Ord. 0179 1969-08-14ORDINANCE NO: I 7 ?
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING MOBILE HOME AND TRAVEL
TRAILER PARKS; CONTAINING CERTAIN DEFINITIONS;
REQUIRING A LICENSE AND ESTABLISHING CERTAIN
LICENSE FEES; ESTABLISHING CERTAIN PHYSICAL
REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID PARKS; REGULATING THE
LOCATION OF SAID PARKS; ESTABLISHING CERTAIN
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE OPERATION OF
SAID PARKS; ESTABLISHING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS
FOR WATER, SEWER, AND ELECTRICAL FACILITIES;
CONTAINING A PENALTY; CONTAINING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
"NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL BARRIER" means any river, pond, canal, railroad,
levee, embankment, brick wall or hedge.
"PARK" means any mobile home and/or travel trailer park.
"PERSON" means any natural individual, firm, trust, partnership, association
or corporation.
"MOBILE HOME OR TRAVEL TRAILER" means any vehicle or similar portable
structure having no foundation other than wheels, jacks, blocks or skirtings,
and so designed or constructed as to permit occupancy for dwelling or
sleeping purposes.
"DEPENDANT MOBILE HOME OR TRAVEL TRAILER" means a mobile home or travel
trailer which does not have a flush toilet and a bath or shower.
"MOBILE HOME AND/OR TRAVEL TRAILER PARK" means any plot of ground upon
which one or more mobile homes or travel trailers, occupied for dwelling
or sleeping purposes, are located, regardless of whether or not a charge
is made for such accommodations.
"MOBILE HOME AND/OR TRAVEL TRAILER LOT" means a plot of ground within a
mobile home and/or travel trailer park designed for the accommodation of
one mobile home or travel trailer.
ARTICLE II
LICENSES
LICENSE REQUIRED - It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or
operate, within the limits of the City of Pearland, any mobile home and/or
travel trailer park unless such person shall first obtain a license therefor.
LICENSE FEES - The annual license fee for each mobile home and/or travel
trailer park shall be $25.00 per mobile home and/or travel trailer lot of
record per year or fraction thereof, based on number of lots on filed plat.
The fee for the transfer of such license, as provided for in this ordinance,
shall be $5.00.
APPLICATION FOR LICENSE - Applications for mobile home and/or travel trailer:,
park license shall be filed with the City Council, and uppn approval by the
City Council, the City Secretary shall issue the license. Applications
shall be in writing, signed by the applicant, and shall contain the following:
1. The name and address of the applicant.
2. The location and legal description of the mobile
home and/or travel trailer park.
3. A complete plan of the park showing compliance with
Article 3 of this ordinance.
4. Plans and specifications of all buildings and other
improvements constructed, or to be constructed with
the mobile home and/or travel trailer park.
5. Such further information as may be requested by the
City Council to enable it to determine if the mobile
home and/or travel trailer park will comply with all
other requirements.
The application and all accompanying plans and specifications shall be
filed in triplicate. The City Administrator and City Planning and
Zoning Commission shall investigate the applicant, and inspect the
proposed plans and specifications. Each of them shall then make a
report to the City Council concerning such applicant and include therein
their recommendations relative to the issuance of a license. If the
mobile home and/or travel trailer park will be in compliance with all
provisions of this ordinance and all other applicable ordinances or
statutes, the City Council may approve the application, and in the case
of proposed parks, make such approval contingent upon the completion
of the park according to the plans and specifications submitted with
the application. The City Secretary, at the direction of the City
Council, shall issue the license.
REVOCATION OF LICENSE - The City Council may revoke any license issued
under this ordinance in case any of the provisions hereof are violated.
However, before said license may be revoked, the City Council must give
ten (10) days notice to the holder of said license and hold a hearing
thereon. After said license has been revoked, the license may be re-
issued if the reasons for said revocation have been duly corrected.
TRANSFER AND DURATION - Upon application for a transfer of the license,
the City Council may issue a transfer upon payment of transfer fee.
Such original license and transfer thereof, may be granted at any time
during the year and shall expire at the end of the fiscal year of the
City of Pearland, unless previously revoked or terminated.
POSTING OF LICENSE - The license certificate shall be conspicuously
posted in the office of or on the premises of the mobile home and/or
travel trailer park at all times.
ARTICLE III
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS OF MOBILE HOME AND/OR TRAVEL TRAILER PARKS
MOBILE HOME AND/OR TRAVEL TRAILER PARK PLAN - The mobile home and/or
travel trailer park shall conform to the following requirements;
1. The park shall be located on a well drained site,
properly graded to insure rapid drainage and
freedom from stagnant pools of water.
2. Mobile home and/or travel trailer lots shall be
provided, consisting of a minimum of two thousand
five hundred (2,500) square feet for each lot,
which shall be at least thirty-five (35) feet wide
and clearly defined. Mobile homes or travel
trailers shall be so harbored on each lot that
there shall be at least a twenty-five (25) foot
clearance between mobile homes or travel trailers;
provided, however, that with respect to mobile
homes or travel trailers parked end to end, the
end to end clearance between mobile homes or
travel trailers may be more than twenty-five (25)
feet, but not less than ten (10) feet. No mobile
home or travel trailer shall be located closer
than ten (10) feet from any building within the
park or from any property line bounding the park.
3. A11 mobile home and/or travel trailer lots shall
abut upon a public street of not less than
twenty-eight (28) feet in width which shall have
unobstructed access to another public street,
alley or highway. All streets shall be hard
surfaced, well marked in the daytime, and lighted
at night. The minimum quality of such street
surface shall be specified by the Pearland Sub -
Division Ordinance.
