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<br /> <br /> <br /> . <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA for fowing by another vehicle and unfolding at the campsite To provide <br /> COUNTY OF RAMSEY Temporary living quarters for recreaTional, camping or Travel use. VILLAGE OF ARDEN HILLS 3.2( 8) "Double Wides.° - Two (or more) mobile home uonits, separafely towable <br /> Ordinance No. buT designed withouT a permanenT foundation To be ioined into one inTegral <br /> 147 uni/, capable of being again separated for repeaTed fowing (see also Sec- <br /> AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE LOCATION OF MOBILE HOMES Tional House, and "Expandables"). <br /> AND ESTABLISHING STANDARDS.AND RULES OF OPERATION FOR 3.2( 9) "Expandables" - A mobile home containing a collapsible or Telescoping <br /> ~ MOBILE HOME COURTS, AND ESTABLISHING PENALTIES FOR V10- unit which meeTS highway towing sTandards when "closetl;" expanded at <br /> LATION. sife ("pulled out like a bureau drawer To form a bay or an ell") for added <br /> The Village Council of the Village of Arden Hills does hereby ordain as fol- living space. <br /> lows: 3.2(10) Motor Home (Motorized Home). A vehicular siructure built on a self-pro- <br /> SECTION 1.0 SHORT TITLE pelled moTOr vehicle chassis, primarily designed to provide temporary <br /> This Ordinance shall be known, cited and referred To as the Arden Hills Mo- living quarTers for recreational, camping or travel use, <br /> bile Home Court, Ordinance, except as referred To herein, where it shall be known 3.2(11) Prefabricated Housing. Conventional-Type housing for permanenT founda- <br /> as ihis Ordinance. Tions, assembled and "finished" on site, from factory pre-consTructed sep. <br /> SECTION 2.0 INTENT AND PURPOSE arate sections of walls, roofs, etc., typically lifted from Trucks into place <br /> The intent and purpose of ihis Ordinance is to assure quality developmeni with the aid of cranes. equal fo ihat found in other types of re5idenTial areas ihroughout the Village. Ex- 3.2(12) Sectional House. A factory-prefinished house designed for a permanent <br /> cellence of design, development and mainTenance of mobile homes and mobile foundation which can include a full-depTh basemenf, shipped in (normally <br /> home courts is the desired oblective. The Village Council has the authority to vary tWO) completedsections,fastenedTOgetherand"finished"atihesite. <br /> any of the requiremenis of ihis Ordinance, providetl it acts wiThin the intenT of the 3.2(13) Trailer, Dependent. A travel Trailer which is depentlent upon a service <br /> variance provisions as established in Ordinance No. 99, the Arden Hills Zoning building for ToileT and lavatory facilities. - <br /> Ordinance, as amended. 3.2(14) Travel 7railer. A vehicular porTable sTructure, mounTed on wheels, of such <br /> SECTION 3.0 - RULES AND DEFINITIONS size or weighf as not to require special highway movement permits when <br /> 3.1 RULES drawn by a stock passenger auTOmobile, primarily designed and consiruct- <br /> 3.1( 1) No person, firm or corporation shall develop, operate any mobile home ed to provide temporary living quarTers for recreational, camping or <br /> court wiThout having obtained a special use permit, pursuant to fhis Ordi- iravel use. nance. 3.2(15) Truck Camper. A portable siructure, designed to be ioaded onTo, or affixed <br /> 3.1( 2) No person shall park or occupy a mobile home on any land siTuaTed out- to, the bed or chassis of a iruck, consiructed To provide temporary living <br /> sideanapprovedmobilehomecourT,subiecttoihefollowingexceptions: quarTers for recreation, camping or iravel use. <br /> (a) Temporary meintenance of a mobile home for business purposes on the SECTION 4.0 MOBILE HOME COURT REQUIREMENTS <br /> business premises or adiacent property where the mobile home is used 4.1 A mobile home court shall contain area sufficienT to accomodaTe at leasT <br /> in connecfion with work on the premises. 