry facilities
as are hereinafter more particularly prescribed.
8.Â
An electrical outlet supplying at least one hundred (100) volts
shall be provided for each mobile home space.
9.Â
Travel trailer parks with spaces intended for temporary, periodic
occupancy may be constructed with lot (space) areas of less than three
thousand five hundred (3,500) feet if lot (space) areas and widths
utilized for each such space are approved by the City Planning and
Zoning Commission and all clearances between units as stated above
are maintained.
[R.O. 2008 §615.070; Ord. No. 382 §7, 11-9-1987]
An adequate supply of pure water for drinking and domestic purposes
shall be supplied by pipes to all buildings and mobile homes or trailer
spaces within the park to meet the requirements of the park. Each
mobile home or trailer space shall be provided with a water service
tap which shall be frost-proof and shall meet the requirements of
the City Mobile Home Inspector's recommendations. An adequate supply
of hot water shall be supplied at all times in the service buildings
for all bathing, washing, cleansing and laundry facilities.
[R.O. 2008 §615.080; Ord. No. 382 §8, 11-9-1987]
A.Â
Each park accommodating dependent mobile homes shall be provided
with toilets, baths or showers, slop sinks and other sanitation facilities,
which shall conform to the following requirements:
1.Â
Toilet facilities for males shall consist of not less than one
(1) flush toilet and one (1) urinal for the first fifteen (15) dependent
mobile homes or trailers, or any less number thereof, and for dependent
units in excess of fifteen (15), not less than one (1) additional
flush toilet and one (1) additional urinal for every fifteen (15)
additional dependent mobile homes or trailers, or fractional number
thereof.
2.Â
Toilet facilities for females shall consist of not less than
one (1) flush toilet for the first ten (10) dependent mobile homes
or trailers, or any less number thereof, and for dependent units in
excess of ten (10), not less than one (1) additional flush toilet
for every ten (10) additional dependent mobile homes or trailers,
or fractional number thereof.
3.Â
Each sex shall be provided with not less than one (1) lavatory
and one (1) shower or bathtub with individual dressing accommodations
for the first ten (10) dependent mobile homes or trailers, or any
less number thereof, and for dependent units in excess of ten (10),
not less than one (1) additional lavatory and one (1) additional shower
or bathtub with individual dressing accommodations for every ten (10)
additional dependent mobile homes or trailers, or fractional number
thereof.
4.Â
Each toilet and each shower or bathtub with individual dressing accommodations, for which provision is made in Subsections (A), (B), and (C), shall be in a private compartment or stall.
5.Â
The toilet and other sanitation facilities for males and females
shall be either in separate buildings or shall be separated, if in
the same building, by a soundproof wall.
6.Â
There shall be provided in a separate compartment or stall not
less than one (1) flush toilet bowl receptacle for emptying bedpans
or other containers of human excreta and an adequate supply of hot
running water for cleansing such bedpans or containers.
[R.O. 2008 §615.090; Ord. No. 382 §9, 11-9-1987]
A.Â
Each park accommodating dependent mobile homes or trailers shall
be provided with the following laundry facilities:
1.Â
Laundry facilities shall be provided in either of the following
ratios:
a.Â
Not less than one (1) double laundry tray and one (1) conventional
washing machine for the first twenty-five (25) mobile home spaces
or any less number thereof, and for mobile home spaces in excess of
twenty-five (25), not less than one (1) additional double laundry
tray and one (1) additional conventional washing machine for every
twenty-five (25) additional home spaces or fractional number thereof;
or
b.Â
Not less than one (1) single laundry tray and one (1) automatic
or semi-automatic type washing machine for the first twenty-five (25)
mobile home spaces or any less number thereof, and for mobile home
spaces in excess of twenty-five (25), not less than one (1) additional
single laundry tray and one (1) additional automatic or semi-automatic
type washing machine for every twenty-five (25) additional mobile
home spaces or fractional number thereof.
2.Â
An ample number of electrical outlets shall be provided supplying
current sufficient to operate each washing machine. Drying spaces
shall be provided sufficient to accommodate the laundry of the mobile
home occupants if automatic drying equipment is not supplied.
3.Â
The laundry facilities shall be either in a separate building
or, if in the same building where sanitation facilities are housed,
shall be separated from the rooms housing the sanitation facilities
by a soundproof wall.
[R.O. 2008 §615.100; Ord. No. 382 §10, 11-9-1987]
A.Â
Each park accommodating dependent mobile homes or trailers shall
be provided with the following service buildings:
1.Â
Service buildings housing sanitation and laundry facilities,
or any of such facilities, shall be permanent structures complying
with all applicable ordinances and Statutes regulating buildings,
electrical installations and plumbing and sanitation systems.
