[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of St. Joseph 4-27-1978.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
The ordinance dated October 13, 1967, entitled "An Ordinance Establishing
a Monthly Parking Permit Fee for Mobile Homes and Campers and Regulating Mobile
Home Parks," and the ordinance dated April 21, 1970, entitled "An Ordinance
Establishing a Monthly Parking Permit Fee for Mobile Homes and Regulating
Mobile Home Parks," are hereby amended and consolidated, and the following
regulation is adopted and in force as follows, pursuant to W.S.A. s. 66.058.
The provisions of W.S.A. s. 66.058, the definitions contained therein,
the provisions of the Wisconsin Administrative Code Chapter H 77 and the provisions
of the St. Croix County Mobile Home Ordinance are hereby adopted by reference.
There is hereby imposed on each occupied, nonexempt mobile home located
in the Township of St. Joseph a monthly parking fee as determined in accordance
with W.S.A. s. 66.058. Said fee shall be paid to the Town Treasurer on or
before the 10th day of the month following the month for which such fees are
due.
It shall be unlawful for any person to establish or operate, upon property
owned or controlled by him within the Township of St. Joseph, a mobile home
park without having first secured a license therefor from the Town Clerk.
The application for such license shall be accompanied by a fee as set by the
Town Board for each 50 spaces or a fraction thereof within the existing or
proposed mobile home park and also a license fee remittance in the sum as
set by the Town Board for camper parking spaces, not to exceed 12 units, which
is hereby fixed and determined to be the annual license fee. The license shall
expire one year from the date of issuance.
[Amended 1-10-1985]
The application for the operation of a mobile home park must also be
accompanied by a surety bond in the sum of $10,000, which bond shall guarantee
the collection by the licensee of the monthly permit fees as herein provided,
the payment of such fees to the Town Treasurer and the observance of all laws
relating to the carrying on of the business of the mobile home park. An additional
surety bond may be required by the Township of St. Joseph at any time when
it finds that the existing bond will be or has become insufficient. An additional
surety bond in the amount of $10,000 is required by the Town of St. Joseph
to assure compliance with town, county and state ordinances, laws and regulations.
Mobile homes are not permitted outside of a licensed mobile home park.
Temporary permits may be approved by the Zoning Board of Appeals for hardship
cases.
The number of units, trailers or mobile homes that may be parked or
kept in any one mobile home park at any time shall not exceed 60 units.
The number of licenses for mobile home parks that may be issued in the
Township of St. Joseph shall be one.
Licensees of mobile home parks and owners of land on which are parked
any occupied nonexempt mobile homes shall furnish information to the Town
Clerk and the Town Assessor on such homes added to their park or land within
five days after arrival in accordance with W.S.A. s. 66.058(3)(c) and (e).
Occupants or owners of nonexempt mobile homes parked outside of a mobile home park shall remit such fees directly to the Town Treasurer as provided in § 130-3 hereof. It shall be the full and complete responsibility of the licensee of a mobile home park to collect such fees from each occupied nonexempt mobile home therein and to remit such fees to the Town Treasurer as provided in § 130-3 hereof.
Standards regarding campers and camper parking spaces are as follows:
A.
The minimum size of a camper park shall be five acres.
B.
The maximum number of campers shall be 15 per acre.
C.
The minimum dimensions of a camper site shall be 25 feet
wide by 40 feet long.
D.
Each camper site shall be separated from other camper
sites by a yard no less than 15 feet wide.
E.
There shall be 1 1/2 automobile parking spaces for
each camper site.
F.
In addition to the setbacks required by the St. Croix
County Zoning Ordinance, there shall be a minimum setback of 40 feet from
all other exterior lot lines.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which fails to comply with any provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $200, together with the cost of prosecution, for each violation of this chapter, and in default of payment thereof shall be imprisoned in the county jail of St. Croix County, Wisconsin, until payment of such forfeiture and costs, but not to exceed 90 days, provided that the maximum forfeiture for a violation of § 130-9 shall be $25.