150 mobile home loTS, plus recreaTional areas and sireets as required by <br /> (b) Use of the mobile home as a Temporary dwelling on premises where this Ordinance. Prior to occupancy of any mobile home in such court aT <br /> the occupants of the home are consirucTing, reconsirucTing or altering leasf 50 malbile home stands musT be fully developed as required by the <br /> a permanent siructure. , provisions of fhis Ordinance, including all requiretl auxiliary buildings and <br /> (c) Permits for such excepted mobile home use may be issued by the other areas. <br /> Building InspecTOr for a period not to exceed 90 days if the conditions 4.2 AlI utilities, such as sewer, water, fuel, eleciric, telephone and television <br /> staTed herein appear To his reasonable satisfaction, but any renewal of antenna lead-ins, shall be buried To a depth specified by the Village En. <br /> such a permit shall require approval of the Village Council, it being gineer, and fhere shall be no overhead wires. Allutility connecTions shall <br /> the inTent of the Council ihaT exTensions should be granted only in un- be approved by the Village prior to connection. Plans for the disposal W <br /> usual and emergency situations requiring a brief extension. surface storm water shall be approved by the Village Engineer. <br /> 3.1( 3) The following are prohibited with respecT To a mobile home properly lo- 4.3 All land areas shall be adequately drained and properly maintained free of <br /> caTed, either temporarily or permanently: dust, refuse, garbage, rubbish or debris. The proposed method of garbage, <br /> removal of wheels iherefrom, consiruction of a pe[manent foundation or Waste and trash disposal musT be approved by the Village and must con- <br /> enclosure ihereunder. form to the regulations of the STate PolluTion Conirol Agency. Refuse col. <br /> lection sTands shall be provitled for all refuse conTainers. Such stands shall <br /> In addifion, construction of any additions To the mobile homes to pro- be so designed so as To prevent containers from being tipped, To minimize <br /> vide exira floor space is prohibiTed unless the additions are provided by a spillage and conTainer deterioraTion, and to faciliTaTe cleaning around ihem. <br /> manufacturer and specifically designed for use with mobile homes, but The storage, collection and disposal of refuse in the mobile home courT <br /> subject to the other provisions of this Ordinance and other applicable ordi- shall be so conducTed as to create no healih hazards, rodenT harborage, <br /> nances with respect to setback and similar matTers. insecibreedingareas,accidenTOrfirehazardsorairpollution. <br /> 3.1( 4) A mobile home shall not be used as a permanent place of abode or as a 4,4 All mobile home courts shall have one or morerecreational areas which <br /> permaneni dwelling unless. iT is properly connected to a municipal water shall be easily accessible to all court residents. Recreational areas shall <br /> supply and a municipal sanitary sewer system. AIl water and sewer sys- be so located as to be free of iraffic hazards and should, where the top- <br /> Tems shall be consTructed in accordance wiih plans and specifications ap- ography permits, be cenirally located. The recreaTional area shall be a <br /> proved by the Village Engineer. minimum of 10 percenT of the lantl area of the entire courT. All equipment <br /> The ordinances of Arden Hills with respect To required Time of connecTions installed in such an area shall be owned and maintained by the owner or <br /> either to the municipal water system or the municipal saniTary sewer sys- operator aT his own expense. <br /> tem are superseded by This provision, iT being the intent of the Council 4.5 All waTer supply and sanitafion faciliTies must conform to the current <br /> - ihaf municipal water and sanitary sewer connections to mobile home recommendations of the Minnesota Depariment of Health. Fire hydranis <br /> courisshallbemadeasaparTOfiheiroriginal -consirucfion. shall be provided as required by the Village Engineer, antl approved by <br /> 3.2 DEFINITIONS the Fire Chiei. <br /> 3.2( 1) Mobile Home. Any type of iransportable siructure or vehicle not drawn by 4.6 All mobile home courfs shall have an area or areas seT aside for dead <br /> its own power with permanently attached untlercarriage and wheels which storage. The storage area shall be screened. <br /> . is designed, consTructed, and equipped for use as a single family dwelling 4.7 A landscaped area with