2.Â
The service buildings shall be well-lighted at all times of
the day and night, shall be well ventilated with screened openings,
shall be constructed of such moistureproof material, including painted
woodwork, as shall permit repeated cleaning and washing, and shall
be maintained at a temperature of at least sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit
(68° F.) during the period from October 1 to May 1. The floors
of the service buildings shall be of water-impervious material.
3.Â
Service buildings housing sanitation facilities shall be located
not closer than ten (10) feet nor farther than two hundred (200) feet
from any mobile home or trailer space upon which a dependent mobile
home or trailer is harbored.
4.Â
All service buildings on the grounds of the park shall be maintained
in a clean, sightly condition and kept free of any condition that
will menace the health of any occupant of the public or constitute
a nuisance.
[R.O. 2008 §615.110; Ord. No. 382 §11, 11-9-1987]
A.Â
Waste from showers, bathtubs, flush toilets, urinals, lavatories,
slop sinks and laundries in service and other buildings within the
park shall be discharged into a public sewer system in compliance
with applicable ordinances or into a private sewer and disposal plant
or septic tank system of such construction and in such manner as will
present no health hazard.
B.Â
Each mobile home or trailer space shall be provided with a leakproof
sewer connection at least four (4) inches in diameter, which shall
be connected to receive the waste from the shower, bathtub, flush
toilet, lavatory and kitchen sink of the mobile home harbored in such
space and having any or all of such facilities. The sewer in each
space shall be connected to discharge the mobile home waste into a
public sewer system in compliance with applicable ordinances or into
a private sewer disposal plant or septic tank system of such construction
and in such manner as will present no health hazard. The four-inch
service sewer from each mobile home space shall connect to a trunk
line sewer large enough to adequately provide for the proposed trailer
park.
C.Â
In travel trailer parks, all facilities for the connection of wastewater
outlets from trailers and the dumping of holding tanks shall be constructed
to prevent health hazards and shall discharge into a wastewater system
or treatment facility as described above.
[R.O. 2008 §615.120; Ord. No. 382 §12, 11-9-1987]
Metal garbage cans with tight-fitting covers shall be provided
in quantities adequate to permit disposal of all garbage and rubbish.
Garbage cans shall be located not farther than three hundred (300)
feet from any mobile home or trailer space. The cans shall be kept
in sanitary condition at all times. Garbage and rubbish shall be collected
and disposed of as frequently as may be necessary to ensure that the
garbage can shall not overflow.
[R.O. 2008 §615.130; Ord. No. 382 §13, 11-9-1987]
Every park shall be equipped at all times with fire extinguishing
equipment in good working order of such type, size and number and
so located within the park as to satisfy applicable regulations of
the City Fire Department. No open fires shall be permitted at any
place which may endanger life or property. No fires shall be left
unattended at any time.
[R.O. 2008 §615.140; Ord. No. 382 §14, 11-9-1987]
No owner or person in charge of any dog, cat or other pet animal
shall permit it to run at large or commit any nuisance within the
limits of any mobile home or trailer park. In mobile home parks, such
pets shall be licensed by the City and shall comply with City requirements.
[R.O. 2008 §615.150; Ord. No. 382 §15, 11-9-1987]
A.Â
It shall be the duty of each licensee and permittee to keep a register
containing a record of all mobile home owners and occupants located
within the park. The register shall contain the following information:
1.Â
The name and address of each mobile home occupant;
2.Â
The name and address of the owner of each mobile home and motor
vehicle by which it is towed;
3.Â
The make, model, year and license number of each mobile home
and motor vehicle;
4.Â
The State, territory or country issuing such licenses;
5.Â
The date of arrival and of departure of each mobile home;
6.Â
Whether or not each mobile home is a dependent or independent
mobile home.
B.Â
The park shall keep the register available for inspection at all
times by Law Enforcement Officers, Public Health Officials and other
officials whose duties necessitate acquisition of the information
contained in the register. The register record for each occupant registered
shall not be destroyed for a period of three (3) years following the
date of departure of the registrant from the park.
[R.O. 2008 §615.160; Ord. No. 382 §16, 11-9-1987]
The licensee or permittee, or a duly authorized attendant or
caretaker, shall be in charge at all times to keep the mobile home
or trailer park, its facilities and equipment in a clean, orderly
and sanitary condition. The attendant or caretaker shall be answerable,
with the licensee or permittee, for the violation of any provision
of this Chapter to which the licensee or permittee is subject.
[R.O. 2008 §615.170; Ord. No. 382 §17, 11-9-1987]
The license certificate or temporary permit shall be conspicuously
posted in the office of or on the premises of the mobile home or trailer
park at all times.
[R.O. 2008 §615.180; Ord. No. 382 §18, 11-9-1987]
Any person who violates any provision of this Chapter shall upon conviction be punished in accordance with Section 100.220.
