Chapter 16.56
PERMITS AND ENFORCEMENT
Sections:
16.56.010 License required – Fee.
16.56.015 Requirements for setting a mobile home.
16.56.020 Written notice of violations.
16.56.030 Abatement – Hearing – Fine.
16.56.010 License required – Fee.
It is unlawful for any person to maintain or operate a mobile home park in the city without first obtaining a license from the city clerk for such facility. The clerk shall not issue a license until a certificate of occupancy is issued by the building official. The license shall be for the period from January 1st to December 30th of each year and shall be renewed annually. An applicant for a new mobile home park shall submit construction plans and specifications for the proposed mobile home park to the building official and shall pay the construction fee to the city. The plans shall show in detail the layout, all utilities, all buildings, plantings and fences. It shall also show the proposed lighting arrangements, fire prevention equipment and garbage facilities. The fee as set forth in this section shall accompany the application. The building official shall review the plans for compliance with this section and OHMC Title 16 and may approve, disapprove or suggest modifications to the plans. When the mobile home court is installed according to the plans and OHMC Title 16, the building official will issue an occupancy permit. If the plans are approved and a portion of the work indicated is to be completed prior to the issuance of a license, the building official may authorize the issuance of a conditional certificate of occupancy and may require a surety bond guaranteeing the completion of the work. A license fee shall be paid each year or portion thereof, commencing January 1st of each year that the park is in operation.
From and after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section, additional pads may not be installed, nor may mobile homes be situated in a mobile home park unless the pad or mobile home site meets the conditions of this chapter.
If any enlargements are made contrary to this section or if any mobile homes are brought into the park and situated contrary to this section, or if a plan as herein required is not submitted to the building official, then the license may be suspended and/or denied renewal.
All mobile home parks annexed into the city, after passage of the ordinance codified in this chapter, shall comply with all the provisions of OHMC Title 16, except for land area, within three years after being annexed. Within three months after annexation each park operator shall submit a plan of his park to the building official showing those mobile homes and those conditions in the park which are nonconforming. (Ord. 610 § 2, 1982).
16.56.011 Appeal.
If any existing mobile home court does not comply with the provisions of this chapter, the owner may appeal and request a variance. The request for a variance shall be filed with the building official together with information requested by the official. The fee as set forth in OHMC 3.64.090 shall be paid. The city council shall hear the variance application. Notice of hearing shall be mailed to the applicant 10 days prior to the hearing at the address shown on the application. Before a variance can be granted, a finding must be made that the conditions could not be corrected without unreasonable expenses, that the condition was not intentionally created by the owner and that a variance would not create a hazard. In granting the variance, conditions may be placed on the future operation and expansion of the court. (Ord. 1186 § 5, 1999; Ord. 610 § 2, 1982).
16.56.012 Fees.
Mobile home permit fees shall be in accordance with the fee schedule Chapter 3.64 OHMC. (Ord. 610 § 2, 1982).
16.56.015 Requirements for setting a mobile home.
When a mobile home is set in the park, the park manager shall fill out a certificate of compliance and file it with the building official. (Ord. 610 § 2, 1982).
16.56.020 Written notice of violations.
Whenever an inspection by the health officer, building official or fire chief indicates that any of the provisions of this title or any other applicable law is violated, the person making the inspection and in charge thereof, shall notify the owner of the mobile home park of the violation and further notify them that steps to correct the violations must be commenced before 24 hours, and to continue thereafter diligently and continuously until the violation has been abated. (Ord. 610 § 2, 1982).
16.56.030 Abatement – Hearing – Fine.
If the operator of the mobile home park does not take immediate steps to abate the violation, then a report thereof shall be made to the city council and a written notice shall be served on the mobile home operator stating a time and place for a hearing before the council to determine whether or not a violation has taken place. At the hearing, if the council determines that a violation has taken place, and not corrected as specified above, then the council may revoke the mobile home park license. Any person, firm or corporation found guilty of violating this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $300.00. (Ord. 610 § 2, 1982).