minimum depih of 50 feet shall be maintained <br /> place, living abode, or living quarTers, suiTable for occupancy during the around the perimeter of each mobile home courT. In addition thereto, all <br /> entire year, which contains the same water supply, waste disposal, and mobile home courTs shall be provided with five foot (5') high fences and <br /> elecTrical conveniences as immobile housing. IT is the inTenfion of the natural growTh along the properTy boundary lines, not less than 2'6" at <br /> Council fhat ihis definition shall include "mobile homes" as defined in the Time of planTing. <br /> Sec. 327.14, Subd. 2 of MinnesoTa StatuTes Annotated. 4.8 No mobile home lot shall have direcT access to a public sireet. Each mo- <br /> 3.2( 2) Mobile Home Lot. A parcel of land for the placement of a single mobile bile home lof within a mobile home courT shall abuT on and have ac- <br /> homeforiheexClusiveuseofiheoccupantsofsaidmobilehome. cess to a private road used by.The inhabitanTs of the courT and built and <br /> 3.2( 3) Mobile Home Court. Any premises on which are parked iwo or more oc- maintained by the owner thereof. This road shall have a paved surface <br /> cupied mobile homes, buT This definition shall exclude sales lots on which aT least ihirTy feeT (30 ft.) in widih from curb to curb and lead to and <br /> automobiles or unoccupied mobile homes, wheTher new or used, are parked furnish ingress and egress from a public sTreet ihrough conirolled drive- <br /> for purposes of inspection or sale. - ways which shall not be less than TwenTy-four (24) feet in widih. The pri- <br /> 3.2( 4) Mobile Home Stand. The part of an individual mobile home IoT which has vate roads shall be paved with a concreTe or bituminous material comply- <br /> been reserved for placement of the mohile home, appurtenant sirucTures, ing with the specifications for the consfruction of any village residential <br /> or additions. slreeT. <br /> 3.2( 5) Trailer. Any vehicle or structure designed antl used for human living The operation of motor vehicles-on such private roads within a mobile <br /> quarTers which meets all of the following qualifications: home court shall be subiect To the Highway Traffic Regulation Act of the <br /> a. IsnotusedasihepermaneniresidenceofTheowneroroccupant; StaTe of Minnesota as adopted by Ordinance of the Village of Arden Hills, <br /> b.ls used for temporary living quarters by the owner or occupant while not withstanding the provision iherein excluding its operation upon private <br /> engaged in recreational or vacation activities; roads. <br /> (c) Is towed or otherwise transported, by its own or by oTher moTOr pawer All such private roads shall be adequaTely lighted for the purpose of pro- <br /> actipublicviTies. sTreets or highways incidental To such recreaTional or va- TecTing vehicular traffic Thereon and pedesirian use ihereof. <br /> cation on the <br /> .9 Street righT-of-ways shall noT be less ihan sixTy (60) feet inwidih. <br /> 3.2( 6) Trailer Parks. A park, court, camp site, lot, parcel or TracT of lantl design- 4 <br /> ed, maintainetl or intended for the purpose of supplying the IocaTion or 4.10 A concrete curb and gutter shall be consTructed on each side of the road. <br /> accommodaTions for any irailers, as deiined herein, and upon which said The curb and gutter shall comply with all applicable Village ordinances. <br /> irailers are parked. The term "irailer park" shall include all buildings 4.11 A concrete sidewalk not less ihan forty-eight (48) inches wide shali be con- <br /> used or intended for use as a part of the equipment Thereof whether a structed adlacent to the concreTe curb (or a curb and sidewalk combina- <br /> chargeismadeforiheuseoftheparkanditsfacilitiesornoT. tion, forty-eight (48) inches in width). This sidewalk shall be connected <br /> 3.2( 7) Camping Trailer. (or Folding Tent Trailer) - A vehicular porTable siruc- to each uniT enirance by a concreTe walk not less ihan ihirty-six (36) <br /> ture mounTed on wheels and consiructed with collapsible partial side walls inches in widih. . <br /> of fabric, plastic or other pliable maTerial which are adapted for folding 4.12 Each mobile home courT must have one or more cenTral community build- <br /> i <br />