Chapter 50
MANUFACTURED HOMES AND TRAILERS*
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*State law reference(s)‑‑Mobile home commission act, MCL 125.2301 et seq., MSA 19.855(101) et seq.; public health code, MCL 333.1101 et seq., MSA 14.15(1101) et seq.
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Sec. 50-1. Definitions.
Sec. 50-2. Enforcement of chapter.
Sec. 50-3. Mobile home parks.
Sec. 50-4. Parking‑‑Outside of a mobile home park.
Sec. 50-5. Same‑‑Unoccupied mobile homes.
Sec. 50-6. Same‑‑Mobile home for 48-hour residential occupancy.
Sec. 50-7. Same‑‑Mobile homes on street.
Sec. 50-8. Same‑‑Mobile homes in front yards.
Sec. 50-9. Same‑‑Mobile homes for other than storage or residential purposes.
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Sec. 50-1. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Mobile home means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is built on a chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained in the structure. "Mobile home" shall also include motor homes and recreational vehicles, as defined in MCL 125.771(b) and (c).
Mobile home park means a parcel or tract of land under the control of a person upon which three or more mobile homes are located on a continual, nonrecreational basis and which is offered to the public for that purpose regardless of whether a charge is made therefore, together with any building, structure, enclosure, street, equipment, or facility used or intended for use incident to the occupancy of a mobile home.
(Ord. No. 797, Sec. 1, 12-6-93)
Cross reference(s)‑‑Definitions generally, Sec. 1-2.
State law reference(s)‑‑Similar definitions, MCL 125.2301, MSA 19.855(102).
Sec. 50-2. Enforcement of chapter.
The city manager shall appoint one or more persons who shall have the authority to enter and inspect at any reasonable time any premises upon which a mobile home is parked, used or occupied for the purpose of ascertaining that the owner, operator or occupant thereof is complying with all statutes, ordinances and rules and regulations governing such parking, using or occupying.
(Code 1965, Sec. 33.09)
Sec. 50-3. Mobile home parks.
(a) All mobile home parks for three or more mobile homes shall be governed by the mobile home park laws of the state.
(b) Mobile home parks for one or two mobile homes are not permitted in the city.
(c) Locations of mobile home parks shall be as set forth in the city zoning regulations, which are not included in this volume.
(Code 1965, Sec. 33.02)
Sec. 50-4. Parking‑‑Outside of a mobile home park.
No person shall park a mobile home outside a mobile home park except as may be permitted by this chapter.
(Code 1965, Sec. 33.03)
Sec. 50-5. Same‑‑Unoccupied mobile homes.
Parking of one unoccupied mobile home in an accessory private garage or building is permitted. Parking of an unoccupied mobile home in a rear yard in any district is permitted providing the following conditions are met:
(1) That no living quarters are maintained or any business practiced in the mobile home while the mobile home is so parked or stored;
(2) That the mobile home is no closer than six feet to any lot line;
(3) That the total square footage of the portion of the rear yard occupied by the mobile home does not exceed 20 percent of the total unoccupied portion of the rear yard on any lot.
(Code 1965, Sec. 33.04)
Sec. 50-6. Same‑‑Mobile home for 48-hour residential occupancy.
Forty-eight-hour parking of a mobile home for residential occupancy is permitted outside a mobile home park providing that:
(1) The police department is notified of this use within 24 hours after this use is commenced;
(2) The occupants of the mobile home have free access to and the unlimited use of the sanitary facilities of the dwelling on the premises;
(3) Only one such use is permitted to any trailer owner or occupant in any one year;
(4) Only one such use is permitted on any lot in any one year.
(Code 1965, Sec. 33.05)
Sec. 50-7. Same‑‑Mobile homes on street.
(a) Mobile homes shall not be allowed to remain on any street, parkway, or public land within the city, if such motor home is supplied with any electric, water or sanitary sewer utility from any private or public source unless approval is granted by the city council resolution prior to the commencement of the above activity.
(b) No person shall park any mobile home in any street, alley or other public property or place in excess of 12 hours.
(Code 1965, Sec. 33.06; Ord. No. 797, Sec. 2, 12-6-93)
Sec. 50-8. Same‑‑Mobile homes in front yards.
No mobile home shall occupy any portion of any front yard.
(Code 1965, Sec. 33.07)
Sec. 50-9. Same‑‑Mobile homes for other than storage or residential purposes.
Except as provided in section 50-5 or 50-6 no person shall park a mobile home outside a mobile home park without a permit therefore from the city. All requests to use a mobile home within the city outside a mobile home park for other than storage or residential purposes shall be made in writing to the council. Such requests shall state the name of the applicant, the proposed use of the mobile home, the location of the mobile home and the requested length of time the mobile home is to be used. The following uses are exempt from this section:
(1) Mobile homes used in connection with public health or welfare agencies, such as collection of blood, or chest X-rays, may be parked without a permit therefore.
(2) Mobile homes used for field offices on construction sites are permitted providing there are no residences established in these mobile homes and it is noted that these mobile homes will be used on the application for a building permit. These mobile homes are required to be parked on the building site stated in the building permit.
(3) Mobile homes in connection with any traveling amusement show, carnival or circus which has obtained a permit from the city. All such mobile homes must be parked on the site stipulated in the permit.
(Code 1965, Sec. 33.08)