G48-86 i
Ordinance No. G48-86
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 6.75 ENTITLED "TRAILERS AND TRAILER CAMPS"
OF THE ELGIN MUNICIPAL CODE, 1976, AS AMENDED
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS:
Section I. That Chapter 6.75 of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, be
and is hereby repealed.
Section 2. That Chapter 6.75 be and is hereby added to the Elgin Municipal Code,
1976, amended, to read as follows:
"MOBILE HOMES AND MOBILE HOME PARKS
6.75.010 Definitions:
For the purposes of this chapter certain words and phrases are
defined as follows:
A. "Bureau" means the Bureau of Inspection Services of the City .
B. "Mobile home" means a structure designed for permanent habita-
tion and so constructed as to permit its transport on wheels, temporarily or
permanently attached to its frame, from the place of its construction to
the location, or subsequent locations, at which it is intended to be a perma-
nent habitation and designed to permit the occupancy thereof as a dwelling
place for I or more persons, provided that any such structure served by
individual utilities and resting on a permanent foundation, with wheels,
tongue and hitch permanently removed, shall not be construed as a "mobile
home".
C. "Mobile home park" means a tract of land or 2 or more contigu-
ous tracts of land upon which five or more independent mobile homes are
located for permanent habitation either free of charge or for revenue
purposes, and shall include any building, structure, tent, vehicle, or enclo-
sure used or intended for use as a part of the equipment of such mobile
home park.
D. "Permanent habitation" means a period of 2 or more months.
E. "Site" means the lot on which the mobile home is located for
permanent habitation.
6.75.020 Inspections--Enforcement.
It shall be the duty of the Bureau to enforce the provisions of this
chapter. For the purpose of securing enforcement, the health officer of
the Bureau or his duly authorized representatives shall have the right and
are empowered to enter upon the premises of any mobile home park now
operating or which may hereafter be operated within the city to inspect
same and all accommodations connected therewith.
f.
6.75.030 Permit--Required.
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to operate or main-
tain, or to offer for public use within the city any mobile home park with-
out applying for and receiving from the city a permit or license therefor.
It is unlawful to operate a mobile home park without complying with the
provisions of this chapter.
6.75.040 Permit--Application--Fee.
A. Each applicant for a permit to maintain a mobile home park shall
file a written application with the city clerk, addressed to the city council,
stating:
I. The name and address of the owner or applicant;
2. The name and address of the operator of the mobile home
park;
3. The location of the mobile home park;
4. The maximum number of mobile homes to be accommo-
dated, together with detailed plans of the camp showing existing or pro-
posed buildings, sewer connections, driveways and other improvements.
B. Each such application shall be accompanied with an annual
inspection fee of one hundred dollars for camps accommodating ten mobile
homes or less and an additional fee of ten dollars for each additional mobile
home in excess of ten. Such permit shall expire at the end of each calendar
year. Permits may be renewed annually upon payment of an annual inspec-
tion fee. Permits may be transferred with consent of the city council upon
application for such transfer.
6.75.050 Compliance with zoning regulations.
No person shall establish any mobile home park within the city except
as may be authorized by the zoning ordinance of the city.
6.75.060 Mobile homes in mobile home parks only.
No mobile home shall be permitted to be located on any site in the
city other than in a licensed mobile home park.
6.75.070 Compliance with state statutes required.
In compliance with the provisions of this chapter, it shall be the duty
of the licensee and person in charge of a mobile home park or the owner of
any mobile home to comply fully with the provisions of "The Mobile Home
and Mobile Home Park Act" (Illinois Revised Statutes, Chapter I I lV2, Para-
graphs 711 through 737 inclusive, approved September 8, 1971, as amended)
and "The Illinois Mobile Home Tiedown Act" (Illinois Revised Statutes,
Chapter II1'h, Paragraphs 4401 through 4406 inclusive, approved
411)
September 14, 1979, as amended).
6.75.080 Permit--Revocation for violation.
Any permit granted hereunder shall be subject to suspension or revo-
cation for violation of the provisions of this chapter or ordinances of the
city."
Section 3. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provi-
sions of this ordinance be and are hereby repealed.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage and publication in the manner provided by law.
s/Richard T. Varhir.
Richard L. Verbic, Mayor
Presented: June 9, 1986
Passed: June 9, 1986
Vote: Yeas 6 Nays 0
Recorded:
Published:
Attest:
enk
s/ Marie Yearman
Marie Yearman, City Clerk