Ordinance 1985-05
ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 83-18 REGULATING MOBILE
HOME PARKS: DELETING SECTION 2.05 ANNUAL PERMIT FEE; ADDING
A NEW SECTION 3.02; AMENDING SECTION 3.04; ADDING SECTION
7.01 "b" 9; AMENDING SECTION 7.01 "g" DENSITY REQUIREMENTS;
ADDING TO SECTION 7.01 "i"; CHANGING SECTION 7.01 "i"
FENCING REQUIREMENTS; AMENDING SECTION 7.01 "j" MINIMUM SIZE
OF UNIT; AMENDING SECTION 7.02 "b" INTERNAL STREETS; ADDING
PARAGRAPH "g" PERH1ETER STREETS, TO SECTION 7.02; AMENDING
SECTION 7.03 MOBILE HOME SPACES; AND AMENDING SECTION 7.04
"d. 4" ; ADDING A PARAGRAPH TO SECTION 7 . 13; DELETING
SUBPARAGRAPH (e) FROM SECTION 7.13 PARAGRAPH 3; PROVIDING
FOR PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE,
TEXAS;
2.05 ANNUAL PERMIT FEE: delete
3.02 ANNUAL LICENSE FEE: Twenty dollars ($20) per space
is payable by the licensee or his agent due on or
before the 10th day of January each year.
3.04 LICENSE FEE: All original license applications
and license transfers shall be accompanied by a
fee of five hundred dollars ($500).
7.01b SITE PLAN
9.
The location and
required perimeter
construction.
specifications
fencing and
of the
sidewalk
7.01g DENSITY REQUIREMENTS: Mobile home parks shall
have a maximum density of seven (7) units per
gross acre with a minimum lot size of 50 x 110.
Maximum lot coverage of 25%.
7.01i SIDEWALKS: Must be two (2) feet from curb. Of
standard construction as specified in subdivision
ordinance with a minimum four (4) foot width.
7.01i FENCING REQUIREMENTS: (To be renumbered "j").
1. The entire area of the mobile home park
including open spaces and other required
improvements shall be fenced. This perimeter
fence shall be provided regardless of
abutting property uses or zones and shall be
placed just within the property line. The
fence shall be constructed of wood or masonry
and shall be at a minimum height of eight (8)
feet. Such fence to be kept in good repair.
7.01j MINIMUM SIZE: The minimum square footage of living
area for any mobile home allowed within the park
shall be 900 square feet. (Renumber 7.01k.)
7.02b INTERNAL STREETS:
1. On all internal streets, roads or driveways
designed or intended to provide access to two
or more spaces, there shall be twenty-seven
(27) feet of pavement width with no on-street
parking (unobstructed for vehicular access at
all times).
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7.02g PERIMETER STREETS: Requirements for perimeter
streets, as outlined in the Subdivision Ordinance,
will also apply to Mobile Home Parks.
7.03 MOBILE HOME SPACES: The area of the mobile home
space shall be improved to provide adequate
support for the placement of the mobile home,
thereby securing the superstructure against
uplift, sliding, rotation and overturning due to
frost action, inadequate drainage, vibration or
other forces acting on the structure.
7.04d WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM:
4. The system shall be so designed and
maintained as to provide a pressure of not
less than thirty-five (35) pounds per square
inch, under normal operating conditions, at
service buildings and other locations
requiring potable water supply.
7.13 MISCELLANEOUS REQUIREMENTS: The collection of the
annual license fee shall provide the funds
necessary to reimburse the city for the cost of
inspection and investigation in order to assure
compliance with the following requirements of both
park and individual ownership. In addition, this
fee shall reimburse the city for inspection of
compliance of any other requirement found in this
ordinance or later amended into this ordinance.
The accomplishment of these inspections in order
to insure compliance is necessary for the health,
safety and welfare of the occupants of the park
and could not be provided for by other means.
7.13b Paragraph 3 (e) delete.
PENALTY CLAUSE: Any person who vio~ates any provision of
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a Class C
misdeameanor and upon conviction therefor shall be
fined any sum not exceeding that established by
the Texas State Law. Each day the violation
continues shall be considered a separate offense.
The caption of this ordinance shall be published one (1)
time in a newspaper having general circulation in the city
of Wylie and shall be effective immediately upon it's
passage and publication.
PASSED AND APPROVED
WYLIE, TEXAS ON
OF
ATTEST:
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