(a) Mobile Home: A residential structure, assembled in total or in not more than three sections at a factory, and transported over the road by truck or temporary wheel carriage to its destination.
(b) Mobile Home, Single Wide: A mobile home, as defined above, and being of a width of not more than fourteen feet, measured between the permanent sidewalls thereof.
(c) Mobile Home, Double Wide: A mobile home, as defined above, and having been built in two sections at the factory, which two sections are transported over the road separately, with assembly into one structure of a width of not less than twenty feet occurring at the destination.
(d) Modular Home: A residential structure, assembled in total or in several sections at a factory, and transported over the road by truck to its destination. A modular home, as distinct from a mobile home, shall have exterior building materials and appearance similar to the customary single family structures in the neighborhood, and shall be permanently situated on a concrete slab or foundation.
(e) Mobile Home Park: A tract of land containing suitable drives, utilities and other supporting elements, and devoted to the sole purpose of accommodating mobile homes on a permanent or semi-permanent basis.
(f) Mobile Home Space: That area of land within a mobile home park set aside for use as a site for one mobile home, including the open spaces around said mobile home, as are required in this article.
(g) Street: A right of way which affords principal means of vehicular access to or through a mobile home or trailer park, and which is held in fee by the public or a governmental unit thereof.
(h) Drive: A right of way which affords principal means of vehicular access to or through a mobile home or trailer park, and which is owned and maintained by the owner or operator of the park.
(i) Permanent slab or foundation: A concrete stand upon which the mobile home will be situated. Concrete footings shall be 24 inches by 24 inches by 6 inches deep and will be considered an adequate foundation. The number of concrete and size of foundation on footings required shall be determined by the City Council based on the dimensions of the mobile home. The concrete footings and concrete foundation will be required to have reinforced concrete; concrete masonry containing steel bars or mesh to increase its tensile strength
(Ord 328; Ord. 346)
Within the corporate limits of the City of Quinter, a single-wide mobile home or a double-wide mobile home may be permitted in an approved mobile home park or on a permanent slab or foundation on a lot. Said permanent slab or foundation shall be set back from each boundary line a minimum of fifteen feet (15’) and shall comply with all of the regulations of zoning and subdivision ordinances of the City of Quinter. Such double-wide or single-wide structure to be located outside an approved park shall first be submitted to the City Council for review as to architectural conformity with the surrounding neighborhood, based upon the following:
(a) The physical condition of the structure is sound, well maintained and of neat appearance.
(b) The proposed site of the structure is not in a neighborhood which contains homes of size and value sufficiently higher then will result from the establishment of the double wide mobile home that the contrast in appearance will depress property values in the neighborhood.
A mobile home may also be permitted by the City Council, after public hearing, for the purposes of temporary relief from a local disaster, such as fire, wind, or flood damage provided such mobile home shall be removed from the premises within six (6) months of its original placement.
A mobile home shall not be temporarily or permanently parked or located on any public street or alley nor on any lot containing a residential or business structure, except when in complete conformity with the zoning and other ordinances of the City of Quinter.
(Ord. 328)
One or more mobile homes or trailers may be used as a temporary office or other non-residential structure on the site of a construction project, provided such structure is removed upon completion of the project. Mobile structures may be used, also, as temporary classroom facilities in connection with public schools, or private schools with equivalent curriculum.
(Ord. 328)
(a) Minimum Park Size--No mobile home park shall have a site smaller than will accommodate ten mobile homes, or comprising less then one acre.
(b) Minimum Space Size--Each mobile home space shall have dimensions of at least forty-five feet (45’) in width and ninety feet (90’) in depth. The accepted density for mobile home parks shall be six mobile homes per acre, with the maximum density being eight mobile homes per acre.
(c) Stands and Skirts--Each mobile home space shall contain a portland cement or asphaltic concrete stand upon which the mobile home will be situated, and each home shall be equipped with skirts on all sides, such skirts to be of material harmonious to the mobile home structure.
(d) Streets and Drives--All public streets within the park shall be improved to city standards for residential streets. All private drives shall be surfaced with at least six inches (6”) of compacted stone base with two inches (2”) of hot mix bituminous concrete as the surface course.
(e) Parking--At least two parking spaces for each mobile home shall be provided within sixty feet (60’) of the mobile home. Such parking spaces shall be off the public street or private drive, and each shall be not less than nine feet (9’) by twenty feet (20’) in size, and shall be surfaced to at least the standard set out above for drives.
(f) Park and Playground Space--Park and playground space shall be provided for occupants of the mobile homes park on the basis of three hundred square feet (300 sq. ft.) for each space in the park. Such playground space shall be separate and aside from the open space provided on each mobile home space, and shall be equipped and maintained for the use of the residents of the park.
(g) Open Space--Each mobile home shall be located on the mobile home space so that no part of one mobile home structure, including canopies, awnings, carports and other protrusions, is closer than twelve feet (12’) to another mobile home, or to the edge of the surface of a drive. No mobile home shall be located closer than thirty feet (30’) to the boundary line of the home park or to a public street.
