[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the City of
Harrington 3-2-2015 by Ord. No.
14-15. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
A single-family dwelling designed for transportation, after
fabrication, on streets and highways on its own wheels or on flatbeds
or other trailers, and arriving at the site where it is to be occupied
as a dwelling, complete and ready for occupancy, except for minor
and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, location of jacks
or foundations, connections to utilities and the like. The term "mobile
home" shall not include a single-family dwelling which is designed
to be placed on a permanent foundation, is not designed to be readily
movable after the original occupancy as a single-family dwelling,
and conforms to the City's building, plumbing, electrical, and
housing codes.
The person designated in the title of the manufactured home,
whether the title is issued by this state or by some other state.
The person designated in the title of the manufactured home,
whether the title is issued by this state or by some other state,
or has been retired, and such person must also be the owner of the
lot upon which the manufactured home is permanently affixed. The term
"lot" shall mean a parcel of land that conforms to the multiple ownership
provisions of the laws of the state dealing with unit properties and
condominiums, and must be located within a manufactured home park.
A manufactured home placed upon a permanent, unmovable foundation
on real property owned by the owner of said dwelling, removal of all
wheels and axles, and other minor incidental operations, such as unpacking,
connections, or utilities and the like. The term "permanently placed
mobile home" shall be construed as being synonymous with that of the
term "single-family dwelling," a dwelling which is designed to be
placed on a permanent foundation, is not designed to be readily movable
after the original occupancy as a single-family dwelling, and conforms
to the city's building, plumbing, electrical, and housing codes,
except for the purpose of zoning in which it shall be considered a
mobile home.
A.
Required fee. The owner of a manufactured home shall obtain an annual license for it and shall pay a fee for such license as provided for in Chapter 180, Municipal Fees.
B.
Payment; penalties. Such license shall be obtained and license fee
paid by July 1 of each year, and if such fee is not paid before August
1 of such year, then a penalty fee of 10% per month shall accrue on
the unpaid balance of the license fee.
C.
Moving into City. Upon the moving of a manufactured home into the
City, such license shall be obtained and the license fee paid within
seven days. Payment of such license fee shall be prorated on a quarterly
basis for each fractional part of a year during which the manufactured
home is in the City.
D.
Sticker, where placed. Once the annual license fee has been paid
by the owner of a manufactured home, he or she shall be issued a sticker
or other evidence of payment by the City Manager, and/or his/her designee.
This sticker or other evidence of payment must be placed upon the
manufactured home on the front of the manufactured home facing the
street on the right-hand side when facing said manufactured home one
foot up from the bottom of the skirting and one foot over from the
side of the manufactured home.
Every owner of a manufactured home, before moving the same into
the City, shall apply for and obtain from the City Manager, and/or
his/her designee, a registration sticker for such manufactured home.
The City Manager, and/or his/her designee, shall issue no registration
sticker until the license fee required in this chapter is paid in
full.
A.
Prohibition. No manufactured home park operator shall permit a manufactured home to be placed in his or her manufactured home park until said manufactured home displays the sticker required by § 255-4. A manufactured home park owner who permits a manufactured home to be placed in his or her manufactured home park in violation of this section shall be fined in accordance with Chapter 180, Municipal Fees.
B.
A manufactured home park operator who permits a manufactured home to remain in his or her park without payment of the license required by § 255-2 shall be fined in accordance with Chapter 180. If any fine is not paid within 10 days after the issuance of the fine, the fine shall double and be added to the tax bill of the manufactured home park owner's tax bill in accordance with § 12.2 of the Charter of the City of Harrington.
C.
Documents to manufactured home owners. Copies of this chapter and
registration sticker application forms shall be furnished to each
manufactured home park operator, who shall give a copy of the same
to each manufactured home owner who desires to move a manufactured
home into his park at least two weeks prior to the placement of the
manufactured home.
D.
Lease record; report. Manufactured home park operators who lease
land to two or more persons for parking manufactured homes shall maintain
a lease record, which shall be open for inspection at all reasonable
times by the City Manager, and/or his/her designee. Before June 1
of each year, the manufactured home park operator shall report to
the City Manager, and/or his/her designee, the names and addresses
of all persons having manufactured homes on his or her land.
