In recognition by the village of the potential impact of mobile home parks upon neighboring property and public facilities, the following regulations are adopted to ensure that future parks will be well designed and will adhere to high standards of development:

A. Any application for a special use permit to construct and operate a mobile home park shall be accompanied by the following items, for consideration by the planning commission and village board:

1. A site plan that includes: (1) the area, and all angular and linear data along the exterior boundaries, of the tract of land containing the mobile home park; (2) all streets, alleys, pedestrian walks and ways for public service facilities; (3) location and area of all recreational space and other public grounds; (4) location of each permanent building site; (5) land topography at two feet intervals; (6) names of all streets; (7) location of each mobile home space and each pad within the space;

2. A circulation diagram indicating the movement of vehicles, goods and pedestrians within the park, and to and from existing public streets;

3. A comprehensive drainage plan with analysis of the impact the park creates on the site and on the surrounding areas;

4. A comprehensive landscaping plan that guarantees techniques and foliage types that are consistent with surrounding areas;

5. A development schedule indicating the approximate date construction of the park will begin and the date all development of the park will be completed;

6. A statement of proposed financing and a feasibility report.

B. All mobile home parks shall be planned and constructed in accordance with the following standards and specifications:

1. The minimum area of a mobile home park shall be five acres, and the average density of mobile home spaces shall not exceed eight per acre.

2. Each mobile home space shall contain a minimum of three thousand six hundred square feet.

3. Each mobile home space shall have a minimum width of forty feet.

4. Each mobile home shall be located on a mobile home spare and shall be the only principal building on the space.

5. Each mobile home space shall be provided with a concrete pad containing a minimum of six hundred square feet.

6. Each concrete pad shall be provided with eyelets imbedded in the concrete with adequate anchor plates or hooks. The anchorage shall be adequate to withstand wind forces and uplift as required in the village building code, based upon the size and weight of the units.

7. The minimum front yard setback shall be ten feet.

8. The minimum side yard setback shall be five feet. The concrete pad shall be located in a manner to allow for this side yard requirement and still allow the mobile home to be centered on the pad.

9. Each mobile home space shall be provided with two off-street parking spaces, each of which shall have direct access to the street.

10. Each mobile home space shall be provided electrical service supplying at least 110-115/220-230 volts and one hundred amperes.

11. Each mobile home space shall be provided facilities to allow for the hookup to municipal water and sanitary sewer facilities.

12. Each mobile home space shall be provided garbage cans with tight-fitting covers, which shall be located on the space, in adequate numbers to permit disposal of all garbage and rubbish.

13. A mobile home park shall have direct access to either a collector street or a major thoroughfare as defined in the village subdivision ordinance. No mobile home shall be nearer than fifty feet to the right-of-way of any collector street or major thoroughfare.

14. A mobile home park shall be provided durable asphalt or concrete streets with a minimum paved surface twenty-four feet in width. Adequate traffic signs shall be provided for the safe movement of vehicles and pedestrians.

15. A mobile home park shall have adequate facilities for drainage of surface and subsurface water. The park site shall be graded to facilitate the safe and efficient drainage of surface water. Gutters, culverts, catch basins, drain inlets, storm water sewers or other satisfactory drainage systems shall be used whenever necessary.

16. Artificial lighting shall be provided to illuminate streets, walks, driveways and parking spaces for the safe movement of vehicles and pedestrians at night. All lighting shall be located and shielded to prevent direct illumination of areas outside the park.

17. A mobile home park shall provide a recreational area or areas equal in size to at least eight percent of the area of the park. Streets, parking areas and service areas shall not be included in the required recreational areas.

18. A dense green belt of evergreen trees, not less than four feet high after one full growing season and which at maturity is not less than ten feet high, shall be located and maintained along all park boundaries except at established entrances and exits serving the park.

19. Service buildings housing sanitation facilities, if provided, shall be permanent structures complying with all applicable laws regulating buildings, electrical installations and plumbing and sanitation systems.

20. Coin-operated laundries, laundry and dry cleaning pick-up stations, and other commercial convenience establishments may be permitted in a mobile home park provided: (1) they are subordinate to the residential character of the park; (2) they are located, designed and intended to serve only the needs of persons living in the park; (3) the establishments and the parking areas related to their use do not occupy more than ten percent of the total area of the park; and (4) the establishments present no visible evidence of their commercial character to areas outside the park.

C. If the zoning administrator shall find that the owner of the property to be developed as a mobile home park has failed to meet the approved development schedule, he or she shall forward this information to the planning commission and the village board. The planning commission, after notice to the owner and a hearing on the matter, shall recommend to the village board either that the mobile home park special use permit be revoked, or for good cause shown by the owner, that the provisions in the development plan or special use permit be altered. The village board shall make a decision on the matter within thirty-five days after receiving the recommendation of the planning commission.

D. The zoning administrator and the village engineer shall inspect a completed mobile home park to ensure that all construction and other required work has been performed in accordance with the development plans, the standards contained in subsection B of this section, all applicable laws pertaining to the park, and all conditions stated in the special use permit. No mobile home park may begin operation until a certificate of occupancy has been granted by the zoning administrator, after such inspection, and until the owner has filed with the zoning administrator a certified copy of a license to operate the mobile home park granted by the Illinois Department of Public Health, as provided in Illinois Revised Statutes, Chapter 111 1/2, Paragraph 711, et seq., as amended. (Zoning ordinance dated 6/3/03 § 12-7.0)