(h) Utilities--All liquid waste shall be disposed of through a sanitary sewer system and treatment facility, the plans of which shall be approved by the City Council prior to construction. All solid wastes shall be disposed of by accumulation in tight containers, and removed at regular intervals by methods to be approved by the City Council. All power and telephone lines shall be in compliance with standards of the utility corporation involved. All water supply and distribution shall be approved by the City Council prior to construction. The site of the park shall be graded so that surface water will not accumulate, but will run off in a manner that will not adversely affect the residential character of the park or adjacent property. The proposed drainage system shall be approved by the City Council prior to construction of streets or other portions of the park.
(Ord. 328)
(a) Construction of a mobile home park within the City of Quinter shall begin only after a Special Use Permit has been granted by the City Council, in compliance with the zoning ordinance. No such permit shall be granted, however, until a development plan for the proposed mobile home park has been prepared and submitted by the developer to the Quinter City Council and found satisfactory and approved by said Council. Such plan shall be accurately drawn, at a scale acceptable to the City Council, and shall show the following:
(1) Proposed street and drive pattern.
(2) Proposed mobile home spaces and their approximate dimensions.
(3) Any existing streets in or abutting the property.
(4) Location and size of parking spaces.
(5) Location and size of park and playground area.
(6) Legal description of the tract.
(7) Screening and landscaping.
(8) Name of the developer and the firm preparing the plan.
(9) North point, scale and date.
(b) The City Council shall, upon submission of three copies of the plan and an application for a Special Use Permit, publish notice thirty days in advance of hearing and hold a hearing on the proposal. The decision of the City Council to approval or denial of the proposed mobile home park shall be based upon the following criteria:
(1) The proposed property will be in harmony, in general, with the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Quinter.
(2) Safe and efficient ingress and egress of vehicular and pedestrian traffic and an adequate level of utility and other services is assured.
(3) A safe and healthful living environment will exist for the occupants of the park.
(c) After twenty-four months from the date of approval of a special use permit by the City Council, if the mobile home park is not improved in accordance with the plans to the extent that utilities, surfaced drives, and occupied mobile homes spaces exist over at least twenty percent (20%) of the area of the approved park, the Special Use Permit shall expire and further development and additional occupancy of the park shall be prohibited. All mobile homes shall be removed within six (6) months of the date of expiration of a Special Use Permit.
(Ord. 328)
No mobile home shall be permitted to be removed into the corporate area of the City of Quinter, except for purposes of sale by a licensed dealer, until a building permit has been issued for its location in a specified mobile homes park, mobile homes subdivision, or other approved location, in compliance with this and other ordinances of the city. In addition to compliance with ordinances of the city, the mobile home shall comply with the minimum standards of the model building code published by the National Fire Protection Association, Inc. (NFFA), including any revisions and supplemented reports relative to the same. Compliance with these standards shall be shown by an approval report prepared by NFFA, referring to the particular type and model of mobile home for which a permit is requested. In the event that a structural compliance report is unavailable, the Building Inspector may, at his discretion, inspect the structure prior to its transportation into the city, and determine whether it complies with the said standards. In the event that all standards, codes and ordinances are complied with, the applicant shall be issued a building permit, and the mobile home shall be established in accordance therewith six months, or the permit shall become invalid.
(Ord. 328)
Each mobile homes part or subdivision shall be operated in a sanitary, orderly, and efficient manner, and shall maintain a neat appearance at all times. No damaged or deteriorated mobile home shall be permitted to remain, and suitable and effective rules for regulating the outside storage of equipment, the removal of wheels and installation of skirtings, the collection of trash and garbage, and the attachment of appurtenances to the mobile home shall be continually enforced. A sign shall be placed at the main entrance to the park clearly showing the name of the park. Each space in the park shall be clearly numbered with numbers at least three inches (3”) high. All drives, playground area and equipment, lawn and trees, and any recreation or accessory buildings shall be maintained at a level at least equal to the average residential neighborhood in the city. All portions of the mobile home park shall be open and accessible to fire, police and other emergency and protective vehicles and personnel, including city, county, and state inspectors.
(Ord. 328)
All mobile home parks shall be subject to an annual license, which may be issued by the City Council, compliance with this article and all other codes and ordinances of the city shall be necessary prior to the issuance or renewal of said license. A license fee of $100.00 shall be paid by the owner of the mobile home park, upon establishing the park, and the annual renewal of the license shall be in the amount of $10.00 for each space occupied on the date of expiration of the previous license; or $100.00, whichever is less.
(Ord. 328)
The owner and/or operator of the mobile home park shall be responsible for the conformance to all plans, codes and ordinances and any conditions set out in the special use permit, and any deviation or non-performance or the occurrence of any nuisance or unhealthful or unsanitary condition, or the termination of a park operation for one year or more shall constitute grounds for the cancellation of a license or special use permit, or refusal to renew a license on the part of the City Council. In addition, the city shall have all remedial and corrective powers conveyed by statutes of the State of Kansas.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than Ten ($10.00) Dollars nor more than One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars, and each day of failure to comply with such provisions of this article shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 328; Ord. 346)