[Added 1997 by Ord. No. 717]
Either through the mobile home leases or through the mobile
home park rules and regulations, each mobile home park owner shall
require the occupants to have all mobile homes tied down to meet the
minimum requirements of the Illinois Mobile Home Tiedown Act (210
ILCS 120). In the event the mobile home manufacturer provides for
more stringent methods of tie-down for the mobile home, the mobile
home owner shall comply with the manufacturer's instructions for the
particular mobile home involved. No mobile home park license shall
be issued until all mobile homes have been tied down in accordance
with the state statute or the manufacturer's instructions.
Whenever an existing mobile home is moved from a mobile home
park and a new mobile home is placed upon that lot, a pad, runners
or piers shall be placed under the mobile home to satisfy the requirements
and specifications of the manufacturer of the mobile home as shown
on the specifications published for the particular mobile home. In
the event no specifications are available from the manufacturer, the
new mobile home shall not be placed upon the lot until a sufficient
pad, runners or piers of suitable construction materials are placed
upon the lot in accordance with the recommendations of a licensed
engineer or licensed architect.
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
The mobile home owner and/or occupant shall place skirting around
the base of the mobile home. The skirting shall be made of an approved
nonflammable material and shall be properly maintained. A thirty-six-inch
section of the skirting shall be located in the area of the plumbing
and sewage connections to allow for inspection of these services at
any time.
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
Each mobile home shall have an individual water service connection
which shall be watertight and located at least 10 feet from sanitary
sewer connections. The minimum pipe size of connections shall be three-quarter-inch
Type K copper pipe unless otherwise approved by the City. The water
service connections shall be installed in such a manner as to prevent
freezing of service lines, meter valves and riser pipes. Individual
water service connections shall be capped using appropriate materials
upon removal of the mobile home which the water service connections
serviced. Any new water meters shall be constructed in meter pits
in accordance with the rules and regulations of the City Water Department.
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
Each mobile home shall be provided with a sewer connection for
the combined liquid waste outlet or outlets of each mobile home. The
owner of the park shall provide an approved type of water- and odor-tight
connection from the mobile home water drainage to the sewer connection.
Sewer connections in unoccupied mobile home lots shall be so closed
that they will emit no odors or cause a breeding place for flies.
No water or waste shall be allowed to fall on the ground from a mobile
home.
[Amended 1997 by Ord. No. 717; 2-6-2017 by Ord. No. 994]
All mobile home park drives shall be furnished with average
illumination of at least 2,500 lumens every 150 feet or equivalent.
Illumination shall be placed at such mounting heights as will provide
illumination for the safe movement of pedestrians and vehicles at
night.
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
Each mobile home park shall pay to the City a permit fee as
set forth in the fee schedule before a mobile home may be moved from
a present mobile home park or before a mobile home may be moved onto
a lot in the mobile home park or before anyone can occupy the mobile
home as a resident. (In each of these three instances, a permit fee
shall be required and an inspection by the El Paso Zoning Officer
is contemplated.)
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
Each mobile home lot shall be designated by a consecutive number
as a means of identification, which number shall be approved by the
El Paso Zoning Officer. Each number shall be constructed of weather-resistant
material and located in such a manner as to permit lot identification
from the park street. These numbers shall be of a color which contrasts
the colors in use on the mobile home, and shall be a minimum of three
inches in height.
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
Each mobile home park owner shall provide to the City a survey
showing the number, location and size of all mobile home lots located
within the park. The mobile home park owner shall place a three-eighths-inch
steel bar or pipe at the corners of the mobile home park and at each
corner of each interior mobile home lot within the park. No changes
in the lot sizes shall be made by the mobile home park owner unless
a new survey is provided to the City showing all new dimensions, with
new steel bars or pipes designating the corners of each interior lot.
A.
Each mobile home park owner shall decide on the size of their lot
sizes, with a minimum size of 2,500 square feet. No accessory structures
shall be permitted on any lots less than 3,200 square feet. No mobile
home or accessory structure shall be located within five feet of the
boundary of any mobile home lot (either side or end of the lot). No
mobile home park shall be subdivided into more lots than are presently
located within the park. Each mobile home lot shall have a sufficient
parking allowance to accommodate two automobiles.
B.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each mobile home park owner shall
be allowed to keep each mobile home as it presently rests on its own
lot. In the event the mobile home is moved, then the mobile home park
owner shall adhere to the minimum lot size of 2,500 square feet set
forth above.
A.
All mobile home park streets shall either be paved (with concrete,
or minimum of two-inch asphalt, depending on base) or graveled subject
to the restrictions set forth hereafter. In the event the mobile home
park owner elects to maintain gravel streets, the streets shall be
inspected by the City from time to time, and any gravel street not
properly maintained shall cause the mobile home park owner to be notified
to abate the improper maintenance within seven calendar days. A gravel
street shall be deemed to be properly maintained if it is properly
drained so that no pooling of water will remain upon the street after
a rain and the street is properly coated to provide a dust-free surface.
A street will be deemed to be dust-free if no travel in excess of
10 miles per hour causes dust. In the event the improper maintenance
is not abated, a fine of $250 shall be assessed by the City, notwithstanding
the general penalty provisions set forth in the City Code. In the
event the mobile home park owner fails to remedy the improper maintenance
after receiving the notice, or in the event a second notice is given
to the mobile home park owner, the mobile home park license shall
be revoked by the City. In the event of the revocation of the mobile
home park license, any existing mobile home park streets shall be
paved in order to obtain a new license from the City.
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
B.
In the event the mobile home park owner elects to pave the streets,
such streets shall be 24 feet in width, with or without curb and gutters.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 11.80.120 of the 1979
Code, Violation–Penalty, which immediately followed this section,
was repealed 2-6-2017 by Ord. No. 994.
[Added 5-20-2013 by Ord.
No. 944]
Any presently existing and properly licensed mobile home park existing as of January 1, 2013, may continue under its current license and with the same number of mobile homes regardless of any other provision of this chapter or Chapter 315, Zoning, Article XII, of the El Paso Municipal Code regarding nonconforming uses. In the event a mobile home is removed from the licensed park, a mobile home of equal or better quality may replace such mobile home as long as all other requirements are met and as long as the mobile home park is in compliance with all other requirements involving the license of the mobile home park. Any increase in the size of the mobile home shall require approval of the El Paso City Council after a public hearing before the Zoning Board of Appeals.