4. Walkways not less than two (2) feet wide shall
be provided from the mobile home and/or travel
trailer lots to the service buildings. The walk-
way shall be hard surfaced, as that term is de-
fined in the preceding paragraph, well marked in
the daytime and lighted at night.
MAINTENANCE - Every person owning or operating a mobile home and/or
travel trailer park shall maintain such park, and any facilities,
fixtures, and permanent equipment in connection therewith, in a clean
and sanitary condition and shall maintain said equipment in a state of
good repair.
ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION - It shall be unlawful for any person operating
a mobile home and/or travel trailer park or occupying a mobile home or
travel trailer to construct or permit to be constructed in such park,
or in connection with such mobile home or travel trailer park any additional
structure, building or shelter in connection with or attached to a mobile
home or travel trailer, except, however, awnings of canvas or metal,
suitably constructed, may be attached to said mobile homes or travel
trailers, as well as portable, prefabricated, temporary rooms, for the
express purpose of increasing mobile home or travel trailer living area,
commonly called "cabana", which meet the following requirements:
1. Of metal only, fire resistive, double wall,
mechanical joint panels (no welded joints
between panels permitted.)
2. Strength of materials and structure to meet
minimum standards of the City Building Code.
3. Capable of being dismantled when moved.
4. Such rooms shall be completely dismantled and
removed from the site at the time the mobile
home or travel trailer to which it is accessory
is moved.
5. Finish and appearance to be as near the same
as possible to the mobile home or travel
trailer to which it is accessory.
6. The length must not exceed the length of the
mobile home or travel trailer to which it is
accessory; and
7. Only one such room per mobile home or travel
trailer shall be permitted.
OFFICE BUILDING - Each mobile home and/or travel trailer park shall
be provided with a building to be known as the office in which shall
be kept copies of all records pertaining to the management and super-
vision of the park, as well as all rules and regulations of the park,
and such records, rules and regulations to be available for inspection
officials whose duties necessitate acquisition of the information con-
tained therein.
ARTICLE IV
OPERATING A MOBILE HOME AND/OR TRAVEL TRAILER PARKS
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR PARK - It shall be the duty of the owner,
his agent, representative or manager to prescribe rules and regulations
for the management of the park; to make adequate provisions for the
subsequent rules and regulations which may be adopted for the manage-
ment of such park. Copies of all such rules and regulations shall be
furnished to the City Council. In addition thereto, it shall be the
duty of the owner, his agent, representative or manager to comply
strictly with the following:
1. Provide for regular inspection of the water
and sanitary conveniences.
2. Provide for the collection and removal of
garbage and other waste material.
3. Prohibit the placing or storage of unsightly
material or vehicles of any kind.
ARTICLE V
FACILITIES AND SERVICES
WATER SUPPLY AND SANITARY SEWER - All mobile homes to be properly
connected to an approved water, natural gas, sewer and electrical systems
in accordance with existing City of Pearland Ordinances.
ARTICLE VI
PENALTY PROVISION
PENALTY - Any person, firm, or corporation violating this ordinance or
any portion thereof shall upon conviction be guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall be fined not less than $10.00 nor more than $200.00 and each
day that such violation continues shall be considered a separate offense
and punishable accordingly.
ARTICLE VII
SEVERABILITY
SEVERABILITY - If any section or part of any section or paragraph of
this ordinance is declared invalid or unconstitutional for any reason,
it shall not be held to invalidate or impair the validity, force or effect
of any other section or sections or part of a section or paragraph of this
Ordinance.
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ARTICLE VIII
REPEALING CLAUSE
REPEALING CLAUSE - All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
with this Ordinance are hereby expressly repealed.
ARTICLE IX
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
EFFECTIVE DATE - This Ordinance shall be effective after its passage
and publication according to law.
PASSED AND APPROVED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Pearland, at which meeting a quorum was present, on the first
and final reading the pi day of iC 19_4, Y.
ATTEST:
'-'tity Secretary
Mayo
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS )
COUNTY OF BRAZORIA
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in
and for said State and County, on this day personally appeared
Storrs , being known
to me, and being by me first duly sworn, upon his oath deposes and
says: that he is the editor -publisher of TRI-COUNTY SUN PRO-
GRESS, a newspaper of general circulation published in Brazoria
County, Texas: that a copy of the attached notice was published
in the English language in said newspaper on the following dates:
August_.2.1st
, 196
, 196
, 196
, 196
, 196
A copy of such notice being attached hereto and expressly
made a part of this affidavit of publisher or other duly authorized
person.
TRI-COUNTY SUN PROGRESS
BY:
Editor -Publisher, Tri-County Sun Progress
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me by the said
A. W. Storrs , editor -publisher of Tri-County Sun
Progress, on this the 22nd day of August
to certify which witness my hand and seal of office.
L. S.
196.9...,
Notary Public in and for Brazoria County, Texas
Marie . Storrs
My commission expires June 1, 1971
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PHYSICAL . REQUIREMENTS.
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LATING : THE LOCATION,OFFY
SAID PARKS; ESTABLISHING
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GULATIONS` FOR THE OPER'
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TABLISHtNGbCERTAIN-. RE-
QUIREMENTS FOR`.WATER;
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FACILITIES; CONTAINING. At;
PENALTY; .;" CONTAINING: .4
SAVINGS; CLAUSE;`ESTAB
LISHING'ANEF FECTIVE..
DATE ; 'i
PASSED' AND -APPROVED
at a regular meeting of the City
Council :of the City. of Pear=
land,.: at: which..., meeting
a quorum was present, on the;3
first and final reading the 14th
day of Au st, 1969. ` ..
/s/D. R. Keller. T '.
Mayor
/s/Dorotliyi'L:
ICititsecretary
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